CONTENTS 4 Contact Details “The Listener has been LIFE 6 Sponsors and Grant Makers 7 Patrons, Festival Club Members proudly covering the arts and Friends 10 Celebrating 10 Festivals since C.K. Stead was still 17 International Biographies 27 New Zealand Biographies WELL 33 Booking Information in short sentences.“ 34 Festival Information A WORD FROM THE 35 Timetable 37 Booking Form ARTISTIC DIRECTOR 49 Wednesday 12 May 51 Thursday 13 May The Auckland Writers & Readers 55 Friday 14 May READ Festival was just a dream in April 1999. 59 Saturday 15 May A decade later, the Festival has a life of 64 Sunday 16 May its own, thanks to you – the audience, IT’S ABOUT 67 Workshops the readers, thinkers, writers and 67 Free Events curious of Auckland and beyond. The THE STORIES 70 Index festival has put over 160 international guests and more than 700 local writers WE HOPE WILL and speakers on stage in those ten years, making Auckland a more interesting LIVE ON place to live. The 2010 Festival focuses on lives – the well-lived, the well-read, The arts according to The Listener. the rich, the tragic, the ordinary and the THE STORIES extraordinary, the quiet and the chaotic, the writer’s life, a life ‘in’ books, life WHICH DESERVE in war and lives spent seeking peace, the life of the art world, life-changing A LIFE OF moments and decisions, the ordinary lives of extraordinary and memorable THEIR OWN 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 AND THE PEOPLE hope will live on (whatever the format), stories which deserve a life of their own, WHO STRIVE and the people who strive to bring them to life. We know you’ll make the most TO BRING THEM of the five days of the festival – a full, frantic, fast and loose five days – and for TO LIFE. 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.

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ListenerArts158x228.indd 1 11/2/10 1:38:49 PM CELEBRATING THE WRITTEN WORD Auckland City Council once again proudly continues AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL A WORD FROM to sponsor the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. CHARITABLE TRUST BOARD This festival, which in 2010 celebrates its 10th Carole Beu THE MAYOR anniversary, helps bring acclaimed writers and avid Erika Congreve readers from communities across Auckland together Stephanie Johnson for a unique celebration of the written word. Auckland Nicola Legat City Council recognises the importance of creative Phillipa Muir industries within our city as a vital part of our city’s Mark Russell economic future. I hope you enjoy your experience at Sarah Sandley this year’s Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. Peter Wells

FESTIVAL TEAM Hon. John Banks, QSO Artistic Director, Jill Rawnsley General Manager, Anne Rodda Development and Communications When Stephanie Johnson and Peter Wells pulled Manager, Eleanor Congreve A WORD FROM together an eclectic group more than a decade ago, Festival Administrator, Mel Curtis the vision was to fill a gap in the Auckland cultural THE CHAIR Production Manager, Nicola Blackman landscape with a Festival about writing, reading and Publicist, Angela Radford ideas. You responded in numbers that engulfed us, Interns, Rebekah White and and you’ve continued to flood to the event – last year’s DeAnna Baum audience was a record 25,000. Each staff and Board member has had their life shaped by reading and its contemplative effect. We are passionately committed CONTACT DETAILS to ensuring that this Festival continues to celebrate 58 Surrey Crescent Road, Level 2, Suite 3, and showcase the gift of reading and its benefits for Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, New Zealand Aucklanders of every generation. I’d like to take this Phone +64 9 376 8074, Fax +64 9 376 8073 opportunity to thank you – our audience – for your Email [email protected] support, as well as the writers who give up their Website www.writersfestival.co.nz precious creative and contemplative time, and all our many sponsors and funders who have supported Programme designed by Alt Group. the past ten Festivals. On behalf of the Board, welcome Printed by GEON, using vegetable to the 10th Auckland Writers & Readers Festival, based inks, all waste recycled. and thank you. Printed on Advance Laser from

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9 AUCKLAND WRITERS a fire alarm sounded and the entire audience was evacuated. On return, Amy & READERS convinced even the most sceptical that FESTIVAL her mother had triggered the false alarm. 2003 — Jonathan Franzen. Another superstar, his book The Corrections CELEBRATING swept the world – helped along by Oprah Winfrey. Needless to say, his events 2003 10 FESTIVALS booked out quickly. 2001 — One of our earliest superstars was Jane Smiley. This was a coup because 1999-2010 it enabled us to market the Festival to a much wider audience. Here she is with her husband.

2003 — Peta Mathias. Food has always been a vital ingredient. From 1999 we hosted breakfasts, lunches and dinners, as 1999 2008 well as staging events with food writers.

Bookselling has always been an 1999 — Historians Judith Binney, important part of our festival. The Michael King, Felipe Fernandez- Bookshop is always crowded and buzzing 2005 Armesto, Dick Scott and writer Albert with conversation. L to R – Joy Draper, Wendt. Felipe very nearly wasn’t able to Carole Beu and Carolyn Alexander. join us because Heathrow Airport caught fire just as he was leaving London. He 2003 — Literary Line-up. Linda and was our inaugural speaker at the Buddle Jools Topp. Finlay Sargeson Dinner, where some of our audience fell victim to a heady cocktail of history, Catholicism and alcohol – and came to blows.

2000 — Keith Quinn, Bernice Mene and Brian Turner talking sport. From the 2000 2009 beginning we were determined to appeal to a wide audience by stretching the 2005 — What does Jill Rawnsley want definition of ‘literature’. Science writers, to do with that pink post-it note? Now gardening experts and sports people Artistic Director, Jill’s devotion to the shared the stage with poets and novelists. festival is legendary. Here she is with 2006 2003 — Creative Directors and Festival journalist Finlay Macdonald. Founders Peter Wells and Stephanie Johnson. Most of our Festival launches The Festival would like to remember were held at Rannoch, James Wallace’s writers who have contributed their beautiful Epsom residence. books and words over the years who have passed away: Michael King, Janet Frame, Brad McGann, Dorothy Porter, Allen Curnow and Nigel Cox. 2003 — A line-up of New Zealand & international writers (and a famous actor) L to R: Peter Wells, Shonagh Koea, William Dalrymple, Anita Rau Badami, 2001 2010 Michael Hurst and Kate Camp. 2001 — Amy Tan drew a capacity crowd to the Ballroom of the Hyatt Hotel. Just as Amy invoked the spirit of her mother,

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City of Djinns won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of JILL DAWSON JOHN CAREY the Year Award; From the Holy Mountain won the Scottish Book of the Year Prize, ENGLAND ENGLAND The Age of Kali won the French Prix D'Astrolabe; and White Mughals won the Wolfson Prize for History 2003 and the Scottish Book of the Year Prize. The Last Mughal was longlisted for the BBC Four Samuel Johnson Prize and won the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize. His latest book is Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India (2009). William lives with his wife and three children Jill Dawson began publishing at the John Carey is Emeritus Merton on a farm outside Delhi. age of 22 by winning first prize in a Professor of English at Oxford national short story competition. She University, a distinguished critic, went on to win an Eric Gregory Award reviewer, broadcaster, Booker judge CHARLIE DARK for poetry, and published her first and the author of many books, novel Trick of the Light in 1996. She is the including studies of Donne, Dickens ENGLAND author of six novels and editor of six and Thackeray. His celebrated polemic anthologies of poetry and short stories. What Good are the Arts? (2005) provoked She also writes scripts and journalism much debate and discussion. A regular and has written one non-fiction book critic on BBC2’s Newsnight Review as for teenagers. Her other novels are: well as chief book reviewer for the Magpie (1998); Fred & Edie (2000); Wild London Sunday Times, he also edited Boy (2003); Watch Me Disappear (2006), The Faber Book of Reportage, The Faber and The Great Lover (2009), which was a Book of Science and The Faber Book of Richard and Judy Summer Read. Fred & Utopias. His most recent work is the Edie was shortlisted for both the 2000 acclaimed biography of Nobel Prize- Charlie Dark is a poet, writer, producer, Whitbread Novel Award and the 2001 winning novelist William Golding: DJ, and one third of the critically- Orange Prize for Fiction, and voted The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies acclaimed hip hop-inspired trio Attica one of 50 essential novels by a living (2009). John divides his time between Blues. He has toured around the globe author. Her work has been translated a home in Oxford and converted and makes regular appearances on the into more than a dozen languages, 18th century farm cottages in the international literature and spoken and her writing has been described Cotswalds. His interests, other than word circuit. An experienced tutor and by the Whitbread judges as 'inventing ‘writing to stimulate and involve the workshop facilitator, he runs courses a female language where Jean Rhys general reader’, are keeping bees and on creative writing and poetry for leaves off’'. She is currently director printmaking. young people and adults throughout of Gold Dust, a mentoring scheme for the year and has been a Poet Coach writers. Jill lives with her husband for the London Teenage Poetry Slam and two sons in an award-winning eco WILLIAM DALRYMPLE for three years running. Inspired by house in the Cambridgeshire Fens. his work in the communities, Charlie SCOTLAND/INDIA also runs Alphabet Soup, a spoken word night featuring established poets JOHN FREEMAN alongside young emerging voices. He founded Blacktronica, a loose UNITED STATES collective of poets, painters, musicians, film makers and other creative types, which pushes, explores and unifies the innovative sounds of the black electronic music scene in the UK with its global cousins. Blacktronica holds William Dalrymple was born in regular gatherings at venues around Scotland and brought up on the the world alongside a hugely successful shores of the Firth of Forth. An four-year residency at the Institute

