Our Team
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Emily Makere Broadmore
Founder, Editor-in-Chief
Emily sets the direction and manages the operations of Folly. She aims for each issue to encapsulate the mood of the year in which it is printed.
Emily runs a public relations consultancy in Wellington and founded the Wellington Writers Studio. Her short stories and social commentary appear in media and in international print journals.
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Emily Goldthorpe
Managing Editor
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Emily has managed the production of Folly Journal for two years as a contract editor, keeping the team to schedule and leading the editing round for all short listed and selected submissions. She has previously worked at an award-winning independent publishing house in New Zealand.
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Ari Prakash
Assistant Editor
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Ari Prakash has been on the Folly team since the beginning, running the reading team and short listing the poetry submissions. Her writing has seen her win Best Humour/Satire Writer, 3rd place: Best Creative Writing/Poetry and 1st place tie: Best Headline at the 2021 Aotearoa Student Press Awards.
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Dana Turner
Art Direction
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Dana manages each year's art selection, working alongside leading New Zealand and international art galleries to find collectable artists whose work aligns with Folly. She values her relationships with Folly artists, and encourages anyone represented by a New Zealand gallery to reach out to her ahead of the next issue.
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Tiana Jones
Original co-founder
Tiana's experience as a strategic marketing and brand strategist for premium luxury brands helped shape Folly’s brand identity. Tiana was instrumental in our early brand development, helping shape our creative direction and marketing as we launched into the literary scene in 2023.
Want to be on our team for Issue 004?
Folly is seeking accomplices for 2026:
READERS: Help us discover the stories that make people miss their bus stops. Previous reading experience optional, ability to spot good writing (especially when it requires some polishing to get there) is essential. Support our small core team over our busy submission period from 1 Feb - 1 May 2025. From as little as two hours per week.
DIGITAL MARKETING INTERN: Turn literary provocation into social media gold. Must be fluent in both Instagram, Canva and irony. Minimum 5 hours per week, from anywhere in the world.
PUBLISHING INTERN: Learn how a literary revolution happens from the inside. Involves coming up with questionable event concepts and networking. Stipend role on a casual basis.
Be part of New Zealand’s fastest selling literary journal. Fill in the form below to apply.