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Ben Brown was born in Motueka and spent his childhood in the Motueka Valley, the setting for much of his book A Fish in the Swim of the World. His early attempts at meaningful employment began in the sunburnt paddocks of the family tobacco farm. Since then he’s been many things including student, fencer, shepherd, construction worker, barman, design and art tutor. Now a full-time writer, Ben has had a successful creative partnership of over a decade with his wife, Helen Taylor. Together they have produced over nine children’s picture books. Ben and Helen live with their son and daughter in the portside town of Lyttelton, near Christchurch.
He says of his memoir:
A Fish in the Swim of the World operates on the premise that ordinary people have worthwhile and interesting stories to tell. Characters and events that shape them seem somehow within reach. We can empathise with them. We can engage. There is the notion that a life lived in a certain way has meaning, has significance, though it may not change the world, nor even ripple its waters. And there is a desire to explore a uniquely New Zealand experience within these ideas.
A Fish in the Swim of the World has been recorded by Radio NZ and was first played on Radio NZ National in January 2007.