David Walliams and Captain CONTENTS Underpants report for young readers’ Welcome duty alongside Anthony Horowitz, 10 What’s On Sally Sutton, Morris Gleitzman, 11 Tuesday May 12 Donovan Bixley and Philippa Werry. 11 Wednesday May 13 to the 2015 11 Thursday May 14 Alan Cumming, Helen Macdonald, 13 Friday May 15 Witi Ihimaera, Helena Brow and 17 Saturday May 16 Auckland Damian Barr unpick stories of love, 24 Sunday May 17 loss and family. 30 Family Day 32 Workshops Writers Roger Hall, Rebecca Vaughan, 49 Biographies Fiona Samuel, Michael Hurst, 78 Index Rachel House, Tiny Ruins and 79 Booking Information Festival David Long remind us why theatre 80 Festival Information and performance continue to thrive, 81 Booking Form and of the writing that underpins 85 Timetable those disciplines. CONTACT DETAILS Stephanie Alexander celebrates the place of food in our lives; Grahame Suite 3, Level 2, 58 Surrey Crescent, A WORD FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR Sydney and Jim Allen the place of Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, New Zealand art; and Peter FitzSimons the place Phone: (09) 376 8074 of sport. Fax: (09) 376 8073 Email: [email protected] Writers in the ascendant including Website: writersfestival.co.nz Zia Haider Rahman, Anna Smaill, Emily St. John Mandel and Kim FESTIVAL Trust Board Thúy bring us stories from vibrant worlds real and imagined. Carole Beu Erika Congreve Natalie Haynes and Antonia Murphy Josephine Green generate laughter as they search for Nicola Legat It is a huge privilege to present meaning from the classical world to Phillipa Muir (Chair) this Festival each year, and 2015 is 21st century New Zealand; Xinran, Delina Shields no exception as we unveil one of the Edwin Thumboo, Bill Hayton and Mark Russell most potent lists of literary talent yet. Jaspreet Singh direct our gaze to Peter Wells

places and people beyond our shores. Across the programme, writers grapple with what it is to be human, Festival Team And that’s just a sample of the exploring interior and exterior 150+ guest line-up. Literary salons, Anne O’Brien, Festival Director worlds, light and shade, the local and storytelling, late night concerts, Eleanor Congreve, Associate Director the global, with imagination and flair. theatrical performance, debate, Tessa Yeoman, Marketing

conversation, readings … we’ve & Development Manager Literary geniuses Haruki Murakami, got it all. Catherine Braoudakis, Tim Winton, Carol Ann Duffy, Ben Festival Administrator Okri, C.K. Stead, Amy Bloom, David Our writers have put down their Nik Janiurek, Production Manager Mitchell and Daniel Mendelsohn pens for a moment; I urge you to do Penny Hartill, Publicist lead an astonishing line-up of the the same and get yourselves to the Morgan Sweeney, Marketing Assistant best and brightest. Aotea Centre for what will be one

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For five days Auckland central fizzes Family Day returns with five 30 with ideas as the Festival presents minute sessions for children aged 5-10, more than 150 speakers – novelists, and another five short story-reading poets, scientists, historians, musicians, sessions for the under-5s. Presenters filmmakers, actors, journalists, include Donovan Bixley, Trish commentators and performers – in Gribben & Judy Millar, Raymond SCHOOLS more than 100 events. From debates McGrath, Jenny Palmer, Sally 01 02 03 to readings, conversations, lectures Sutton, Zak Waipara and Philippa SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT PROGRAMME and live shows, there’s something Werry. Sessions are free but ticketed for everyone in a not-to-be missed and booked through Ticketmaster. WEDNESDAY MAY 13 & THURSDAY 14 MAY investigation of our world. For the For the full programme see Page 30. DAMIAN BARR’S EVERYONE HAS LUNCH WITH 9.45AM-2.45PM, AOTEA CENTRE full programme see pages 11-34. 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Earlybird $35; Standard $40; Patrons $32; Students $20. 10 11 04 05 06 08 Farquharson, charged with murdering SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL FREE EVENT SPECIAL EVENT his three children by drowning. This is not her first attempt to grapple FRIDAY A LAW LEGEND: with complex issues of justice and DALLOWAY SHAKESPEAREAN NEW ZEALAND truth – Joe Cinque’s Consolation and The 15 MAY SIR PETER WILLIAMS First Stone canvas equally disturbing SPINACH LISTENER GALA NIGHT territory. The much-awarded, sometimes controversial, Garner THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE: talks to Mary Peters. Supported by FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: PETER HOLLAND STRAIGHT TALKING Platinum Patrons Frances & Bill Bell. 10 THURSDAY MAY 14 – 2.00-3.25PM WINTERGARDEN, CIVIC 07 FRIDAY MAY 15 – 10.00-11.00AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE LEADING MEN Austen’s Women’s Rebecca Vaughan LUCKY US: AMY BLOOM returns with her latest hit: a stage THURSDAY MAY 14 – 5.00-6.00PM New Zealand’s pre-eminent advocate, adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs CLOCK TOWER 039, 22 PRINCES STREET Sir Peter Williams QC, recalls the Dalloway, that Modernist mapping people and cases that have defined his of interior states in the aftermath remarkable career. Ronald Jorgensen, What do Popeye, the Dude, R2-D2 and of World War One. This five-star Arthur Allan Thomas, “Mr Asia”, Quentin Tarantino have in common? Edinburgh 2014 success has been James K Baxter, Winston Peters and That would be The Bard of Avon. hailed as accomplished and incredibly many more will be discussed, as will Notre Dame University professor moving. Adapted and directed by his enduring commitment to justice Peter Holland – the University of THURSDAY MAY 14 – 7.00-8.30PM FRIDAY MAY 15 – 11.30-12.30PM Elton Townend Jones. A Dyad and penal reform as canvassed in his Auckland’s 2015 Alice Griffin ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Production. One of four performances. FRIDAY MAY 15 – 10.00-11.00AM memoir Peter Williams: The Dwarf Fellow in Shakespeare Studies – is ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Who Moved. A celebration of one of fascinated by the burgeoning world A riotous and engaging showcase Novelists Graeme Lay and Thom Earlybird $30; Standard $35; this country’s legal legends, chaired of Shakespearean spin-offs, mash-ups, jump-starts three days of public Conroy have written about two Patrons $28; Students $17.50. Judged by The New York Times as a by Bill Ralston. dramatisations and novelisations, not programming. Eight writers deliver figures in New Zealand’s colonial writer of “sharp, sparsely beautiful to mention the success authors are a seven-minute true story, propless past: Captain James Cook, the scenes that excitingly defy expectation” having turning cult films into dramas and scriptless, inspired by the theme inspiration for Lay’s recently Amy Bloom is a bright light on the using something approximating blank Straight Talking. Don’t miss this completed fictional trilogy; and American literary scene and the 09 verse. With hidden codes, unlikely annual sellout featuring: NZ comedian Ernst Dieffenbach, the free-spirited author of three collections of short heroes, complex puns and a gentle and author Michele A’Court; lauded German appointed as surgeon and stories and three novels, the latest of pillorying of scholarly efforts, these US novelist and short story writer naturalist on the New Zealand which is Lucky Us. Bloom discusses JUSTICE OBSERVED: riffs lend an intriguing dimension Amy Bloom; The Good Wife star and Company’s ship “Tory”, who is at the her work and craft with Carole Beu. to pop culture’s engagements with memoirist Alan Cumming; former HELEN GARNER heart of Conroy’s novel The Naturalist. Shakespeare. Wallaby, sports columnist and author The two writers discuss their leading Peter FitzSimons; Australian public men and the process of mutating fact Free entry. intellectual and writer Helen Garner; into fiction with Catriona Ferguson. Waitangi Tribunal member, lecturer and co-author of seminal book Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History Aroha Harris; Melbourne-based New Zealand short story writer Nic Low; and Booker Prize winning Nigerian novelist Ben Okri. FRIDAY MAY 15 – 11.30-12.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Earlybird $35; Standard $40; Patrons $32; Students $20. The quest for justice has seldom been more grippingly documented than in the book This House of Grief. The Australian novelist, essayist, screenwriter and journalist Helen Garner witnessed the trial of Robert

12 13 11 insufficient” hits the road to cheer up mapping of interior states in the 16 18 Catullus. Join them in a conversation unlucky survivors. Exploring notions aftermath of World War I. This about old and not so old poets, and of art and kinship and the cyclical five-star Edinburgh 2014 success the challenges of translation, with GALLIPOLI AND nature of life, as well as yearning, the has been hailed as accomplished THE ROLE OF HACK ATTACK Tom Bishop. apocalyptic work confirms Mandel’s and incredibly moving. Adapted OTHER STORIES: status as a star ascendant. She speaks and directed by Elton Townend THE CRITIC with Jolisa Gracewood. Jones. A Dyad Production. One of four PETER FITZSIMONS performances. 20 FREE EVENT 13 Earlybird $30; Standard $35; Patrons FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION $28; Students $17.50. FREE EVENT HISTORY’S SHADOW FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION FRIDAY MAY 15 – 4.00-5.00PM 15 ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE ASIAN HISTORIES FRIDAY MAY 15 – 2.30-3.30PM LOWER NZI, AOTEA CENTRE One of the world’s leading investigative FRIDAY MAY 15 – 1.00-2.00PM BUY ME THE SKY: journalists, Nick Davies broke the ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Critics occupy an uncomfortable phone hacking story in the UK, XINRAN position, often finding themselves worked with Wikileaks’ Julian Former Wallaby lock, newspaper in the firing line from all sides: too Assange to publish classified material columnist, broadcaster and author harsh, too fawning, not constructive in the Guardian and has recently FRIDAY MAY 15 – 4.00-4.50PM Peter FitzSimons joins us from Sydney enough. But just what is the job of a authored the bestselling Hack Attack. LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE to talk about his latest book Gallipoli, critic? What value do they add? And He joins New Zealand Herald columnist alongside other work including his what makes a good or a bad critic? Toby Manhire to discuss media ethics, Recent histories provide the searing biographies of the Second World FRIDAY MAY 15 – 1.00-1.50PM International Shakespeare critic journalistic malpractice and more backdrop for the acclaimed work of War Two spook Nancy Wake and the LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Peter Holland and New Zealand besides. Supported by Platinum Patrons Airini Beautrais (NZ), Laurie Halse authority-averse Ned Kelly. He will art critic Wystan Curnow man-up Rosie & Michael Horton. Anderson (US), Zia Haider Rahman also expound on his “little theories of Indian-Canadian novelist Jaspreet for a discussion with Rosabel Tan, (Bangladesh/England) and Fiona life”. The frisky FitzSimons is joined Singh, Singaporean poet Edwin FRIDAY MAY 15 – 2.30-3.30PM editor of the NZ online magazine The Sussman (South Africa). Readings by Graeme Hill. Supported by Platinum Thumboo, Vietnamese-Canadian ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Pantograph Punch, about the place of introduced by 2011 Michael King Patrons Betsy & Michael Benjamin. novelist Kim Thúy and NZ poet the critic in the cultural conversation. 19 Fellow Peter Wells. Chris Tse uncover Asian histories Famed Chinese writer Xinran, in ten minute readings, introduced author of The Good Women of China, by Christine O’Brien. introduces her latest book Buy Me The TRANSLATION 12 Sky, an investigation of the impact of 17 21 China’s one-child policy on those born FREE EVENT GYMNASTICS after 1970. With journalistic nous FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION STATION ELEVEN: 14 and novelistic flair, she scrutinises THE WORLD SPECIAL EVENT how generations of “one and onlies”, EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL burdened with expectation but reared RITES OF PASSAGE MADE VISIBLE with scant sense of responsibility, DALLOWAY embody the hopes and fears of a nation in flux. In conversation with Stephanie Johnson. Supported by Penguin Random House and FRIDAY MAY 15 – 4.00-5.00PM Asia New Zealand Foundation. LOWER NZI, AOTEA CENTRE