16 17 John Freeman is the Editor of Granta, Irish and American literature. Once CHARLIE HIGSON (1975) and Confederates (1979), he won YIYUN LI CounterPunch and others. He writes a an award-winning writer and prolific described as the ‘Bill Bryson of the the 1982 Booker Prize with Schindler's regular column for online magazine book critic who wrote reviews for book world’, Rick’s new book is called ENGLAND Ark, which was subsequently made CHINA/UNITED STATES newmatilda.com and is a board member of over 200 publications, including Outside of a Dog: A Bibliomemoir – a into an Oscar-winning film by Stephen Macquarie University’s Centre for Middle the New York Times Book Review, The term and genre he has more or less Spielberg in 1993. Keneally has won East and North African Studies. He Guardian and the Wall Street Journal. invented. He takes us on a fascinating the Miles Franklin Award twice with appears regularly on radio, in public and A former president of the National literary journey in which he reveals Bring Larks and Heroes and Three Cheers at universities discussing current affairs Book Critics Circle, he won the 2007 the intricate relations between his for the Paraclete, and he was awarded and politics. A contributor to Not Happy, James Patterson PageTurner award for reading and his life, through 25 books the Order of Australia in 1983 for his John (2004), a bestseller on the controversy running a national campaign to bring which have particular meaning services to Australian Literature. over the awarding of the Sydney Peace back book coverage in the media. for him. After finishing his DPhil His most recent work is the first in a Prize to Hanan Ashrawi, and To A Time He solicited, edited and posted more in English at Oxford, Rick Gekoski three-volume series on the history of to Speak Out (2008), on the rise of global than 100 essays about the importance taught at Warwick University until After a varied career as the singer in a pop Australia, Australians: Origins to Eureka. Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and moved Jewish dissent, Antony is also the of reading, the necessity of criticism, 1987. In 2008, he became a British group and a decorator, Charlie Higson Successive volumes will be published to the United States in 1996. She has co-founder of Independent Australian and the role communities can play Citizen (as well as an American one) started writing comedy for television in in 2011 and 2013. His latest novel is had stories and essays published in The Jewish Voices. His 2008 book The in their own newspapers. John’s remarking that he now feels ‘equally the late 1980s, creating the characters of The People’s Train, which was published New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, Blogging Revolution is about the internet first book, Shrinking the World: The ill at ease in both cultures’. He lives Loadsamoney and Stavros with Harry in 2009. Tom is married with two O. Henry Prize Stories and elsewhere. Her in repressive regimes. His bestseller on 4,000-year story of how email came to in London and spends part of every Enfield for ‘Saturday Night Live’. Working daughters and lives in Sydney. debut collection A Thousand Years of Good the Israel/Palestine conflict, My Israel rule our lives (2009), is a short history year in New Zealand. with his long-term writing partner, Paul Prayers (2005) won the inaugural Frank Question (1st edn, 2006; 2nd edn 2007), of our need for correspondence, and Whitehouse, Charlie’s next project was O'Connor International Short Story was re-released in 2009 in a fully updated an examination of the astonishing ‘Harry Enfield’s Television Programme’. DAVID LEVITHAN Award, the PEN/Hemingway Foundation third edition. Antony lives in Sydney. growth of email and how it is ELIZABETH GILBERT Charlie and Paul then went on to create Award and the Guardian First Book changing our lives – not always and star in ‘The Fast Show’ (1994-2000). UNITED STATES Award in 2006, and the California Book for the better. He cites the work of UNITED STATES Following the success of ‘The Fast Show’, Award for first fiction. It was shortlisted BEN NAPARSTEK linguists, behaviourists, cultural Charlie worked on a number of other for the Kiriyama Prize and the Orange critics and philosophers of all TV comedies, as performer, writer and Prize for New Writers, and made into an AUSTRALIA flavours to explain our seemingly producer, including shows like ‘The award-winning film directed by Wayne endless cultural addiction, and Smell of Reeves and Mortimer’, ‘Shooting Wang. She was selected by Granta as one ends with, as you might expect Stars’ and ‘Randall and Hopkirk of the 21 Best Young American Novelists from the title, a plea for the sort of Deceased’. He wrote four thriller novels under 35 in 2007, and is a contributing communication we've abandoned in for adults in the early 1990s and recently editor to the Brooklyn-based literary the face of a bottomless inbox. John wrote a series of five James Bond books magazine, A Public Space. Her debut novel, lives in New York City and London. for a younger readership. He has now David Levithan is the award-winning The Vagrants (2009), is set during a time of Elizabeth Gilbert is an award- launched a new horror/zombie/adventure and New York Times bestselling the anti-Communist groundswell in late winning writer of both fiction series for kids, The Enemy, with book 2, author of numerous young adult 1970s China. Yiyun Li lives in Oakland, RICK GEKOSKI and non-fiction. Her short story The Dead, out in October. He appears in books, including Boy Meets Boy, Are California with her husband and their Ben Naparstek was appointed Editor of collection Pilgrims was a finalist the comedy series ‘Bellamy’s People’, We There Yet? and Nick and Norah’s two sons, and teaches at the University The Monthly, a magazine which focuses UNITED STATES/ENGLAND for the PEN/Hemingway award, a new show he has once again co-created Infinite Playlist (written with Rachel of California, Davis. Supported by the Asia: on Australian politics, society and and her novel Stern Men was a with Paul Whitehouse. Charlie lives in Cohn and now a film starring Kat New Zealand Foundation culture (www.themonthly.com.au), in New York Times notable book. London. Supported by Penguin Books Denning and Juno’s Michael Cera). May 2009 at the age of 23. He has degrees The Last American Man (2002) was In David’s latest collaborative novel, in arts and law from the University of a finalist for both the National Will Grayson, Will Grayson (2010), ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN Melbourne, and undertook a graduate Book Award and the National Book THOMAS KENEALLY he alternates chapters with John fellowship at Johns Hopkins University Critic’s Circle Award. She is best Green (Paper Towns), giving a unique AUSTRALIA before returning to Melbourne to known for her 2006 memoir Eat, AUSTRALIA voice to two teens, both named Will take up his new role. Ben has written Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Grayson. When the Will Graysons about books and ideas for more than 40 Everything, which was published cross paths in a chance meeting, they newspapers and magazines over the last Rick Gekoski is a writer and rare in over thirty languages and has find their lives going in new and eight years. His first book, In Conversation: books specialist, possibly best known sold more than seven million copies unexpected directions. As they build Encounters with Great Writers (2009), is for his 2004 bestseller Tolkien’s worldwide. The film adaptation towards the musical being staged by a collection of interviews with famous Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors starring Julia Roberts and Javier their boy/friend, the irresistible and and sometimes elusive writers: Paul and Rare Books. He has worked as a Bardem will be released in 2011. unforgettable Tiny Cooper, everything Auster, Russell Banks, Ian Buruma, University teacher, publisher, critic, Her new book, Committed: A seems as though it will fall apart. Noam Chomsky, Umberto Eco, Robert bibliographer and broadcaster. He Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, But things might just come together. Antony Loewenstein is a freelance Fisk, Thomas Friedman, Carlos Fuentes, was a Booker Prize judge in 2005, begins where Eat, Pray, Love Thomas Keneally was born in Sydney David edits lots of books at Scholastic journalist, author and blogger, and Hendrik Hertzberg, John Gray, David and is Chairman of the Judges for ended. Elizabeth lives with her in 1935, and is one of the most in the US and is founder of the PUSH an atheist Jewish-Australian political Guterson, Peter Handke, Seamus Heaney, the International Booker Prize 2011. husband in New Jersey. successful contemporary Australian imprint which looks for new voices activist. He has written for The Guardian, Peter Hoeg, Michel Houellebecq, Elfriede He started a rare-books business in writers. Short-listed for the Booker and authors in young adult literature. 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18 19 Jay McInerney, Catherine Millet, Rick Lionel Shriver is the author of eight SARAH THORNTON and headed to Barcelona, the city that to work as a novelist, journalist, (with fellow Economist journalist Moody, Toni Morrison, Paul Muldoon, previous novels, as well as a journalist later inspired his first novel The South literary critic and university lecturer, John Micklethwait) of five books on Harry Mulisch, Haruki Murakami, Ben for the Guardian, the New York Times CANADA/ENGLAND (1990) and non-fiction work Homage and divides his time between Ireland globalization and business, his most Okri, Per Petterson, Adam Phillips, Katie and the Daily Telegraph, among many to Barcelona (1990). His non-fiction and the United States. recent book, God is Back, shows how Roiphe, Jose Saramago, Wole Soyinka, other publications. An international includes Bad Blood: A Walk Along the and why religion is booming around Graham Swift, Tobias Wolff, James bestseller that’s sold over a million Irish Border (1994), The Sign of the Cross: the world and reveals its vast effects Wood, and A.B. Yehoshua. It is being copies worldwide,We Need to Talk Travels in Catholic Europe (1994), and ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE on the global economy, politics and translated into Portuguese and Chinese. About Kevin won the Orange Prize The Irish Famine (1999). He edited The culture. He is about to re-release an He is also co-editor, with Justin Clemens, for Fiction in 2005, and has been Penguin Book of Irish Fiction (1999), and ENGLAND updated edition of his 1996 book, The of The Jacqueline Rose Reader, due out translated into 25 languages. Her published a book of essays Love in a Dark Witch Doctors, an entertaining yet through Duke University Press early 2011. new novel, So Much For That, will Time: Gay Lives from Wilde to Almodovar serious guide to today’s management Supported by the Australia Council be released in New Zealand in early in 2002, when he also became a Fellow theories and gurus. Adrian has written for the Arts April. Lionel Shriver lives in London Sarah Thornton is a Canadian writer at the Centre for Scholars and Writers Economist surveys on entrepreneurship and New York City. and sociologist of culture who moved to at New York Public Library, enabling and the global search for talent, as Britain on a Commonwealth Scholarship him to research the life of Irish well as on telecommunications, MICHAEL OTTERMAN to research a PhD on youth subcultures, dramatist Lady Augusta Gregory for his education, multinational companies ALICIA SOMETIMES having already completed a BA in Art book Lady Gregory's Toothbrush (2002). and management consultancy. He’s UNITED STATES History. That thesis was published as He has written six novels including also written public policy papers on AUSTRALIA Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural The South (1990), The Heather Blazing Adrian Wooldridge is a long-standing education, on meritocracy and classless Capital (1995). She once ran the MA in (1992), The Story of the Night (1996), The journalist for The Economist: currently society, and a book on American Media Studies at Sussex University, Blackwater Lightship (1999) which was he writes the Schumpeter Column politics. He lives in London. and has been a visiting research fellow shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The and is the Management Editor. He at Goldsmiths, University of London. Master (2004), for which he won the has also served as the magazine’s Since 2003, she has been investigating International IMPAC Dublin Literary Washington Bureau Chief, Los Angeles the social dynamics of contemporary Award in 2006, and his latest novel Correspondent, and Social Policy art. Her second book, Seven Days in the Brooklyn (2009), winner of the 2009 Editor (specializing in education Art World (2008), is a witty series of Costa Novel of the Year. He continues and health care). The co-author Michael Otterman is a journalist non-fiction narratives, revealing the and human rights consultant based Alicia Sometimes is a writer, poet, inner workings of the institutions that in New York City. He is the author broadcaster and musician. She has contribute to an artist’s place in art of two books: American Torture: From performed spoken word over 400 history. Based on intensive ethnographic the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond times at many venues, festivals and research (i.e. hundreds of hours of (Pluto Press/Melbourne University events and had her poetry published participant observation and in-depth Publishing 2007); and Erasing Iraq: around the world, and conducted interviews with over 250 people), the The Human Costs of Carnage (Pluto numerous workshops in cities book is an international hit, translated Press 2010, with Hil and Wilson). and regional areas working with into ten languages. 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He was play, ‘General Ward’, is presented in LEONARD BELL the 2009 Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow. the festival as a Rehearsed Reading by Auckland Theatre Company’s Leonard (Len) Bell teaches art history Literary Unit. www.nzonscreen.com/ at The University of Auckland. His BEN BROWN person/dave-armstrong writings on cross-cultural interactions and representations and the work of Ben Brown (Nga¯ti Pa¯oa, Nga¯ti Ma¯huta) travelling, migrant and refugee artists displays a marked propensity toward PENNY ASHTON and photographers have been published performance poetry probably as the in New Zealand, Britain, USA, Australia, result of an overt desire to appreciate Penny Ashton, aka the Hot Pink Poet, Germany and the Czech Republic. the sound of his own voice in the hope has become New Zealand’s own global Besides Marti Friedlander (Auckland that others may share his apparent poet and comedienne having sold out University Press, 2009), he is author of enthusiasm for it. His poetry has been shows from Edinburgh to Adelaide Colonial Constructs: European Images of published in various anthologies and to Edmonton to Hamilton. She has Maori 1840-1914 (1992) and In Transit: Radio NZ and The Radio Network represented New Zealand as a slam Questions of Home and Belonging in New have recorded him. His work has also poet and as an Improviser, is Poetry Zealand Art (2007). appeared on posters plastered from Idol’s inventor, and is also the proud here to Baltimore. Ben lives in Lyttelton, winner of Best Ricky Martin Rewrite Banks Peninsula. www.bookcouncil.org. at the Winnipeg Fringe 2007. CAROLE BEU nz/writers/brownben www.hotpink.co.nz Carole Beu is passionate about books and reviews regularly on the radio. GORDON H. BROWN JOHN BARNETT She owns The Women’s Bookshop in Ponsonby Road and is a Trustee of the Gordon H. Brown has worked as a John Barnett is CEO and co-owner Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. freelance writer on the visual arts since of New Zealand’s largest film and www.womensbookshop.co.nz 1977. He wrote the classic Colin McCahon: television company South Pacific Artist (1984, 1993) and An Introduction Pictures. He has been producing to New Zealand Painting 1839-1967 with distinctly Kiwi stories since 1975 JULIE BIUSO Hamish Keith (1969). In 1989 he was and produced or executive produced awarded the OBE for his services to Art four of New Zealand's six top grossing Julie Biuso is well known through her History. As the 1990 Fanny Evans Fellow films: Whale Rider, Sione's Wedding, radio and television broadcasts and her at the University of Otago, he researched Footrot Flats and What Becomes of the award-winning food writing. She has McCahon’s life and sorted family papers Broken Hearted? been Food Editor of several prominent for the Hocken Library. In 2002, he was www.southpacificpictures.com food magazines and newspapers during awarded an Honorary Doctorate of her successful 35-year career. Julie has Literature by Victoria University, which written 14 books which have won a established the Gordon H. Brown Lecture FERGUS BARROWMAN Montana book award, a Goodman Fielder Series ‘in honour of the achievements Wattie book award, a Booksellers’ Choice of the distinguished New Zealand art Fergus Barrowman has been the award and seven Gourmand World historian’. His new book is Towards A Publisher of Victoria University Press, Cookbook awards. She was the recipient Promised Land: On the Life and Art of Colin New Zealand's leading publisher of of the University of Canterbury (NZ) McCahon (Auckland University Press, new fiction and poetry, since 1985. Food Journalism Award in 2001, the 2010). Gordon lives on Waiheke Island. In 1988 he founded the literary Montana Food & Wine Writer of the Year journal Sport, which he still edits in 1997, took home a Gold Ladle at the and publishes. Every few Wednesday World Food Media Awards in 2005 and in KATHRYN BURNETT nights he talks about jazz on National 2007 she was given a Special Award of the Radio. www.victoria.ac.nz/vup Jury at the Gourmand World Cookbook Kathryn Burnett is an accomplished Awards. Her focus is on fresh seasonal screenwriter, fledgling playwright,

