3 “ The Listener has been proudly covering the arts since C.K. Stead was still in short sentences. “ The arts according to The Listener . Think. LIFE WELL READ CONTENTS 4 Contact Details 6 Sponsors and Grant Makers 7 Patrons, Festival Club Members and Friends 10 Celebrating 10 Festivals 17 International Biographies 27 New Zealand Biographies 33 Booking Information 34 Festival Information 35 Timetable 37 Booking Form 49 Wednesday 12 May 51 Thursday 13 May 55 Friday 14 May 59 Saturday 15 May 64 Sunday 16 May 67 Workshops 67 Free Events 70 Index The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival was just a dream in April 1999. A decade later, the Festival has a life of its own, thanks to you – the audience, the readers, thinkers, writers and curious of Auckland and beyond. The festival has put over 160 international guests and more than 700 local writers and speakers on stage in those ten years, making Auckland a more interesting place to live. The 2010 Festival focuses on lives – the well-lived, the well-read, the rich, the tragic, the ordinary and the extraordinary, the quiet and the chaotic, the writer’s life, a life ‘in’ books, life in war and lives spent seeking peace, the life of the art world, life-changing moments and decisions, the ordinary lives of extraordinary and memorable characters, the life of our national sport, the life of the outsider, the rebel and, sometimes, people who’d rather not be noticed at all. It’s about the stories we hope will live on (whatever the format), stories which deserve a life of their own, and the people who strive to bring them to life. We know you’ll make the most of the five days of the festival – a full, frantic, fast and loose five days – and for the rest of the year we hope the festival lives on in hearts and minds while we’re planning the next. Welcome to the 2010 Festival programme, and to some life- changing moments ahead. Jill Rawnsley, Artistic Director A WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR IT’S ABOUT THE STORIES WE HOPE WILL LIVE ON THE STORIES WHICH DESERVE A LIFE OF THEIR OWN AND THE PEOPLE WHO STRIVE TO BRING THEM TO LIFE.
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JOHN CAREYENGLAND
JohnCareyisEmeritusMertonProfessorofEnglishatOxfordUniversity,adistinguishedcritic,reviewer,broadcaster,Bookerjudgeandtheauthorofmanybooks,includingstudiesofDonne,DickensandThackeray.HiscelebratedpolemicWhat Good are the Arts?(2005)provokedmuchdebateanddiscussion.AregularcriticonBBC2’sNewsnight ReviewaswellaschiefbookreviewerfortheLondonSunday Times,healsoeditedThe Faber Book of Reportage,The Faber Book of ScienceandThe Faber Book of Utopias.HismostrecentworkistheacclaimedbiographyofNobelPrize-winningnovelistWilliam Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies(2009).JohndivideshistimebetweenahomeinOxfordandconverted18thcenturyfarmcottagesintheCotswalds.Hisinterests,otherthan‘writingtostimulateandinvolvethegeneralreader’,arekeepingbeesandprintmaking.
internationallyacclaimedwriterandhistorian,hewrotethehighlyacclaimedbestsellerIn Xanaduwhenhewas22.City of DjinnswontheThomasCookTravelBookAwardandtheSunday Times YoungBritishWriteroftheYearAward;From the Holy MountainwontheScottishBookoftheYearPrize,The Age of KaliwontheFrenchPrixD'Astrolabe;andWhite MughalswontheWolfsonPrizeforHistory2003andtheScottishBookoftheYearPrize.The Last MughalwaslonglistedfortheBBCFourSamuelJohnsonPrizeandwontheDuffCooperMemorialPrize.HislatestbookisNine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India(2009).WilliamliveswithhiswifeandthreechildrenonafarmoutsideDelhi.
forContemporaryArtsinLondon.Supported by the British Council New Zealand
JILL DAWSONENGLAND
JillDawsonbeganpublishingattheageof22bywinningfirstprizeinanationalshortstorycompetition.ShewentontowinanEricGregoryAwardforpoetry,andpublishedherfirstnovelTrick of the Lightin1996.Sheistheauthorofsixnovelsandeditorofsixanthologiesofpoetryandshortstories.Shealsowritesscriptsandjournalismandhaswrittenonenon-fictionbookforteenagers.Herothernovelsare:Magpie(1998);Fred & Edie (2000);Wild Boy(2003);Watch Me Disappear (2006),andThe Great Lover (2009),whichwasaRichardandJudySummerRead.Fred & Ediewasshortlistedforboththe2000WhitbreadNovelAwardandthe2001OrangePrizeforFiction,andvotedoneof50essentialnovelsbyalivingauthor.Herworkhasbeentranslatedintomorethanadozenlanguages,andherwritinghasbeendescribedbytheWhitbreadjudgesas'inventingafemalelanguagewhereJeanRhysleavesoff’'.SheiscurrentlydirectorofGoldDust,amentoringschemeforwriters.Jillliveswithherhusbandandtwosonsinanaward-winningecohouseintheCambridgeshireFens.
JOHN FREEMANUNITED STATES
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JohnFreemanistheEditorofGranta,anaward-winningwriterandprolificbookcriticwhowrotereviewsforover200publications,includingtheNew York Times Book Review,The GuardianandtheWall Street Journal.AformerpresidentoftheNationalBookCriticsCircle,hewonthe2007JamesPattersonPageTurnerawardforrunninganationalcampaigntobringbackbookcoverageinthemedia.Hesolicited,editedandpostedmorethan100essaysabouttheimportanceofreading,thenecessityofcriticism,andtherolecommunitiescanplayintheirownnewspapers.John’sfirstbook,Shrinking the World: The 4,000-year story of how email came to rule our lives(2009),isashorthistoryofourneedforcorrespondence,andanexaminationoftheastonishinggrowthofemailandhowitischangingourlives–notalwaysforthebetter.Hecitestheworkoflinguists,behaviourists,culturalcriticsandphilosophersofallflavourstoexplainourseeminglyendlessculturaladdiction,andendswith,asyoumightexpectfromthetitle,apleaforthesortofcommunicationwe'veabandonedinthefaceofabottomlessinbox.JohnlivesinNewYorkCityandLondon.
RICK GEKOSKIUNITED STATES/ENGLAND
RickGekoskiisawriterandrarebooksspecialist,possiblybestknownforhis2004bestsellerTolkien’s Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books.HehasworkedasaUniversityteacher,publisher,critic,bibliographerandbroadcaster.HewasaBookerPrizejudgein2005,andisChairmanoftheJudgesfortheInternationalBookerPrize2011.Hestartedarare-booksbusinessin1982,andisoneoftheworld’sleadingspecialistdealersinmodernEnglish,
IrishandAmericanliterature.Oncedescribedasthe‘BillBrysonofthebookworld’,Rick’snewbookiscalledOutside of a Dog: A Bibliomemoir–atermandgenrehehasmoreorlessinvented.Hetakesusonafascinatingliteraryjourneyinwhichherevealstheintricaterelationsbetweenhisreadingandhislife,through25bookswhichhaveparticularmeaningforhim.AfterfinishinghisDPhilinEnglishatOxford,RickGekoskitaughtatWarwickUniversityuntil1987.In2008,hebecameaBritishCitizen(aswellasanAmericanone)remarkingthathenowfeels‘equallyillateaseinbothcultures’.HelivesinLondonandspendspartofeveryyearinNewZealand.
ELIZABETH GILBERTUNITED STATES
ElizabethGilbertisanaward-winningwriterofbothfictionandnon-fiction.HershortstorycollectionPilgrimswasafinalistforthePEN/Hemingwayaward,andhernovelStern MenwasaNewYorkTimesnotablebook.The Last American Man(2002)wasafinalistforboththeNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCritic’sCircleAward.Sheisbestknownforher2006memoirEat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything,whichwaspublishedinoverthirtylanguagesandhassoldmorethansevenmillioncopiesworldwide.ThefilmadaptationstarringJuliaRobertsandJavierBardemwillbereleasedin2011.Hernewbook,Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage,beginswhereEat, Pray, Loveended.ElizabethliveswithherhusbandinNewJersey.
CHARLIE HIGSONENGLAND
Afteravariedcareerasthesingerinapopgroupandadecorator,CharlieHigsonstartedwritingcomedyfortelevisioninthelate1980s,creatingthecharactersofLoadsamoneyandStavroswithHarryEnfieldfor‘SaturdayNightLive’.Workingwithhislong-termwritingpartner,PaulWhitehouse,Charlie’snextprojectwas‘HarryEnfield’sTelevisionProgramme’.CharlieandPaulthenwentontocreateandstarin‘TheFastShow’(1994-2000).Followingthesuccessof‘TheFastShow’,CharlieworkedonanumberofotherTVcomedies,asperformer,writerandproducer,includingshowslike‘TheSmellofReevesandMortimer’,‘ShootingStars’and‘RandallandHopkirkDeceased’.Hewrotefourthrillernovelsforadultsintheearly1990sandrecentlywroteaseriesoffiveJamesBondbooksforayoungerreadership.Hehasnowlaunchedanewhorror/zombie/adventureseriesforkids,The Enemy,withbook2,The Dead,outinOctober.Heappearsinthecomedyseries‘Bellamy’sPeople’,anewshowhehasonceagainco-createdwithPaulWhitehouse.CharlielivesinLondon.Supported by Penguin Books
THOMAS KENEALLYAUSTRALIA
ThomasKeneallywasborninSydneyin1935,andisoneofthemostsuccessfulcontemporaryAustralianwriters.Short-listedfortheBookerthreetimeswithThe Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith(1972),Gossip from the Forest
(1975)andConfederates(1979),hewonthe1982BookerPrizewithSchindler's Ark,whichwassubsequentlymadeintoanOscar-winningfilmbyStephenSpielbergin1993.KeneallyhaswontheMilesFranklinAwardtwicewithBring Larks and HeroesandThree Cheers for the Paraclete,andhewasawardedtheOrderofAustraliain1983forhisservicestoAustralianLiterature.Hismostrecentworkisthefirstinathree-volumeseriesonthehistoryofAustralia,Australians: Origins to Eureka.Successivevolumeswillbepublishedin2011and2013.HislatestnovelisThe People’s Train,whichwaspublishedin2009.TomismarriedwithtwodaughtersandlivesinSydney.
DAVID LEVITHANUNITED STATES
DavidLevithanistheaward-winningandNew York Timesbestsellingauthorofnumerousyoungadultbooks,includingBoy Meets Boy, Are We There Yet?andNick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist(writtenwithRachelCohnandnowafilmstarringKatDenningand Juno’s MichaelCera).InDavid’slatestcollaborativenovel,Will Grayson, Will Grayson(2010),healternateschapterswithJohnGreen(Paper Towns),givingauniquevoicetotwoteens,bothnamedWillGrayson.WhentheWillGraysonscrosspathsinachancemeeting,theyfindtheirlivesgoinginnewandunexpecteddirections.Astheybuildtowardsthemusicalbeingstagedbytheirboy/friend,theirresistibleandunforgettableTinyCooper,everythingseemsasthoughitwillfallapart.Butthingsmightjustcometogether.DavideditslotsofbooksatScholasticintheUSandisfounderofthePUSHimprintwhichlooksfornewvoicesandauthorsinyoungadultliterature.Healsotakeslotsofpictures,andlivesinNewJersey.
