Gillian Torckler
@gilliantorckler.bsky.social
Children’s author based in Dunedin, Aotearoa. Also interested in medical research and ultrasound (my day job!). 🇺🇦🇵🇸
This is my latest children’s book illustrated by the wonderful @adelespencil.bsky.social. Once again Fanshaw narrates the funny, rewarding, and highly skilled antics of an RNZAF squadron in the 70s to the 90s. #HenryFanshaw #75Squadron #NZAuthor #RNZAF
April 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
This is my latest children’s book illustrated by the wonderful @adelespencil.bsky.social. Once again Fanshaw narrates the funny, rewarding, and highly skilled antics of an RNZAF squadron in the 70s to the 90s. #HenryFanshaw #75Squadron #NZAuthor #RNZAF
With @adelespencil.bsky.social and Megan Woods MP and featured character Butch Boyce at the Air Force Museum in Wigan to celebrate the launch of our picture book. Such a joy filled day.
April 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
With @adelespencil.bsky.social and Megan Woods MP and featured character Butch Boyce at the Air Force Museum in Wigan to celebrate the launch of our picture book. Such a joy filled day.
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Off to Otautahi today to launch our book ‘Henry Fanshaw Takes Flight’ with @gilliantorckler.bsky.social and this scruffy loveable bear at The Air Force Museum 2-3pm
Come see us if you’re in the
Come see us if you’re in the
April 4, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Off to Otautahi today to launch our book ‘Henry Fanshaw Takes Flight’ with @gilliantorckler.bsky.social and this scruffy loveable bear at The Air Force Museum 2-3pm
Come see us if you’re in the
Come see us if you’re in the
I had fun with this. But some of the questions discombobulated me for sure!
Now it's time for our next Margaret Mahy questionnaire... with Gillian Torckler!
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The Mahy Questionnaire: Gillian Torckler - The Sapling
Gillian Torckler has many beautiful books under her belt, the latest being Dinner with Grandpa, illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson (Bateman Books). She gives us her answers to our world-famous-in-New...
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April 6, 2024 at 1:21 AM
I had fun with this. But some of the questions discombobulated me for sure!
Seen in the window of Scorpio Books’ children’s shop Telling Tales in Christchurch this evening. Only sorry the shop had already closed. With Nikki Slade Robinson
March 27, 2024 at 7:38 AM
Seen in the window of Scorpio Books’ children’s shop Telling Tales in Christchurch this evening. Only sorry the shop had already closed. With Nikki Slade Robinson
I’m not normally attracted to crime thrillers, but this was an our book club selection. It’s well written and I was compelled to read to the last page but I really didn’t enjoy the content. Very dark. I need to read something light now.
March 9, 2024 at 7:54 AM
I’m not normally attracted to crime thrillers, but this was an our book club selection. It’s well written and I was compelled to read to the last page but I really didn’t enjoy the content. Very dark. I need to read something light now.
It’s book launch time! I’m
so lucky to have collaborated with illustrator Nikki Slade Robinson on this book. Come along and share in the excitement if you’re in Auckland on Sunday March 3rd.
so lucky to have collaborated with illustrator Nikki Slade Robinson on this book. Come along and share in the excitement if you’re in Auckland on Sunday March 3rd.
February 26, 2024 at 11:46 PM
It’s book launch time! I’m
so lucky to have collaborated with illustrator Nikki Slade Robinson on this book. Come along and share in the excitement if you’re in Auckland on Sunday March 3rd.
so lucky to have collaborated with illustrator Nikki Slade Robinson on this book. Come along and share in the excitement if you’re in Auckland on Sunday March 3rd.
On Christmas Day my husband introduced me to a new author (to me anyway) @emmadonoghue.bsky.social. Now I’m looking for more of her work. Great story-perfectly paced & worthy of being my first book finished in 2024. PS when I say introduced, he chose it based on the cover blurb! #LearnedByHeart
January 2, 2024 at 3:11 AM
On Christmas Day my husband introduced me to a new author (to me anyway) @emmadonoghue.bsky.social. Now I’m looking for more of her work. Great story-perfectly paced & worthy of being my first book finished in 2024. PS when I say introduced, he chose it based on the cover blurb! #LearnedByHeart
Maybe the most important Christmas message this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75y...
December 25, 2023 at 8:49 PM
Maybe the most important Christmas message this year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=l75y...
The festivities have begun. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Cheers to the best year ever next year.