26 27 published author and Qantas LEON DAVIDSON TREASA DUNWORTH DAVID FARRIER at the Auckland Art Gallery in 2001, BERNADETTE HALL Media Award winning columnist. which then toured New Zealand. Not to mention an experienced Leon Davidson is a teacher and the A graduate of Auckland and Harvard David Farrier is the Technology and She lives in Auckland. Bernadette Hall lives in North and entertaining tutor who has author of the multi-award-winning Universities, Treasa Dunworth is Entertainment journalist for TV3’s www.martifriedlander.com Canterbury. She has published nine accumulated numerous TV and film histories Scarecrow Army (Black Dog a Senior Lecturer at the University ‘News’ and ‘Nightline’. He also writes collections of poetry, the most recent credits over the last 15 years (including Books, 2005) and Red Haze (Black Dog of Auckland. She has worked in for Rip It Up, and since October 2009 being The Lustre Jug (Victoria University ‘The Cult’, ‘Amazing Extraordinary Books, 2006). His latest book is Zero both non-governmental and inter- has been co-hosting a Cryptozoology DICK FRIZZELL Press, 2009) which includes artwork Friends’, ‘Poppy’ and ‘The Strip’). Hour: The Anzacs on the Western Front governmental spheres first as a themed radio show, ‘The Cryptid Factor’, by Denis O’Connor. The poems in this When not working on writing (Text Publishing, March 2010). He lives researcher for the Harvard Sussex with Rhys Darby and Leon ‘Buttons’. It Dick Frizzell is one of New Zealand’s most collection arise from the six months assignments, Kathryn holds regular in Wellington. Program on Chemical and Biological can be heard on bFM (9-11am Sundays). popular and important artists. In his 20s, she spent in Co. Cork, Ireland on the BrainStorm classes and works as Warfare and subsequently as Political ‘“The Cryptid Factor” is a show about he worked in advertising to support his Rathcoola Fellowship in 2007. Poetry a story editor in film. Affairs Officer for the Hague-based cryptids … animals unknown to science young family, leaving in 1974 to work in has taken her many places including MIKE DICKISON Organisation for the Prohibition of like the Yeti, Loch Ness monster and the the vegetable markets in the early hours Tasmania, Iowa, Hong Kong and Chemical Weapons. She is a member Mongolian Death Worm. It’s an area of of the day so he could pursue his art. Dick Antarctica. She is a founding staff PHILIPPA CAMPBELL Mike Dickison is a true polymath. of the Australian New Zealand Society obsession for both Rhys and myself and Frizzell: The Painter (Random House, 2009) member of the Hagley Writers’ He has a PhD in the evolution of of International Law (and was NZ we’re both mutually tickled we’ve met contains all of his major paintings, the Institute in Christchurch. Philippa Campbell has been a film flightless birds from Duke University, Vice President (02-05), a member of someone else who’s into it.’ In August story of his life in his own words, and an producer since 1995. She has also and has been a graphic designer, the Advisory Board of the Asia Pacific 2009, he self-funded an expedition to essay by Hamish Keith on Dick’s work worked as an actor, theatre director, writing teacher, and curator at Te Papa. Centre for Military Law at Melbourne the Gobi Desert to make a documentary and its place in the New Zealand art BILL HASTINGS script editor, and head of the script He also wrote, designed, and illustrated University, the New Zealand about the Mongolian Death Worm. He world. He lives in Hawke's Bay. unit at TVNZ’s drama department. Kiwi Ukulele: The New Zealand Ukulele correspondent for the Yearbook and cameraman Christie Douglas spent Bill Hastings has been New Zealand’s She has produced the debut features of Companion (AUT Media, 2008). Based of International Humanitarian about two weeks trying to verify the Chief Censor since 1999. He has also been playwrights Anthony McCarten and at the Learning Skills Centre of Law and the contributing editor death worm’s existence but the only KRIS GLEDHILL a member of the Indecent Publications Toa Fraser: ‘Via Satellite’, and ‘No. 2’, as the University of Canterbury, he is on Public International Law to the thing they will say for certain is that Tribunal, Video Recordings Authority, well as the internationally-acclaimed interested in ways technology can New Zealand Law Review. She has they will get a documentary out of their Kris Gledhill was a barrister in England, Deputy President of the Film and adaptation ‘Rain’, comedy horror ‘Black help students learn, with tools like published internationally and within adventures. David lives in Auckland. appearing in a wide range of human Literature Board of Review and Deputy Sheep’ and the documentary ‘Rubbings blogs, online collaboration, and New Zealand, and her current major rights cases, before coming to New Dean of Law at Victoria University. Bill of a Live Man’. www.nzonscreen.com/ social networking. research projects relate to the role of Zealand in 2006 to undertake study for is a regular guest on ‘The Good Word’ person/philippa-campbell international law in New Zealand TUI FLOWER a PhD course. He started lecturing at on TVNZ 7. domestic law and the accountability the University of Auckland Law School ERIC DORFMAN of international organisations, Tui Flower has been a household name for in 2007, where his teaching includes MIKE CHUNN including the role of the legal adviser many cooks throughout New Zealand for criminal law and international human KIM HILL Dr Eric Dorfman is a Wellington- in international organisations and the more than fifty years. She graduated at the rights law. His research and writing Mike Chunn is CEO of the Play It based author of popular natural role of civil society in disarmament. School of Home Science at the University covers various aspects of human Kim Hill is a broadcaster and host of Strange Trust which implements music history books, short fiction, articles of Otago and received a bursary to study rights law, particularly its impact on Radio New Zealand National’s ‘Saturday programmes for New Zealand schools. and documentaries. His most at France’s École Hôtelière de Paris in mental health law: he has spoken on Morning with Kim Hill’. From 1992 to 2003 Chunn was Director recent book is the highly acclaimed DENIS DUTTON 1954. She later worked for 19 years as food this topic in many fora, and recently of NZ Operations for the Australasian Melting Point (Penguin, 2008), which editor at New Zealand News publications, authored a report for the Mental Performing Right Association (APRA) explores New Zealand’s responses to Denis Dutton is a University of Auckland Star, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Health Commission of Ireland on the LIA HILLS which represents New Zealand the issue of climate change. Eric is Canterbury philosopher specializing and Home Journal. She lives in Auckland. compliance of the Mental Health Act songwriters in the collection of public also Executive Director of Eklektus in aesthetics, the philosophy of art, 2001 with human rights standards. Lia Hills was born in Wellington and performance and broadcast royalties. Inc., which produces strategic and and the philosophy of science. He is now lives in Melbourne. She is a poet and He lives in Auckland. visitor experience services to the founder the popular website Arts & MARTI FRIEDLANDER novelist whose work has been published, international cultural sector. Letters Daily. In 2009, he published CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW performed and translated internationally. The Art Instinct: Beauty Pleasure, and Marti Friedlander has had a long She has published an award-winning MELISSA Human Evolution (Oxford University career as a photographer. Her Charlotte Grimshaw was awarded the poetry collection, the possibility of flight TESSA DUDER Press). www.denisdutton.com photographs of elderly Ma¯ori women Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellowship (Book Group Australia, 2008) and a CLARK-REYNOLDS with moko, artists and writers, in 2000. In 2006 she won the BNZ translation of Marie Darrieussecq’s novel, Tessa Duder has published fiction vineyards and vintners, and children Katherine Mansfield Award. Her story Tom is Dead (Text Publishing, 2009). Her Melissa Clark-Reynolds is widely and non-fiction for both children BRIAN EDWARDS are particularly well-known. Her books collection Opportunity (Vintage, 2007) first young adult novel, The Beginner’s recognised as an inspirational role and adults. Her best known work include Moko: the art of Ma¯ori tattooing was short-listed for the 2007 Frank Guide to Living (Text Publishing, 2009), is model and entrepreneur, founder of the Alex (OUP, 1985, now available in Brian Edwards is one of New Zealand’s (with Michael King, 1972), Larks in O’Connor International Prize, and on the short-list for the 2010 New Zealand successful Minimonos.com, a virtual Puffin) was adapted for a 1993 movie, most respected broadcasters and Paradise: New Zealand Portraits (with won New Zealand’s premier Montana Post Children’s Book Awards. world for children based on values of and awards include the Margaret writers. His career spans every branch James McNeish, 1974), Contemporary award for fiction in 2008, along with the sustainability, generosity and fun. Mahy Medal (1996), the Katherine of the media – columnist, author, radio New Zealand Painters: Volume 1 (with Jim Montana medal. Singularity (Vintage, She is Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Mansfield Fellowship (2003), an OBE and television interviewer, media & Mary Barr, 1980), and Pioneers of New 2009) was short-listed for the 2009 Frank CAROL HIRSCHFELD CreativeHQ, Wellington's business (1994) and an honorary doctorate commentator and trainer. He’s been Zealand Wine (with Dick Scott, 2002). O’Connor International Prize and the incubator and has trained with Al Gore from the University of Waikato media advisor to four New Zealand Her work has been exhibited at the South East Asia and Pacific section of the Carol Hirschfeld has more than 20 to present his slideshow, as seen in the (2008). She has four daughters, two Prime Ministers and to hundreds of top Photographers’ Gallery in London, Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. Her latest years experience in the television film ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, engaging grandchildren and lives in Auckland. people in the public and private sectors. the Waikato Art Museum, and in novel is The Night Book (Vintage, May industry working as a news reporter, audiences throughout New Zealand. www.tessaduder.com www.brianedwardsmedia.co.nz a large and celebrated retrospective 2010). She lives in Auckland. presenter, director, producer and