YIYUN LICHINA/UNITED STATES
YiyunLigrewupinBeijingandmovedtotheUnitedStatesin1996.ShehashadstoriesandessayspublishedinThe New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, O. Henry Prize Storiesandelsewhere.HerdebutcollectionA Thousand Years of Good Prayers(2005)wontheinauguralFrankO'ConnorInternationalShortStoryAward,thePEN/HemingwayFoundationAwardandtheGuardianFirstBookAwardin2006,andtheCaliforniaBookAwardforfirstfiction.ItwasshortlistedfortheKiriyamaPrizeandtheOrangePrizeforNewWriters,andmadeintoanaward-winningfilmdirectedbyWayneWang.ShewasselectedbyGrantaasoneofthe21BestYoungAmericanNovelistsunder35in2007,andisacontributingeditortotheBrooklyn-basedliterarymagazine,A Public Space.Herdebutnovel,The Vagrants(2009),issetduringatimeoftheanti-Communistgroundswellinlate1970sChina.YiyunLilivesinOakland,Californiawithherhusbandandtheirtwosons,andteachesattheUniversityofCalifornia,Davis.Supported by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation
ANTONY LOEWENSTEINAUSTRALIA
AntonyLoewensteinisafreelancejournalist,authorandblogger,andanatheistJewish-Australianpoliticalactivist.HehaswrittenforThe Guardian, Haaretz,The Washington Post,Sydney Morning Herald,The Australian, Sydney's Sun-Herald,ZNet,The Big Issue,Crikey,
CounterPunchandothers.Hewritesaregularcolumnforonlinemagazinenewmatilda.comandisaboardmemberofMacquarieUniversity’sCentreforMiddleEastandNorthAfricanStudies.Heappearsregularlyonradio,inpublicandatuniversitiesdiscussingcurrentaffairsandpolitics.AcontributortoNot Happy, John(2004),abestselleronthecontroversyovertheawardingoftheSydneyPeacePrizetoHananAshrawi,andTo A Time to Speak Out(2008),ontheriseofglobalJewishdissent,Antonyisalsotheco-founderofIndependentAustralianJewishVoices.His2008bookThe Blogging Revolutionisabouttheinternetinrepressiveregimes.HisbestsellerontheIsrael/Palestineconflict,My Israel Question (1stedn,2006;2ndedn2007),wasre-releasedin2009inafullyupdatedthirdedition.AntonylivesinSydney.
BEN NAPARSTEKAUSTRALIA
BenNaparstekwasappointedEditorofThe Monthly,amagazinewhichfocusesonAustralianpolitics,societyandculture(www.themonthly.com.au),inMay2009attheageof23.HehasdegreesinartsandlawfromtheUniversityofMelbourne,andundertookagraduatefellowshipatJohnsHopkinsUniversitybeforereturningtoMelbournetotakeuphisnewrole.Benhaswrittenaboutbooksandideasformorethan40newspapersandmagazinesoverthelasteightyears.Hisfirstbook,In Conversation: Encounters with Great Writers (2009),isacollectionofinterviewswithfamousandsometimeselusivewriters:PaulAuster,RussellBanks,IanBuruma,NoamChomsky,UmbertoEco,RobertFisk,ThomasFriedman,CarlosFuentes,HendrikHertzberg,JohnGray,DavidGuterson,PeterHandke,SeamusHeaney,PeterHoeg,MichelHouellebecq,ElfriedeJelinek,TonyJudt,IsmailKadare,RobertKagan,PaulKrugman,Bernard-HenriLevy,JanetMalcolm,PeterMatthiessen,
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JayMcInerney,CatherineMillet,RickMoody,ToniMorrison,PaulMuldoon,HarryMulisch,HarukiMurakami,BenOkri,PerPetterson,AdamPhillips,KatieRoiphe,JoseSaramago,WoleSoyinka,GrahamSwift,TobiasWolff,JamesWood,andA.B.Yehoshua.ItisbeingtranslatedintoPortugueseandChinese.Heisalsoco-editor,withJustinClemens,ofThe Jacqueline Rose Reader,dueoutthroughDukeUniversityPressearly2011. Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
MICHAEL OTTERMANUNITED STATES
MichaelOttermanisajournalistandhumanrightsconsultantbasedinNewYorkCity.Heistheauthoroftwobooks:American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond(PlutoPress/MelbourneUniversityPublishing2007);andErasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage(PlutoPress2010,withHilandWilson).HeisagraduateofBostonUniversity(BS,Journalism,2003),UniversityofSydney(MA,PeaceandConflictStudies,2006)andwasVisitingScholarattheCentreforPeaceandConflictStudies,Sydney,from2006to2009.Asaconsultant,hehasworkedwithNGO’sfromaroundtheglobeincludingJubileeAustraliaandCatalystInc.
LIONEL SHRIVERUNITED STATES/ENGLAND
LionelShriveristheauthorofeightpreviousnovels,aswellasajournalistfortheGuardian,theNew York TimesandtheDaily Telegraph,amongmanyotherpublications.Aninternationalbestsellerthat’ssoldoveramillioncopiesworldwide,We Need to Talk About KevinwontheOrangePrizeforFictionin2005,andhasbeentranslatedinto25languages.Hernewnovel,So Much For That,willbereleasedinNewZealandinearlyApril.LionelShriverlivesinLondonandNewYorkCity.
ALICIA SOMETIMESAUSTRALIA
AliciaSometimesisawriter,poet,broadcasterandmusician.Shehasperformedspokenwordover400timesatmanyvenues,festivalsandeventsandhadherpoetrypublishedaroundtheworld,andconductednumerousworkshopsincitiesandregionalareasworkingwithcommunitiestoshowcasepoetryperformances.Sheco-wroteanddirectedthepoetryplanetariumsell-outshow,ElementalattheMelbourneInternationalArtsFestivalin2009.Herworkhasbeenonradiomanytimesandsheiscurrentlyapresenteron3RRRwithaweeklyshow.In2004sheco-organisedthefirstnationalpoetryradioslamonAustralianRadioNational,andshewasco-editoroftheliteraryjournalGoing Down Swingingforsevenyears.Herbooksincludekissing the curveandSoundtrack.Mostrecently,shecompletedatourofCanadafeaturingattheFestivald'AmériquesinMontreal.AlicialivesinMelbourne.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
SARAH THORNTONCANADA/ENGLAND
SarahThorntonisaCanadianwriterandsociologistofculturewhomovedtoBritainonaCommonwealthScholarshiptoresearchaPhDonyouthsubcultures,havingalreadycompletedaBAinArtHistory.ThatthesiswaspublishedasClub Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital(1995).SheoncerantheMAinMediaStudiesatSussexUniversity,andhasbeenavisitingresearchfellowatGoldsmiths,UniversityofLondon.Since2003,shehasbeeninvestigatingthesocialdynamicsofcontemporaryart.Hersecondbook,Seven Days in the Art World(2008),isawittyseriesofnon-fictionnarratives,revealingtheinnerworkingsoftheinstitutionsthatcontributetoanartist’splaceinarthistory.Basedonintensiveethnographicresearch(i.e.hundredsofhoursofparticipantobservationandin-depthinterviewswithover250people),thebookisaninternationalhit,translatedintotenlanguages.ThorntoniscurrentlythechiefwriteroncontemporaryartforThe Economist.ShelivesinLondonandhascontributedcommentarytomanytelevisionandradioshowsandpublications,includingSueddeutscheZeitung,Artforum.com,The Art NewspaperandThe New Yorker.
andheadedtoBarcelona,thecitythatlaterinspiredhisfirstnovelThe South(1990)andnon-fictionworkHomage to Barcelona (1990).Hisnon-fictionincludesBad Blood: A Walk Along the Irish Border(1994),The Sign of the Cross: Travels in Catholic Europe(1994),andThe Irish Famine(1999).HeeditedThe Penguin Book of Irish Fiction(1999),andpublishedabookofessaysLove in a Dark Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovarin2002,whenhealsobecameaFellowattheCentreforScholarsandWritersatNewYorkPublicLibrary,enablinghimtoresearchthelifeofIrishdramatistLadyAugustaGregoryforhisbookLady Gregory's Toothbrush(2002).HehaswrittensixnovelsincludingThe South (1990),The Heather Blazing(1992),The Story of the Night(1996),The Blackwater Lightship(1999)whichwasshortlistedfortheBookerPrize,The Master(2004),forwhichhewontheInternationalIMPACDublinLiteraryAwardin2006,andhislatestnovel Brooklyn(2009),winnerofthe2009CostaNoveloftheYear.Hecontinues
(withfellowEconomist journalistJohnMicklethwait)offivebooksonglobalizationandbusiness,hismostrecentbook,God is Back,showshowandwhyreligionisboomingaroundtheworldandrevealsitsvasteffectsontheglobaleconomy,politicsandculture.Heisabouttore-releaseanupdatededitionofhis1996book,The Witch Doctors,anentertainingyetseriousguidetotoday’smanagementtheoriesandgurus.AdrianhaswrittenEconomistsurveysonentrepreneurshipandtheglobalsearchfortalent,aswellasontelecommunications,education,multinationalcompaniesandmanagementconsultancy.He’salsowrittenpublicpolicypapersoneducation,onmeritocracyandclasslesssociety,andabookonAmericanpolitics.HelivesinLondon.
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Chris LaidlawIn a remarkably diverse career, Chris Laidlaw has been a best-selling author, race relations conciliator, television commentator, Rhodes Scholar, ambassador, conservationist, All Black and Member of Parliament. He is currently host of the award-winning Radio New Zealand programme Sunday Morning, a Wellington regional councillor and columnist.
Jill DawsonJill Dawson was shortlisted for both the Whitbread Novel Award and the Orange Prize for the semi-biographical novel Fred & Edie. Her other acclaimed novels include Trick of the Light, Magpie, Wild Boy, Watch Me Disappear and The Great Lover, the story of Rupert Brooke, which was selected as a Richard & Judy Summer Read last year.
Thomas KeneallyThomas Keneally’s Booker-winning novel Schindler’s Ark, subsequently made into the film Schindler’s List, propelled him firmly into the top rank of writers. Since 1964 he has published twenty-five novels, including the Booker-nominated Confederates, Gossip from the Forest and The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.
PUBLIC EVENTS FOR BOOKLOVERS SATURDAY 28 AUGUST, The Langham Hotel, AucklandSEMINAR 1: FOR ASPIRING BOOKSELLERS
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SEMINAR 2: FOR SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS
Marketing your book to independent bookshops Tips of the trade, from experienced booksellers, for self-published authors.
TIME: 1.30-3.30pm, $35 per person / $60 per couple.
DAVE ARMSTRONGDaveArmstrongisoneofNewZealand’smostsuccessfulplaywrightsandscriptwriters.HisplaysincludeThe Tutor, King and Country andNiu Sila,writtenwithOscarKightley,andLe Sud.HisTVcreditsrangefromShortland Street toBro’town.Hislatestplay,‘GeneralWard’,ispresentedinthefestivalasaRehearsedReadingbyAucklandTheatreCompany’sLiteraryUnit.www.nzonscreen.com/person/dave-armstrong
JOHN BARNETTJohnBarnettisCEOandco-ownerofNewZealand’slargestfilmandtelevisioncompanySouthPacificPictures.HehasbeenproducingdistinctlyKiwistoriessince1975andproducedorexecutiveproducedfourofNewZealand'ssixtopgrossingfilms:Whale Rider,Sione's Wedding,Footrot FlatsandWhat Becomes of the Broken Hearted?www.southpacificpictures.com
GRAHAM BEATTIEGrahamBeattieisaformerpublisher,bookseller,andseveral-timesjudgeoftheCommonwealthWritersPrize,theMontanaNewZealandBookAwards,andtheBPABookDesignAwards.Hishighlypopularbookblog,www.beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com,isupdatedthroughoutthedaysevendaysaweek.
LEONARD BELLLeonard(Len)BellteachesarthistoryatTheUniversityofAuckland.Hiswritingsoncross-culturalinteractionsandrepresentationsandtheworkoftravelling,migrantandrefugeeartistsandphotographershavebeenpublishedinNewZealand,Britain,USA,Australia,GermanyandtheCzechRepublic.BesidesMarti Friedlander(AucklandUniversityPress,2009),heisauthorofColonial Constructs: European Images of Maori 1840-1914(1992)andIn Transit: Questions of Home and Belonging in New Zealand Art (2007).
