Lauren Keenan

2 weeks ago | san.com | Harry Fogle |Lauren Keenan

THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IS GOING AFTER STATES WITH CLIMATE LAWS ON THE BOOKS THAT GO AGAINST THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT’S ENERGY AGENDA. PRESIDENT TRUMP SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER TUESDAY ORDERING THE US ATTORNEY GENERAL TO IDENTIFY AND TAKE ACTION AGAINST STATE LAWS THAT BURDEN THE USE OF DOMESTIC ENERGY AND ARE QUOTE “UNCONSTITUTIONAL, PREEMPTED BY FEDERAL LAW, OR OTHERWISE UNENFORCEABLE.”“SIMPLY PUT, AMERICANS ARE BETTER OFF WHEN THE UNITED STATES IS ENERGY DOMINANT.

Dec 24, 2024 | san.com | Lauren Keenan

Celebrations are happening in Rome as the Catholic church kicks off its 2025 Jubilee with huge crowds of tourists.

Sep 30, 2024 | newsroom.co.nz | Lauren Keenan

Every now and again, a book comes along that is so good, it’s hard to describe without resorting to cheesy clichés. Auē by Becky Manawatu was that book for me – and, given its critical and commercial success, I know I’m hardly the only person to feel that way. It was brave and full of heart, and – as a wannabe novelist myself at the time – hugely inspirational to read a book by another wahine Māori that expertly wove tikanga mō Te Reo Māori throughout the narrative in a seamless way.

Jun 22, 2024 | e-tangata.co.nz | Lauren Keenan

Author Lauren Keenan reflects on how to write truthfully about home. Can you write about a place you haven’t been to? I was asked this question recently at the Auckland Writers Festival. I’ve been thinking about it ever since. Not because I write about locations I’ve never visited — all my books are set in places where I’ve lived. But the question was an uncomfortable reminder that I wrote two books while living overseas — and, even though they were about my home, I didn’t get some things right.

May 11, 2024 | e-tangata.co.nz | Lauren Keenan

When Māori author Lauren Keenan started out on her writing career, she listened to advice telling her not to set stories in New Zealand. Here she is on changing her mind. Last month, my 10-year-old daughter asked how I felt about Te Ātiawa losing its land after the New Zealand Wars. “Aren’t you angry, Mum?” Her eyes flashed, and she crossed her arms. “Why don’t you look more angry?”We were at Te Ārei battle site, not far from Waitara in North Taranaki.