28 29 executive producer. She joined Ma¯ori IVY LIES a tribute to New Zealand's first sporting CHRIS LAIDLAW of small-batch production savoury two years was national president of Television as Head of Programming celebrities and an investigation into preserves are produced in collaboration the New Zealand Society of Authors in 2009 following 11 years at TV3 Ivy Lies is a four piece rock/pop band: the curious workings of fame. It won In a remarkably diverse career, Chris with Sabato. www.julieleclerc.co.nz (PEN NZ Inc). He was elected to the where she co-presented 3 News before they are Emla Palmer (lead vocals/ the Deutz Medal for Fiction at the 2001 Laidlaw has been a bestselling author, world executive of PEN International working as executive producer of rhythm guitar), Lisa Blatchford Montana New Zealand Book Awards race relations conciliator, television at Edinburgh in 1996. He was NZ ‘Campbell Live’. She lives in Auckland. (lead guitar/vocals), Rosie O’Connell and the Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize commentator, Rhodes Scholar, NICOLA LEGAT television Presenter of the Year in (drums) and Mihka Chee (bass/vocals). in 2003. It was also adapted for the stage ambassador, conservationist, All 1987, has written many books and has www.myspace.com/ivylies by Carl Nixon. In 2007, Lloyd won the Black and Member of Parliament. Nicola Legat is the Publishing Director acted as a public affairs consultant to JEFFREY PAPAROA Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the He is currently host of the award- of Random House New Zealand Ltd. a number of corporations. He was the Montana Medal for Fiction and Reader’s winning Radio New Zealand National A magazine feature writer for most of founding chairman of the Michael HOLMAN MAC JACKSON Choice Award, and the Kiriyama Prize programme ‘Sunday Morning’, and a her career, she was formerly the editor King Writers’ Studio Trust and served for his novel Mister Pip. It was also Wellington regional councillor and of Metro magazine. She is a Trustee of the on the trust until 2009. He is also a Jeffrey Paparoa Holman lives in MacDonald (Mac) Jackson is Professor shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In columnist. www.radionz.co.nz/national/ Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. panelist on TVNZ 7’s ‘The Good Word’. Christchurch/O¯ autahi and he is a Emeritus of English at the University 2008, Lloyd was made an Arts Laureate programmes/sunday senior research fellow in the School of Auckland. Internationally, he is best and received a Prime Minister’s Award of Humanities at the University of known as a Shakespeare scholar, but for Literary Achievement. His selected FINLAY MACDONALD PAUL MILLAR Canterbury. He has published two he has also published widely on New story collection, The Man in the Shed, SARAH LAING books of poetry, As Big as a Father Zealand literature, as critic, reviewer, was published in 2009 (Penguin), and Finlay Macdonald is an award-winning Paul Millar is an Associate Professor (Steele Roberts, 2002) and The Late Great historian, editor, and anthologist. his new novel Hand Me Down World Sarah Laing is a fiction writer and columnist for the Sunday Star-Times, of English at the University of Blackball Bridge Sonnets (Steele Roberts, (Hachette) is due to be released in graphic designer. Her first collection presenter of ‘Talk Talk’ and contributor Canterbury with research interests 2004), and his latest book is a study November 2010. He lives in Wellington. of short stories Coming up Roses (2007) to ‘The Good Word’, both on TVNZ 7 in New Zealand, Australian and Pacific of the ethnographer Elsdon Best and LAURAINE JACOBS came out after she won the 2006 Sunday and Sky 97, as well as the regular chair Literature, and recent publications his principal T ¯uhoe informant, the Star Times Short Story Competition. of ‘LATE at the Museum’, a monthly series which include a major new selection Tamakaimoana chief, Tutakangahau Lauraine Jacobs is an independent RACHAEL KING Sarah was Writer in Residence at the of panel discussions and live music at the of James K. Baxter’s poetry. He is of Maungap ¯ohatu, Best of Both food and wine writer and consultant Michael King Writers Centre in 2008, Auckland Museum. He is a former editor also the director of the University Worlds (Penguin, 2010). He lives and currently is President of the New Rachael King is a novelist and short and is one of the 2010 Buddle Findlay of the New Zealand Listener and former of Canterbury’s newly established in Christchurch. Zealand Guild of Food Writers. She story writer. She gained a Masters Sargeson Fellows. She published her commissioning editor at Penguin Books. Humanities Computing Unit. His is a former food editor of both Fashion in Creative Writing from Victoria first novel Dead People’s Music (Vintage) latest book is No Fretful Sleeper: A Life Quarterly and Cuisine magazine and University in 2001 and has worked in 2009, and lives in Auckland. of Bill Pearson (Auckland University DES HUNT has been recognised with national and in magazines, television and radio. www.poppyshock.com ANNA MACKENZIE Press, 2010). international awards for her food and Her first novel, The Sound of Butterflies Des Hunt has written a series of travel writing in books and magazines. (Black Swan, 2006), was published in Anna Mackenzie is a full-time writer successful environmental adventures She is passionate about artisan produce, nine countries, and won the NZSA JESSICA LE BAS with a background in public relations, PAULA MORRIS for children and young adults which aim farmers’ markets, wine and fresh healthy Hubert Church Best First Book Award publishing and ‘numerous less tidy to foster his readers’ natural interest in food and well respected worldwide for Fiction at the 2007 Montana New Jessica Le Bas’ first collection of poetry jobs’. She currently writes fiction for Paula Morris (Nga¯ti Wai) is the author the science of their surroundings. He has for her knowledge of food, wine, and Zealand Book Awards. Her second novel, Incognito (Auckland University Press, 2007) young adults and has published five of four novels, and the editor of The written nine novels, including Whale Pot restaurant trends. In June 2009 Lauraine Magpie Hall was published in 2009 won the NZSA Jessie Mackay Award for novels in the last seven years: High Penguin Book of Contemporary New Bay, Cry of the Taniwha and most recently, was made a MNZM in the Queen’s (Vintage). www.rachael-king.com Best First Book of Poetry at the Montana Tide (Scholastic, 2003), Out on the Edge Zealand Short Stories (2009). Her short The Crocodile Nest (HarperCollins, 2010). Birthday honours for services to the food Book Awards in 2008. Her second (Longacre, 2005), The Sea-Wreck Stranger story collection, Forbidden Cities He lives at Matarangi on the industry. Lauraine is the author of several collection, Walking to Africa (Auckland (Longacre, 2007), Shadow of the Mountain (Penguin, 2008) was a regional finalist Coromandel Peninsula. cookbooks including the internationally RHONDA KITE University Press, 2009) deals with mental (Longacre, 2008) and Ebony Hill, a sequel in the 2009 Commonwealth Writers’ award-winning Baker and Taste – illness in adolescence. She lives in Nelson. to The Sea-Wreck Stranger, due out on Prize. A graduate of the Iowa Writers’ The Flavours of Baking, co-authored with Rhonda Kite (Te Aupo¯uri) is committed 7 May (Longacre/Random House, 2010). Workshop, she teaches creative writing WITI IHIMAERA Dean Brettschneider, The Confident Cook to the preservation, promotion, and She lives in Hawke’s Bay. at Tulane University, New Orleans. and Matakana. She is the editor of A guardianship of Ma¯ori culture and JULIE LE CLERC Witi Ihimaera (Te Whanau-a-Kai) is a Treasury of New Zealand Baking (Random values. Ma¯ori businesswoman of the year novelist and short story writer who has House, 2009) which has been on the in 2002, Rhonda is President of the KIWA Prolific cookbook author, food writer, WARREN MAXWELL TIM MURPHY published 11 novels, 6 collections of bestselling list since publication. Media Group, a company that produces Next magazine Food Editor, and short stories, written new work for opera www.laurainejacobs.co.nz multi-language digital content, creates celebrity chef Julie Le Clerc’s life is Warren Maxwell (Nga¯ti Tu¯hoe) grew Tim Murphy is editor of The New and screenplays, and edited numerous IT solutions and develops products and dedicated to food and culinary travel. up in Whangarei and is the driving force Zealand Herald, the morning newspaper anthologies. His novel, The Whale Rider, services for the digital publishing and Her ten bestselling cookbooks, from behind many music-based projects. for Auckland and much of the North first published in 1988, was made into an LLOYD JONES entertainment industries. She recently Made in Morocco to Café Collection to Warren is former front-man of Trinity Island since 1863. Tim joined the internationally acclaimed feature film launched QBooks, an ebook for kids, Taking Tea in the Medina (Penguin, Roots, saxophonist for Fat Freddy's Drop Herald in the early 1980s and in three in 2002, directed by Niki Caro. He has Lloyd Jones is a multi-award-winning but development began a year ago 2005, 2006, 2007), reflect her café and and leader of psychedelic blues quartet separate stints on the paper has worked also written a screenplay adaptation of writer of fiction and non-fiction. with the Apple’s iPad firmly in mind. boutique catering background and her Little Bushman. as a reporter, Press Gallery political his novel The Matriarch. Witi was one His novel The Book of Fame (2000) is a KIWA started out developing Mac extensive world travels. Julie now works journalist, Pacific correspondent, of five Arts Foundation of New Zealand fictional account of the 1905 All Black software called VoiceQ about ten years as a freelance food and travel writer; head of news and deputy editor before Laureates in 2009, and he was also tour of Europe that, in part, shaped ago, a specialist tool used in the she is a popular cooking demonstrator GORDON McLAUCHLAN becoming the Herald's youngest editor honoured with New Zealand's premier New Zealand's identity: the players film industry for dubbing films into at various events around the country in 2001. Ma¯ori arts award Te Tohu Tiketike a Te were accorded almost God-like status multiple languages and for dialogue and also hosts gourmet tours to New Gordon McLauchlan is a writer, Waka Toi in January 2010. on their return, and the book is both replacement work. Caledonia. The Julie Le Clerc range journalist and broadcaster, and for New Zealand Biographies continue on page 42