STEVE BRAUNIASSteveBrauniasisawell-knowncolumnist,haspublishedfournon-fictionbooksandisnowworkingonhisfirstnovel.Hewasthe2009BuddleFindlaySargesonFellow.
BEN BROWNBenBrown(NgatiPaoa,NgatiMahuta)displaysamarkedpropensitytowardperformancepoetryprobablyastheresultofanovertdesiretoappreciatethesoundofhisownvoiceinthehopethatothersmaysharehisapparententhusiasmforit.HispoetryhasbeenpublishedinvariousanthologiesandRadioNZandTheRadioNetworkhaverecordedhim.HisworkhasalsoappearedonpostersplasteredfromheretoBaltimore.BenlivesinLyttelton,BanksPeninsula.www.bookcouncil.org.nz/writers/brownben
GORDON H. BROWNGordonH.Brownhasworkedasafreelancewriteronthevisualartssince1977.HewrotetheclassicColin McCahon: Artist(1984,1993)andAn Introduction to New Zealand Painting 1839-1967withHamishKeith(1969).In1989hewasawardedtheOBEforhisservicestoArtHistory.Asthe1990FannyEvansFellowattheUniversityofOtago,heresearchedMcCahon’slifeandsortedfamilypapersfortheHockenLibrary.In2002,hewasawardedanHonoraryDoctorateofLiteraturebyVictoriaUniversity,whichestablishedtheGordonH.BrownLectureSeries‘inhonouroftheachievementsofthedistinguishedNewZealandarthistorian’.HisnewbookisTowards A Promised Land: On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon(AucklandUniversityPress,2010).GordonlivesonWaihekeIsland.
MIKE CHUNNMikeChunnisCEOofthePlayItStrangeTrustwhichimplementsmusicprogrammesforNewZealandschools.From1992to2003ChunnwasDirectorofNZOperationsfortheAustralasianPerformingRightAssociation(APRA)whichrepresentsNewZealandsongwritersinthecollectionofpublicperformanceandbroadcastroyalties.HelivesinAuckland.
LEON DAVIDSONLeonDavidsonisateacherandtheauthorofthemulti-award-winninghistoriesScarecrow Army(BlackDogBooks,2005)andRed Haze(BlackDogBooks,2006).HislatestbookisZero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front(TextPublishing,March2010).HelivesinWellington.
MIKE DICKISONMikeDickisonisatruepolymath.HehasaPhDintheevolutionofflightlessbirdsfromDukeUniversity,andhasbeenagraphicdesigner,writingteacher,andcuratoratTePapa.Healsowrote,designed,andillustratedKiwi Ukulele: The New Zealand Ukulele Companion (AUTMedia,2008).BasedattheLearningSkillsCentreoftheUniversityofCanterbury,heisinterestedinwaystechnologycanhelpstudentslearn,withtoolslikeblogs,onlinecollaboration,andsocialnetworking.
ERIC DORFMANDrEricDorfmanisaWellington-basedauthorofpopularnaturalhistorybooks,shortfiction,articlesanddocumentaries.HismostrecentbookisthehighlyacclaimedMelting Point(Penguin,2008),whichexploresNewZealand’sresponsestotheissueofclimatechange.EricisalsoExecutiveDirectorofEklektusInc.,whichproducesstrategicandvisitorexperienceservicestotheinternationalculturalsector.
DENIS DUTTONDenisDuttonisaUniversityofCanterburyphilosopherspecializinginaesthetics,thephilosophyofart,andthephilosophyofscience.HeisfounderthepopularwebsiteArts&LettersDaily.In2009,hepublishedThe Art Instinct: Beauty Pleasure, and Human Evolution(OxfordUniversityPress).www.denisdutton.com
BRIAN EDWARDSBrianEdwardsisoneofNewZealand’smostrespectedbroadcastersandwriters.Hiscareerspanseverybranchofthemedia–columnist,author,radioandtelevisioninterviewer,mediacommentatorandtrainer.He’sbeenmediaadvisortofourNewZealandPrimeMinistersandtohundredsoftoppeopleinthepublicandprivatesectors. www.brianedwardsmedia.co.nz
DAVID FARRIERDavidFarrieristheTechnologyandEntertainmentjournalistforTV3’s‘News’and‘Nightline’.HealsowritesforRip It Up,andsinceOctober2009hasbeenco-hostingaCryptozoologythemedradioshow,‘TheCryptidFactor’,withRhysDarbyandLeon‘Buttons’.ItcanbeheardonbFM(9-11amSundays).‘“TheCryptidFactor”isashowaboutcryptids…animalsunknowntoscienceliketheYeti,LochNessmonsterandtheMongolianDeathWorm.It’sanareaofobsessionforbothRhysandmyselfandwe’rebothmutuallytickledwe’vemetsomeoneelsewho’sintoit.’InAugust2009,heself-fundedanexpeditiontotheGobiDeserttomakeadocumentaryabouttheMongolianDeathWorm.HeandcameramanChristieDouglasspentabouttwoweekstryingtoverifythedeathworm’sexistencebuttheonlythingtheywillsayforcertainisthattheywillgetadocumentaryoutoftheiradventures.DavidlivesinAuckland.
TUI FLOWERTuiFlowerhasbeenahouseholdnameformanycooksthroughoutNewZealandformorethanfiftyyears.ShegraduatedattheSchoolofHomeScienceattheUniversityofOtagoandreceivedabursarytostudyatFrance’sÉcoleHôtelièredeParisin1954.Shelaterworkedfor19yearsasfoodeditoratNew Zealand Newspublications,Auckland Star, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly and Home Journal.ShelivesinAuckland.
MARTI FRIEDLANDERMartiFriedlanderhashadalongcareerasaphotographer.HerphotographsofelderlyMaoriwomenwithmoko,artistsandwriters,vineyardsandvintners,andchildrenareparticularlywell-known.HerbooksincludeMoko: the art of Maori tattooing(withMichaelKing,1972),Larks in Paradise: New Zealand Portraits(withJamesMcNeish,1974),Contemporary New Zealand Painters: Volume 1 (withJim&MaryBarr,1980),andPioneers of New Zealand Wine(withDickScott,2002).HerworkhasbeenexhibitedatthePhotographers’GalleryinLondon,theWaikatoArtMuseum,andinalargeandcelebratedretrospective
DICK FRIZZELLDickFrizzellisoneofNewZealand’smostpopularandimportantartists.Inhis20s,heworkedinadvertisingtosupporthisyoungfamily,leavingin1974toworkinthevegetablemarketsintheearlyhoursofthedaysohecouldpursuehisart.Dick Frizzell: The Painter (RandomHouse,2009)containsallofhismajorpaintings,thestoryofhislifeinhisownwords,andanessaybyHamishKeithonDick’sworkanditsplaceintheNewZealandartworld.HelivesinHawke'sBay.
CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAWCharlotteGrimshawwasawardedtheBuddleFindlaySargesonFellowshipin2000.In2006shewontheBNZKatherineMansfieldAward.HerstorycollectionOpportunity(Vintage,2007)wasshort-listedforthe2007FrankO’ConnorInternationalPrize,andwonNewZealand’spremierMontanaawardforfictionin2008,alongwiththeMontanamedal.Singularity(Vintage,2009)wasshort-listedforthe2009FrankO’ConnorInternationalPrizeandtheSouthEastAsiaandPacificsectionoftheCommonwealthWriters’Prize.HerlatestnovelisThe Night Book(Vintage,May2010).ShelivesinAuckland.
BILL HASTINGS BillHastingshasbeenNewZealand’sChiefCensorsince1999.HehasalsobeenamemberoftheIndecentPublicationsTribunal,VideoRecordingsAuthority,DeputyPresidentoftheFilmandLiteratureBoardofReviewandDeputyDeanofLawatVictoriaUniversity.Billisaregulargueston‘TheGoodWord’onTVNZ7.
KIM HILLKimHillisabroadcasterandhostofRadioNewZealandNational’s‘SaturdayMorningwithKimHill’.
LIA HILLSLiaHillswasborninWellingtonandnowlivesinMelbourne.Sheisapoetandnovelistwhoseworkhasbeenpublished,performedandtranslatedinternationally.Shehaspublishedanaward-winningpoetrycollection,the possibility of flight(BookGroupAustralia,2008)andatranslationofMarieDarrieussecq’snovel,Tom is Dead(TextPublishing,2009).Herfirstyoungadultnovel,The Beginner’s Guide to Living(TextPublishing,2009),isontheshort-listforthe2010NewZealandPostChildren’sBookAwards.
CAROL HIRSCHFELDCarolHirschfeldhasmorethan20yearsexperienceinthetelevisionindustryworkingasanewsreporter,presenter,director,producerand
JeffreyPaparoaHolmanlivesinChristchurch/OautahiandheisaseniorresearchfellowintheSchoolofHumanitiesattheUniversityofCanterbury.Hehaspublishedtwobooksofpoetry,As Big as a Father(SteeleRoberts,2002)andThe Late Great Blackball Bridge Sonnets(SteeleRoberts,2004),andhislatestbookisastudyoftheethnographerElsdonBestandhisprincipalTuhoeinformant,theTamakaimoanachief,TutakangahauofMaungapohatu,Best of Both Worlds(Penguin,2010).HelivesinChristchurch.
DES HUNTDesHunthaswrittenaseriesofsuccessfulenvironmentaladventuresforchildrenandyoungadultswhichaimtofosterhisreaders’naturalinterestinthescienceoftheirsurroundings.Hehaswrittenninenovels,includingWhale Pot Bay, Cry of the Taniwha andmostrecently,The Crocodile Nest(HarperCollins,2010).HelivesatMatarangiontheCoromandelPeninsula.
MAC JACKSONMacDonald(Mac)JacksonisProfessorEmeritusofEnglishattheUniversityofAuckland.Internationally,heisbestknownasaShakespearescholar,buthehasalsopublishedwidelyonNewZealandliterature,ascritic,reviewer,historian,editor,andanthologist.
LAURAINE JACOBSLauraineJacobsisanindependentfoodandwinewriterandconsultantandcurrentlyisPresidentoftheNewZealandGuildofFoodWriters.SheisaformerfoodeditorofbothFashion QuarterlyandCuisinemagazineandhasbeenrecognisedwithnationalandinternationalawardsforherfoodandtravelwritinginbooksandmagazines.Sheispassionateaboutartisanproduce,farmers’markets,wineandfreshhealthyfoodandwellrespectedworldwideforherknowledgeoffood,wine,andrestauranttrends.InJune2009LaurainewasmadeaMNZMintheQueen’sBirthdayhonoursforservicestothefoodindustry.Lauraineistheauthorofseveralcookbooksincludingtheinternationallyaward-winningBakerandTaste – The Flavours of Baking,co-authoredwithDeanBrettschneider,The Confident CookandMatakana.SheistheeditorofA Treasury of New Zealand Baking (RandomHouse,2009)whichhasbeenonthebestsellinglistsincepublication.www.laurainejacobs.co.nz
LLOYD JONESLloydJonesisamulti-award-winningwriteroffictionandnon-fiction.HisnovelThe Book of Fame(2000)isafictionalaccountofthe1905AllBlacktourofEuropethat,inpart,shapedNewZealand'sidentity:theplayerswereaccordedalmostGod-likestatusontheirreturn,andthebookisboth
atributetoNewZealand'sfirstsportingcelebritiesandaninvestigationintothecuriousworkingsoffame.ItwontheDeutzMedalforFictionatthe2001MontanaNewZealandBookAwardsandtheTasmaniaPacificFictionPrizein2003.ItwasalsoadaptedforthestagebyCarlNixon.In2007,LloydwontheCommonwealthWriters’Prize,theMontanaMedalforFictionandReader’sChoiceAward,andtheKiriyamaPrizeforhisnovelMister Pip.ItwasalsoshortlistedfortheManBookerPrize.In2008,LloydwasmadeanArtsLaureateandreceivedaPrimeMinister’sAwardforLiteraryAchievement.Hisselectedstorycollection,The Man in the Shed,waspublishedin2009(Penguin),andhisnewnovelHand Me Down World(Hachette)isduetobereleasedinNovember2010.HelivesinWellington.
