Emily Writes

Emily Writes is the pen-name of a New Zealand parenting writer based in Wellington.[1][2] She has published three books on parenting, one of which has been adapted as a play.[3]

Emily Writes at the book launch for Rants in the Dark, Wellington, 2017

Biography

Writes published her first fpiece of writing on her blog in March 2015; she wrote about the difficulties of settling her newborn baby to sleep at 3 a.m.[4] The post was immediately successful and she began to write more pieces about the struggles of parenting.[5] In 2017 she published her first book, Rants in the Dark, which was adapted as a play and has toured New Zealand.[6][7] The following year, she published her second book, Is It Bedtime Yet?[3]

In February 2016 Writes and Holly Walker started a parenting podcast called Dear Mamas.[8]

Writes has written parenting columns for Metro magazine, The New Zealand Herald and the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, and she is editor of The Spinoff Parents.[9]

References
  1. Writes, Emily. "Emily Writes". The Spinoff. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. "Emily Writes talks". my.christchurchcitylibraries.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. "At my place with author and blogger Emily Writes". Stuff. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  4. "Emily Writes is "tired but trying"". RNZ. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  5. Woulfe, Catherine (7 May 2017). "Book review: Rants in the Dark by Emily Writes". Noted. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  6. "Rants in the Dark". The Court Theatre. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  7. "Emily Writes on the stage play of her book". RNZ. 8 April 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  8. "Emily Writes". Holly Walker. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  9. "Emily Writes". www.penguin.co.nz. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
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