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CHRISTINE O’BRIEN in the Press Gallery, and time with ‘The Adjunct Director (Digital Library) to the in many anthologies, literary journals STEPHEN STRATFORD was made an Officer of the New Zealand Holmes Show’. Sean has won a number National Library of New Zealand. and magazines. About Griffen’s Heart Order of Merit for services to children's Christine O’Brien is the Marketing of Qantas Media Awards for his work in (Longacre, 2009) is Shaw’s first novel for Stephen Stratford has published more literature and the community in 2004. Manager for Auckland University both radio and television. young adults, and ‘was inspired by the than a dozen books, mostly non- He lives in Raurimu. Press, New Zealand’s leading scholarly MARK SAINSBURY true story of a young man with a bad fiction. He has edited more than 100 publisher. She is qualified in Law, English heart who did something very brave. other books, and currently runs the Literature and Training Development, GAYLENE PRESTON Mark Sainsbury is the host of current affairs Although James is a bit of a wimp in manuscript assessment service Write TE RADAR and has a particular interest in poetry programme ‘Close Up’ on TVNZ’s TV One. many respects, he is also capable of acting Right. He is deputy secretary of the and poetry events, especially around Gaylene Preston has been writing He was awarded New Zealand’s best news selflessly, and that was something I Sargeson Trust, and a NZ Society of Te Radar (Andrew J. Lumsden) is an Auckland. and directing feature films and and current affairs presenter at the 2007 wanted to capture in this novel.’ Authors representative on the Board of award-winning satirist, documentary- documentaries with a distinctive and 2008 Qantas Television Awards. Copyright Licensing Ltd. As a magazine maker, writer, stage and screen director, Aotearoa flavour and a strong social journalist he worked for Quote Unquote, and amateur historian. He won the Fred GREGOR PAUL message for more than 30 years. In PETER SIMPSON Metro, the New Zealand Listener and Award for Comedy Achievement at the 2001 she was the first filmmaker to be ANNE SALMOND many others. A founding Trustee of the 2009 NZ international Comedy Festival, Gregor Paul has been a journalist for made a Laureate by the Arts Foundation Peter Simpson is Director of The Auckland Writers’ Festival, he has been as well as Best Local Show for ‘Eating more than 13 years. His books are Hard recognising her contribution to New Anne Salmond is Distinguished Professor Holloway Press at the University of a judge of the Spectrum Book Design the Dog’. He chaired the first ‘Good Men Fight Back, The Reign of King Henry and Zealand film and television. Her films of Ma¯ori Studies and Anthropology Auckland. He is a well-known writer, Awards, the Wattie Book Awards and Word Debate’ in October 2009. Black Obsession (Exisle Publishing, 2009). include ‘Ruby and Rata’, ‘Bread and Roses’, at the University of Auckland. One editor and curator, and his books include the Montana Book Awards, and is the A leading writer on rugby, and the Herald ‘War Stories Our Mothers Never Told of New Zealand’s most prominent Ronald Hugh Morrieson (Oxford University convenor of judges for the 2010 New on Sunday’s voice of rugby since 2004, Us’, ‘Perfect Strangers’, ‘Lovely Rita’ and anthropologists and historians, her books Press Australia, 1982) and Colin McCahon: Zealand Post Book Awards. He lives LINDA TYLER Gregor is also the editor of Rugby World. ‘Home by Christmas’. Gaylene lives include: Two Worlds: First Meetings Between The Titirangi Years 1953-59 (Auckland near Cambridge. in Wellington. Ma¯ori and Europeans 1642-1772 (1991), University Press, 2007). He contributed Linda Tyler is the Director of the Centre Between Worlds: Early Exchanges Between to the Oxford History of New Zealand, the for New Zealand Art Research & EMILY PERKINS Ma¯ori and Europeans 1773-1815 (1997), Dictionary of New Zealand Biography and JENNIFER STURM Discovery at the University of Auckland. JOHN REYNOLDS The Trial of the Cannibal Dog (Penguin, extensively to The Oxford Companion to Emily Perkins is a fiction writer, and 2003) and Aphrodite's Island: The European New Zealand Literature. A prolific writer, Jennifer Sturm is a New Zealander who also presents ‘The Good Word’ on TVNZ John Reynolds is one of New Zealand's Discovery of Tahiti (Penguin, 2009) which his articles and reviews have appeared has a PhD in English Literature from DOROTHY VINICOMBE 7. She first won attention when Picador most significant contemporary artists. was the Times Higher Education Book of in numerous publications. the University of Auckland. She also (UK) published her first collection of He was New Zealand's representative at the Week in March 2010. She received has a BA in Italian. She is particularly Over the last ten years Dorothy Dudek stories, not her real name (Picador, 1996), the 2006 Sydney Biennale, where ‘Cloud’ the CBE for services to literature and interested in the rehabilitation of ‘lost’ Vinicombe has been an English teacher, while she was living in London. It went was a centrepiece. Certain Words Drawn the Ma¯ori people in 1988 and was made ELIZABETH SMITHER female authors, and in restoring their a book retailer, a book reviewer, a on to win the Montana New Zealand (Godwit, 2009) features examples of his Dame Commander of the British Empire writing to its rightful place in literary commissioning editor for Penguin, a Best First Book of Fiction Award in 1996, recent work and practice in a stunning for services to New Zealand history in Elizabeth Smither is a prize-winning poet history. Her discovery of unpublished developmental editor for Pearson, a the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize for book designed by Arch McDonnell of 1995. In 2009, she was elected as a foreign and author of five short story collections short stories by Anna Kavan has publicist and a writer. At the moment Fiction and was shortlisted for the John InHouse Design. The book is a limited associate of the National Academy of and five novels. The Lark Quartet (Auckland contributed significantly to renewed she is attempting to do as many of these Llewellyn Rhys Prize. Emily edited a edition of 1500 copies, each numbered Sciences (USA) for her excellence in University Press, 2000) won the Montana interest in the work of a woman whose roles as she can at the same time. One collection of new New Zealand writers’ and signed by the artist. From 27 March scientific research. She lives in Auckland. New Zealand Book Award for Poetry in writing has been compared to that of of her greatest pleasures comes from short stories (The Picnic Virgin, Victoria to 13 June 2010, a new exhibition, 2000, and she was the first woman Te Mata Virginia Woolf, Djuna Barnes and discovering the work of new writers University Press, 1999), in between ‘NOMADOLOGY [Loitering With Intent]’, Estate Poet Laureate (2001-2003). She was Jean Rhys. and watching these authors become publishing her first and second novels, will feature major new works produced SAM SAMPSON awarded the Prime Minister’s Award for household names. Leave Before You Go (Picador, 1998) and The especially for the 40th anniversary and Literary Achievement in Poetry in 2008. New Girl (Picador, 2001). In 2006, Emily the unique spaces of the Govett-Brewster Sam Sampson’s first collection of Her latest novel is Lola (Penguin, 2010). MARTIN TAYLOR was the Buddle Findlay Sargeson Fellow. Art Gallery in New Plymouth. John lives poems, Everything Talks was published She lives in New Plymouth. HEMANA WAAKA Her third novel, Novel About My Wife in Auckland. by Auckland University Press in New Martin Taylor is a publisher and (Bloomsbury, 2008) won both the Fiction Zealand and Shearsman Books in consultant with a special interest in Hemana Waaka (Ngai Tu¯hoe) is a category, and the overall Montana Medal the UK in June 2008. It won the Jessie GUY SOMERSET the information technology, internet journalist, sports commentator and for Fiction or Poetry in the Montana New PAUL REYNOLDS Mackay NZSA Best First Book of Poetry and business media. He is Managing documentary film-maker. He started Zealand Book Awards in 2009. It also won at the 2009 Montana New Zealand Book Guy Somerset is the Arts and Books Director and major shareholder of book his own company in 1997, but assisted the 2008 Believer Book Award in the US. Paul Reynolds is a respected Awards. His forthcoming series of poems Editor for the New Zealand Listener and a publisher and distributor Addenda with the establishment of Aotearoa She lives in Auckland with her family. commentator and strategist on the Broken Architecture, is a US/NZ poetry former books editor of the Dominion Post. Publishing, one of New Zealand’s largest Radio, was a reporter for Te Karere and potential of the internet as a social project and due for publication in 2010. independent book distributors; and a senior journalist providing Ma¯ori and public good. He is joint managing He lives in Auckland. principal of web design and consulting News and Current Affairs programmes SEAN PLUNKET director of McGovern Online, which C.K. STEAD company Digital Strategies. for National Radio. In 2000, he works with the culture, heritage and created the first TV/Radio medium of Sean Plunket has co-hosted ‘Morning learning communities in New Zealand, TINA SHAW C.K. Stead was a Professor of English at conducting sports commentaries at all Report’ on Radio New Zealand National Australia and the UK. He is board the University of Auckland for 20 years WILLIAM TAYLOR levels 100% in Te Reo Ma¯ori with Sky since September 1996. He returned member of the National Digital Forum, Tina Shaw is an Auckland novelist, short before retiring to write full-time. He TV. He has been assisting ‘Waka Huia’ to Radio New Zealand after holding a has participated in a number of NZ story writer and editor. While most of received a CBE in 1985, and was admitted William Taylor has published over 30 on TV 1 over the past two years as a variety of positions in daily news media, Government advisory bodies, and served her novels have been written for adults, to the Order of New Zealand in 2007. He novels for children and young adults Director/Reporter. including stints on ‘Fair Go’, a number on the Auckland Museum Board. He she has also written fiction for children, and Margaret Mahy are the only writers since 1981, many of which are available of years as TV3 political correspondent has just completed a two year term as and her short stories have been published in this group of 25 living people. internationally and in translation. He

