Emily Writes at the book launch for Rants in the Dark, Wellington, 2017

Emily Writes is the pen-name of a New Zealand parenting writer based in Wellington.[1][2] She has published three books on parenting, one of which has been adapted as a play.[3]

Biography

Writes published her first fpiece of writing on her blog in March 2015; she wrote about the difficulties of settling her newborn baby to sleep at 3 a.m.[4] The post was immediately successful and she began to write more pieces about the struggles of parenting.[5] In 2017 she published her first book, Rants in the Dark, which was adapted as a play and has toured New Zealand.[6][7] The following year, she published her second book, Is It Bedtime Yet?[3]

In February 2016 Writes and Holly Walker started a parenting podcast called Dear Mamas.[8]

Writes has written parenting columns for Metro magazine, The New Zealand Herald and the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, and she is editor of The Spinoff Parents.[9]

References

  1. ↑ Writes, Emily. "Emily Writes". The Spinoff. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ↑ "Emily Writes talks". my.christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. 1 2 "At my place with author and blogger Emily Writes". Stuff. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Emily Writes is "tired but trying"". RNZ. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Woulfe, Catherine (7 May 2017). "Book review: Rants in the Dark by Emily Writes". Noted. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Rants in the Dark". The Court Theatre. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. ↑ "Emily Writes on the stage play of her book". RNZ. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. ↑ "Emily Writes". Holly Walker. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  9. ↑ "Emily Writes". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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