Trish HarrisTrish Harris

Trish Harris has worked as a writer, editor and tutor. She's co-founded and run writing workshops for children and adults, worked as a researcher and interviewer for TV and radio, and set up a card and calendar business. The Walking Stick Tree is her first book. Trish was born in Otematata, North Otago, in 1962

The Monday extract: On the constant presence of physical pain

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Trish Harris developed acute arthritis when she was six. In this extract from her memoir The Walking Stick Tree, she ponders her relationship with her lifelong worst enemy – pain. How do children cope with pain? How does anyone live with it? How did I manage it, survive it, and what about now? When I was growing … Read more