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Tama Waipara (Rongowhakaata, Ian Wedde is a poet, fiction writer, Nga¯ti Ruapani, Nga¯ti Porou) is a critic and art curator and the author of groundbreaking singer/songwriter 13 previous collections of poems, five whose vocals possess a distinctive novels, short stories, essays and criticism, intonation inspired by a wealth of and the editor of several anthologies and legendary song stylists and balladeers art catalogues. He was awarded an Arts like George Benson, Bill Withers, Foundation Laureate Award in 2006, Donny Hathaway and Nina Simone. and was the Creative New Zealand / Well-known and respected for his University of Auckland Michael King collaborations with national and Writer in Residence in 2009. His most international musicians, his 2009 recent books are Chinese Opera (Victoria album ‘Sir Plus & the Requirements’ University Press, 2008), Bill Culbert: straddles 1950s pop and 1970s soul, Making Light Work, (Auckland University and plays host to a fictional character Press, 2009) and a new collection of called ‘Sir Plus’, the long lost poems, Good Business (AUP, 2009). PROUD SPONSORS OF THE Polynesian cousin of Sergeant Pepper. Auckland Writers and Readers Festival NICK WARD PETER WELLS Peter Wells is the author of numerous Nick Ward is currently one of New award-winning books and an acclaimed Zealand's most prolific writers. His first film writer and director. In 2006 Peter film ‘Stickmen’ sold to 26 countries was made a Member of the New Zealand around the world and is widely quoted Order of Merit for services to literature 20 YEARS of INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING as a favourite New Zealand film. It won and film. He co-founded the Auckland awards for best director, best actor, best Writers Festival with Stephanie Johnson supporting actor and best screenplay in 1999, and is a Trustee of the Auckland at the New Zealand film awards. Most Writers & Readers Festival. importantly, it was the springboard that helped Nick make the move to being a full-time writer. His most DAMIEN WILKINS recent film, ‘Second Hand Wedding’, has just become New Zealand's seventh Damien Wilkins writes short stories,

