Shot, Boom, Score! Yours – for free!

I’m getting some lovely messages from kids who have recently read my book Shot, Boom, Score! Now it’s yours for free – albeit as a PDF. Please feel free to read it, keep it, and share it so your mates …

Skid Row On Stage

Here is the Newsroom article of our bizarre, brilliant and beautiful time in Los Angeles. A transcript is provided below if you’re all clicked out. Skid Row is full of drugs and violence but author Justin Brown also found creativity …

Finding Hope on Skid Row

Tonight I head to Los Angeles! Disneyland? No. Santa Monica? Ah…no. Skid Row? Yip. Over the next twelve days, Professor Peter O’Connor from The Creative Thinking Project will work closely with downtown LA organisations working to aid and abet homelessness—among …

My Dog Taught Me How To Draw

My dog is a pain in the arse, but I love him. I love him because he’s instantly become a part of our family. Growing up, we always had a dog in our house, (RIP Holly, Amber and Charlie), but …

A Chinese Kiwi Art Collective 

It’s an overcast winter’s day at Hu’s Farm in Riverhead, Auckland. I’m here to hang with three other artists as they each create a work, to be showcased at an upcoming exhibition called AMUSE BOUCHE. Yuan Keru, Shen Piji & …

7 Easy Ways To Unlock & Boost Your Creativity

They say creativity is the new oil, so how do we maximise this wonderful, yet often elusive tool? In the past, I’ve written about how Bruce Springsteen does it, and John Cleese, even Salvador Dali, which lead to a fascinating hour with The University of Auckland’s …

A Reddit Q & A With Author Justin Brown

Q – I’m rewriting my first novel and would like to know how to grab an agent’s attention when submitting. Justin – There is no right or wrong way, just make sure you’ve done the obvious things right – spelling, grammar, …

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