Lani Wendt Young
Apia, SAMOA — Author Lani Wendt Young has released a new book titled ‘Mata Lulu’. It’s her 16th book, and it marks an exciting new direction for Samoa’s internationally acclaimed writer, as it’s a collaborative project with her daughter. Fourteen year old Bella Young did the illustrations, co-wrote...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — The accolades keep coming for Samoan author Lani Wendt Young whose book 'Fire's Caress' has won the 2022 Sir Julius Vogel Award for Best Youth Novel.
Announced at a ceremony in Wellington, NZ on Saturday night, the SJV awards are administered by the Science Fiction and...
Apia, SAMOA — What happens when you put out a call for Oceania women to share their stories for a book written ‘by us, about us and for us’? And give them a deadline of only two weeks? It sparks a wave of creative fire as writers from across the world craft stories from the heart that have long...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Congratulations to Samoan author Lani Wendt Young whose short-story collection, Afakasi Woman, is a finalist for the NZ Books Awards Young Adult Fiction Award. Lani joins Pasifika writers Selina Tusitala Marsh and Courtney Sina Meredith as finalists; it is believed to be the...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Lani Wendt Young is one of New Zealand's most successful writers - and like many popular figures, she's been the victim of serious online abuse.
The Samoan-Maori author has written 11 books, including the bestselling young adult series, Telesā.
Out of any Pasifika author...
Wellington, NEW ZEALAND — Two writers making waves on the international scene have been awarded Waitiangi Day Literary Honours by the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc). This year's recipients are Samoan/Maori writer Lani Wendt Young, and Scottish-born crime writer Liam McIlvanney who now...
Auckland, NEW ZEALAND — Facebook’s community standards allow women to be abused and threatened, especially when that abuse is not in English.
This is according to Lani Wendt Young, a Samoan writer, editor, publisher and journalist, who was invited by Netsafe NZ to speak at the 2018 Trans-Tasman...