RACHAEL KINGRachaelKingisanovelistandshortstorywriter.ShegainedaMastersinCreativeWritingfromVictoriaUniversityin2001andhasworkedinmagazines,televisionandradio.Herfirstnovel,The Sound of Butterflies(BlackSwan,2006),waspublishedinninecountries,andwontheNZSAHubertChurchBestFirstBookAwardforFictionatthe2007MontanaNewZealandBookAwards.Hersecondnovel,Magpie Hall waspublishedin2009(Vintage).www.rachael-king.com
CHRIS LAIDLAWInaremarkablydiversecareer,ChrisLaidlawhasbeenabestsellingauthor,racerelationsconciliator,televisioncommentator,RhodesScholar,ambassador,conservationist,AllBlackandMemberofParliament.Heiscurrentlyhostoftheaward-winningRadioNewZealandNationalprogramme‘SundayMorning’,andaWellingtonregionalcouncillorandcolumnist. www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday
SARAH LAINGSarahLaingisafictionwriterandgraphicdesigner.HerfirstcollectionofshortstoriesComing up Roses (2007)cameoutaftershewonthe2006Sunday Star Times Short Story Competition.SarahwasWriterinResidenceattheMichaelKingWritersCentrein2008,andisoneofthe2010BuddleFindlaySargesonFellows.ShepublishedherfirstnovelDead People’s Music(Vintage)in2009,andlivesinAuckland.www.poppyshock.com
JESSICA LE BASJessicaLeBas’firstcollectionofpoetryIncognito(AucklandUniversityPress,2007)wontheNZSAJessieMackayAwardforBestFirstBookofPoetryattheMontanaBookAwardsin2008.Hersecondcollection,Walking to Africa(AucklandUniversityPress,2009)dealswithmentalillnessinadolescence.ShelivesinNelson.
JULIE LE CLERCProlificcookbookauthor,foodwriter,Next magazineFoodEditor,andcelebritychefJulieLeClerc’slifeisdedicatedtofoodandculinarytravel.Hertenbestsellingcookbooks,fromMade in MoroccotoCafé CollectiontoTaking Tea in the Medina (Penguin,2005,2006,2007),reflecthercaféandboutiquecateringbackgroundandherextensiveworldtravels.Julienowworksasafreelancefoodandtravelwriter;sheisapopularcookingdemonstratoratvariouseventsaroundthecountryandalsohostsgourmettourstoNewCaledonia.TheJulieLeClercrange
ANNA MACKENZIEAnnaMackenzieisafull-timewriterwithabackgroundinpublicrelations,publishingand‘numerouslesstidyjobs’.Shecurrentlywritesfictionforyoungadultsandhaspublishedfivenovelsinthelastsevenyears:High Tide(Scholastic,2003),Out on the Edge(Longacre,2005),The Sea-Wreck Stranger(Longacre,2007),Shadow of the Mountain(Longacre,2008)andEbony Hill,asequeltoThe Sea-Wreck Stranger,dueouton7May(Longacre/RandomHouse,2010).ShelivesinHawke’sBay.
PAUL MILLARPaulMillarisanAssociateProfessorofEnglishattheUniversityofCanterburywithresearchinterestsinNewZealand,AustralianandPacificLiterature,andrecentpublicationswhichincludeamajornewselectionofJamesK.Baxter’spoetry.HeisalsothedirectoroftheUniversityofCanterbury’snewlyestablishedHumanitiesComputingUnit.HislatestbookisNo Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson(AucklandUniversityPress,2010).
PAULA MORRISPaulaMorris(NgatiWai)istheauthoroffournovels,andtheeditorofThe Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories(2009).Hershortstorycollection,Forbidden Cities(Penguin,2008)wasaregionalfinalistinthe2009CommonwealthWriters’Prize.AgraduateoftheIowaWriters’Workshop,sheteachescreativewritingatTulaneUniversity,NewOrleans.
TIM MURPHYTimMurphyiseditorofThe New Zealand Herald,themorningnewspaperforAucklandandmuchoftheNorthIslandsince1863.TimjoinedtheHerald intheearly1980sandinthreeseparatestintsonthepaperhasworkedasareporter,PressGallerypoliticaljournalist,Pacificcorrespondent,headofnewsanddeputyeditorbeforebecomingtheHerald'syoungesteditorin2001.
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YOUR 2010
BOOKING GUIDE
artsCreative New Zealand is the national arts development agency. We aim to be a catalyst
in the development of a flourishing arts environment in New Zealand.
GREGOR PAULGregorPaulhasbeenajournalistformorethan13years.HisbooksareHard Men Fight Back,The Reign of King HenryandBlack Obsession (ExislePublishing,2009).Aleadingwriteronrugby,andtheHerald on Sunday’svoiceofrugbysince2004,GregorisalsotheeditorofRugby World.
EMILY PERKINSEmilyPerkinsisafictionwriter,andalsopresents‘TheGoodWord’onTVNZ7.ShefirstwonattentionwhenPicador(UK)publishedherfirstcollectionofstories,not her real name (Picador,1996),whileshewaslivinginLondon.ItwentontowintheMontanaNewZealandBestFirstBookofFictionAwardin1996,theGeoffreyFaberMemorialPrizeforFictionandwasshortlistedfortheJohnLlewellynRhysPrize.EmilyeditedacollectionofnewNewZealandwriters’shortstories(The Picnic Virgin,VictoriaUniversityPress,1999),inbetweenpublishingherfirstandsecondnovels,Leave Before You Go(Picador,1998)andThe New Girl(Picador,2001).In2006,EmilywastheBuddleFindlaySargesonFellow.Herthirdnovel,Novel About My Wife(Bloomsbury,2008)wonboththeFictioncategory,andtheoverallMontanaMedalforFictionorPoetryintheMontanaNewZealandBookAwardsin2009.Italsowonthe2008BelieverBookAwardintheUS.ShelivesinAucklandwithherfamily.
SEAN PLUNKETSeanPlunkethasco-hosted‘MorningReport’onRadioNewZealandNationalsinceSeptember1996.HereturnedtoRadioNewZealandafterholdingavarietyofpositionsindailynewsmedia,includingstintson‘FairGo’,anumberofyearsasTV3politicalcorrespondent
JOHN REYNOLDSJohnReynoldsisoneofNewZealand'smostsignificantcontemporaryartists.HewasNewZealand'srepresentativeatthe2006SydneyBiennale,where‘Cloud’wasacentrepiece.Certain Words Drawn(Godwit,2009)featuresexamplesofhisrecentworkandpracticeinastunningbookdesignedbyArchMcDonnellofInHouseDesign.Thebookisalimitededitionof1500copies,eachnumberedandsignedbytheartist.From27Marchto13June2010,anewexhibition,‘NOMADOLOGY[LoiteringWithIntent]’,willfeaturemajornewworksproducedespeciallyforthe40thanniversaryandtheuniquespacesoftheGovett-BrewsterArtGalleryinNewPlymouth.JohnlivesinAuckland.
PAUL REYNOLDSPaulReynoldsisarespectedcommentatorandstrategistonthepotentialoftheinternetasasocialandpublicgood.HeisjointmanagingdirectorofMcGovernOnline,whichworkswiththeculture,heritageandlearningcommunitiesinNewZealand,AustraliaandtheUK.HeisboardmemberoftheNationalDigitalForum,hasparticipatedinanumberofNZGovernmentadvisorybodies,andservedontheAucklandMuseumBoard.Hehasjustcompletedatwoyeartermas
MARK SAINSBURYMarkSainsburyisthehostofcurrentaffairsprogramme‘CloseUp’onTVNZ’sTVOne.HewasawardedNewZealand’sbestnewsandcurrentaffairspresenteratthe2007and2008QantasTelevisionAwards.
ANNE SALMONDAnneSalmondisDistinguishedProfessorofMaoriStudiesandAnthropologyattheUniversityofAuckland.OneofNewZealand’smostprominentanthropologistsandhistorians,herbooksinclude:Two Worlds: First Meetings Between Maori and Europeans 1642-1772(1991),Between Worlds: Early Exchanges Between Maori and Europeans 1773-1815(1997),The Trial of the Cannibal Dog(Penguin,2003)andAphrodite's Island: The European Discovery of Tahiti (Penguin,2009)whichwastheTimes Higher EducationBookoftheWeekinMarch2010.ShereceivedtheCBEforservicestoliteratureandtheMaoripeoplein1988andwasmadeDameCommanderoftheBritishEmpireforservicestoNewZealandhistoryin1995.In2009,shewaselectedasaforeignassociateoftheNationalAcademyofSciences(USA)forherexcellenceinscientificresearch.ShelivesinAuckland.
SAM SAMPSONSamSampson’sfirstcollectionofpoems,Everything TalkswaspublishedbyAucklandUniversityPressinNewZealandandShearsmanBooksintheUKinJune2008.ItwontheJessieMackayNZSABestFirstBookofPoetryatthe2009MontanaNewZealandBookAwards.HisforthcomingseriesofpoemsBroken Architecture,isaUS/NZpoetryprojectanddueforpublicationin2010.HelivesinAuckland.
TINA SHAWTinaShawisanAucklandnovelist,shortstorywriterandeditor.Whilemostofhernovelshavebeenwrittenforadults,shehasalsowrittenfictionforchildren,andhershortstorieshavebeenpublished
PETER SIMPSONPeterSimpsonisDirectorofTheHollowayPressattheUniversityofAuckland.Heisawell-knownwriter,editorandcurator,andhisbooksincludeRonald Hugh Morrieson(OxfordUniversityPressAustralia,1982)andColin McCahon: The Titirangi Years 1953-59 (AucklandUniversityPress,2007).HecontributedtotheOxford History of New Zealand, theDictionary of New Zealand Biography andextensivelytoThe Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature.Aprolificwriter,hisarticlesandreviewshaveappearedinnumerouspublications.
ELIZABETH SMITHERElizabethSmitherisaprize-winningpoetandauthoroffiveshortstorycollectionsandfivenovels.The Lark Quartet(AucklandUniversityPress,2000)wontheMontanaNewZealandBookAwardforPoetryin2000,andshewasthefirstwomanTeMataEstatePoetLaureate(2001-2003).ShewasawardedthePrimeMinister’sAwardforLiteraryAchievementinPoetryin2008.HerlatestnovelisLola(Penguin,2010).ShelivesinNewPlymouth.
GUY SOMERSETGuySomersetistheArtsandBooksEditorfortheNew Zealand ListenerandaformerbookseditoroftheDominion Post.
STEPHEN STRATFORDStephenStratfordhaspublishedmorethanadozenbooks,mostlynon-fiction.Hehaseditedmorethan100otherbooks,andcurrentlyrunsthemanuscriptassessmentserviceWriteRight.HeisdeputysecretaryoftheSargesonTrust,andaNZSocietyofAuthorsrepresentativeontheBoardofCopyrightLicensingLtd.AsamagazinejournalistheworkedforQuote Unquote, Metro,theNew Zealand Listenerandmanyothers.AfoundingTrusteeoftheAucklandWriters’Festival,hehasbeenajudgeoftheSpectrumBookDesignAwards,theWattieBookAwardsandtheMontanaBookAwards,andistheconvenorofjudgesforthe2010NewZealandPostBookAwards.HelivesnearCambridge.