Daniel Mendelsohn and Anna Jackson FRIDAY MAY 15 – 1.00-2.00PM FRIDAY MAY 15 – 2.30-3.20PM share an enthusiam for the classics FRIDAY MAY 15 – 5.30-6.45PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE and for translation. He’s an acclaimed ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE FRIDAY MAY 15 – 2.00-3.25PM US memoirist, critic and translator of Canadian Emily St. John Mandel’s WINTERGARDEN, CIVIC THEATRE Poet John Dennison (NZ), YA writer the Greek poet CP Cavafy; she’s a New Consummate science writer Philip fourth novel Station Eleven was a Whiti Hereaka (NZ), memoirist Zealand poet whose latest collection Ball has an extensive beat – he’s finalist for the 2014 National Book Austen’s Women’s Rebecca Vaughan Helen Macdonald (UK) and novelist I Clodia and Other Portraits is indebted written books on pattern formation Awards. In it, the world is decimated returns with her latest hit: a stage Catherine Robertson (NZ) read from to the scandalous Roman aristocrat in nature; how we hear music; by influenza and a Shakespearean adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s work that explores rites of passage, Clodia, the beautiful addressee of invisibility; curiosity; colour in art; troupe with the motto “Survival is Mrs Dalloway, that Modernist introduced by Ian Wedde. searing and racy poetry by the poet

14 15 and physics in Nazi Germany (for 23 25 26 28 which he was a 2014 Royal Society FREE EVENT SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT FREE EVENT Winton Prize finalist). And, he’s FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION presented a series on nanotechnology SATURDAY for the BBC. He joins Bernard AN EVENING WITH THE WORLD’S WIFE THE ART OF THE PLAY Beckett for a guaranteed-to-be- SHORT AND SHARP 16 MAY riveting session on things scientific. ALAN CUMMING The session concludes with the announcement of the Royal Society of NZ Science Writing Prize winner for 2015. Supported by Royal Society of New Zealand.

FRIDAY MAY 15 – 8.45-10.00PM 27 SATURDAY MAY 16 – 9.00-10.00AM 22 FRIDAY MAY 15 – 5.30-6.20PM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE SPECIAL EVENT UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE FRIDAY MAY 15 – 7.15-8.30PM (CASH Bar) FREE FOR 12s and under ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE In two new Festival forums, we A COOK’S LIFE No excerpts here! Complete pieces of British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy investigate the process of writing work read within ten minutes from The Scottish Manhattan-based actor joins actors Fiona Samuel and Rachel AWFUL AUNTIE: for the stage. In our first session, the short story, poetry and essay team Alan Cumming is a busy man. He has House in a performance of The World’s we ask what makes for a good play of Jose Barbosa, Julie Hill, Nic Low built a fine career with roles ranging Wife, Duffy’s poetry collection of the DAVID WALLIAMS and marks the successes out from and Leilani Tamu, introduced by from Taggart and The Good Wife on same name in which unappreciated the flops? How do accomplished Rachael King. TV, to the X-Men films, and Cabaret women are given free rein. There’s practitioners approach their craft, and Macbeth on the stage. He has Queen Herod and Frau Freud as well and what rules of plot, dialogue and had a photo exhibition named “Alan as Queen Kong, the Kray Sisters and character do they observe? Experts Cumming Snaps!” and developed an Mrs Aesop, who opines that “By Roger Hall, Victor Rodger and Fiona FRIDAY MAY 15 – 5.30-6.30PM 24 award-winning fragrance named Christ, he could bore for Purgatory.” Samuel join chair Kathryn Burnett. LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE “Cumming”; and has been a tireless David Long provides musical Supported by Playmarket. champion for LGBT civil rights and accompaniment to the readings. GUILD HUNTING HIV. Most recently he’s turned his One of only two performances. Jamie ‘Pukka’ Oliver calls Stephanie SATURDAY MAY 16 – 9.00-10.00AM attention to family history: in his A British Council Series event. Alexander “a true food hero…frank ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE lauded memoir Not My Father’s Son he 29 and honest without compromise”. recounts the story of his appearance Standard $40; Patrons $32. FREE EVENT Celebrating a lifelong commitment For children and the childlike. on the BBC series Who Do You to good eating and referencing her Britain’s 2014 Number One Think You Are? and his subsequent memoir A Cook’s Life – praised by bestselling children’s author David examination of family secrets and THE FRONT PAGE that other kitchen doyenne Nigella Walliams brings his zany children’s damaged men. Cumming is in Lawson for its perfect prose – tales to the Festival stage in his only conversation with Michael Hurst. Alexander talks about roads travelled Auckland appearance. With seven Supported by Friedlander Foundation. with Nicola Legat. Supported by FRIDAY MAY 15 – 7.00-8.00PM books, including The Boy In The Dress, Platinum Patrons Mary & Peter Biggs LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Mr Stink, Gangsta Granny and Awful Earlybird $35; Standard $40; CNZM, and presented in association with Auntie, Walliams has captured the Patrons $32; Students $20. Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival. Bestselling paranormal romance imaginations of readers around the author Nalini Singh is one of New world. Don’t miss one of the magical Zealand’s international writing highlights of the Festival programme. triumphs, featuring on The New MC-ed by Michele A’Court. Supported SATURDAY MAY 16 – 9.30-10.15AM York Times, Publishers Weekly and by HarperCollins. LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE USA Today bestseller lists. She’s been translated into several languages Standard $25; Student $12.50; Children Start your Festival day with and has won awards including the 12 and Under FREE, but ticket required. a complimentary coffee and Sir Julius Vogel Award – twice. Singh Book at TicketMaster. newspaper as The New Zealand is also an articulate and thoughtful Herald editor Shayne Currie is speaker who charms audiences joined by Janet Wilson and Nick wherever she goes. She joins Graham Davies to discuss the day’s front Beattie to talk about her writing career. page news stories.

16 17 30 timeshifts and interlocking stories cliffs rising from the ocean, Cook’s 35 37 explores the wartime deportation of WEEKEND GALLERY SERIES to create some of the most engaging “Savage Island” was not an inviting FREE EVENT her father, one of 732 Polish children fiction around. Mitchell updates us on proposition, yet it has a rich history SPEAKERS’ CORNER offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944. his writerly sojourns in conversation of European contact. As the wife of BOND AND BEYOND Peter Wells speaks with Mendelsohn COLOUR IN ART: with Catherine Robertson. Supported New Zealand’s High Commissioner to and Brow about loss, discovery and by Platinum Patrons Carol & Gerard Curry. Niue, Margaret Pointer spent several SHAMEFUL POVERTY heartfelt family matters. PHILIP BALL years there and has now produced a highly readable 200-year history of Niue up to the establishment of self- 32 government in 1974. Damon Salesa 39 leads the discussion. FREE EVENT THE GAMES WE PLAY SATURDAY MAY 16 – 12.00-1.00PM SINGAPORE: 34 ASB Theatre, AOTEA CENTRE SPECIAL EVENT SATURDAY MAY 16 – 11.00-11.30AM A WRITER’S SATURDAY MAY 16 – 10.15-11.15AM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Anthony Horowitz mines the world AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM of spooks and gumshoes to craft PERSPECTIVE DALLOWAY Academic Jonathan Boston, co-author great books. Creator of The Diamond From the lapis lazuli of dynastic of Child Poverty in New Zealand, Brothers, Alex Rider and The Power Egypt to the oranges of Titian in the contends that child poverty in this of Five (aka The Gatekeepers) series Venetian Renaissance, the scarlets of SATURDAY MAY 16 – 10.30-11.30AM country is significant, damaging and for younger readers, and the author of the Impressionists to the hues found LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE unacceptable and calls for urgent Conan Doyle estate-approved novels in digital imagery, UK science whiz action: 20 minutes at the podium, The House of Silk and Moriarty for Philip Ball tracks how art, chemistry 10 minutes of audience challenge. grown-ups, he also writes extensively Sport dominates culture on both and technology have interacted down for television including for cosies sides of the Tasman. Peter FitzSimons, the years to produce the colours on Poirot, Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s former Wallaby turned author, joins SATURDAY MAY 16 – 12.00-1.00PM our walls and in our galleries and War. His latest commission from Greg McGee, one-time junior All SATURDAY MAY 16 – 10.30-11.55AM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE museums. Inspired by his book Bright 36 the Ian Fleming Estate, is a new Black and playwright of the rugby WINTERGARDEN, CIVIC Earth: Art and The Invention of Colour. WEEKEND GALLERY SERIES James Bond novel. A session for all critique Foreskin’s Lament, and sports For some of us the Switzerland of the Supported by Auckland Art Gallery the thrill-seeking family, chaired psychologist and writer Karen Nimmo Austen’s Women’s Rebecca Vaughan South Seas is not much more than a Toi o Tämaki and Royal Society by Michael Williams. in an examination of the place of sport returns with her latest hit: a stage fleeting stopover for shopping, maybe of New Zealand. PROFESSOR PENGUIN: in national consciousness. Refereed by adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs even a cocktail at Raffles. But, for Alison Mau. Questions fielded at the Dalloway, that Modernist mapping LLOYD SPENCER DAVIS Edwin Thumboo, Singapore has been final whistle. of interior states in the aftermath of 38 home for more than eighty years, and 31 World War I. This five-star Edinburgh the place where he has forged a career 2014 success has been hailed as as a writer, academic and the country’s accomplished and incredibly moving. FAMILY MATTERS unofficial poet laureate. Join him in THE BONE CLOCKS: 33 Adapted and directed by Elton conversation with Paula Green as he FREE EVENT Townend Jones. A Dyad Production. shares insights into this still largely DAVID MITCHELL One of four performances. undiscovered nation. Supported by Asia New Zealand Foundation. TINY NIUE Earlybird $30; Standard $35; Patrons $28; Students $17.50. SATURDAY MAY 16 – 11.45-12.45PM AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM

Professor Penguin is Lloyd Spencer Davis’ homage to the birds who wear SATURDAY MAY 16 – 12.00-1.00PM tuxedoes, can’t fly, and split their LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE time between the land and the ocean. SATURDAY MAY 16 – 10.30-11.30AM Davis journeys from Antarctica to The international award-winning ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE SATURDAY MAY 16 – 10.30-11.30AM the Galapagos, Argentina to New The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million UPPER NZI, AOTEA CENTRE Zealand, to reveal the soon-to-be- is Daniel Mendelsohn’s memoir UK author David Mitchell returns to not-so-secret life of the fascinating detailing his dogged search to recover the Festival following the publication penguin. Supported by Auckland Art the story of his family lost to the The uplifted coral atoll Niue, all of his Booker-longlisted The Bone Gallery Toi o Tämaki. Holocaust; debut writer Helena 260 square kilometres of it, lies Clocks. In this and other novels such Wisniewska Brow’s Give Us This in the South Pacific. Far from the as Cloud Atlas and Black Swan Green Day: A Memoir of Family and Exile main shipping routes, its steep he playfully uses realism, fantasy, 18 19 40 42 story and a gripping account of one blogger Patrick Reynolds for 47 49 FREE EVENT WEEKEND GALLERY SERIES man’s psychological disintegration”. a discussion on exemplars, blunders, FREE EVENT Speakers’ Corner Rahman is in conversation with Metro and how many NIMBYs and/or FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION editor Simon Wilson. Supported by planners it takes to cause paralysis. SATIRISTS AT LARGE WHALE YEARS: Platinum Patrons Erika & Robin Congreve. Chaired by Tommy Honey. Supported SPEAKING TRUTH by New Zealand Institute of Architects. FAMILY LIFE GREG O’BRIEN TO POWER 44 46 MORRIS GLEITZMAN H IS FOR HAWK: SATURDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-4.00PM HELEN MACDONALD LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE SATURDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-3.50PM SATURDAY MAY 16 – 1.15-2.15PM An irreverent and stinging session LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE SATURDAY MAY 16 – 12.00-12.30PM AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM should be forthcoming as Steve LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Braunias, author of Mad Men, and Actor and memoirist Alan Cumming, Incorporating poems from his latest David Slack, Metro contributor, London literary salonnière Damian Barr, Following the heated debates around collection Whale Years, Greg O’Brien SATURDAY MAY 16 – 1.30-2.30PM gather with writer and editor Stephen Mäori novelist Witi Ihimaera and writer Eleanor Catton’s recent comments melds art works, photographs and LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Stratford to discuss satirical writing. Elspeth Sandys read from memoirs on power and culture, writer Philip moving images to trace an imaginative exploring the tension of family life. Temple puts the case for why writers encounter with the Pacific Ocean, Introduced by Catriona Ferguson. Spend an hour in the company of SATURDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-4.00PM should lead the way in public which began with a voyage on HMNZS wonderful children’s writer Morris ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE discourse. 20 minutes at the podium; Otago to Raoul Island in 2011. Supported 48 Gleitzman talking about and reading 10 minutes of audience challenge. by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki. FREE EVENT from a selection of his much-loved The English historian, poet, naturalist 50 books for 8-12 year olds including Once, and illustrator Helen Macdonald once Then, Now, After, Pizza Cake, Extra Time bred hawks for Arab sheikhs. She is TANGATA WHENUA 41 43 and Loyal Creatures. Come prepared to also the winner of the Costa Award THE MEDIA FREE EVENT be delighted and entertained by one of and the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non- SPEAKERS’ CORNER the smartest, funniest writers around. Fiction for H is for Hawk, a chronicle REVOLUTION IN THE LIGHT OF of her attempt to tame Mabel the goshawk as a means of assuaging grief ADJUST OR PERISH WHAT WE KNOW: after the death of her father. “Grief,” 45 she writes, “is just love with nowhere ZIA HAIDER RAHMAN FREE EVENT to go.” Referencing the similar attempts of T. H. White (of Once and Future King fame) to master falconry, SATURDAY MAY 16 – 3.00-4.00PM DESIGNING AUCKLAND Macdonald’s memoir is described as, UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE pun intended, “a soaring triumph”. Chaired by Noelle McCarthy. One of the most important books to SATURDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.30PM be published in Aotearoa New Zealand ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE in 2014, Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated SATURDAY MAY 16 – 1.00-1.30PM History charts Mäori history from its We’re witnessing wild times in the LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE origins through to the present day. world of media when traditional models SATURDAY MAY 16 – 1.30-2.30PM Written by Atholl Anderson, Aroha are beseiged by technological advances Editor of Living In A Warmer World, ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Harris and the late Judith Binney, and decreasing revenues, not to mention Jim Salinger argues that climate SATURDAY MAY 16 – 1.30-2.30PM the project took several years and spurned by the digital generation. Ken change science is indisputable Louise Adler is a fan, as are Joyce UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE testifies to its authors’ dedication and Auletta – “Annals of Communications” and that we must urgently seek to Carol Oates and James Wood. Last scholarship. Join Anderson and Harris writer in The New Yorker and author of understand what it will mean for all year, former human rights lawyer in conversation with Ngarimu Blair as Googled: The End of the World as We Know Housing, transport and land use our futures: 20 minutes at the podium; Zia Haider Rahman produced his novel they discuss this compelling narrative It – is well placed to fathom it all, from are topics du jour in Auckland, a 10 minutes of audience challenge. In the Light of What We Know, a personal of the people and the land. the influence of Netflix to broadsheets city with a severe case of arrested and political exploration of the world and everything in between. Chaired development. Join former Auckland post-9/11. The Observer’s Alex Preston by Shayne Currie. Supported by Westpac Council urban designer Sue Evans, calls it “an extraordinary meditation Business Bank & Wealth. urban designer Garth Falconer, and on the limits and uses of human architectural photographer and knowledge, a heartbreaking love 20 21 51 toured Australia, the US, Canada interest in patient safety and care) 56 the everyday with the dreamlike, to 59 and Europe, opening for the likes and staff writer for The New Yorker. FREE EVENT spellbinding effect. From Norwegian SPECIAL EVENT of Sharon Van Etten, Neil Finn and Being Mortal is his fourth book, and in Wood and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle BEAUTY OF THE Calexico. Fullbrook will talk about it he wrestles as a clinician and as a son to 1Q84, Colourless Tsukuru Tazaki the craft of song-writing with Julie with dilemmas concerning end-of-life MEMORY LOSS and The Strange Library, Murakami THE WORLD’S WIFE EVERYDAY: KIM THÚY Hill. Singing is rumoured. Supported care. In conversation with Middlemore charms and challenges us as readers by APRA / AMCOS. Hospital ICU specialist David Galler, and global citizens. Don’t miss him Gawande will prompt us to rethink in his only Australasian appearance our relationship with medicine, in conversation with US editor and during our life and, most crucially, writer John Freeman. Supported by 53 at its close. Supported by Summerset. Platinum Patrons Josephine & Ross Green. FREE EVENT FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION Earlybird $35; Standard $40; Patrons $32; Students $20. 55 SATURDAY MAY 16 – 6.00-7.00PM SATURDAY MAY 16 – 9.00-10.15PM SATURDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.30PM LOSS AND LOVE UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE LOWER NZI, AOTEA CENTRE DOWN AND DIRTY (Cash Bar) Poet and violinist Anna Smaill’s 58 Kim Thúy and her family fled Vietnam acclaimed debut novel The Chimes SPECIAL EVENT British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy as boat people, arriving in Canada via a constructs a world ruled by a large joins actors Fiona Samuel and Rachel refugee camp when she was ten. With musical instrument, and navigated House in a performance of The World’s a previous career as a restaurateur via a musical language. It’s also a POETRY IDOL Wife, Duffy’s poetry collection of the and with degrees in law, linguistics place where people are incapable same name in which unappreciated and translation, she has now authored of retaining memories. Bernard women are given free rein. There’s two poetic novels: Ru which mirrors SATURDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.20PM Beckett’s Lullaby envisages a world Queen Herod and Frau Freud as well her refugee experience and Mãn, a LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE where memories, like body organs, as Queen Kong, the Kray Sisters tale of love, homeland and identity. SATURDAY MAY 16 – 6.00-7.00PM can be transplanted. Futuristic, and Mrs Aesop, who opines that “By The vivacious and thoughtful Thúy philosophical and written in Christ, he could bore for Purgatory.” Four novelists who have crafted stories LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE discusses her work and life with Kate inventive prose, both novels invite David Long provides musical of people lost and people loved read De Goldi. Supported by Canada Council readers to consider life’s essentials. accompaniment to the readings. from their work: New Zealanders Tracy Hilariously exposing lifestyle farming for the Arts. Smaill and Beckett join Paula One of only two performances. Farr, Laurence Fearnley and Bridget whilst delivering a touching portrait Morris for a discussion of fiction SATURDAY MAY 16 – 8.00-10.30PM A British Council Series event. van der Zijpp are joined by Australian of family, Antonia Murphy has and memory. LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE National Living Treasure Tim Winton. written, according to Eat Pray Love’s Standard $40; Patrons $32. Introduced by Graham Beattie. Elizabeth Gilbert, an ‘impossible to 52 Our sell-out slam is back. Having resist’ memoir. Born and bred in San FREE EVENT survived the rigours of auditioning Francisco, Murphy, her husband and 57 with MC Penny Ashton, 10 poets their two children abandon urban SPECIAL EVENT go head-to-head for the Festival 54 living for the high seas, eventually TINY RUINS Champion crown, and for $500 to ending up in Whangarei as artisanal boot. This year’s judges include farmers. Propelled by funny and feisty AN EVENING WITH English comedian and classics nut THE END MATTERS: prose, Murphy’s memoir Dirty Chick: Natalie Haynes, Australian poetry Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer reveals HARUKI MURAKAMI slam champion Zohab Zee Khan ATUL GAWANDE the anything-but-romantic realities of and hip-hop musician turned poet rural living, the challenges of starting Tourettes. Wanna step up? To book an over in a new country, and the ways audition on May 10, email the Festival in which community sustains them at [email protected] by May 7. when their son, Silas, is diagnosed SATURDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.30PM with a learning disability. She Earlybird $15; Standard $20. (Tickets are UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE discusses all in a high-energy a mix of seated and standing on a first session with Kathy Hunter. come, first served basis.) Critically acclaimed band Tiny SATURDAY MAY 16 – 7.30-8.45PM Ruins was formed as a solo project by SATURDAY MAY 16 – 6.00-7.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE in 2009 but has now morphed into an ensemble with bassist Cass Basil Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami is Atul Gawande writes profoundly and drummer Alexander Freer. They at the vanguard of the literary world, about medicine. He’s a surgeon, released their second album Brightly responsible for more than 20 titles author, researcher (with a particular Painted One in 2014 and have since which marry realism and surrealism,

