welcome to 2write

2Write? Too right!

Wellington-based communications company 2Write is made up of husband and wife Pat Martin and Pip Desmond. We’ve been writing, editing and designing publications for a wide range of clients for over 35 years. Our strength is our ability to turn complex ideas into clear, simple language and present them in an engaging way. Whether we’re writing books, editing reports, proof-reading university texts, designing web pages, recording family history or running writing workshops, we bring life to words.

2022 Song for Rosaleen discount offer

Copies of Pip’s memoir, Song for Rosaleen, are  now available from 2Write for $10 (RRP $30) plus postage. Song for Rosaleen is a celebration of Pip’s mother Rosaleen’s life and the intimate portrait of a family coping with dementia. It was published by Massey University Press and  longlisted in the 2019 Ockham NZ Book Awards.

Please email Pip to place orders and for bank account details.

‘Love song, lament, protest song: Song For Rosaleen is all these and more. Highly recommended reading.’ – Sue Wootton, co-editor, Corpus