ABOUT THE DIRECTORS
Onetree House directors Jenny Nagle and Christine Dale have the combined experience of over 65 years in children’s and educational book publishing - both local and international markets.
They both believe in the transformative power of story and are advocates for the importance of recording and reflecting our unique cultural perspective.
Jenny Nagle BA, Dip Teaching, ATCL – Speech & Drama
Jenny Nagle's publishing career began with Hodder & Stoughton’s educational division in NZ, before moving to trade publishing, sales and marketing across the Tasman, as Marketing Director with Hodder & Stoughton.
She has worked at Thomas Nelson, HodderHeadline, School Supplies, and APN (Kid’s Club), and founded independent distributor Addenda (sold 2004). Addenda won The Best of the Bestsellers Award, from Booksellers NZ, two years running. While in Australia she served 4 years on the Australian Publishers’ Association Trade Book Marketing Committee and NSW Children’s Book Council, including the inaugural CBC national conference committee, and later managed the Commonwealth Writer’s Prize Final Programme in NZ.
Since 2017 she has been the Chief Executive of The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ).
Christine Dale Dip Bus
Christine Dale has more than 40 years of experience in the Publishing Industry. She is committed to supporting local stories and the wealth of Aotearoa’s literary and artistic talent. She has been a publisher, author, editor, illustrator and has produced award-winning books.
As the Publishing Manager at Scholastic NZ Ltd, she grew the local list from 5 to 50 titles a year, and over 30 of those titles went on to win awards for writing, illustrating, first works and, most importantly, children's choice awards. Scholastic NZ Ltd became the leading publisher of children's books in New Zealand at that time.
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Christine served as the Chair of the Storylines Management Committee for 3 years.
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OneTree House are members of SQWIBI and the Publishers Association of NZ.
Dame Whina Cooper said it best: Take care of our children. Take care of what they hear, take care of what they see, take care of what they feel. For how the children grow, so will be the shape of Aotearoa.
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