22 23 61 63 that could equally apply to his 66 68 FREE EVENT WEEKEND GALLERY SERIES other novels including Cloud Street, FREE EVENT WEEKEND GALLERY SERIES Dirt Music, The Turning and Breath. SUNDAY Fiction aside, Winton has written on THE ART OF THE NOVEL AT THE BENCH: class, hospitals and the “chronically THE CASE THE SKIN OF YEARS: 17 MAY underrated” Western Australian town HELEN LEACH of Albany. He is in conversation with FOR ZEALANDIA: JIM ALLEN Jim Mora. HAMISH CAMPBELL 65

SUNDAY MAY 17 – 9.00-10.00AM ETCHED IN PAIN UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE 60 SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.15-11.15AM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 11.45-12.45PM In the second of our new Festival forums, AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM SPECIAL EVENT SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.30-11.30AM FREE FOR 12s AND UNDER we turn our attention to the novel. What makes a good one? Accomplished Anthropologist Helen Leach, author UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE For more than sixty years the art writers share their approaches and of The Pavlova Story (2008) and Kitchens: of Jim Allen, one of Australasia’s CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS some rules of plot, dialogue and The New Zealand Kitchen in the 20th Geologist Dr Hamish Campbell most influential artists and character that divide successes from Century (2014), takes the audience stakes the claim for Zealandia to educators, has explored people near-misses. Stephanie Johnson, Emily on a lively journey through the New SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.30-11.30AM be recognised as a new geological and their relationships, inspiring St. John Mandel and David Mitchell Zealand domestic kitchen over the LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE continent, roughly 500 million and challenging audiences. Now join chair Laurence Fearnley. last one hundred years, providing a years old and stretching north from celebrated in the new book Jim Allen: fascinating insight into changing New Caledonia, south beyond the The Skin of Years, Allen’s ground- A shared circumstance, two different patterns of culinary traditions and Auckland and Campbell islands, breaking practice and extraordinary takes. New Zealand writers Deborah domestic arrangements and revealing west beyond Australia’s Lord Howe career are the focus of a conversation Shepard and Stephanie de Montalk are 62 who we are through the room at Island and east past the Chathams. with Senior Curator Ron Brownson, both incapacitated with chronic pain. SPECIAL EVENT the centre of the house. Supported An illustrated talk about the natural accompanied by images of his unique Each is inspired to write: Shepard SUNDAY MAY 17 – 9.00-10.00AM by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki. environment of New Zealand and work. Supported by Auckland Art produces Giving Yourself To Life, a ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE the Pacific. Gallery Toi o Tämaki. DALLOWAY journal of her year; de Montalk works up her academic thesis into How Does Ta-dah. Welcome Captain Underpants It Hurt?, about the interplay of writing to the stage for an hour of mayhem 64 and pain in our literary history. They as he fights for “Truth, Justice and 67 69 speak with Greg O’Brien about their all that is Pre-Shrunk and Cottony” FREE EVENT explorations and hard won discoveries. alongside sidekicks Harold and AN HOUR WITH George. Instantly recognisable – in CAROL ANN DUFFY underpants and red cape with black TIM WINTON FORENSICS polka dots – the Captain makes mischief with his legions of fans in SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.00-11.25AM this special Festival event. Ticketed WINTERGARDEN, CIVIC but free for 12s and under. Book at Ticketmaster. Supported by Scholastic. Austen’s Women’s Rebecca Vaughan returns with her latest hit: a stage Standard $25; Student $12.50; adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs Children 12 and Under FREE. Dalloway, that Modernist mapping SUNDAY MAY 17 – 12.00-1.00PM of interior states in the aftermath of SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.30-11.30AM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 11.30-12.20PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE World War I. This five-star Edinburgh ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE 2014 success has been hailed as Clever, provocative and fun, the work accomplished and incredibly moving. Tim Winton is a leading exponent Examinations of the murderous and the of UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy Adapted and directed by Elton of short and long form fiction. Most criminal abound in these readings by is the perfect counter to anyone who Townend Jones. A Dyad Production. recently the Guardian reviewed Filipino/Australian poet Ivy Alvarez, would deny the allure of poetry. One his novel Eyrie as “a superb tale of NZ novelist Rosetta Allan, Australian of the most influential poets of the Earlybird $30; Standard $35; Patrons disillusionment and redemption, writer Helen Garner and NZ author day, Duffy writes for children and $28; Students $17.50. loss and beauty” – a description of Journey To A Hanging, Peter Wells. adults alike, champions language Introduced by Jose Barbosa. and teaches English at Manchester 24 25 University besides. She speaks with 71 voyagers to twenty-first-century 74 the stage to read their poems, as will Join UK scientist Philip Ball, US John Campbell about her life in FREE EVENT gamers. Inspired by his book Hello Groarke herself, before the winner is surgeon Atul Gawande, NZ novelist letters and reads from her work in Boys and Girls!, Veart, author of First announced. sarahbroom.co.nz Charlotte Grimshaw and Chinese what promises to be a life-affirming Catch Your Weka: A Story of New GRAHAME SYDNEY journalist Xinran in a thought- session. A British Council Series event. STOP TWEETING Zealand Cooking, will expound on the provoking rumination. Chaired little things for little and not so little by Jesse Mulligan. …COMMIT! people. Fun Ho! Supported by Auckland 76 70 Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki. FREE EVENT FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION 78 TROUBLE IN THE LIFE BEYOND 73 A WRITING LIFE: RENÉE SOUTH CHINA SEA: AN IRRESISTIBLE SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.30PM BILL HAYTON LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE SUNDAY MAY 17 – 12.00-1.00PM CRITIC THE MICHAEL KING MEMORIAL LECTURE A Grahame Sydney painting is UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE instantly recognisable for its simplicity, its sense of grandeur and In 2013, Metro magazine editor Simon its capturing of the unique vistas Wilson bemoaned the poor standard of the Otago landscape. Showcasing SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.20PM of long-form journalism submitted one of our greatest living painters, the LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE SUNDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00PM for publication, holding that writers book Grahame Sydney was published LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE these days preferred to engage on in 2014 and includes more than 200 Four writers who have created social media platforms. A mild flurry reproductions of his work. He speaks fictional worlds of the future read Playwright, novelist, poet, memoirist ensued, and partly inspired editors with Auckland Art Gallery Principal SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.30PM excerpts: Emily St. John Mandel and blogger Renée has documented SUNDAY MAY 17 – 12.00-1.00PM Jolisa Gracewood and Susanna Curator Zara Stanhope. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE (Station Eleven), Philip Mann (The New Zealand’s social history in the LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Andrew to publish Tell You What, a Disestablishment of Paradise), Anna latter part of the twentieth century in collection of New Zealand long-form “Our most irresistible literary critic,” Smaill (Chimes) and Phillip Temple acclaimed work including Wednesday To Crowned by The Economist as one non-fiction. Gracewood, Wilson says The New York Times Book Review. (MiSTORY ). Introduced by Carole Beu. Come and Setting The Table. Of Scots and of their books of the year, The South and Russell Brown slug it out in an 75 Daniel Mendelsohn is an elegant Ngati Kahungunu descent, Renée blogs China Sea: The Struggle for Power exploration of the place for lengthy FREE EVENT stylistic polymath – a reviewer but weekly, and publishes her new novel – a in Asia dissects the complexity, journalism and the public’s appetite also an essayist, memoirist, classicial trilogy – chapter by chapter online. She and the absurdity, of the current for it. Chaired by Janet Wilson. scholar and translator of the Greek 77 talks with Stephanie Johnson. geo-political struggle and its far SARAH BROOM poet CP Cavafy. In his memoir The reaching implications. Author and Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million BBC journalist Bill Hayton sets out POETRY PRIZE he excavates his family history; in WAYS TO CHANGE the history of the turmoil and the 72 his essay collection Waiting For The 79 wide-reaching risks in this little WEEKEND GALLERY SERIES Barbarians he disses Mad Men as THE WORLD FREE EVENT understood dispute. “melodrama rather than drama”. His SERIOUSLY FUN: new project is a literature-and-life book, recounting the year he spent LETTERS TO VERA DAVE VEART reading The Odyssey with his late father and the revelations of that experience. He speaks with Ian Wedde. SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.30PM UPPER NZI room, AOTEA CENTRE SUNDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00PM C.K. Stead won in 2014, and this year ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE another $12,000 will go to the poet named winner of the Sarah Broom What does the world look like in 2015? SUNDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00PM Poetry Prize. Established in honour What have we got right? What have UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.15-2.15PM of the New Zealand poet, the prize we done wrong? And what can we do AUCKLAND ART GALLERY AUDITORIUM recognises an unpublished collection about any of it anyway? Four eminent Something for those wanting to of poems. From an anticipated 300+ Festival guests calibrate the state of jog themselves out of epistolary Grab your shanghai and join Dave submitters, three finalists chosen by play and give their forecasts as well slumber while reading the work of Veart for a tear through the history Irish poet Vona Groarke will take to as their preferred courses of action. a Russian colossus. Letters to Véra, of New Zealand toys, from Mäori