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46 47 WEDNESDAY MAY 12 sensitive, his books include: Possum HIGH TEA Perkins (1986); Agnes the Sheep (1991); SCHOOLS EVENTS, SPECIFICALLY AIMED Knitwits (1992), the award-winning AT A STUDENT AUDIENCE, WILL BE The Blue Lawn (1994), The Fatz Katz AVAILABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC (1995); Jerome (1999); Spider (2002), FOR $12 PER SESSION AFTER 23 APRIL Gladys the Goat (2005); and Land of Milk 2010, IF SEATS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. and Honey (2005) – based on real-life experiences of British children sent as refugees to Australasia during the CHARLIE DARK First World War. 17. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 3.30-5.00PM ANNA MACKENZIE CROWNE PLAZA AUCKLAND, ELLIOTT ROOMS

A Treasury of New Zealand Baking brought together a wealth of our best food writers and chefs to share their favourite recipes from generations past for generations to come. This very special event features Lauraine Jacobs, Tui Flower, Julie Biuso 01. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 10.00-10.45AM and Julie Le Clerc in a celebration of ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE baking with a traditional ‘High Tea’. Enjoy exceptional Dilmah Teas, a selection of Charlie Dark is a writer, producer and 03. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 12.30-1.15PM sensational dainties, and the wisdom and DJ who has had a dynamic impact on ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE tales of four of New Zealand’s most popular the poetry and performance scene food writers on the traditions of baking. with his flamboyant gestures and vocal Anna Mackenzie’s fifth young adult gymnastics. A member of the critically novel, Ebony Hill (out in May 2010) is acclaimed hip hop inspired trio Attica the much anticipated sequel to The Sea- Blues, Charlie had already established a Wreck Stranger, which won an Honour TVNZ 7 PRESENTS reputation for pushing the boundaries Award in the 2008 NZ Post Children’s of imagery and musicality by the Book Awards and the Sir Julius Vogel time he entered the international Award for Fantasy and Science Fiction. THE GOOD WORD poetry scene. He has toured the world It was also selected for the prestigious both with the band and solo, and ‘White Raven’ list, a selection of the DEBATE 2010 makes regular appearances on the top 250 children’s books published international literature and spoken internationally. word circuit. Supported by the British Council New Zealand DES HUNT WILLIAM TAYLOR

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Be part of the audience for The Good Word Debate, filmed live at Auckland’s beautiful 04. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 1.25-2.05PM St Matthew-in-the-City. Novelist Emily ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Perkins (host of TVNZ 7 book series ‘The 02. WEDNESDAY MAY 12 — 11.00-11.45AM Good Word’) is joined by series regulars ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Des Hunt has written a series of Finlay Macdonald, Gordon McLauchlan, successful environmental adventures Steve Braunias, Bill Hastings and Jennifer Acclaimed writer William Taylor has which aim to foster his readers’ Ward-Lealand to argue the moot: ‘Off published over 30 novels for children natural interest in the science of the Shelf and Into the Hard-drive: The and young adults since 1981, many of their surroundings. His new book Book is Dead’. Keeping things seemly as which are available internationally is The Crocodile Nest. moderator, comedian Te Radar. Enjoy wine and in translation. From the and nibbles from 6.30pm, followed by the hilariously comic to the seriously Debate at 7.30pm.

