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.^[1] On 12 November 2020 Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem was published.^[2][3][4]

Mophead: How Your Difference Makes a Difference

First edition
Author	Selina Tusitala Marsh
Illustrator	Selina Tusitala Marsh
Language	English
Genre	Children's book, Biography, Graphic novel
Publisher	Auckland University Press
Publication date	17 October 2019
Publication place	New Zealand
ISBN	9781869408985
Followed by	Mophead Tu: The Queen's Poem

For the 2020 Pop Up Penguin art trail in Christchurch a Mophead penguin was made by artist Lisa Rudman.^[5]

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.^[6][7] 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.^[8]