26 27 co-edited and co-translated by the 81 82 a seminal work and a set text for world’s leading Nabokov scholar, many teenage New Zealanders. Semi- Auckland University’s Brian Boyd, autobiographical, it soared beyond brings together Nabokov’s up to THE AGE OF MAGIC: A GUIDE FOR the social realism that dominated 2015 now unpublished rapturous letters much of New Zealand’s literature to his wife Véra over their lengthy BEN OKRI MODERN LIVING at the time (and perhaps still does), HONOURED marriage. The collection has been winning the NZ Literary Fund Award feted by The Times Literary Supplement for Achievement in 1958 and finding as “containing some of the most an international audience. Poetic and NEW ZEALAND moving passages [Nabokov] would experimental, Owls Do Cry recounts ever write” and heralded by William the story of the Withers family gently WRITER Boyd as his 2014 Book of The Year for exploring mental health, poverty the The Guardian. Excerpts from the and loneliness. The Festival’s giant letters, read by Michael Hurst, will bookclub reconvenes, led by Kate be interspersed with Boyd’s take on De Goldi, Anne Kennedy, Courtney the besotted Nabokov in conversation SUNDAY MAY 17 – 4.30-5.30PM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 4.30-5.30PM Sina Meredith and Scotsman Damian with Jan Cronin. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Barr, to share readers’ responses to this groundbreaking work. Presented Not long ago Nigerian poet and English comedian and classicist in a partnership between the Auckland novelist Ben Okri caused a stir, writing Natalie Haynes would rather we not Writers Festival & the NZ Book Council. 80 in the Guardian that black and African see “Ancient Rome as a toga party to 85 FREE EVENT writers should “not be expected to which our invitation went astray.” FREE SPECIAL EVENT write about slavery, poverty or racial An Ancient Guide to the Modern Life injustice. The greatest literature is her manifesto for the relevance 84 GREAT READS comes not from the heaviest subjects of classics to the 21st century. In a FREE EVENT C.K. STEAD but from freedom of thought.” Okri similar vein her novel, The Amber FOUR FOR FIFTY READINGS SESSION has written many poetry, essay and Fury, brings teenage and Greek angst SUNDAY MAY 17 – 6.00-7.00PM short story collections, as well as ten together in an Edinburgh classroom. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE novels including his Booker-winning Haynes takes to the stage to give us old A GRAPHICS AFFAIR The Famished Road. His recent novel tips for modern living. Let’s not forget C.K. Stead is one of New Zealand’s The Age of Magic is imbued with what that it was Cicero who said “one nail foremost literary figures. A Okri dubs “dream logic”, as well as drives out another”. In conversation distinguished novelist, literary critic, with sensibility and imagination as with Iain Sharp. poet, essayist and Emeritus Professor SUNDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00PM he charts the journey of a group of of English at the University of LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE documentary film makers on their way Auckland, Stead has won many awards to film a piece on happiness in Arcadia, and fellowships. He became a Member Greece. He speaks with Paula Morris. 83 of the Order of New Zealand in 2007, Consider this your personal-reading- Supported by Platinum Patron The James FREE EVENT and is one of only two living writers list-session for the year – apart from SUNDAY MAY 17 – 4.30-5.20PM Wallace Arts Trust. to hold that honour. Internationally all the Festival authors of course. LIMELIGHT, AOTEA CENTRE published and reviewed, Stead’s major Jordan Bass, executive editor at the GREAT KIWI CLASSIC: novels include Smith’s Dream, All US publishing house McSweeney’s, Four of New Zealand’s leading graphics Visitors Ashore, My Name Was Judas, and John Freeman, former editor of authors take the stage to present OWLS DO CRY Mansfield, Talking About O’Dwyer, The Granta and editor of the new literary stories from their work. Join Rachel Singing Whakapapa, and The Secret journal Freeman’s, give their favourite Fenton (graphic poetry), Damon History of Modernism, alongside essays, reads. Who in the literary firmament Keen (climate change comics), Sam criticism and major poetry collections. is up-and-coming, who continues to Orchard (LGBT stories) and Ant Sang Stead is known for his quick mind and produce great work and who must (The Dharma Punks), introduced by frank views, a confessional voice, and you absolutely read before you die? Christine O’Brien. an ease of prose that makes him both With Noelle McCarthy in the chair. accessible and deeply meaningful. His singular place in the cultural life of SUNDAY MAY 17 – 4.30-5.30PM this country is celebrated in this free UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE session to end the Festival, chaired by Ruth Harley. Following fierce debate and much wrangling, the Great Kiwi Classic for 2015 has been decided. Owls Do Cry was the critically acclaimed first novel of New Zealand’s beloved Janet Frame, 28 29 87 89 91 93 95 FAMILY DAY MONSTER-SIZED: CONSTRUCTION: ANIMAL POEMS: funny tales: MONSTER-SIZED: EVENTS RAYMOND MCGRATH SALLY SUTTON JENNY PALMER DONOVAN BIXLEY RAYMOND MCGRATH

SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.25-10.40AM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 11.25-11.40AM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 12.25-12.40PM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.25-1.40PM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 2.25-2.40PM HERALD THEATRE HERALD THEATRE FOYER – UNDER 5s HERALD THEATRE FOYER – UNDER 5s HERALD THEATRE FOYER – UNDER 5s HERALD THEATRE FOYER – UNDER 5s HERALD THEATRE FOYER – UNDER 5s FREE – NO TICKET REQUIRED FREE – NO TICKET REQUIRED FREE – NO TICKET REQUIRED FREE – NO TICKET REQUIRED FREE – NO TICKET REQUIRED SUPPORTED BY FREEMASONS FOUNDATION IF TICKETS ARE REQUIRED, Drawing and storytelling about Sally Sutton dons her hi-vis vest and Enjoy action rhymes and animal Donovan Bixley reads from Little Red Drawing and storytelling about BOOK AT TICKETMASTER monster-sized friendships with hard hat to read some of her much poetry with Jenny Palmer concluding Riding Hood Not Quite, the very funny monster-sized friendships with Raymond McGrath, author of the loved books including Construction with a reading of the poem Y for Yeti follow up to The Three Bears Sort Of, Raymond McGrath, author of the exuberant picture books Have and Catch That Plane. and colouring sheets so children can which was the children’s choice at the exuberant picture books Have You Seen You Seen a Monster and It’s Not draw their own poem illustrations. 2014 NZ Post Book Awards. a Monster and It’s Not a Monster, It’s Me! a Monster, It’s Me!

86 88 90 92 94 BEST MATES: ALPHABET SOUP: MONKEY BOY: MAORI MYTHS: SWELL: TRISH GRIBBEN PHILIPPA WERRY JENNY PALMER DONOVAN BIXLEY ZAK WAIPARA AND JUDY MILLAR

SUNDAY MAY 17 – 10.15-10.45AM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 11.15-11.45am SUNDAY MAY 17 – 12.15-12.45PM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 1.15-1.45PM SUNDAY MAY 17 – 2.15-2.45PM HERALD THEATRE – AGES 5-10 HERALD THEATRE AGES 5-10 HERALD THEATRE, AGES 5-10 HERALD THEATRE AGES 5-10 HERALD THEATRE AGES 5-10 FREE BUT TICKETED FREE BUT TICKETED FREE BUT TICKETED FREE BUT TICKETED FREE BUT TICKETED

Philippa Werry takes her audience on Jenny Palmer leads an energetic Award-winning children’s illustrator Animator and illustrator Zak Judy Millar’s art twists and twirls, a journey to faraway lands as she tells session of poetry crafting, talking Donovan Bixley takes his young Waipara shares Mäori myths and swells and swirls. She and writer the story of best mates who go to fight animals and the alphabet as the audience on a rollicking ocean-going legends with a modern twist. Trish Gribben will enchant with their at Gallipoli, inspired by her Bob Kerr- starting point for creating a Festival adventure with Young Jimmy, the delightful pop-up book SWELL, an illustrated book Best Mates. rhyme live in the theatre. youngest member of Nelson’s navy, art book for children of all ages. and the hero of his hit comic novel Monkey Boy.

30 31 Festival offices with “Application: 98 100 102 food for thought for all attendees. Editor In Residence-Jordan Bass” in WORKSHOP: ELSPETH SANDYS WORKSHOP: LAURENCE FEARNLEY WORKSHOP: VONA GROARKE Participants will be asked to bring the subject line, no later than Friday along five ideas or observations of April 17. Successful applicants their own for a “fiction seed swap” WORKSHOPS will be advised by Monday May 4 WHY WRITE PACE – KNOWING METAPHOR AND SIMILE – general, specific, idiosyncratic, and will be allocated a 20-minute or slightly mad. Truth can wear afternoon slot at the Aotea Centre in SHORT STORIES? WHEN TO LINGER camouflage. Auckland on Friday May 15. Please note that accepted candidates will be required to deposit the payable fee on acceptance or their place will be 104 forfeited. Fees are non-refundable once WORKSHOP: RENÉE paid. Cost: $75; five participants only. Workshops: $45 and limited SATURDAY MAY 16 – 11.30-1.00PM YOUR LIFE, to a maximum of 40 participants GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM unless otherwise specified. 97 FRIDAY MAY 15 – 11.30AM-1.00PM FRIDAY MAY 15 – 4.00-5.30PM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE YOUR STORY WORKSHOP: ANT SANG GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE Focussing on metaphor and simile, 96 poet Vona Groarke looks at deploying SPECIAL EVENT COMICS 101 Given that attention spans appear How do you pace a story? Do you treat imagery to energise the language of the to be shrinking, are short stories scenes equally, no matter how much everyday, and to wire it for that jolt of the way forward? Elspeth Sandys narrative weight they carry? This surprise that is at the heart of the well- EDITOR IN RESIDENCE: presents a workshop, with examples, workshop will tackle the amount of made poem. Participants will examine JORDAN BASS discussion and exercises, inquiring detail a story needs, and figure out a range of poems that use metaphor into the place of the short story and ways to move the plot along or, linger and simile to good and various effect, SATURDAY MAY 16 – 4.00-5.30PM the form’s strengths and weaknesses. over high-impact scenes, creating and will spend some time striking GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM tension in your writing. Designed for images of their own in a writing LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE people whose writing is flat and who exercise. Group discussion included. need to inject a few bumps and curves. FRIDAY MAY 15 – 9.00-10.30am “If you haven’t recorded your story, GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM 99 WORKSHOP: ROGER HALL then history is not complete.” So LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE 103 says veteran NZ writer Renée whose 101 WORKSHOP: DAVID MITCHELL life’s work has been to record stories Ant Sang’s graphic novel, The Dharma ALL YOU NEED WORKSHOP: AMY BLOOM through plays, fiction and memoir. FRIDAY MAY 15 – 1.00-4.30PM Punks, is a cult classic. He’s also the This workshop is for anyone who LOCATION TO BE ADVISED author of Shaolin Burning and was a TO KNOW ABOUT FICTION SEED SOWING wants to write their own story, be designer on hit TV show, bro’ Town. Join CHARACTER it for themselves, their families or As the executive editor of San this comic art master to discuss and PLAYWRITING a wider audience. Francisco-headquartered McSweeney’s draw, exploring the creative process AND STORY Publishing, Jordan Bass has worked behind creating a graphic novel. on the editing and design of dozens of books, both fiction and non-fiction, and through McSweeney’s Quarterly has edited Charles Baxter, Wells Tower, Sheila Heti, and Etgar Keret, among hundreds of other notable writers. Five SATURDAY MAY 16 – 1.30-3.00PM fortunate writers receive a one-on- GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM one with Bass, who after reading 20 FRIDAY MAY 15 – 2.00-3.30PM LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE pages of a novel or work-in-progress GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM SATURDAY MAY 16 – 9.00-10.30am will deliver a 20 minute feedback LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM What can the practice of writing and advice session. Participants will LEVEL 4, AOTEA CENTRE fiction teach you about the theory be chosen on the basis of submitted Master craftsman Roger Hall presents of writing fiction? David Mitchell material. 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Graham Beattie is a full-time book Carole Beu’s life is immersed in the Ngarimu Blair (Ngati Whatua) is a Nabokov expert Brian Boyd is a With his long-running website Public Hamish Campbell is a renowned GNS blogger and reviewer, following a world of books and reading, as owner Treaty Claims researcher, negotiator Distinguished Professor in English, Address and 25,000 Twitter followers, Science scientist, a geologist at the highly successful career as a publisher. of The Women’s Bookshop, Ponsonby, and spokesperson for Ngati Whatua Drama, and Writing Studies at Russell Brown lives online more than National Museum of New Zealand Beattie’s Book Blog is one of the and board member of the Auckland o Orakei. He has significant experience The University of Auckland and most journalists. He is also the host Te Papa Tongarewa, and a celebrated country’s most read blogs, receiving Writers Festival. She also regularly and knowledge of Auckland heritage has written or edited 19 books and of Media Take on Mäori Television, a science communicator. He is the in excess of 12,000 visitors a week. reviews books on radio and television. issues, having worked for many years over 250 articles on the author, member of the Digital Media Trust co-author of Zealandia, Our Continent He also writes a specialty food blog. womensbookshop.co.nz as a heritage and resource manager, including Letters to Véra, which was and a regular writer for the New Revealed (2014), about New Zealand’s beattiesbookblog.blogspot.co.nz @womensbookshop and is a board member of Waterfront a 2014 Guardian Book of the Year. Zealand Drug Foundation’s ‘Matters true geotectonic nature. @bookmanBeattie Auckland. ngarimublair.co.nz of Substance’ magazine. TOM BISHOP STEVE BRAUNIAS publicaddress.net @publicaddress JOHN CAMPBELL AIRINI BEAUTRAIS NEW ZEALAND AMY BLOOM NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND UNITED STATES RON BROWNSON NEW ZEALAND

