Mophead


Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference is a memoir in graphic novel form, written and illustrated by the poet and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh. It is published by Auckland University Press. On 12 November 2020 Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem was published.
For the 2020 Pop Up Penguin art trail in Christchurch a Mophead penguin was made by artist Lisa Rudman.

Awards

In August 2020 Mophead was the supreme winner at the New Zealand [Book Awards for Children and Young Adults], and also won the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year and Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction. In October 2020 Mophead won three awards at the Publishers Association of New Zealand Book Design Awards – the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book, Best children's book and the PANZ People’s Choice Award – recognising the design skills of Vida Kelly.