Jane Arthur is a writer and editor who lives in Wellington. Her debut poetry collection, Craven (VUP), won the 2020 Jessie Mackay Prize (MitoQ Best First Book of Poetry) at the Ockham NZ Book Awards. She was a judge for the 2019 and 2020 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and is co-founder of children's literature website, The Sapling. She is co-owner and manager of Wellington's newest bookshop, GOOD BOOKS, which opened on Jessie Street in October.

Photo: Ebony Lamb

Verb Festival 2020 appearances:
6pm, Sat 7 Nov, Grown-Up Storytime (LitCrawl)