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'''Benjamin Brown'''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://tiaki.natlib.govt.nz/#details=ethesaurus.315873 | title=ATL: Unpublished Collections }}</ref> (born 3 July 1962) is a [[New Zealand]] children's author and poet, and was the New Zealand Reading Ambassador (Te Awhi Rito) for 2021–2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Ben Brown is New Zealand’s first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador {{!}} Beehive.govt.nz |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/author-ben-brown-new-zealand%E2%80%99s-first-te-awhi-rito-reading-ambassador |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.beehive.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018796873/telling-stories-ben-brown-te-awhi-rito | title=Telling stories and the potency in being heard | website=[[Radio New Zealand]] | date=25 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-14 |title=Ben Brown - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust |url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/search-profiles/ben-brown/profiles/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>
'''Benjamin Brown'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brown, Benjamin, 1962- |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/records/36098910 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> (born 3 July 1962) is a [[New Zealand]] children's author and poet, and was the New Zealand Reading Ambassador (Te Awhi Rito) for 2021–2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Author Ben Brown is New Zealand's first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador {{!}} Beehive.govt.nz |url=https://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/author-ben-brown-new-zealand%E2%80%99s-first-te-awhi-rito-reading-ambassador |access-date=2024-07-13 |website=www.beehive.govt.nz |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018796873/telling-stories-ben-brown-te-awhi-rito | title=Telling stories and the potency in being heard | website=[[Radio New Zealand]] | date=25 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-14 |title=Ben Brown - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust |url=https://www.storylines.org.nz/search-profiles/ben-brown/profiles/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |language=en-NZ}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Biography==
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Brown was born in [[Motueka, New Zealand]], on 3 July 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-childrens-authors/ben-brown/|title=Interview with Ben Brown|website=my.christchurchcitylibraries.com}}</ref>
Brown was born in [[Motueka, New Zealand]], on 3 July 1962.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-childrens-authors/ben-brown/|title=Interview with Ben Brown|website=my.christchurchcitylibraries.com}}</ref>


He started writing books for children in 1992.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ben-brown | title=Ben Brown | date=23 October 2022 }}</ref>
He started writing books for children in 1992.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-18 |title=Ben Brown |url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/ben-brown |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Poetry Foundation}}</ref> His book ''A Booming in the Night'' won the Best Picture Book Award at the 2006 [[New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=A Booming in the Night – New Zealand Picture Book Collection |url=https://www.picturebooks.co.nz/a-booming-in-the-night/ |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.picturebooks.co.nz}}</ref>


He lives in [[Lyttelton, New Zealand]].<ref>{{Cite web |title={{!}} Read NZ |url=https://www.read-nz.org/writer/brown-ben/ |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=www.read-nz.org}}</ref> In 2021 he was announced as the first New Zealand Reading Ambassador.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/124893677/ben-brown-is-new-zealands-first-reading-ambassador | title=Ben Brown is New Zealand's first reading ambassador | date=4 May 2021 }}</ref> Browns term ended in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/collaborative-projects/new-zealand-reading-ambassador |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> Brown was succeeded by Alan Dingley.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://community.scoop.co.nz/2023/03/next-national-reading-ambassador-named/ | title=Community Scoop » Next National Reading Ambassador Named! }}</ref>
He lives in [[Lyttelton, New Zealand]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ben Brown - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura |url=https://www.read-nz.org/writers-files/writer/brown-ben |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.read-nz.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lyttelton: What makes an artist's town? |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/christchurch-life/129708788/lyttelton-what-makes-an-artists-town |access-date=2024-09-16 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref> In 2021 he was announced as the first New Zealand Reading Ambassador.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ben Brown is New Zealand's first reading ambassador |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/124893677/ben-brown-is-new-zealands-first-reading-ambassador |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.stuff.co.nz}}</ref> Browns term ended in May 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador |url=https://natlib.govt.nz/about-us/collaborative-projects/new-zealand-reading-ambassador |access-date=2022-11-22 |website=natlib.govt.nz}}</ref> Brown was succeeded by Alan Dingley.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Community Scoop » Next National Reading Ambassador Named! |url=https://community.scoop.co.nz/2023/03/next-national-reading-ambassador-named/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 05:59, 16 September 2024

Ben Brown
Born3 July 1962
Occupationchildren's author, poet

Benjamin Brown[1] (born 3 July 1962) is a New Zealand children's author and poet, and was the New Zealand Reading Ambassador (Te Awhi Rito) for 2021–2023.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Brown was born in Motueka, New Zealand, on 3 July 1962.[5]

He started writing books for children in 1992.[6] His book A Booming in the Night won the Best Picture Book Award at the 2006 New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.[7][8]

He lives in Lyttelton, New Zealand.[7][9] In 2021 he was announced as the first New Zealand Reading Ambassador.[10] Browns term ended in May 2023.[11] Brown was succeeded by Alan Dingley.[12]

References

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  1. ^ "Brown, Benjamin, 1962-". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  2. ^ "Author Ben Brown is New Zealand's first Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador | Beehive.govt.nz". www.beehive.govt.nz. Retrieved 2024-07-13.
  3. ^ "Telling stories and the potency in being heard". Radio New Zealand. 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Ben Brown - Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust". 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  5. ^ "Interview with Ben Brown". my.christchurchcitylibraries.com.
  6. ^ "Ben Brown". The Poetry Foundation. 2018-05-18. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  7. ^ a b "Ben Brown - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura". www.read-nz.org. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  8. ^ "A Booming in the Night – New Zealand Picture Book Collection". www.picturebooks.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  9. ^ "Lyttelton: What makes an artist's town?". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-16.
  10. ^ "Ben Brown is New Zealand's first reading ambassador". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2024-09-13.
  11. ^ "Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador". natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2022-11-22.
  12. ^ "Community Scoop » Next National Reading Ambassador Named!". Retrieved 2024-09-13.


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