JENNIFER STURMJenniferSturmisaNewZealanderwhohasaPhDinEnglishLiteraturefromtheUniversityofAuckland.ShealsohasaBAinItalian.Sheisparticularlyinterestedintherehabilitationof‘lost’femaleauthors,andinrestoringtheirwritingtoitsrightfulplaceinliteraryhistory.HerdiscoveryofunpublishedshortstoriesbyAnnaKavanhascontributedsignificantlytorenewedinterestintheworkofawomanwhosewritinghasbeencomparedtothatofVirginiaWoolf,DjunaBarnesandJeanRhys.
MARTIN TAYLORMartinTaylorisapublisherandconsultantwithaspecialinterestintheinformationtechnology,internetandbusinessmedia.HeisManagingDirectorandmajorshareholderofbookpublisheranddistributorAddendaPublishing,oneofNewZealand’slargestindependentbookdistributors;andprincipalofwebdesignandconsultingcompanyDigitalStrategies.
WILLIAM TAYLORWilliamTaylorhaspublishedover30novelsforchildrenandyoungadultssince1981,manyofwhichareavailableinternationallyandintranslation.He
TE RADARTeRadar(AndrewJ.Lumsden)isanaward-winningsatirist,documentary-maker,writer,stageandscreendirector,andamateurhistorian.HewontheFredAwardforComedyAchievementatthe2009NZinternationalComedyFestival,aswellasBestLocalShowfor‘EatingtheDog’.Hechairedthefirst‘GoodWordDebate’inOctober2009.
LINDA TYLERLindaTyleristheDirectoroftheCentreforNewZealandArtResearch&DiscoveryattheUniversityofAuckland.
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James K Baxter and Ronald Hugh Morrieson were two great mavericks of New Zealand literature. These wildly different but equally eccentric men of letters never crossed paths — or if they did, they kept it quiet. Until now...
In HORSEPLAY, Ken Duncum’s hilarious imagining of a meeting between the two in Hawera, 1972, the absurdities pile up as Baxter and Morrieson find themselves sharing the stage with the back end of a horse and enduring the interruptions of a dotty aunt and would-be girlfriend Wilma.
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NICK WARDNickWardiscurrentlyoneofNewZealand'smostprolificwriters.Hisfirstfilm‘Stickmen’soldto26countriesaroundtheworldandiswidelyquotedasafavouriteNewZealandfilm.Itwonawardsforbestdirector,bestactor,bestsupportingactorandbestscreenplayattheNewZealandfilmawards.Mostimportantly,itwasthespringboardthathelpedNickmakethemovetobeingafull-timewriter.Hismostrecentfilm,‘SecondHandWedding’,hasjustbecomeNewZealand'sseventhhighestgrossinglocalfilm,justinfrontof‘GoodbyePorkPie’.HehasalsowrittenepisodesanddevelopedstorylinesforNewZealand'sfavouriteTVseries‘OutrageousFortune’.Hislatestfilm–starringRhysDarbyandaduck–isnowshootinginAuckland.
IAN WEDDEIanWeddeisapoet,fictionwriter,criticandartcuratorandtheauthorof13previouscollectionsofpoems,fivenovels,shortstories,essaysandcriticism,andtheeditorofseveralanthologiesandartcatalogues.HewasawardedanArtsFoundationLaureateAwardin2006,andwastheCreativeNewZealand/UniversityofAucklandMichaelKingWriterinResidencein2009.HismostrecentbooksareChinese Opera(VictoriaUniversityPress,2008),Bill Culbert: Making Light Work,(AucklandUniversityPress,2009)andanewcollectionofpoems,Good Business (AUP,2009).
PETER WELLSPeterWellsistheauthorofnumerousaward-winningbooksandanacclaimedfilmwriteranddirector.In2006PeterwasmadeaMemberoftheNewZealandOrderofMeritforservicestoliteratureandfilm.Heco-foundedtheAucklandWritersFestivalwithStephanieJohnsonin1999,andisaTrusteeoftheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.
DAMIEN WILKINSDamienWilkinswritesshortstories,novels,essaysandpoetry.HisbookshavebeenpublishedinNewZealand,theUSAandtheUKandhehaswonandbeennominatedforarangeofprizesandawards.HisnovelsincludeThe Miserables,(VictoriaUniversityPress,1993),Little Masters(VUP,1996),Nineteen Widows Under Ash(VUP,2000),Chemistry (VUP,2002),The Fainter(VUP,2006)andmostrecently,Somebody Loves Us All(VUP,2009).HelivesinWellington.
ALISON WONGAlisonWongwasbornandraisedinHawke'sBay,NewZealand.ApartfromseveralyearsinChinashehasspentmostofheradultlifeingreaterWellington.SherecentlymovedtoGeelong,Australia.Herpoetrycollection,Cup,wasshortlistedfortheBestFirstBookofPoetryatthe2007MontanaNewZealandBookAwards,andin2009shereceivedtheJanetFrameAwardforFiction.As the Earth Turns Silver(2009)isherfirstnovel.
WEDNESDAY MAY 12SCHOOLS EVENTS, SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT A STUDENT AUDIENCE, WILL BE AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR $12 PER SESSION AFTER 23 APRIL 2010, IF SEATS ARE STILL AVAILABLE.
CHARLIE DARK
01. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 10.00-10.45AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
CharlieDarkisawriter,producerandDJwhohashadadynamicimpactonthepoetryandperformancescenewithhisflamboyantgesturesandvocalgymnastics.AmemberofthecriticallyacclaimedhiphopinspiredtrioAtticaBlues,Charliehadalreadyestablishedareputationforpushingtheboundariesofimageryandmusicalitybythetimeheenteredtheinternationalpoetryscene.Hehastouredtheworldbothwiththebandandsolo,andmakesregularappearancesontheinternationalliteratureandspokenwordcircuit.Supported by the British Council New Zealand
WILLIAM TAYLOR
02. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 11.00-11.45AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
sensitive,hisbooksinclude:Possum Perkins(1986);Agnes the Sheep(1991);Knitwits(1992),theaward-winningThe Blue Lawn(1994),The Fatz Katz(1995);Jerome(1999);Spider(2002),Gladys the Goat(2005);andLand of Milk and Honey (2005)–basedonreal-lifeexperiencesofBritishchildrensentasrefugeestoAustralasiaduringtheFirstWorldWar.
ANNA MACKENZIE
03. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 12.30-1.15PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
17. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 3.30-5.00PM CROWNE PLAZA AUCKLAND, ELLIOTT ROOMS
A Treasury of New Zealand Bakingbroughttogetherawealthofourbestfoodwritersandchefstosharetheirfavouriterecipesfromgenerationspastforgenerationstocome.ThisveryspecialeventfeaturesLauraineJacobs,TuiFlower,JulieBiusoandJulieLeClercinacelebrationofbakingwithatraditional‘HighTea’.EnjoyexceptionalDilmahTeas,aselectionofsensationaldainties,andthewisdomandtalesoffourofNewZealand’smostpopularfoodwritersonthetraditionsofbaking.
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18. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 6.30-9.00PM ST MATTHEW-IN-THE-CITY
06. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 10.00-10.45AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
JohnCarey,EmeritusProfessorofEnglishatOxfordUniversity,publishedthefirstfullbiographyofWilliam Goldingin2009.Golding’smostfamouswork,Lord of the Flies,hadbeenrejectedbynumerouspublishersbeforeitwasrescuedfromFaber&Faber’s‘out’pilebyhislifetimeeditorCharlesMonteith,andtherestishistory.CareyhadaccesstoGolding’sdailyjournalsandotherprivatepapersandhasproducedafascinatingbackgroundtoGolding’sclassicnovel,
07. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 11.00-11.45AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
CharlieHigsonistheauthorofthephenomenallysuccessfulYoung Bondbooks(SilverFin, Blood Fever, Double or Die, Hurricane GoldandBy Royal Command),whichhavesoldoveramillioncopiesintheUKaloneandbeentranslatedinto24languages.Asuccessfulactor,comedianandwriterfortelevisionandradio,Charliehasalwaysbeenahorrorfan.HislatestbookisThe Enemy.Supported by Penguin Books
DAVE ARMSTRONG
08. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 11.00-11.45AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
DaveArmstrongisoneofourmostsuccessfulplaywrightsandscriptwriters.HisplaysincludeThe Tutor, King and Country andNiu Sila,writtenwithOscarKightley,andhisTVcreditsrangefromShortland StreettoBro’town.Seealsoevent24,arehearsedreadingbyAucklandTheatreCompanyofDave’snewplayGeneral Ward.
LUNCH WITH RICK GEKOSKI
19. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 12.00-2.00PM SOUL BAR & RESTAURANT, THE VIADUCT
RickGekoskiistheauthorofTolkien’s Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books,alegendarystorytellerandraconteur,andaself-confessed‘bookaddict’.Anexpertinrarebooksandmanuscripts,hestartedhisbusinessin1982,butattributesthestartofhiscareerto1969,whenhesolda£10setofDickensbooksfor£20toBlackwell’sBookshopinOxfordtobuyhisgirlfriendaTibetancoat,thentheheightoffashion.Rickhasworkedasapublisher,academic,critic,bibliographerandbroadcaster,wasaBookerPrizejudgein2005,andiscurrentlyChairmanofJudgesforthe2011ManBookerInternationalPrize.HisnewbookOutside of a Dogisa‘bibliomemoir’,afascinatingandwhimsicalaccountoftwenty-fivebooksthathaveinfluencedhislife,fromDrSeussandJ.D.SalingertoGermaineGreer,FreudandWittgenstein,inwhichhecastsanironicandanalyticeyeonthebooks,theirauthorsandultimately,onhimself.EnjoyathreecourselunchwithManO’WarWineasRicksharestalesofhislifeinbookswithKimHill.
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DAVID LEVITHAN
09. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 12.30-1.15PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
DavidLevithanistheaward-winningandNew York Timesbestsellingauthorofnumerousbooks,includingBoy Meets Boy, Are We There Yet?andNick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist(writtenwithRachelCohnandnowafilmstarringKatDenningandJuno’s MichaelCera).InWill Grayson, Will Grayson,healternateschapterswithJohnGreen(Paper Towns),givingauniquevoicetotwoteens,bothnamedWillGrayson.Whentheycrosspaths,theyfindtheirlivesgoinginnewandunexpecteddirections.Astheybuildtowardsthemusicalbeingstagedbytheirboy/friend,theirresistibleandunforgettableTinyCooper,everythingseemsasthoughitwillfallapart.Butthingsmightjustcometogether.Supported by Text Publishing
LEON DAVIDSON
10. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 12.30-1.15PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
LeonDavidson,award-winningauthorofScarecrow ArmyandRed Haze,hasjustpublishedZero Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front,ablendoffirst-personaccountsandtherawfactsofwar.WhentheAnzacsarrivedattheWesternFrontin1916,thefightinghadbeenongoingforeighteenmonths
11. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 1.30-2.15PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Jointwoconsummatestorytellers,pre-eminentNewZealandhistorianAnneSalmondandrenownedAustraliannovelistandhistorianThomasKeneally,forfantasticstorieshighlightingthedifferencesbetweentheearlyyearsofsettlementinNewZealandandAustralia.Thomas Keneally is supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
IVY LIES
12. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 1.30-2.15PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
rockedge.Bestknownfortheirhitsingle‘Addicted’,theyareEmlaPalmer(leadvocals/rhythmguitar),LisaBlatchford(leadguitar/vocals),RosieO'Connell(drums)andMihkaChee(bass/vocals).Theyrecentlyspentthesummerperformingover27gigswithMidnightYouthandDaneRumbleinthe‘CokeBandsontheBeachTour’,havingreturnedfromLosAngeleslatelastyearwheretheyrecordedtheirdebutalbumwithGrammyaward-winningproducer/songwriter,ClifMagness.Thegirlshavebeenwritingtheirownsongssincetheywerefourteenandstillatschooltogether.Supported by APRA
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24. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 6.00-7.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
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WILLIAM DALRYMPLE20. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 8PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Oneofthemostpopulareventsofthefestival,theNew Zealand ListenerOpeningNightisawelcomingcelebrationwhichintroducesyoutojustafewofthisyear’slyrical,luminaryandspellbindingwriters.Enjoythedulcettonesof:ColmTóibínwithhislatestbestseller,Brooklyn;EmilyPerkinsandthe2009MontanaMedalforFictionwinnerNovel About My Wife;manofmanytalents,interestsandstories,ThomasKeneallywithThe People’s Train;bestsellingauthorofEat, Pray LoveElizabethGilbertwithhernewbookCommitted;andWilliamDalrymplewithhislatestbook,Nine Lives.Joinourdistinguishedguestsforaneveningofinspiredreadings.MC:MarkSainsbury.