Professor Tom Bishop teaches in the Madmen: Inside the Weirdest Election Leading current affairs broadcaster Airini Beautrais studied ecological Faculty of Arts at The University of Author of three novels, three collections Campaign Ever (2014) is Steve Braunias’ John Campbell has worked at TV3 science and creative writing and Auckland. He has written widely of short stories, and a nominee for latest book, now into its fourth reprint. Ron Brownson is Senior Curator since 1991. He has an honours degree worked for several years as a science on Shakespeare and is the editor of both the National Book Award and the An award-winning journalist, author of New Zealand and Pacific Art at in English Literature and served as teacher. Dear Neil Roberts (2014) is her the Internet Shakespeare edition National Book Critics Circle Award, and satirist, he writes regularly for Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki. the Chief Judge for the 2013 NZ Post third book of poetry following the of Pericles, Prince of Tyre. He is also a Amy Bloom’s stories have appeared in The New Zealand Herald when he’s not He has worked as a professional Book Awards. award-winning Secret Heart (2006) translator of Latin lyric poetry into Best American Short Stories, Prize Stories: crafting award-winning publications. curator for many years, developing @JohnJCampbell and Western Line (2011). English. The O. Henry Awards, and numerous luncheonsausagebooks.com major exhibitions and publishing campbelllive.co.nz other anthologies. Her latest novel, @SteveBraunias widely. He is currently developing a BERNARD BECKETT DONOVAN BIXLEY Lucky Us, was published in 2014. project on New Zealand photography. LINDA CLARK NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND amybloom.com HELENA WIS´NIEWSKA BROW NEW ZEALAND @AmyBloomBooks NEW ZEALAND KATHRYN BURNETT NEW ZEALAND JONATHAN BOSTON NEW ZEALAND

Teacher Bernard Beckett is one of Prolific illustrator Donovan Bixley Award-winning journalist turned New Zealand’s most successful writers has created best-selling versions of The Former journalist Helena Wis´niewska lawyer Linda Clark forged a for young adults. He has just published Wheels on the Bus and Old MacDonald’s Brow was the 2013 recipient of the Kathryn Burnett is an accomplished successful career as one of New Lullaby, the third book in a trilogy Farm, co-created the Dinosaur Rescue Adam Prize in Creative Writing. Her screenwriter, playwright, and columnist Zealand’s most respected political which, like the earlier and much- series and is the author of the comic A Professor of Public Policy in the book, Give Us This Day: a Memoir of whose credits include Shelved, The Cult, editors and media communicators celebrated books Genesis and August, book novel Monkey Boy. In 2014 School of Government at Victoria Family and Exile (2014) is the story of Amazing Extraordinary Friends, The before switching to law. She is now explores a philosophical puzzle. The Three Bears Sort Of, which he University of Wellington, Jonathan her father, Stefan Wis´niewska, one of Strip and Mike & Virginia. She also runs special counsel in the public law and bernardbeckett.wordpress.com illustrated, won the NZ Post Book Boston is a leading contributor to the 732 exiled Polish children offered creative ideation workshops designed litigation teams of Kensington Swan. Awards Children’s Choice Award. policy debate in New Zealand on refuge in New Zealand in 1944. to help people be their creative best. donovanbixley.com a range of issues, including child kathryn-burnett.com poverty. He is the co-author of Child @kburnettdotcom Poverty in New Zealand (2014).

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Thom Conroy is a Senior Lecturer in Acclaimed actor of stage and screen, Nick Davies is an award-winning Previously a nurse and documentary Sue Evans is a Senior Urban Designer Laurence Fearnley is a short story Creative Writing at Massey University. Alan Cumming OBE is also a writer investigative journalist, a widely maker, Stephanie de Montalk is the at Housing New Zealand Corporation. writer, novelist and curator. She has His historical novel, The Naturalist, and a champion of LGBT civil rights. published author and a documentary author of four collections of poems, Her education spans science, produced several widely acclaimed was published in 2014 and his writing Cumming has won a Tony for his maker. He is a special correspondent the biography Unquiet World (2001) architecture and urban design and she novels, the latest of which is Reach. has appeared in various publications Broadway role as Cabaret’s Emcee for the Guardian and author of Hack and a novel, The Fountain of Tears is a contributor to the Auckland Urban She has also worked on a number including Landfall, Sport, the New and plays Eli Gold in television series Attack (2014), the definitive record of the (2006). Her latest book, How Does It Design Panel’s recent publication Inter- of non-fiction projects ranging England Review and Best American The Good Wife, for which he has investigation into Rupert Murdoch’s Hurt? (2014), confronts the language View and active in the Architecture + around Southern and mountainous Short Stories 2012. received Emmy and Golden Globe newspaper empire and exposure of the of suffering. Women initiative. landscapes. nominations. His New York Times phone hacking scandal. Supported by stephaniedemontalk.co.nz RACHaEL CRAW bestselling memoir Not My Father’s Platinum Patrons Rosie & Michael Horton. GARTH FALCONER RACHEL FENTON NEW ZEALAND Son was published in 2014. Supported nickdavies.net @Bynickdavies JOHN DENNISON NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND by Friedlander Foundation. NEW ZEALAND alancumming.com @Alancumming LLOYD SPENCER DAVIS NEW ZEALAND WYSTAN CURNOW NEW ZEALAND

Rachael Craw studied at the Author of Living In Paradox (2015), Rachel Fenton is a former winner University of Canterbury and taught University chaplain John Dennison Garth Falconer is one of New Zealand’s of AUT’s Graphic Fiction Prize and high school English before babies was born in Sydney in 1978, and grew foremost designers and the Director of has been a finalist in the Dundee and writing hijacked her life. Spark Lloyd Spencer Davis is the up in Tawa. His poems have appeared Reset Urban Design which is working International Book Prize. She is her debut novel, the first in a YA Director of The Centre for Science in magazines in the UK, New Zealand closely with Auckland Council on the recently participated in the NZ Book sci-fi trilogy. rachaelcraw.com Critic, poet and curator Wystan Communication at the University and Australia, and were anthologised Auckland Plan, the blueprint for the Council’s Graphic Novelists Exchange @RachaelCraw Curnow is one of New Zealand’s of Otago and an award-winning in Carcanet’s New Poetries V (2011). city’s next 30 years. Residency in Taiwan as part of the leading art critics. He has curated author and filmmaker. His latest Dennison is also the author of Seamus Taipei International Book Exhibition JAN CRONIN over 30 exhibitions in New Zealand book, Professor Penguin (2014), Heaney and the Adequacy of Poetry (2015). TRACY FARR where her work was exhibited. IRELAND / NEW ZEALAND and internationally and his large tracks his involvement with these AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND snowlikethought.blogspot.co.nz body of art writing was recently fascinating animals over 35 years. CAROL ANN DUFFY @RaeJFenton collected into one volume in The lloydspencerdavis.com profpenguin.com SCOTLAND Critic’s Part: Art Writings 1971–2012. CATRIONA FERGUSON KATE DE GOLDI NEW ZEALAND SHAYNE CURRIE NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND

Jan Cronin is a Senior Lecturer Australian-born, New Zealand-based in English at The University of author Tracy Farr’s debut novel The Auckland, with a special interest in Carol Ann Duffy is Britain’s Poet Life and Loves of Lena Gaunt (2013) was Irish literature. She is the author of Laureate and is both the first woman longlisted for the Miles Franklin The Frame Function: An Inside/Out and the first Scot in the role’s 400 Literary Award. More recently Farr Catriona Ferguson is the chief Guide to the Novels of Janet Frame Much loved writer, broadcaster and year history. She is one of the most won the 2014 Sunday Star-Times executive of the New Zealand Book (2011) and is currently researching As editor of The New Zealand Herald, speaker Kate De Goldi is the author significant names in contemporary Short Story Award for her story Once Council. The Council promotes the in adaptation studies. New Zealand’s highest circulation of a number of books, including the poetry and the author of books for Had Me. tracyfarrauthor.net love of books and reading among all newspaper, Shayne Currie is at the internationally acclaimed The 10pm children, plays and many celebrated @hissingswan New Zealanders, and, in particular, forefront of New Zealand’s news Question (2008). Her most recent novel poetry collections including Mean aims to introduce communities and gathering. He has won several was The ACB with Honora Lee (2012), Time (1993), The World’s Wife (1999), readers everywhere to New Zealand’s national journalism awards and a playful and multi-layered work Love Poems (2010) and The Bees (2011). literary wealth. worked overseas, including for the exploring kindness, patience and ageing. Supported by British Council NZ. @catnzbc New York Post. @ShayneCurrieNZH 54 55 PETER FITZSIMONS HOLLIE FULLBROOK (TINY RUINS) ATUL GAWANDE PAULA GREEN VONA GROARKE RUTH HARLEY AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND UNITED STATES NEW ZEALAND IRELAND NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA

