Judy Siers Explained

Judith Shelby Siers (born 1937) is a New Zealand writer and historian.[1] In 2008 she won a Montana New Zealand Book Award.[2]

Biography

In 1981 a film made by her and her husband Jim Siers, titled Eye of the Octopus, sold for more than $500,000 at the Cannes Film Festival to Germany, Britain, South Africa, and Italy.[3] She was the judge of the young writers section at the 1981 Katherine Mansfield Literary Award.[4]

In 1994 Siers won a by-election and was elected a member of the Wellington City Council for the Onslow Ward, standing for the centre-right Citizens' Association ticket, she defeated former deputy mayor Helene Ritchie.[5] Re-elected at the next three elections, she was defeated at the 2004 election.[6]

She was an inaugural member of the committee that established the Wellington Writers Walk.[7]

In 2005 she left Wellington and moved to Napier. In 2007 her book on the life of architect James Chapman-Taylor was published. In 2008, the book won the biography category of the New Zealand Book Awards.

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1937-01-01 . Siers, Judy, 1937- . 2022-07-28 . Siers, Judy, 1937- Items National Library of New Zealand National Library of New Zealand . en-nz.
  2. Web site: Author books Montana award - Hawkes Bay Today News . 2022-07-28 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.
  3. News: Film success at Cannes . . 26 May 1981 . 7 .
  4. News: Women win all prizes in Mansfield awards . . 16 October 1981 . 8 .
  5. News: Murphy . Lyn . New Councillors get to work . . 2 May 1994 . 3 .
  6. Web site: Election Results – 2004 Results . 18 August 2022 . 14 October 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081014233157/http://www.wellington.govt.nz/haveyoursay/elections/results/2004/onslowfinal.html . bot: unknown .
  7. Book: Wellington Writers Walk . Wellington branch of the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN) Inc . 2002 . Wellington . 28 .
  8. Book: Siers, Judy . Solway College: a place I call home . 2021 . 978-0-473-56640-1 . English . 1257802185.
  9. Book: Siers . Judy . Walk on, walk on ...: Hutt Valley Riding for the Disabled 1978-2018 . Hobbs . Sue, Olphert, Lorraine . New Zealand Riding for the Disabled Association . Hutt Valley . 2018 . 978-0-473-45803-4 . English . 1078900298.
  10. Book: Siers . Judy . 100 years: the story of the Wellington Historical & Early Settlers' Association, 1912-2012 . Wellington Historical & Early Settlers' Association . 2012 . Millwood Heritage Productions . 978-0-473-22017-4 . Wellington, N.Z. . English . 813004208.
  11. Book: Siers . Judy . King George's Hall, 1911-2011: Bay View, Napier . King George's Hall Committee . 2011 . King George's Hall Committee . 978-0-473-18419-3 . Napier, N.Z. . English . 713272440.
  12. Book: Siers, Judy . The life and times of James Walter Chapman-Taylor . 2007 . Millwood . 978-0-473-11340-7 . Napier, N.Z. . English . 156286712.
  13. Book: Siers . Judy, Shepherd, Winsome . The botanic garden: a celebration of a garden . Wellington . City Council . 1992 . Wellington City Council . 978-0-908582-82-2 . Wellington . English . 915552286.
  14. Book: Siers . Judy, Wellington (N.Z.) . A town hall for the 21st century . City Council . 1992 . Millwood Press . 978-0-908582-83-9 . Wellington . English . 1135034606.

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