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FRIDAY MAY 14
AN HOUR WITH ELIZABETH SMITHER
25. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 10.30-11.30AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
ElizabethSmithermaybeoneofNewZealand’smostawardedandacclaimedpoets,butsheisalsoanaccomplishedwriterofshortstoriesandnovels.Thisyear,shepublishedherfifthnovel,Lola,whosenamesakemarriesintoDearborn&Zander,afamilyoffuneraldirectors,whenshefallsforSamDearbornatadance.WhenSamdiesinafreakaccident,Loladevotestherestofherlifetoexplorationandreflectingontheloveofferedbyverydifferentkindsofmen.SetbetweenAustraliaandNewZealand,itisacuteandamusing,knowledgeableandquesting–muchlikeLolaherself.Elizabeth’spreviousnovelsareFirst Blood(1983),Brother-love, Sister-love(1986),The Sea Between Us(2003)andDifferent Kinds of Pleasure(2006).WewelcomeElizabethbacktoAucklandtocatchuponherwritingandnumerousachievementssinceshewashereforthe2003Festival.Chair:CaroleBeu.
WILLIAM TAYLOR: TELLING TALES
26. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 10.30-11.30AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
27. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 12.00-1.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
AnneSalmondisoneofNewZealand’smostpre-eminenthistorians,andherrecentpublication,theacclaimedAphrodite’s Island(2009),isthefirsttotakeheroff-shoretoTahiti.ThomasKeneallyisawell-knownandprolificwriteroffictionandnon-fiction.Hisfascinationforthepeopleonthemarginsofhistoryhasseenhimembarkonathree-volumehistoryofAustralia,thefirstofwhichwaspublishedin2009,Australians: From Origins to Eureka.Whiletheirbackgroundsmaybedifferent,theyarebothmasterstorytellers.TheytalkwithKimHillabouttheoriginsoftheirsuccess,theirsharedpassionforhistory,thejoysofdiscovery,andthesatisfactionthatcomeswithbringingforgottenstoriesbacktolife.
BEN NAPARSTEK: IN CONVERSATION
28. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 12.00-1.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Therearen’tmany20-somethingswhofindthemselvesEditorofamajormagazine,letaloneconductingmorethan40interviewswithsomeseriouslybighittersintheliteraryandintellectualworld.BenNaparstekwasappointededitorofThe Monthly,amagazinewhichfocusesonAustralianpolitics,societyandcultureinMay2009attheageof23.Hisfirstbook,In Conversation: Encounters with Great Writers(2009),isacollectionofinterviewswiththefamous,thedifficult,andthesometimesdownrightelusive.HowdidhegetonwiththelikesofMichelHouellebecq,PaulKrugman,Bernard-HenriLevy,JanetMalcolm,ToniMorrison,andHarukiMurakami?Andwhat,inhisopinion,makesagoodinterviewer,andalternatively,interviewsubject.BentalkstoNew Zealand ListenerArtsandBooksEditorGuySomerset.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
MICHAEL OTTERMAN: ERASING IRAQ
29. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 1.30-2.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
30. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 1.30-2.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
In1895,ameetingtookplaceintheruggedUreweraranges–Tuhoecountry–thathadlastingeffectsonviewsoftraditionalMaorisociety.ElsdonBest,aself-taughtanthropologistandquartermasterontheroadpastLakeWaikaremoana,wassoughtoutbyaleadingTuhoechief,TutakangahauofMaungapahatu.ThestorieshegavetoBesttoberecordedforfuturegenerationsarestillwithustoday,andBestwentontobecomeanotedPakehaauthorityonthelastof‘theoldtimeMaori’.CanBest’swritingsbereliedupon?JeffreyPaparoaHolman’suniqueexaminationofthishistoricallysignificantrelationshipinBest of Both Worldsinformsavitaldebateonthe
31. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 3.00-4.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
JillDawsonhaspublishedsixnovelsandalsowritespoetry.Herlatestnovel,The Great Lover,capturestheallureofpoetRupertBrookeandhisintriguingrelationships,intheeuphoricperiodbeforetheFirstWorldWar,inCambridgeandlaterinTahiti.ElizabethSmitherisanaward-winningpoetwhohasjustpublishedherfifthnovel, Lola.Withthewisdomandwryhumourofmaturity,itexploresloveanddeath,musicandfriendshipandissetinAustraliaandNewZealand.JoinJillandElizabethforlyricalproseandpoeticstorytellingwithchairCaroleBeu.
GORDON H. BROWN: COLIN McCAHON
32. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 3.00-4.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
ColinMcCahonwrote.‘Nowhemakesthingstohangonwallsatexhibitions.’Fillinghispaintingswithkauriandcliffs,thecandleandtheT,hesoughttodevelopsignsandsymbolsforourmodernworld.LeadingMcCahonscholarGordonH.Brown,OBE,givesashortillustratedtalkfeaturingimagesfromhissignificantnewbookTowards a Promised Land: On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon(2010),followedbyaconversationwithnotedMcCahoncuratorandwriter,PeterSimpson.AtrustedfriendofMcCahon’sfrom1952until1987,Browndrawsonmanyyearsofwriting,thinkingandtalkingaboutthemeaningsofMcCahon'spaintingstoofferavividnewportraitofourmostdistinguishedartist.
ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN: MY ISRAEL QUESTION
33. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 4.30-5.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
TheelectionofBarackObamabroughthopetomillionsaroundtheworldandhasseenreneweddiplomaticeffortsintheMiddleEast,yettheIsrael-Palestineconflictgoesonunabated.AntonyLoewenstein’sbestseller,My Israel Question,generatedastormofcontroversy,criticalpraiseandrobustpublicdebatewhenitwasfirstpublishedin2006.Athird,fullyupdatedandexpandededitionofhisforensicdiscussionoftheIsraeli-Palestinianconflictcameoutin2009.HeexaminestheprospectsoftheMiddleEastpeaceprocessinthenewgeo-politicalcontext,andalternativesuggestionsonhowtotacklethecrisis,mappingoutwherehopeliesforaresolution.Chair:TreasaDunworth.
AN HOUR WITH ALISON WONG
34. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 4.30-5.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
PoetAlisonWong’sdebutnovel,As the Earth Turns Silver,hashadravereviews.Setintheearly20thcentury,itisanintertwiningstoryoftwofamilies:WongChung-yunghasrecentlyarrivedinWellingtonandfindshimselfinalandthatdoesnotwelcomeChinese;KatherineMcKechnieisstrugglingtoraisetwochildrenafterthedeathofherhusband.Inaclimateofhostilitytowardsforeignnewcomers,andwiththeFirstWorldWaranominouspresence,KatherineandYungembarkonapoignant,dangerousandfar-reachingloveaffair.‘…atrulybeautifulbookaboutthesadnessofracismandwhyweallowourselvestobehurtbylove.IhavebeenluckyenoughtoworkwithsomegreatwritersexploringChineseculture…AlisonWongisoneofthose.’(TobyEady)Chair:GrahamBeattie.
WHAT GOOD ARE THE ARTS?
35. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 6.00-7.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
JohnCarey’scontroversialbookWhat Good Are the Arts?(2005)tackledanumberofquestionsdesignedtoagitateart-lovers:‘Whatisaworkof
art?Is“highart”superior?Cansciencehelp?Dotheartsmakeusbetter?Canartbeareligion?’DenisDutton’sThe Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and Human Evolutionaskswhywededicatesomuchtime,effortandresourcestoartwhenitseeminglydoesnothingtoincreaseourchancesofsurvival,andgoesontosetoutwhatDarwinianaestheticscanbringtoourunderstandingofart.AnddespitehavingthrownherselfintothevortexofthecontemporaryartworldinthecourseofresearchingSeven Days in the Art World,SarahThorntoncontinuestobefascinatedbyartistsandamusedbytheworldthatsupportsthem.TheydiscussthecomplexitiesofartanditsenduringfascinationforhumankindwithLindaTyler.
AN HOUR WITH CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW
36. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 6.00-7.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Award-winningwriterCharlotteGrimshawturnsherunflinchingeyeoncontemporaryNewZealandsocietyandpoliticsinhernewnovelThe Night Book(dueout7May2010).Fullofcharacteristicinsightandobservation,thenovelisbothameditationonpowerandpoliticsandanintenselyhumanelookatthechoicespeoplemakeastheystruggletomaintaintheirintegrity.RozaHallwrightleadsaquiet,orderlylife.Sheworksinpublishingandlivesinalarge,comfortablehousesheshareswithherpoliticianhusbandDavidandtwostepchildren.Anelectionislooming,and,ifthepollsarecorrect,DavidwillbecomethenextPrimeMinister.Achanceencounterwithapartydonorsetsoffachainofeventsthatdisruptsboththeirlives.ShetalkswithwriterandeditorofThe
Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories,PaulaMorris.
AN EVENING WITH WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
21. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 7.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
WilliamDalrympleistheprize-winningauthorofWhite MughalsandCity of Djinns.HereturnstoAucklandtogiveusapersonaltourthroughhisnewbookNine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India,adistillationofhis25yearsofexploringIndiaanditsreligioustraditions.Heintroducesustoninepeopletakingdifferentreligiouspaths,eachoneanunforgettablestory.FromaBuddhistmonkwhotakesuparmstoresisttheChineseinvasionofTibetandthenspendsyearstryingtoatonefortheviolencebyhand-printingthebestprayerflagsinIndiatoaprisonwardenfromKeralawhobecomes,fortwomonthsoftheyear,atempledancerandisworshippedasanincarnatedeitybeforereturningtohisjobattheprison,toanilliterategoat-herderfromRajasthanwhokeepsaliveanancient4000-linesacredepicthathe,virtuallyalone,stillknowsbyheart.ThismesmerisingworkisDalrymple’sfirsttravelbookinadecade,andwe’redelightedtowelcomehimback.
