A Teaspoon of Light

BOOK INFORMATION:

Marley’s dream cloth reminds her of the people she loves, and of safe and happy times. When times get tough and the cloth rips in two, those memories begin to slide away. Marley must make new loving memories before she can bring back the old ones and begin to imagine the future anew.
Ages: 3 plus
AUTHOR & SPEAKER INFORMATION:

Professor Peter O’Connor is Director of the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation at Auckland University, New Zealand. His work focuses on how the arts can help create more socially just and equitable worlds. An internationally recognised expert, Professor O’Connor has made theatre in prisons, psychiatric hospitals, earthquake zones and with the homeless. He is the author of several academic books but admits that writing a picture book is the hardest piece of writing he’s ever done. A Teaspoon of Light was inspired by his work with children after major earthquakes in Christchurch and Mexico City.

Nisaluk Chantanakom is a Thai-born Australian artist and illustrator. Nis has a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts (Painting) from Boston University and a Master’s degree in Fine Arts from University of Pennsylvania. She has been a landscape painter as well as a web and graphic designer. Nis has now turned her skills to picture-book illustration, and A Teaspoon of Light is her first book.

Ahorangi Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh – aka MOPHEAD -- is a Pasifika Poet-Scholar and teaches our stories at the University of Auckland’s English Department. She is also the co-Director of the Centre for Arts and Social Transformation where she works to ensure that arts can make a difference to people’s health and wellbeing. She is an acclaimed author of three poetry collections and the award-winning Mophead graphic memoir series. Her passion project is to create the world’s first self-illustrated graphic critical poetry anthology on the first 17 Pacific women poets to publish a sole collection of poetry…in verse!

Margrete Lamond, Dirt Lane Press, Westwords has worked with Scholastic Australia, Hardie Grant and independent Little Hare Books. She is also the author of around 20 books for young readers, from picture books to an up-cycled version of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein for young adults.

Get yourself a copy

• The book is available for online purchase in Australia through Peribo and in New Zealand through UBIQ.

Parking

• Guests are advised to park at OGGB for convenience. Please refer to UOA Parking Information for detailed instructions.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Neon Foyer, Faculty of Engineering, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland, New Zealand