After successful careers as a rugby Singer/songwriter Hollie Fullbrook Renowned surgeon, author and Paula Green is a poet, anthologist, Award-winning Irish poet Vona Dr Ruth Harley CNZM is an executive player and radio presenter, Peter began Tiny Ruins as a solo project researcher, Atul Gawande, is a staff book reviewer and children’s author Groarke has published six poetry coach currently living and studying FitzSimons is now Australia’s best- in 2009, and for the past three years writer for The New Yorker and is who champions poetry for children collections including X (2014), in Sydney. She comes to the field selling non-fiction author and a has been joined by Cass Basil and the author of four New York Times and adults and runs two poetry blogs: Spindrift (2010), Juniper Street (2006), of coaching after 30 years leading columnist for the Sydney Morning Alexander Freer on bass and drums. bestsellers: Complications (2002), Better NZ Poetry Box and NZ Poetry Shelf. Her and Flight (2002) and has had poems media organisations including NZ Herald. Most recently publishing Their second album Brightly Painted (2007), The Checklist Manifesto (2009), most recent collection of poems was in The New Yorker, the Guardian and on Air, The NZ Film Commission and Gallipoli (2014), his other titles include One was named 2014 Best Alternative and his latest, Being Mortal: Medicine The Baker’s Thumbprint (2013). The Times. Groarke teaches at the Screen Australia. Harley holds a PhD biographies of Nancy Wake, Ned Kelly, Album at the NZ Music Awards. and What Matters in the End (2014). nzpoetrybox.wordpress.com University of Manchester and is in literature from The University of Kim Beazley‚ Nick Farr-Jones and tinyruins.com @tinyruins atulgawande.com @Atul_Gawande nzpoetryshelf.com @PaulaJoyGreen judging the 2015 Sarah Broom Auckland, supervised by C.K. Stead Steve Waugh. Supported by Platinum Poetry Prize. and W.H. (Bill) Pearson. Patrons Michael & Betsy Benjamin. DAVID GALLER MORRIS GLEITZMAN TRISH GRIBBEN peterfitzsimons.com.au NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND ROGER HALL AROHA HARRIS @Peter_Fitz NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND JOHN FREEMAN UNITED STATES

David Galler is in his 24th year English-born Morris Gleitzman is one Trish Gribben became a household as an Intensive Care Specialist at of Australia’s most celebrated writers name in the 1980s for her Dick Frizzell- One of New Zealand’s most Dr Aroha Harris (Ngäpuhi, Te Middlemore Hospital. He is the for children and young adults and illustrated books Pyjamas Don’t Matter successful, prolific and award- Rarawa) is a member of the Waitangi Clinical Director of Ko Awatea, an international bestselling author. and Nits and other Nasties. Since then winning playwrights, Roger Hall’s Tribunal and lectures in history at John Freeman is an author, editor, Programme Director of the APAC He has written 36 books including she has produced a number of art work combines comedy with social The University of Auckland. She is critic and the former president of Forum on Quality Improvement in the hilarious Toad series, the hugely books for young people, the latest of observation and has been toured co-author of landmark publication the National Book Critics Circle. His Healthcare and a foundation Board popular Once, Then, Now and After which is pop-up book SWELL, about widely, including overseas. Well- Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated books include How to Read a Novelist member of NZ’s Health Quality & books and Extra Time. His latest book, the art of Judy Millar. known plays include Glide Time (which History which portrays the sweep of (2013) and Shrinking the World (2009). Safety Commission. @gauloir Loyal Creatures (2014), reflects the became the television series Gliding Mäori history from its Pacific origins He is the former editor of Granta, the experience of young Australians in CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW On), Middle Age Spread, Conjugal Rites to the twenty-first century. editor of Tales of Two Cities (2014) and HELEN GARNER WWI. morrisgleitzman.com NEW ZEALAND and Four Flat Whites in Italy. will launch the new literary journal AUSTRALIA NATALIE HAYNES Freeman’s in 2015. Supported by Creative JOLISA GRACEWOOD ENGLAND New Zealand as part of the International NEW ZEALAND Te Manu Ka Tau programme. @FreemanReads

Novelist Charlotte Grimshaw has One of Australia’s leading public won the Katherine Mansfield Award, intellectuals, Helen Garner is the twice been short-listed for the Frank A past star of the Cambridge Footlights, award-winning author of non-fiction, Writer, editor and reviewer Jolisa O’Connor International Prize, won former comedian and classicist novels, short stories, essays and Gracewood is the co-editor (with New Zealand’s Montana Award, Natalie Haynes is the author of The feature journalism. Last year’s This Susanna Andrew) of Tell You What: Book of the Year and Book Reviewer Ancient Guide To Modern Life (2010) and House of Grief was a 2014 Times Literary Great New Zealand Nonfiction, an annual of the Year, been a finalist in the NZ debut novel The Amber Fury (2014). Supplement Book of the Year and selection of topnotch nonfiction Post Book Awards, and won a Qantas She writes for The Independent and the followed Joe Cinque’s Consolation (2004), from online and off. She has a PhD in Award for journalism. Her new novel Guardian, is a regular broadcaster and The Spare Room (2008), The First Stone Comparative Literature from Cornell will be published in June 2015. has judged both the Booker and the (1995) and other titles. Supported by University. publicaddress.net/busytown charlottegrimshawauthor.com Orange Prizes for fiction. Platinum Patrons Frances & Bill Bell. @nzdodo nataliehaynes.com 56 57 BILL HAYTON JULIE HILL ANTHONY HOROWITZ MICHAEL HURST STEPHANIE JOHNSON ZOHAB ZEE KHAN ENGLAND NEW ZEALAND ENGLAND NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND AUSTRALIA

BBC journalist Bill Hayton is the Julie Hill is a writer, documentary- Anthony Horowitz’s books include Actor / director Michael Hurst’s Stephanie Johnson has published Zohab Zee Khan is the current author of two important books on maker and producer of music two Sherlock Holmes novels – The range extends from Shakespeare novels, short story collections and Australian Poetry Slam Champion, as Southeast Asia: South China Sea: programmes for Radio New Zealand. House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty to musical theatre and pantomime. poetry, and has also written for the well as a didgeridoo player, harmonica The Struggle for Power in Asia (2014) Two of her plays have been nominated (2014) – and the bestselling teen He has worked with every major stage and screen. She is a founding beat-boxer and hip-hop artist. He has which was nominated as one of The for Best NZ Play at the Chapman spy series Alex Rider. Next up is an New Zealand theatre company and trustee of the Auckland Writers toured Australia, Asia, the Middle East Economist’s top books of last year, and Tripp Theatre Awards and in 2014 she Ian Fleming estate-approved Bond has screen credits for more than 50 Festival. Her new book The Writers and Europe to sell-out crowds and has Vietnam: Rising Dragon (2010). Hayton published the story collection Shamejoy. novel. Horowitz’s writing credits roles, including Iolaus in Hercules: Festival (2015) follows on from The just published his first book, I write – has also contributed to the South China also include Agatha Christie’s Poirot, The Legendary Journey. Writing Class (2013). half a decade of slam poetry. Morning Post, National Interest and The PETER HOLLAND Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War michaelhurst.co.nz @Zohabk Diplomat. billhayton.com UNITED STATES for television. anthonyhorowitz.com @MichaelHurstNow DAMON KEEN @bill_hayton @AnthonyHorowitz NEW ZEALAND RACHAEL KING WITI IHIMAERA NEW ZEALAND WHITI HEREAKA RACHEL HOUSE NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND

Renowned Shakespeare scholar and author Peter Holland teaches at the Cartoonist and graphic designer University of Notre Dame and is an Damon Keen is the editor of the New Rachael King is the Literary Director internationally recognised expert One of New Zealand’s most Zealand comic anthology, Faction, and of WORD Christchurch and the author Playwright and novelist Whiti Hereaka in performance-based criticism. Arts Foundation Laureate Rachel celebrated writers, Witi Ihimaera is co-founder of Earth’s End, a boutique of Magpie Hall (2009), The Sound of has a Masters from the IIML and is an He is in New Zealand as the 2015 House is an accomplished actor the bestselling author of 15 novels graphic novel publishing house. Butterflies (2006) and Red Rocks (2012). alumnus of the University of Iowa’s The University of Auckland Alice and director who has performed including The Matriarch (1986), The Faction Comics has recently released In between programming literary International Writing Programme. Griffin Fellow in Shakespeare Studies. in productions from contemporary Whale Rider (1987) and Bulibasha a special comic collection called High events, she is writing two novels, one She is the author of The Graphologist’s Mäori plays to Shakespeare, in New (1994), and seven short story Water, which explores the challenges for adults and one for children. Apprentice (2007) and young adult TOMMY HONEY Zealand and internationally, and collections. 2014 saw the publication of climate change for New Zealand. novel Bugs (2014). @WHereaka NEW ZEALAND appeared in feature films including of Mäori Boy: A Memoir of Childhood, GRAEME LAY Boy, Whale Rider, White Lies and Hope the first volume of his memoir. ANNE KENNEDY NEW ZEALAND GRAEME HILL and Wire. NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND ANNA JACKSON KATHY HUNTER NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND

Tommy Honey is a director, designer, educational manager, architectural Writer and editor Graeme Lay is one critic, cultural commentator and Anne Kennedy is a novelist, poet and of our most accomplished crafters of Graeme Hill is the host of The Weekend occasional architect. He writes for screenwriter whose work includes fiction and non-fiction for adults and Variety Wireless on Radio Live, an aural Architecture New Zealand, is a regular Associate Professor Anna Jackson the award-winning poetry collection young adults. His latest fiction project smorgasbord of science and arts. He is contributor to RNZ’s Nine-to-Noon Kathy Hunter has reviewed books, teaches English Literature at Victoria The Darling North (2012) and the novel has been a trilogy based on the life passionate about NZ wildlife, a noted and is the Dean of Whitecliffe College sold books and has recently been University of Wellington and is the The Last Days of the National Costume of Captain Cook which he completes musician, founding member of the of Art and Design. @tommyhoney writing about books for such author of six collections of poems, the (2013) which is shortlisted for the 2015 this year with the publication of James Able Tasmans and a boxing fan. He was NZ institutions as Metro and the most recent of which, I, Clodia (2014), IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. She Cook’s Lost World. part of the infamous Sports Café team Booksellers Association. She lives includes poems inspired by the story teaches fiction and screenwriting at and has written for Eating Media Lunch with various animals, teenagers and of Clodia Metelli and her relations the Manukau Institute of Technology. and the hugely popular Birdland. a motorcycle-obsessed husband on with her paramour Catullus. thirteen acres in the Whangaripo Valley, an hour north of Auckland. 58 59 HELEN LEACH NIC LOW TOBY MANHIRE NOELLE MCCARTHY DANIEL MENDELSOHN DAVID MITCHELL NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND / AUSTRALIA NEW ZEALAND IRELAND / NEW ZEALAND UNITED STATES ENGLAND / IRELAND

