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My name is Philippa Werry and I write for children and young people. I write fiction,
non-fiction, stories, poems, plays, and newspaper & magazine articles.
In this website you can find out more about my books.
You can find out more about my other writing. You might have acted out one of my plays from the School Journal or Readers' Theater. Maybe you've come across my stories or poems in anthologies, or learnt something you didn't know from one of my articles.
You can read about how I became a writer.
In the activities page, you can check out my five top writing tips, take a quiz on my writing and see how many of my favourite books you've read.
If you want to know more about my writing, or tell me about something you've discovered on this site, send me an email. I'd love to hear from you.
Don't forget to make a booking for me to come to your school.
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What I'm reading
Wait for me! memoirs of the youngest Mitford sister, by Deborah Devonshire
Debo Mitford has packed so much into her life that it's hard to believe, and now she's written her memoirs, aged 90. As a girl, she was the youngest of the six Mitford sisters, made famous by their eccentric upbringing and later escapades, politics and writing, and today she is the only one left. During World War Two, she married Andrew Devonshire, second son but heir when his older brother died to a Dukedom
and the vast Chatsworth estates in England. The book is peopled with famous characters, from royalty downwards 
(and including Jack Kennedy whose sister married her brother in law.) It's a fascinating insight into a world that is always going to be closed to most of us.
News & Events
December 2011
This is always such a busy time of year that it's easy to feel swamped by lists of things to do. But I'm going to suggest you add one more thing to that list (or perhaps it's already on there) - and this is something that's fun and enjoyable!
Make a commitment to Buy Books for Christmas. Make time to visit one of our wonderful indie booksellers. Ask the staff for recomendations if you're not sure what to get! Ask for an exchange card if you don't know whether the person you are giving to might already have the book, but buy a book! Preferably a NZ book - support local authors!
Books are always a perfect gift and they make great holiday reading. I hope you get some for Christmas!