Bren MacDibble
@macdibble.bsky.social
MG & YA NZ writer now living in WA and loving it! She/her
Books:
How to Bee
In the Dark Spaces
The Dog Runner
Across the Risen Sea
The Raven's Song
The Apprentice Witnesser
www.macdibble.com
Books:
How to Bee
In the Dark Spaces
The Dog Runner
Across the Risen Sea
The Raven's Song
The Apprentice Witnesser
www.macdibble.com
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Bren MacDibble
@macdibble.bsky.social
· Jun 5
So many amazing books in the NZ CYA Awards this year including five by my publisher @allenandunwinnz.bsky.social #booksky #nzcya #booksalive
In grasslands shaped by fire one tree reigns supreme. The grass tree, Xanthorrhoea. Impervious to fire, it needs heat and soot to germinate seeds. Slow growing, many of these are 100 years old. The flower spikes contain resin used by the local peoples.
Wanagarra Reserve, Wedge Island, WA. So pretty!
Wanagarra Reserve, Wedge Island, WA. So pretty!
November 12, 2025 at 9:30 AM
In grasslands shaped by fire one tree reigns supreme. The grass tree, Xanthorrhoea. Impervious to fire, it needs heat and soot to germinate seeds. Slow growing, many of these are 100 years old. The flower spikes contain resin used by the local peoples.
Wanagarra Reserve, Wedge Island, WA. So pretty!
Wanagarra Reserve, Wedge Island, WA. So pretty!
I think if 2025 has shown us ANYTHING it's that we need people with impeccable morals in charge.
November 6, 2025 at 12:48 AM
I think if 2025 has shown us ANYTHING it's that we need people with impeccable morals in charge.
The last people who rented my house managed to turn the beep off the microwave! If only they’d done the oven, the dishwasher, the stovetop, the washing machine, the tvs…. Hate beeping appliances!
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
The last people who rented my house managed to turn the beep off the microwave! If only they’d done the oven, the dishwasher, the stovetop, the washing machine, the tvs…. Hate beeping appliances!
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October 21, 2025 at 12:40 AM
When I was at high school there was a thing called the Bursary and it strikes me now that a scheme where highschool graduates can win money for uni with grades is brilliant! Was that how it worked? Kids from Huntly college weren’t told about uni so 🤷♀️ but if that’s how the boomers afforded uni. Wow!
October 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
When I was at high school there was a thing called the Bursary and it strikes me now that a scheme where highschool graduates can win money for uni with grades is brilliant! Was that how it worked? Kids from Huntly college weren’t told about uni so 🤷♀️ but if that’s how the boomers afforded uni. Wow!
I feel like social media is in self-throttling phase. I'm old, so I remember forums where you'd say something and intelligent people would say something back. Now you say something and 100 accounts, half of which are bots, pile in with idiotic replies. Life's too short.
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October 11, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I feel like social media is in self-throttling phase. I'm old, so I remember forums where you'd say something and intelligent people would say something back. Now you say something and 100 accounts, half of which are bots, pile in with idiotic replies. Life's too short.
WA we have all your homing pigeons. They are grumpy, shitty and ill-equipped for desert life. Half-dead, they are drawn to us like an apocalypse movie opening. Racing pigeons is not a sport. After seeing poop-spattered cities and Trafalgar Square, I realise they're not actually good at 'Homing'.
October 11, 2025 at 5:55 AM
WA we have all your homing pigeons. They are grumpy, shitty and ill-equipped for desert life. Half-dead, they are drawn to us like an apocalypse movie opening. Racing pigeons is not a sport. After seeing poop-spattered cities and Trafalgar Square, I realise they're not actually good at 'Homing'.
NZ Parliament and Brownlee need to take a good long look at whose land they’re standing on before they go shutting down parliament over a waiata! Fragile old white men’s egos deserve a good slap.
October 9, 2025 at 6:35 AM
NZ Parliament and Brownlee need to take a good long look at whose land they’re standing on before they go shutting down parliament over a waiata! Fragile old white men’s egos deserve a good slap.
A lovely evening down at the river.
October 1, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A lovely evening down at the river.
I think I just spent three days trying to explain an account issue to a help bot. It was the opposite of helpful. Issue is unresolved. I give up.
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I think I just spent three days trying to explain an account issue to a help bot. It was the opposite of helpful. Issue is unresolved. I give up.
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"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
September 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
- Desmond Tutu
- Desmond Tutu
Facebook marketplace is like, “I found these things for you, a bit further away.” “Oh like 100km away in Northampton?” “No, 3,500kms away, have a look!”
September 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Facebook marketplace is like, “I found these things for you, a bit further away.” “Oh like 100km away in Northampton?” “No, 3,500kms away, have a look!”
Dear internet… I have cleaned the upholstery on all my chairs and now they’re too wet to sit on. Floor sitting is supposed to be better for you anyway.
September 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Dear internet… I have cleaned the upholstery on all my chairs and now they’re too wet to sit on. Floor sitting is supposed to be better for you anyway.
I have an announcement #booksky! I have signed a contract for my next mg novel! Find out all about it here: macdibble.com/announcement... (Allen & Unwin have world rights if you're outside of Aus/NZ want to get in on the ground floor).
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September 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I have an announcement #booksky! I have signed a contract for my next mg novel! Find out all about it here: macdibble.com/announcement... (Allen & Unwin have world rights if you're outside of Aus/NZ want to get in on the ground floor).
3 weeks out in the world, 7 days presenting, 2 publisher meetings, couple of catchups aaand I'm $300 in the black. About the amount I spent on jumpers (way less than the other business lost without me 😑). Thanks to all those who hosted me and kept me out of the red! (Suzanne, Kris, Emily, Barb 💕)
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media.tenor.com
September 2, 2025 at 5:39 AM
3 weeks out in the world, 7 days presenting, 2 publisher meetings, couple of catchups aaand I'm $300 in the black. About the amount I spent on jumpers (way less than the other business lost without me 😑). Thanks to all those who hosted me and kept me out of the red! (Suzanne, Kris, Emily, Barb 💕)
Spring has sprung on the mid west coast of Australia. ☀️
September 2, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Spring has sprung on the mid west coast of Australia. ☀️
Threads suspended me. I merely likened the breakdown of postal services to an abusive relationship, first the gaslighting then the isolating. Aussie’s have a right to criticise govt as part of law. We may not have free speech but we have that. Not sure what crime they’re trying to pin on me. 🤷♀️
August 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Threads suspended me. I merely likened the breakdown of postal services to an abusive relationship, first the gaslighting then the isolating. Aussie’s have a right to criticise govt as part of law. We may not have free speech but we have that. Not sure what crime they’re trying to pin on me. 🤷♀️
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📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
August 26, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
Loris Travel
📍Shark bay, Monkey mia
Photos from #NZCYA book awards. The finalists in the Esther Glen Award for Junior Fiction: Jane Arthur, Li Chen, Me, Claire Mabey, Rachael King flanked by Judge LJ Keegan and Sponsor O Wright from the Wright Family Trust. Li Chen won this section and Claire Mabey took out best debut book. #booksky
August 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM