Adi Tulia Nacola is a woodworker and author who has been publishing books since 2018. From Soa, Nakorotubu in the province of Ra. She writes from life experiences and imagination to pen vivid and emotive works of creative non-fiction and fiction.
She runs her furniture business out of Pacific Harbour and has been designing and producing custom made furniture for over twelve years and enjoys the art of creating.
She has written and published two Novels, Strength of Name and The Brown Dress. Her third novel, You Again is set to launch in March and is based on societal issues and the growing problem of drugs and addiction in her community.
Recently finishing a program in script writing, she hopes to one day transform one of her books into a screenplay, encouraging Indigenous writers to share their stories.
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Amazing time at Rånui library on International Women’s day reading about arranged marriage in Strength of a Name. We were discussing marriage in different cultures & times in history. We tried to imagine what it might be like for a young person to put the needs of their community before their own personal feelings… We talked about what life was like for women in 1926 & when we were young & getting married.
We had a great reading at Selwyn today of the “1944” chapter from “Strength of a Name”. The story provided a wonderful insight into Fijian village life in the 1940’s, their understanding of natures storm cues and their calm preparation for the storm. There was some discussion on the appropriateness of telling white lies to young children to soften the impact of terrible events, or whether they were better in the long term having been told the truth.