Two in a row for Mophead! Mophead Tu: The Queen’s Poem a finalist in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.                                

Former New Zealand Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh’s first book for children has been judged the supreme winner at the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Mophead was awarded the highest prize in children’s

Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference by Selina Tusitala Marsh is a finalist for the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.The judges said of Selina’s debut children’s boo

Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference, written and illustrated by Poet Laureate Selina Tusitala Marsh, was launched at Unity Books Auckland on 24 October 2019. The following poem was written by Selina to commemorate the occas

New Zealand’s Poet Laureate for 2017–19 is Dr Selina Tusitala Marsh.The Poet Laureate is one of the most prestigious national awards for New Zealand poets, recognising outstanding contributions to New Zealand poetry. Each Laureate is awarded $80,000