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SATURDAY MAY 15
AN HOUR WITH COLM TOIBIN
37. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.00-11.00AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
ColmTóibín’sBrooklyn(2009)wasnamedNoveloftheYearintheCostaBookAwardsinJanuary,andjoinsalonglistofbeautifullyexecutednovels:The South(1990),The Heather Blazing(1992),The Story of the Night(1996),The Blackwater Lightship(2000),andThe Master(2004).InBrooklyn,weaccompanyEilisLaceyassheemigratesfromIrelandto1950sBrooklyn.ThestoryhasgerminatedwithTóibínsincehewas12,whenheoverheardhismother’sfriendtalkingaboutherdaughter’simminentdepartureforBrooklyn.Stylistically,heattributesthelineartimelinetohisimmersionintheworkofJaneAusteninrecentyears,andsays‘Iwantedtocuteverythingrightback.Iwashopingthatifyougotthelevelofdetailrightthenthereaderwouldslowlybecomeemotionallyinvolvedwithoutknowingatwhatpointthatbegan.’Asonereviewerhasremarked,‘readingTóibínislikewatchinganartistpaintonesmallstrokeafteranotheruntilsuddenlythefinishedpictureemergestoshatteringeffect’.Wearehonouredtowelcomethismuch-lovedIrishwritertoAuckland.Chair:DamienWilkins.
FORGOTTEN VICTIMS IN A POST 9/11 WORLD
38. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.00-11.00AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
39. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.00-11.00AM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
EricDorfman’sbookMelting Point examinedglobalwarminginaspecificallyNewZealandcontext.MelissaClark-ReynoldsisoneofonlytwoNewZealanderstrainedtobeAmbassadorsforAlGore’sClimateProject,andhaspresentedThe Inconvenient Truthnumeroustimestoraiseawarenessandmotivatepeople.MikeDickisonisaweb-savvyecologistwhohasaparticularinterestinhowweusetechnologytoimprovesocialwell-being.Allthreehaveexpertiseinhowtocommunicatecomplexconceptsandinthissessiontheywillexplorethelinksbetweencreativity,sustainabilityandsocialconscience.
AN HOUR WITH THOMAS KENEALLY
40. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 11.30AM-12.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
WhocanresistthegravellycharmsoflegendarystorytellerThomasKeneally?PerhapsbestknownforhisBookerPrize-winningnovelSchindler’s Ark(hethenwrotethescreenplayforStephenSpielberg’sOscar-winningfilm‘Schindler’sList’),hisnovelsalsoincludeBring Larks and Heroes, The Chant of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, The Widow and Her Hero,and–thelatest–The People’s Train.Thomashasalsowrittengreathistories,includingThe Great ShameandThe Commonwealth of Thieves.Neveronetopassupachallenge,he’sjustreleasedthefirstinathree-volumehistoryofAustralia.Hepausesinhisprolificoutputforamomenttojoinusforatreasuredhour.Chair:BrianEdwards.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts
LIT CRIT MAG EDS
41. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 11.30AM-12.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
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successfulwriteroftheYoungJamesBondnovelsandanewhorrorseriesforyoungadults,The Enemy(withasequelThe Deadduelaterthisyear),heisacomedian,screenwriter,actorandproducer.CharliestartedwritingcomedyforTVintheUKinthelate1980s,creatingthecharactersofLoadsamoneyandStavroswithHarryEnfieldfor‘SaturdayNightLive’.Hisnextproject,withlong-termwritingpartnerPaulWhitehouse,was‘HarryEnfield’sTelevisionProgramme’,andtheybothwentontocreateandstarin‘TheFastShow’(1994-2000).CharliehasworkedonanumberofotherTVcomedies,asperformer,writerandproducer,including‘TheSmellofReevesandMortimer’and‘RandallandHopkirk(Deceased)’.CharliefieldsatorrentofquestionsfromDavidFarrierbeforetheflooristurnedovertotheaudienceforQ&A–askhimanythingaboutdecorating,singing,horror,writingforTV,comedy,acting,producing,filmwork…justdon’taskhimwhathethinksofNewZealandbecausethisishisfirstvisit.Under 16: Free when accompanied by ticket-holder.
SOMEBODY STOLE MY GAME
47. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
WiththeWorldCuplessthan18monthsaway,it’stimewetalkedaboutrugby.InhisnewbookSomebody Stole My Game,ChrisLaidlawgiveshisviewofrugbyinthe21stcentury–agameinastateofcrisis–asitwasagenerationagowhenhisgroundbreakingbestsellerMud in Your Eye (1973)soldover40,000copies.TheNew Zealand Herald’sGregorPaulhasjustpublishedacontroversialnewbook,Black Obsession,whichexamineswhyit
magazines,The Economist:currentlyhewritestheSchumpeterColumnandistheManagementEditor,havingservedasWashingtonBureauChief,LosAngelesCorrespondent,andSocialPolicyEditor,specializingineducationandhealthcare.Hehasco-authored(withfellowEconomistjournalistJohnMicklethwait)fivebooksonglobalizationandbusiness,themostrecentofwhichisGod is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the World.AnupdatededitionofThe Witch Doctors,anentertainingyetseriousguidetotoday’smanagementtheoriesandgurus,iscomingup.AdrianhaswrittenEconomistsurveysonentrepreneurshipandtheglobalsearchfortalent,ontelecommunications,education,multinationalcompaniesandmanagementconsultancy.Hehasalsowrittenpublicpolicypapersoneducation,andonmeritocracyandclasslesssocieties.HetalkswithNew Zealand HeraldEditorTimMurphyabouthiswide-rangingfieldsofinterest,hiswork,thefamedEconomistsenseofhumour,andthesecretofthemagazine’ssuccess–oneofthefewwithclimbingcirculationduringtherecession,includinganimpressive66%increaseintheAsia-Pacificregionaloneinthepasttenyears.
DICK FRIZZELL & JOHN REYNOLDS
50. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
AwelcomerashofspectacularNewZealandartbookshavebeenpublishedinthepastyearortwo,providinganewwindowintoartists’work.Twoofourwittiestartiststalkabouttheirart,theirinspiration,thehealthofvisualartsinNewZealand,andwhatmatterstotheminthecreativeprocess.DickFrizzell(Dick Frizzell: The Painter)and
42. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 11.30AM-12.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
RachaelKing’sdebutnovelThe Sound of Butterflies(2006)wasahistoricalworktacklingmodernthemes.HerlatestnovelMagpie Hall(2009)isamulti-layeredstory;aGothicnovelinsideaghoststory,insideaGothicnovel.PaulaMorrisparodied‘chicklit’inTrendy But Casual(2007),andHibiscus Coast(2005)hasbeendescribedasaliterarythriller.SherecentlypublishedRuined,herfirstyoungadultnovelandamysterywithasupernaturaltwist,withScholasticUS,andeditedThe Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories(2009).Bothwritersreadfromtheirwork,anddiscusstheirinterestindifferentgenres,therealityofbeingawritertoday,andthesatisfactionthatcomeswithwatchinganewbookventureoutintotheworld.Chair:DorothyVinicombe.
AN HOUR WITH LIONEL SHRIVER
43. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
WewelcomebackNew York TimesbestsellingauthorLionelShriver(The Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk About Kevin)withherhighlyacclaimednewnovelSo Much for That,describedasasearing,deeplyhumanenovelaboutacrumblingmarriageresurrectedinthefaceofillness,andafamily’sstruggletocometotermswithdisease,dying,andtheobscenecostofmedicalcareinmodernAmerica.ThemaincharactersinSo Much for That findagraveillnessprovesanunexpectedopportunityfortenderness,renewedintimacy,anddryhumour,andindefianceofthedarksubjectmatter,Shriverhaswrittenapage-turnerthatpressesthequestion:‘Howmuchisonelifeworth?’InconversationwithCharlotteGrimshaw.
DAMIEN WILKINS & EMILY PERKINS
44. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Award-winningnovelistsandshortstorywritersEmilyPerkinsandDamienWilkinshaveindividuallybeenreferredtoas‘themostimportantwriterof[his/her]generation’.BothspenttheirformativewritingyearsatVictoriaUniversity,andbothmanagedemandingrolesontopoftheirwriting(Emilyaspresenterof‘TheGoodWord’andDamienasalectureratVictoriaUniversity).Emilywonthe2009MontanaMedalwithNovel About My Wife,‘ataut,sensuousandchillingportraitofamarriagebesetbyparanoiaandobsession’.Damien’slatestnovelSomebody Loves Us All (2009)‘askslargequestionsabouthowweexpressourselves,throughspeech,gesture,actionandsilence’.Isitcathartictowriteimaginativelyaboutthepressures,contradictionsanddownrightlaughableminutiae
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JohnReynolds(Certain Words Drawn)talkwithIanWedde(Bill Culbert: Making Light Work).
AN HOUR IN THE LIFE OF C.K. STEAD
51. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
In South-West of Eden: A Memoir, 1932-1956(2010),amovingcoming-of-agememoirbyleadingpoet,novelistandcriticC.K.Stead,hewritesalife‘livedbyhistory’fromhisbirthto1956,theyearheleftNewZealandforthefirsttime.FromrunningwildinCornwallPark,joiningtheLabourPartyagedseven,discoveringpoetryinathird-formEnglishclassandenjoyinganewly-wedannus mirabilisonTakapunaBeach,SteadchartshislifeinTamaki-MakaurauagainstthechangingsocialfabricofNewZealandandilluminates23yearsofhistimeandhisplace.JoinC.K.Steadforanengaginghourofmemorablereminiscing.Chair:MacJackson.
SARAH THORNTON: SEVEN DAYS IN THE
ART WORLD
52. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 5.30-6.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
contemporaryartsworldforawittyandentertaininglookataspectsofbuying,sellingandcreatingseriousartinherbestseller,Seven Days in the Art World.We‘travel’withherfromLondontoLosAngeles,NewYorktoTokyo,BaseltoVenice,and‘witness’thedramasofaChristie’sauction,thecompetitionbehindtheawardoftheTurnerPrize,themassiveundertakingsofTakashiMurakami’sthreestudios,themayhemofaneliteartfair,theeccentricitiesofthewritersatArtforum,theagoniesofanotorious‘crit’sessionatanartschool,andthewondersofareputation-buildingBiennale.We’redelightedtowelcomeSarahtoAucklandtotalkabouttheworldofcontemporaryartwithchairLindaTyler.
POETRY LIVE
53. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 5.30-6.45PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Immerseyourselfinafeastofstylesandstanzas,featuringperformancesbyAliciaSometimes(kissing the curveandSoundtrack),JeffreyPaparoaHolman(The Late Great Blackball Bridge Sonnets),BenardetteHall(The Lustre Jug),BenBrown(Dog Town),JessicaLeBas(Walking to Africa),AlisonWong(Cup),SamSampson(Everything Talks),andcontemporaryIanWedde(Good Business).MC:ChristineO’Brien.
AN EVENING WITH ELIZABETH GILBERT
22. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 7.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Don’tmissthisexclusiveappearancebytheauthorofbestsellingphenomenonEat, Pray Love.ElizabethGilbert’snewmemoir,Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage,takesusonthemetaphysicaljourneysheinitiateshavingfoundherself‘sentenced’tomarrytosaveherrelationship,despitebothpartieshavingvowed‘neveragain’.Shecopeswiththispronouncementintheonlywaysheknowshow–bythrowingherselfintoresearching‘thisbefuddling,vexing,contradictory,andyetstubbornlyenduringinstitutionofmarriage’.FromexaminingthelivesofherfemaleforebearstointerviewingbemusedHmongwomeninthemountainsofVietnam,nostoneisleftunturnedinhereffortstouncovertherationalebehindthetraditionsandmores,vagariesandsocialimpactofmarriage.Andsheuncoversanumberofsurprisingfactsalongtheway.EnjoyanupliftingeveningoflaughterandinspirationwithElizabethandchairCarolHirschfeld.
