Dr Soutar will cover the following topics: How to convey complex historical events in a relatable and engaging manner. How to draw readers into the world you are writing about using rich detail and emotional resonance. Keeping yourself motivated during the arduous writing journey.
Registrations: genny.vella@pncc.govt.nz or 027 2929965
Monty Soutar has been a teacher, a soldier, a historian, and he has worked for government, museums and iwi runanga. He has a research background that spans almost forty years, in which time he has had access to closely guarded tribal and family manuscripts. In 2015 he was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and historical research. He continues to serve on the Waitangi Tribunal.
Dr Soutar is the author of Whītiki Whiti Whiti E! Māori in the First World War and Ngā Tama Toa: The Price of Citizenship: C Company 28 (Māori Battalion 1939–1945). Whītiki is a major publication about Maori participation in the First World War and the award-winning Nga Tama Toa focussed on Maori participation in the Second World War.
In 2021 he was awarded the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship to write the Kāwai series. He has published two books in the series. For Such a Time as This, was published in September 2022 and Tree of Nourishment was released at the end of last year. Both novels went straight to number one on the NZ Fiction bestsellers list.
Registrations: genny.vella@pncc.govt.nz or 027 2929965
