Anne completed a Master of Creative Writing at AUT in 2014.

 

Two years later, she won the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award with Tūī Street Tales, (Scholastic), which is a collection of inter-linked stories for 8-12-year-olds. The following sequels, Tūī Street Heroes, (Wildling Books), and Tūī Street Legends, (Wildling Books), received a Storylines Notable Book Award. The latter also received a NZ Booklovers Award in 2023. 

In 2021, Anne published her first Young Adult novel, In Our Own Back Yard, (Bateman Publishing), about a teenage girl’s experience of the 1981 Springbok Tour.   

Previously working as an English and Drama teacher, Anne enjoys her connections with schools through author visits and facilitating writing workshops for students and teachers. 

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Read more about Anne and her books here: www.annekayes.com

Instagram: @kayesanne