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SUNDAY MAY 16
AN HOUR WITH YIYUN LI
54. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00-11.00AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
YiyunLigrewupinBeijingandmovedtotheUnitedStatesin1996.Herdebutcollection,A Thousand Years of Good Prayers(2005),wontheFrankO'ConnorInternationalShortStoryAward,PEN/HemingwayAward,GuardianFirstBookAward,andCaliforniaBookAwardforfirstfiction;itwasalsoshortlistedfortheKiriyamaPrizeandOrangePrizeforNewWriters.In2007YiyunwasselectedbyGrantaasoneofthe21BestYoungAmericanNovelistsunder35.AnnPatchettpraisedYiyunLi’sdebutnovel,The Vagrants(2009)‘asimportantpoliticallyasitisartistically.’SetinChinainthelate1970sinasmalltownafterthedramaticandharrowingexecutionofayoungwoman,thisstunningnovelisbothauniversalportraitofhumanfrailtyandcourage,andamesmerizingworkofart.Chair:GrantaEditorJohnFreeman.Supported by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation
AN HOUR WITH MARTI FRIEDLANDER
55. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00-11.00AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
56. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00-11.00AM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
LiaHills’The Beginner’s Guide to Livingisacompellingnovelforyoungadults(andup)aboutgriefandreading,ideasandexperience,andaboutthosemomentsinyourlifethatchangeyouforever.Ithasreceivedinternationalattentionandravereviews.BorninWellington,nowlivinginMelbourne,Liaisapoetandnovelistwhoseworkhasbeenpublishedandtranslatedinternationally.Shepausesforamomentduringawhirlwindtour,havingbeenshort-listedfortheNewZealandPostChildren’sBookAwards,tositandtalkwithTinaShaw.
OPEN MIKE POETS, YOU’RE UP!
57. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00AM-1.00PM AIR NZ FOYER, LEVEL 5, AOTEA CENTRE
58. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 11.30AM-12.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
InresearchinghisnewbiographyWilliam Golding: the Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies,JohnCareyhadunprecedentedaccesstoGolding’smanuscriptarchive,andatwo-and-a-halfmillionwordjournalthatGoldingkepteverydayfor20years.Thereweretwosidestotheman:afaithfulhusband,lovingfather,bravenavalofficerandteacher(knowntohispupilsas‘Scruff’),hebelievedhewasamonsterand‘sawtheseedsofallevilinhisownheart’.CareydiscussesGolding’scomplexcharacter,theextraordinaryeventsthatmadeuphissomewhattragicomiclife,andhowandwhyabiographerisdriventodelvesodeeplyintoanotherperson’slife.Introduction:RickGekoski.
AN HOUR WITH DAVID LEVITHAN
59. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 11.30AM-12.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
DavidLevithanisanaward-winningandNew York Timesbestsellingauthorofyoungadultbooks,includingAre We There Yet?andNick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist(withRachelCohn),recentlymadeintoafilm.HeisthefoundingeditorofthePUSHimprintatScholasticBooks,whichisdevotedtofindingnewvoicesinteenliterature.InBoy Meets Boy,hisfirstnovel,he‘setouttowriteabookaboutgayteensthatdoesn'tconformtotheoldnormsaboutgayteensinliterature’.Hislatestcollaborativenovel,co-writtenwithJohnGreen(authorofPaper Towns),isWill Grayson, Will Grayson(May2010),aboutwhichAustralianauthorMelinaMarchettasays:‘Thisisoneofmytopthreereadsoftheyear.IthaseverythingIdevourinanovel:heart,humouranddialogueI'dkilltohavewritten.’Chair:PaulaMorris.Under 16 free when accompanied by ticket-holder.
PAUL MILLAR: NO FRETFUL SLEEPER
60. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 11.30AM-12.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
‘ThereisnoplaceinnormalNewZealandsocietyforthemanwhoisdifferent’,wroteBillPearsoninhisbiting1952essay‘FretfulSleepers’.Hiscomplaintwasborneoutofpainfulexperience:despitebeingoneofourmostdistinguishedfictionwritersandsharpestcritics,hishomosexualityforcedonhimalifeofcontradictionandsecrecy.InNo Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson,PaulMillarhasunwrappedtheprivatelayersandpubliccontextsofPearson’slifeasacourageousnon-conformistin20thcenturyNewZealand.Chair:PeterWells.
RELIGION: WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?
61. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 1.00-2.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Religion,faith,andtheexistenceofGodareunderthemicroscopedaily,andhavetakenonnewmeaningandinfluenceinthe21stcentury.AdrianWooldridge,SchumpetercolumnistforThe Economist,examinedhowandwhyreligionisboomingaroundtheworldandrevealeditsvasteffectsontheglobaleconomy,politicsandcultureinhisbookGod is Back(co-authoredwithEconomist editorJohnMicklethwait).MikeOtterman’sbookontheimpactontheIraqipeopleofthewar,Erasing Iraq,andAntonyLoewenstein’sanalysisinMy Israel Question oftheongoingconflictinIsrael/Palestinecan’tescapetheelephantintheroom.Thepanelistsdiscusstheirdivergentviewsontheglobalandregionalriseofreligionanditsimpactonevery-daylives,particularlyonthevulnerableresidentsinwar-tornpartsoftheworld.Chair:SeanPlunket.
JENNIFER STURM: ANNA KAVAN
62. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 1.00-2.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
NewZealanderslive‘intemporaryshacks,uneasily,asreluctantcamperstoofarfromhome’,wroteAnnaKavaninaLondonmagazinein1943.KavanwaspreviouslythoughttobehostiletoNewZealand,butinresearchingtheprize-winningEnglishauthorof19books,DrJenniferSturmuncoveredlettersandunpublishedshortstorieswrittenduringKavan’s2-yearstay,publishedforthefirsttimeinAnna Kavan's New Zealand(2009),whichaddweighttotheargumentthatKavanhadamorecomplexandaffectionateresponse.Sturmdiscussestheexperimentalwriterandtalentedartist–whoselifeincludedboutsofdepression,heroinaddictionandastreamofunconventionalloveaffairs–withPeterWells,givingusanintriguinginsightintoboththewriter,andNewZealandinthe1940s.
SHORT TAKES
63. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 1.00-2.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Relaxandlistentosomeofthebestshortstorywritersaroundastheyreadextractsfromtheirwork:PaulaMorris,CharlotteGrimshaw,SarahLaing,DamienWilkins(Penguin Book of Short Stories),andYiyunLi(A Thousand Years of Good Prayers).
FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355
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AN HOUR WITH JILL DAWSON
64. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 2.30-3.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
JillDawson’snovelThe Great Lover(2009)issetintheperiodleadinguptopoetRupertBrooke’snervousbreakdown.Shecreatesarich,sensualportraitofBrookeandhispre-warlifeinCambridgeandlaterinTahiti,andbasesthestoryondetailedresearch,asisalsoevidentinJill’spreviousnovelsMagpie(1998),Fred & Edie(2000),Wild Boy(2003)andWatch Me Disappear(2006).Brooke’sinnerturmoiliscontrastedwithhiscelebratedpublicimage:knownas‘themosthandsomemaninEngland’(W.B.Yeats),hewasworshippedthroughouthisshortlife(bymenandwomen),andglorifiedasapatrioticEnglishheroafterhisdeathintheFirstWorldWar.BalancingoutthestoryisthewonderfulfictionalcharacterofNell,ateenagemaidinBrooke’sCambridgeshirelodgings,whosegroundednaturecontrastswithhisutterself-absorption.The Great Loverseamlesslyintertwinesfactandfiction,andJilltalksabouthermethodologywithchairCaroleBeu.
JOHN FREEMAN: SHRINKING THE WORLD
65. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 2.30-3.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
3.2billionusers.JohnFreemanmakesapleaforcommunicationthatismoreselectiveandnuancedand,aboveall,moresociableinShrinking the World: The 4,000-year story of how email came to rule our lives.GeraldineBrookssays:‘Freeman'simpeccablyresearched,eloquentlyarguedbookrevealsthemanywaysthisso-calledboontocommunicationandproductivityhasbecomeadistracting,privacy-sapping,alienating,addictingtime-suck.HehasconvincedmethatthenewmantraforourtimesoughttobeTuneout,Turnoff,Unplug.’JoinJohnforinsightintohowandwhywe’veendedupwithaninboxofthousandsofscreeching,beseechingmessagescryingoutforourattention.Chair:StephenStratford.
SONGWRITERS SPEAK: TAMA WAIPARA &
WARREN MAXWELL
66. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 2.30-3.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
thelonglostPolynesiancousinofSergeantPepper.TheydiscusstheartofsongwritingwithMikeChunn.Supported by APRA
AN HOUR WITH RICK GEKOSKI
67. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 4.00-5.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
ColmTóibínoncereferredtoRickGekoskiasa‘masterstoryteller’,andhehasbeencalledthe‘BillBrysonofthebookworld’.Certainly,hisrichexperiencesaswriter,broadcaster,academic,Bookerjudgeandrarebooksspecialisthaveprovidedhimwithfascinatingmaterial.Thesecrettohissuccessisthehonestyandself-deprecatinghumoursoprevalentinhislatestbook,Outside of a Dog,amemoirinwhichhewrapshislifearoundtwenty-fivebooksandtheirmeaningforhim.BaskinthebrilliantandoftenhilariousstoriesofthebestsellingauthorofTolkien’s Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors and Rare Books.Chair:JohnCarey.
AN HOUR WITH CHARLIE DARK
68. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 4.00-5.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
UK,renownedforflamboyantgesturesandvocalgymnastics.Ironic,witty,musicalandalwaysentertaining,hebringshisuniquestyletothestageinAuckland.Introduction:IngridLeary,CountryDirector,BritishCouncilNewZealand.Supported by the British Council New Zealand
READ ANY GOOD BYTES LATELY?
69. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 4.00-5.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
70. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 5.30-6.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
WilliamDalrymplepresentsaspectacularillustratedtalkbasedonhisbestsellerThe Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857.DeprivedofrealpoliticalpowerbytheEastIndiaCompany,Zafar,thelastMughalEmperor,neverthelesssucceededincreatingacourtofgreatbrilliance,andpresidedoveroneofthegreatculturalrenaissancesofIndianhistory.Then,in1857,Zafar'sflourishingcapitalbecamethecentreofanuprisingthatreducedhisbelovedDelhitoabattered,emptyruin.
POETRY IDOL
23. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 7.00PM ON MONTE CRISTO ROOM, 53 NELSON STREET
74. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-4.00PM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, AOTEA CENTRE
Living and Breathing: Bringing characters to life. TutorJillDawsonhastaughtCreativeWritingformanyyearsandinmanycountries,includingtheUSA,Australia,Indonesia,SingaporeandSwitzerland.In2003shewastheCreativeWritingFellowattheUniversityofEastAngliawhereshelatertaughtontheMAinWriting.SheiscurrentlytheRoalLiteraryFundAdvisoryFellowandaBoardmemberofNewWritingPartnershipinNorwich.SheisfounderanddirectorofGoldDust,amentoringschemewhichmatchesnewwriterswithestablishedones.Formoredetailsonthisworkshop,pleasevisitwww.writersfestival.co.nzandclickonWorkshops.
FREE EVENTS24. DAVE ARMSTRONG’S ‘GENERAL WARD’
ThursdayMay13,6pm – see page 52
39. CAN THE ARTS SAVE THE PLANET? SaturdayMay15,10am – see page 59
42. PAULA MORRIS & RACHAEL KING SaturdayMay15,11.30am – see page 60
45. SCRIPT TO SCREEN SaturdayMay15,1pm – see page 60
46. AN HOUR WITH CHARLIE HIGSON SaturdayMay15,2.30pm – see page 60(Freeforunder16swhenaccompaniedbyanadult)
48. PUBLISHING IN THE USA SaturdayMay15,2.30pm – see page 61
51. AN HOUR IN THE LIFE OF C.K. STEAD SaturdayMay15,4pm – see page 62
FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. WORKSHOPS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355
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57. OPEN MIKE SundayMay16,10am – see page 64
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