Patricia Berwick
Patricia Berwick is an anthropologist/educationalist who has lived and worked in the Middle East, China, South-East Asia, the Pacific Islands, United States, United Kingdom, Europe, and her native New Zealand. She loves storytelling, especially those stories that have a message to uncover. As a writer, she is extensively published and entered into the world of the novelist in 2012. She has published three novels, A Fragile Strength (2012), Perial and Paridise (2014), and The Shattered (2016). Unauthorized Power - a social history of Parihaka (2018) is a history book researched over many years. Her latest book is Magic to Mindfulness: A Pathway into Science (2020). She currently lives in the beautiful Marlborough Sounds in New Zealand.
Genre:
- Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Thriller
Skills:
- Academic Writing
- Corporate Writing
- Freelance Writing
- Long-Term Placement (schools, universities)
- Novelist
- Research
Branch:
Top of the South
Location:
Picton
Publications:
Peril and Paradise
Peril and Paradise, an adventure/mystery story that will hold your interest.
A Fragile Strength
A Fragile Strength, an historical novel about the challenges facing a young girl growing up in tumultuous times.
The Shattered
The Shattered is a novel of our time, revealing an international system of sexual abuse where children prey on children until they are socialized for adult use. Where evidence is difficult to find and children are controlled by fear, fear for their parents, but also fear and confusion about their own feelings.
Unauthorized Power
Institutional racism, love of wealth, ignorance of others, and lack of understanding, led to the shocking actions at Parihaka. These appalling actions reflected events carried out in the name of powerful governments throughout the world. ‘They’ were all-powerful. ‘They’ knew what was best for all.
Magic to Mindfulness - A Pathway into Science
Magic to Mindfulness
“The science says,” the news announcer speaks with authority; the listeners tune their ears, but what are they hearing and what does he mean? Is this piece of news more newsworthy ‘because the science says?’
A Pathway into Science
One of the main characteristics of all the scientists researched, from Ancient Greeks to modern-day scientific explorers, is their ability to investigate a breadth of interests. They couple this with a desire to test ideas with whatever works; never mind if the question is from physics, chemistry, math or social science.
Great scientists did not restrict their discoveries to methodologies or theories within a specific field. Most standards in education today do. What creativity is being lost just from this simple fact?
The central aim of the book is to encourage young people to enter science with open minds and to enjoy the process. Difficult concepts are explained by comic characters arguing together to clarify meaning. The biographies of famous scientists explore scientific methodology. An avatar ties all the biographies together.
Island of Secrets
A suspense, thriller fiction including abductions, cargo cults on a remote Pacific Island and a terrifying invention.
Island Paradise is the second novel in which a young anthropologist, Prudence Cardigan, gets herself embroiled in strange and unforgiving circumstances. Her parents decide it would be beneficial for Prudence and her best friend, Susan Entwhistle, to have a much-deserved vacation in Fiji. However, chaos ensues through beliefs in a cargo cult, popular in the Pacific Islands during the war years, abductions and even a cyclone. which cover up a significant criminal event. A powerful machine has been developed to control powerful nations.
Can Prudence and her friend manage to uncover what is happening; and more importantly, can they prevent the destruction? Read the novel to find the answers.
Willow Wētā
Willow Wētā has two themes: bullying and a teaching strategy suitable for children from 5-10 years. The story is about conservation and why it is critical to be kind to all creatures, not just those that appeal to us. The story tells of the effects of bullying and shows that no matter how strong an insect looks, it is defenceless against people. Willow Wētā is curious therefore not entirely put off by the actions of Sam. She tries to make friends even after being threatened. She scrapes her hind legs to make the tsit, tsit, tsit sound. But she puts her legs in the air to make a hiss, hiss, hiss sound. When happy wētās scrape their legs, while afraid, they hold their legs high as a warning signal. It is this behaviour that eventually turns Sam around.
Available from Kaipupu Sanctuary Shop in Picton, New Zealand (http://www.kaipupupoint.co.nz/) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com.au/Willow-W%C4%93t%C4%81-2-Patricia-Berwick/dp/1991184808/ref=sr_1_5?crid=329M5YBJVMKUI&keywords=Patricia+Berwick+books&qid=1674595007&sprefix=patricia+berwick+books%2Caps%2C320&sr=8-5).
The Kiwi Who Could Only Say Keee, Keee, Keee
The Kiwi Who Could Only Say Keee, Keee, Keee has two themes: bullying and a teaching strategy suitable for children from 5-10 years.
The little kiwi cannot make the long sounds male kiwi’s make; the essential calls. He can only say ‘keee’ ‘keee’ ‘keee’. All the baby kiwis in the centre laugh and bully him. Eventually, he moves to Kaipupu Point and finds himself in the wild. There he spends many lonely nights. One night he meets a lady kiwi out foraging for food. This kiwi hears his plight and demonstrates how to make the sounds he needs to know. The story ends happily with the two kiwis making a nest for their egg. They look very happy.
Available from Kaipupu Sanctuary Shop in Picton, New Zealand (http://www.kaipupupoint.co.nz/) and Amazon (https://www.amazon.com.au/Kiwi-Who-Could-Only-Keee/dp/1991184816/ref=sr_1_5?crid=39UOWUT2NBOYG&keywords=Patricia+Berwick+books&qid=1674594200&sprefix=patricia+berwick+books%2Caps%2C308&sr=8-5).