December 24, 2023 at 6:26 AM
The festivities have begun. Merry Christmas to you and yours. Cheers to the best year ever next year.
Super humbled to have our book included in this great line up of #NewZealandBooks. Thanks to #TheSpinOff and @adelespencil.bsky.social for the devotion to her craft. thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-12-...
December 6, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Super humbled to have our book included in this great line up of #NewZealandBooks. Thanks to #TheSpinOff and @adelespencil.bsky.social for the devotion to her craft. thespinoff.co.nz/books/06-12-...
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Actually this paper shows that 4,000-9,000 lives will now be lost. This is our 9/11, several times over, and it was an inside job. #Psychopaths #nzpol
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Has anyone done the math yet on how many people will be dying to deliver Nact's tax cuts? #nzpol
November 26, 2023 at 12:06 AM
Actually this paper shows that 4,000-9,000 lives will now be lost. This is our 9/11, several times over, and it was an inside job. #Psychopaths #nzpol
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“how can a boat engine have horsepower?”
November 26, 2023 at 12:26 AM
“how can a boat engine have horsepower?”
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October 27, 2023 at 5:29 AM
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TOMORROW NIGHT - hear @thwupbooks.bsky.social publisher Fergus Barrowman deliver the Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture, followed by Vincent O'Sullivan's announcement of the winners of the 2023 Sargeson Prize - 5.45pm in person or on the livestream, register here.
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2023 Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture & Sargeson Prize
20th annual Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture
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October 27, 2023 at 2:59 AM
TOMORROW NIGHT - hear @thwupbooks.bsky.social publisher Fergus Barrowman deliver the Frank Sargeson Memorial Lecture, followed by Vincent O'Sullivan's announcement of the winners of the 2023 Sargeson Prize - 5.45pm in person or on the livestream, register here.
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Sources across the nation found that if you simply post this article featuring the grinning visage of the Israeli politician to your personal social media account, your boss will see it, love it, and presto, you’ll be employed once more.
Report: Share This Image Of Smiling Netanyahu To Get Your Job Back
EVERYWHERE—In response to multiple reports of people being fired for criticizing Israel’s airstrikes on Gaza, an encouraging new report confirmed that you can share this image of smiling Israeli p...
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October 25, 2023 at 7:22 PM
Sources across the nation found that if you simply post this article featuring the grinning visage of the Israeli politician to your personal social media account, your boss will see it, love it, and presto, you’ll be employed once more.
I’m not sure whether to be happy or concerned? Is it a good thing they’ve been spotted outside of their recent natural habitat? I hope so.
October 22, 2023 at 3:37 AM
I’m not sure whether to be happy or concerned? Is it a good thing they’ve been spotted outside of their recent natural habitat? I hope so.
Great to see a book you’ve created in the wild. Even better in a book shop window. #Minerva #MyAuntHonor With @adelespencil.bsky.social
📚🇳🇿 We’ll this is cheerful. What good company our book is keeping in #Minerva @gilliantorckler.bsky.social
October 19, 2023 at 5:28 AM
Great to see a book you’ve created in the wild. Even better in a book shop window. #Minerva #MyAuntHonor With @adelespencil.bsky.social
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Found on Facebook
October 9, 2023 at 5:40 AM
Found on Facebook
Happy NZ Bookshop Day. Here’s my haul from UBS Dunedin. Looking forward to reading these.
October 7, 2023 at 4:24 AM
Happy NZ Bookshop Day. Here’s my haul from UBS Dunedin. Looking forward to reading these.
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It’s wet and cold in Welly today so here’s a pic of Honor and her pup among the bluebell carpets of Newton Wood,Yorkshire from our book My Aunt Honor by Gillian Torckler and me 📚🇳🇿 🌱
September 29, 2023 at 9:22 PM
It’s wet and cold in Welly today so here’s a pic of Honor and her pup among the bluebell carpets of Newton Wood,Yorkshire from our book My Aunt Honor by Gillian Torckler and me 📚🇳🇿 🌱
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Oh. Found it
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September 29, 2023 at 8:10 PM
Oh. Found it
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Woohoo! We made the Unity Books bestseller list in Wellington - #MyAuntHonor is number 5! With @adelespencil.bsky.social
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September 29, 2023 at 8:38 PM
Woohoo! We made the Unity Books bestseller list in Wellington - #MyAuntHonor is number 5! With @adelespencil.bsky.social
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