Suzy Cato is a Kiwi treasure and has entertained and educated children for decades. In short, she is cool. So when she offered to read Freakout Island in its entirety for all of us during another lockdown I was honoured. Tonight, …
As you may well know, my latest books for children are written under my pen name, Justin Christopher – and here is a lovely review from Publishers Weekly. After moving seven times in seven years due to her cop father …
April 15-21 is World Creativity and Innovation Week. I’ll be interviewed by @bridgetphetasy about my creative process. We’ll talk about taking risks and daring to fail greatly. We’ll also talk about how I got into writing and how creativity helped …
For the next five days, the ebook version of my travel book In Search Of Swingers is absolutely free. Here’s what it’s all about: Bestselling author Justin Brown (‘UK on a G-String’ and ‘Bowling Through India’) has the idea to …
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 …
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 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 I’ve …
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 & …
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 …