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Bren MacDibble

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in Whanganui, New Zealand

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Children's, Science Fiction

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February 2011

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Bren lives in Kalbarri on the amazing Coral Coast of Western Australia.

Her first children's novel: How to Bee (2017) won multiple awards, The Dog Runner (2019) and Across the Risen Sea (2020) also won and were shortlisted in multiple awards. The Raven's Song (2022) written with the amazing award-winning Zana Fraillon, has recently been launched.

All her novels are packed full of wild adventures and feature children surviving environmentally changed futures. They are stories that don't mask the realities of the world children see all around them, but do offer hope, safe fictional exploration of climate issues and examples of resilience.

Bren grew up on the land in NZ, and hopes that while children enjoy these wild adventures with colourful cha ...more

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Average rating: 4.0 · 2,891 ratings · 524 reviews · 27 distinct works • Similar authors

	How to Bee 4.06 avg rating — 1,530 ratings — published 2017 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dog Runner 3.96 avg rating — 737 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Across the Risen Sea 3.85 avg rating — 257 ratings — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Apprentice Witnesser 4.05 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 2024 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La dernière abeille 3.56 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SPlatterby Dragons Home 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Fishing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Computer Virus 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go Go Gecko 2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dinner Guest 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Raven's Song

Zana Fraillon and Bren MacDibble are proud to present to the world our dual narrative children's novel for 10 years upwards, The Raven's Song.

It was an absolute joy to work with Zana on this very special novel containing themes of time, being a good ancestor and focussing on what matters in a difficult world. A wild fun adventure that doesn't shirk from issues but provides hope for young readers.

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Bren MacDibble is now following Zana Fraillon Author of The Bone Sparrow
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Bren MacDibble liked T.K. Roxborogh's review of The Raven's Song: "Came highly recommended from Rachael King. Written from the pov of two characters (Selby and Phoenix) penned by two authors (Bren MacDibble and Zana Frallion), The Raven's Song continues the genre MacDibble has been written with her other excellent no" Read more of this review »
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Bren MacDibble and 1 other person liked Rachael's review of The Raven's Song: "Loved it. See my extended review on Newsroom (contains spoilers): https://www.newsroom.co.nz/readingroo..."
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Bren MacDibble and 1 other person liked Courtney Johnston's review of The Raven's Song: "We started up, all the ordinary evening songs for putting babies to sleep, for farewelling, for soothing broke-hearted people - all the ones everyone knew so well that they’d long ago made ruder versions and joke-songs of them. We sang them plain, fo" Read more of this review »
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“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
― Maya Angelou

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