Helen Leach is an Emeritus Professor Christchurch-born, Melbourne- Toby Manhire writes a weekly Irish broadcaster Noelle McCarthy Daniel Mendelsohn, an award-winning Two-time Booker shortlisted David of Anthropology at the University based Nic Low is a writer of Ngäi column in The New Zealand Herald, hosts the Summer Noelle show memoirist, essayist, and translator, Mitchell is the author of novels including of Otago with a particular interest Tahu and European descent whose the New Zealand Listener’s Internaut for Radio New Zealand as well as has been described by The New York Cloud Atlas (2004), Black Swan Green in the evolution of human diet and work has appeared in the Big Issue, column, and contributes to the Guardian standing in for regular presenters Times as “our most irresistible critic”. (2006) and The Thousand Autumns of the history of horticulture. She has Griffith Review and Art Monthly. where he worked from 2000 to 2010. on other RNZ programmes. She A frequent contributor to The New Jacob de Zoet (2010). He was named written a number of books including His first book Arms Race (2014) is He was the editor of The Arab Spring: is an interviewer-at-large for The Yorker, he is the author of bestseller one of Britain’s best young novelists The Pavlova Story (2008) which was a a collection of short stories. Rebellion, Revolution and a New World New Zealand Herald’s Viva and she The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million in 2003 and one of Time’s 100 Most Montana NZ Book Awards shortlisted dislocated.org Order (2002). @toby_etc writes a books column for Metro. (2006), two essay collections including Influential People. His latest novel is title and Kitchens: The New Zealand @noellevivien Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays From the Booker longlisted The Bone Clocks. Kitchen in the 20th Century (2014). HELEN MACDONALD PHILLIP MANN the Classics to Pop Culture (2012), and an Supported by Platinum Patrons Carol & ENGLAND ENGLAND / NEW ZEALAND GREG MCGEE acclaimed two-volume translation of Gerard Curry. davidmitchellbooks.com NICOLA LEGAT NEW ZEALAND Cavafy’s poetry. danielmendelsohn.com @david_mitchell NEW ZEALAND @DMendelsohn1960 JIM MORA COURTNEY SINA MEREDITH NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND

Naturalist and University of Cambridge Science fiction author Phillip research scholar Helen Macdonald Mann set up New Zealand’s first Greg McGee wrote the classic New Nicola Legat is one of this country’s won the Samuel Johnson Prize and Drama Studies position at Victoria Zealand play Foreskin’s Lament (1980), most respected publishers and editors. the Costa Book Award in 2014 for her University in 1970. He has worked bestselling biography Richie McCaw: She is former Publishing Director of memoir H is for Hawk. The book, which internationally, including at Beijing’s The Open Side (2012), novel Love and Award-winning broadcaster Jim Random House (NZ), Chair of the New recounts the year Macdonald spent New China News Agency, and has Money (2012) and the upcoming title Courtney Sina Meredith was the 2011 Mora hosts The Panel and co-hosts Zealand Book Awards Charitable Trust training a goshawk in the wake of her published ten novels including the The Antipodeans. He has also published Bleibtreu Berlin writer-in-residence Checkpoint for Radio NZ National. Board, Deputy Chair of the Auckland father’s death, was hailed as a triumph Arthur C Clarke Award shortlisted as crime writer Alix Bosco. and launched her first book of poetry He has also presented and co-written Writers Festival and Manager of the and was a Sunday Times bestseller. and IMPAC Dublin Literary Award at the Frankfurt Bookfair 2012. In everything from documentaries to New Zealand architecture exhibition at fretmarks.blogspot.com longlisted novel The Disestablishment RAYMOND MCGRATH 2014 she was invited to the House of reality television, including the popular the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. @HelenJMacdonald of Paradise (2014). NEW ZEALAND Lords by the BBC and her play Rushing Massey Ferguson and Stains Down Drains Dolls was selected for Silo Theatre’s TV series. DAVID LONG EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL ALISON MAU 2015 Working Titles programme. NEW ZEALAND CANADA / UNITED STATES NEW ZEALAND PAULA MORRIS JUDY MILLAR NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND

Raymond McGrath is an award- winning animation director, animator, illustrator, designer and Composer, producer and musician Emily St. John Mandel is a writer Well-known broadcaster Alison Mau writer who has been working in David Long is currently Composer-in- for online magazine The Millions, is the co-presenter of Radio Live’s children’s television and advertising Paula Morris (Ngati Wai) teaches Residence at the NZ School of Music. He and the author of four novels: Last midday talkback show. Previously she for nearly 20 years. He is the author of Artist Judy Millar represented New Creative Writing at The University was a founding member of The Mutton Night in Montreal (2009), The Singer’s was co-host of nightly current affairs many popular titles including It’s Not Zealand at the 2009 Venice Biennale of Auckland. She is the author of Birds and composes for contemporary Gun (2010), The Lola Quartet (2012) programme Seven Sharp and weekly a Monster It’s Me! (2012) and Have You and has participated in numerous many award-winning books and in dance and film, including Peter Jackson’s and 2014 National Book Award consumer affairs programme Fair Go. Seen a Monster? (2014). group exhibitions in both New March 2015 was shortlisted for the films of the last decade. He performed finalist Station Eleven. Her essays @Alisonmau theonetrickpony.net Zealand and Europe, garnering 2015 Sunday Times EFG Private Bank in the 2002 NZIAF production of The and short fiction have been critical acclaim. She has studios in Short Story Award. Her next novel for World’s Wife. davidlong.co.nz anthologised in many collections. Auckland and Berlin. judymillar.com young adults, The Eternal City, will be emilymandel.com @EmilyMandel published in 2015. paula-morris.com 60 61 JESSE MULLIGAN ANTONIA MURPHY GREG O’BRIEN SAM ORCHARD DAV PILKEY / CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS BILL RALSTON NEW ZEALAND UNITED STATES / NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND UNITED STATES NEW ZEALAND

Jesse Mulligan is a writer, comedian Antonia Murphy is an award-winning Poet, essayist, editor, artist and 2015 Sam Orchard is a queer transman Dav Pilkey is one of the world’s Bill Ralston has been a journalist and broadcaster. A regular columnist magazine journalist, author and Stout Memorial Fellow at Victoria who’s been drawing comics since he bestselling writers and illustrators and broadcaster in television, radio, for Metro and Sunday Star-Times, he adventurer. A San Francisco native, University, Greg O’Brien is an energetic was a little girl. He draws an autobio for children. His Captain Underpants print and online, including as news is host of TV One’s Best Bits and she and her family sailed off in 2005, presence in art and literature and has webcomic called Rooster Tails, and series has sold over 70 million copies and current affairs head at Television presents occasional shows on Radio eventually settling in New Zealand. published many books. He co-ordinated has recently published the first three worldwide. Pilkey is also the creator New Zealand and as editor of Metro. New Zealand National. He’s also a Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely the ‘Kermadec’ art exhibition which issues of Family Portraits – a collection of numerous other popular series He currently runs a communications published author with his 2013 book Farmer (2015) is her debut memoir. has toured locally and internationally of short comics about different queer including Adventures of Super Diaper company and writes a column for the How to Speak New Zenglish consistently @AntoniaMurphyNZ and is currently at the Tjibaou Centre, and trans New Zealanders. Baby, Adventures of Ook and Gluk, and New Zealand Listener. appearing in clearance bins around New Caledonia. roostertailscomic.com Ricky Ricotta and the Dumb Bunnies. @BillyRalston the country. KAREN NIMMO @Sam-Orchard pilkey.com @Jessemulligan NEW ZEALAND BEN OKRI RENÉE NIGERIA / ENGLAND JENNY PALMER MARGARET POINTER NEW ZEALAND HARUKI MURAKAMI NEW ZEALAND NEW ZEALAND JAPAN

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Kate, 22, 29, 54 Peters, Mary, 13, 63 Grahame Sydney, 27 China Sea, 26 De Montalk, Stephanie, 22, 55 Pilkey, Dav, 10, 24, 63 Great Kiwi Classic: True Stories Told Live: Dennison, John, 15, 55 Pointer, Margaret, 18, 63 Owls Do Cry, 28 Straight Talking,12 Duffy, Carol Ann, 17, 23, 25, 55 Rahman, Zia Haider, 11, 15, 20, 63 Great Reads, 28 Ways To Change The World, 27 Evans, Sue, 21, 55 Ralston, Bill, 13, 63 Guild Hunting: Whale Years: Greg O’Brien, 20 Falconer, Garth, 21, 55 Renée, 27, 33, 63 Nalini Singh, 16 Workshop: Amy Bloom Farr, Tracy, 22, 55 Reynolds, Patrick, 21, 63 H is for Hawk: Character and Story, 33 Fearnley, Laurence, 22, 24, 33, 55 Robertson, Catherine, 15, 18, 64 Helen Macdonald, 21 Workshop: Ant Sang – Fenton, Rachel, 29, 55 Rodger, Victor, 17, 64 Hack Attack, 15 Comics 101, 32 Ferguson, Catriona, 13, 21, 55 Salesa, Damon, 18, 64 History’s Shadow: Readings, 15 Workshop: David Mitchell – FitzSimons, Peter, 12, 14, 18, 56 Salinger, Jim, 20, 64 Honoured NZ Writer Fiction Seed Sowing, 33 Freeman, John, 23, 28, 56 Samuel, Fiona, 17, 23, 64 C.K. Stead, 29 Workshop: Roger Hall – All Fulbrook, Hollie, 10, 22, 56 Sandys, Elspeth, 21, 32, 64 In the Light Of What We Know: You Need To Know About Galler, David, 22, 56 Sang, Ant, 10, 29, 32, 64 Zia Haider Rahman, 20 Playwriting, 32 Garner, Helen, 12, 13, 25, 56 Sharp, Iain, 28, 64 Justice Observed: Workshop: Jaspreet Singh – Gawande, Atul, 22, 27, 56 Shepard, Deborah, 25, 64 Helen Garner, 13 The Past is not Past Yet, 34 Gleitzman, Morris, 10, 20, 56 Singh, Jaspreet, 11, 16, 34, 65 Leading Men, 13 Workshop: Kathryn Burnett – Gracewood, Jolisa, 14, 26, 56 Singh, Nalini, 16, 65 Letters To Vera, 27 Creative Ideas Fast, 34 Green, Paula, 19, 57 Slack, David, 21, 65 Life Beyond: Readings, 27 Workshop: Laurence Fearnley Gribben, Trish, 10, 31, 57 Smaill, Anna, 23, 27, 65 Loss and Love: Readings, 22 – Knowing When To Grimshaw, Charlotte, 27, 57 Stanhope, Zara, 27, 65 Lucky Us: Amy Bloom, 13 Linger, 33 Groarke, Vona, 27, 33, 57 Stead, C.K., 29, 65 78