48 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 49 THURSDAY MAY 13 not to mention the Nobel Prize- LUNCH WITH winner’s other twelve books. RICK GEKOSKI ANNA MACKENZIE CHARLIE HIGSON

19. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 12.00-2.00PM 05. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 10.00-10.45AM SOUL BAR & RESTAURANT, THE VIADUCT ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE 07. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 11.00-11.45AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Rick Gekoski is the author of Tolkien’s Anna Mackenzie’s fifth young adult Gown & Other Stories of Great Authors novel, Ebony Hill (out in May 2010) is Charlie Higson is the author of the and Rare Books, a legendary storyteller the much anticipated sequel to The phenomenally successful Young Bond and raconteur, and a self-confessed Sea-Wreck Stranger, which won an books (SilverFin, Blood Fever, Double ‘book addict’. An expert in rare books Honour Award in the 2008 NZ Post or Die, Hurricane Gold and By Royal and manuscripts, he started his Children’s Book Awards and the Sir Command), which have sold over a business in 1982, but attributes the Julius Vogel Award for Fantasy and million copies in the UK alone and start of his career to 1969, when he Science Fiction. It was also selected been translated into 24 languages. sold a £10 set of Dickens books for £20 for the prestigious ‘White Raven’ list, A successful actor, comedian and to Blackwell’s Bookshop in Oxford a selection of the top 250 children’s writer for television and radio, to buy his girlfriend a Tibetan coat, books published internationally. Charlie has always been a horror then the height of fashion. Rick has fan. His latest book is The Enemy. worked as a publisher, academic, Supported by Penguin Books critic, bibliographer and broadcaster, JOHN CAREY was a Booker Prize judge in 2005, and is currently Chairman of Judges for DAVE ARMSTRONG the 2011 Man Booker International Prize. His new book Outside of a Dog is a ‘bibliomemoir’, a fascinating and whimsical account of twenty- five books that have influenced his life, from Dr Seuss and J.D. Salinger to Germaine Greer, Freud and Wittgenstein, in which he casts an ironic and analytic eye on the books, 06. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 10.00-10.45AM their authors and ultimately, on LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE himself. Enjoy a three course lunch 08. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 11.00-11.45AM with Man O’War Wine as Rick shares John Carey, Emeritus Professor LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE tales of his life in books with Kim Hill. of English at Oxford University, published the first full biography of Dave Armstrong is one of our William Golding in 2009. Golding’s most successful playwrights and most famous work, Lord of the Flies, had scriptwriters. His plays include been rejected by numerous publishers The Tutor, King and Country and Niu before it was rescued from Faber & Sila, written with Oscar Kightley, Faber’s ‘out’ pile by his lifetime editor and his TV credits range from Charles Monteith, and the rest is Shortland Street to Bro’town. history. Carey had access to Golding’s See also event 24, a rehearsed reading daily journals and other private by Auckland Theatre Company of papers and has produced a fascinating Dave’s new play General Ward. background to Golding’s classic novel,

50 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 51 DAVID LEVITHAN and there was no end in sight. They rock edge. Best known for their hit the same provincial town as Iona NEW ZEALAND took their place in a line of trenches single ‘Addicted’, they are Emla Palmer – but in the poorest suburb. The through Belgium and France from the (lead vocals/rhythm guitar), Lisa two patients cannot stand each LISTENER North Sea to the Swiss Alps. Beyond Blatchford (lead guitar/vocals), Rosie other. Iona finds Shinayde’s sullen the trenches was no-man’s-land, an O'Connell (drums) and Mihka Chee manner, hip-hop music and inane OPENING NIGHT eerie wasteland where rats lived in the (bass/vocals). They recently spent the TV programmes highly irritating. ribs of the dead and the wounded cried summer performing over 27 gigs with With her ‘improving’ reading INSPIRED READINGS WITH for help. Beyond that the German Midnight Youth and Dane Rumble in schedule and ‘challenging’ cryptic Army. The Anzacs went to France the ‘Coke Bands on the BeachTour’, crosswords, Iona reminds Shinayde to fight a war the whole world was having returned from Los Angeles late of all the bossy uptight Pakeha COLM TOIBIN talking about. Few who came home last year where they recorded their teachers that she had to suffer 09. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 12.30-1.15PM ever spoke about it again. debut album with Grammy award- at school before she was finally EMILY PERKINS ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE winning producer/songwriter, Clif expelled. Sparks fly as the two Magness. The girls have been writing women clash over almost THOMAS KENEALLY David Levithan is the award-winning ANNE SALMOND & their own songs since they were everything. However, their mutual and New York Times bestselling author fourteen and still at school together. loneliness eventually forces them ELIZABETH GILBERT of numerous books, including Boy THOMAS KENEALLY Supported by APRA to communicate. United by tragic Meets Boy, Are We There Yet? and Nick pasts and a mutual disdain for the WILLIAM DALRYMPLE and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (written AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY’S hospital system, the two women with Rachel Cohn and now a film LITERARY UNIT PRESENTS A WORK start to forge an unlikely friendship 20. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 8PM starring Kat Denning and Juno’s IN PROGRESS PUBLIC READING OF in one of the few places left where ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Michael Cera). In Will Grayson, Will DAVE ARMSTRONG'S NEW PLAY New Zealanders from different Grayson, he alternates chapters with sections of society still interact. One of the most popular events of John Green (Paper Towns), giving a In this exciting new collaboration, the festival, the New Zealand Listener unique voice to two teens, both named GENERAL WARD ATC’s Literary Unity brings their Opening Night is a welcoming Will Grayson. When they cross paths, workshop and public reading celebration which introduces you they find their lives going in new and programme to the Auckland to just a few of this year’s lyrical, unexpected directions. As they build 11. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 1.30-2.15PM Writers & Readers Festival. luminary and spellbinding writers. towards the musical being staged ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Playwright and director will be Enjoy the dulcet tones of: Colm Tóibín by their boy/friend, the irresistible on hand at the reading, where with his latest bestseller, Brooklyn; and unforgettable Tiny Cooper, Join two consummate storytellers, we welcome your response to Emily Perkins and the 2009 Montana everything seems as though it pre-eminent New Zealand historian this unique new piece of New Medal for Fiction winner Novel About will fall apart. But things might Anne Salmond and renowned Zealand theatre. My Wife; man of many talents, interests just come together. Australian novelist and historian and stories, Thomas Keneally with Supported by Text Publishing Thomas Keneally, for fantastic stories The People’s Train; bestselling author of highlighting the differences between 24. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 6.00-7.30PM Eat, Pray Love Elizabeth Gilbert with the early years of settlement in UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE her new book Committed; and William LEON DAVIDSON New Zealand and Australia. Dalrymple with his latest book, Nine Thomas Keneally is supported by the DIRECTED BY COLIN McCOLL Lives. Join our distinguished guests for Australia Council for the Arts COMMISSIONED BY AUCKLAND THEATRE an evening of inspired readings. COMPANY & CENTREPOINT THEATRE MC: Mark Sainsbury. IVY LIES PALMERSTON NORTH Following on from Auckland Theatre Company’s hit season of Dave Armstrong’s Le Sud comes this new play wherein Dave brings his sharp eye and big heart to the plight of two 10. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 12.30-1.15PM very different women. Iona Pearson, LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE a former classical musician, teaches music at an exclusive private girls’ Leon Davidson, award-winning school located on the leafy outskirts author of Scarecrow Army and Red of a provincial North Island town. Haze, has just published Zero Hour: The 12. THURSDAY MAY 13 — 1.30-2.15PM A complication after an emergency Anzacs on the Western Front, a blend of LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE operation sees her having to spend time first-person accounts and the raw facts in the general ward of the local public of war. When the Anzacs arrived at Ivy Lies is a four piece rock/pop band hospital. She finds herself in the next the Western Front in 1916, the fighting which plays upbeat hooky pop tunes bed to teenager Shinayde Takitimu, had been ongoing for eighteen months with harmonious melodies and a solid currently on the dole, who lives in

52 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 53 FRIDAY MAY 14 William Taylor is one of New Zealand's BEN NAPARSTEK: leading writers for children and young adults. Formerly a teacher, IN CONVERSATION AN HOUR WITH school principal, and Mayor of Ohakune, his hilarious account of ELIZABETH SMITHER the unveiling of the Ohakune Carrot is counterbalanced by his experiences of chairing public meetings during the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill – and all this in addition to the solo-parenting of two young sons! Leaving teaching in 1986, he has written over 20 novels for the young and has lived for many years 28. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 12.00-1.00PM in the hills above Raurimu. His new LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE memoir is destined to become a 25. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 10.30-11.30AM classic. He talks about his life, work There aren’t many 20-somethings ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE and Telling Tales (2010) with fellow who find themselves Editor of a writer Tessa Duder. major magazine, let alone conducting Elizabeth Smither may be one of New more than 40 interviews with some Zealand’s most awarded and acclaimed seriously big hitters in the literary poets, but she is also an accomplished THOMAS KENEALLY and intellectual world. Ben Naparstek writer of short stories and novels. This was appointed editor of The Monthly, a year, she published her fifth novel, Lola, & ANNE SALMOND magazine which focuses on Australian whose namesake marries into Dearborn politics, society and culture in May & Zander, a family of funeral directors, 2009 at the age of 23. His first book, when she falls for Sam Dearborn at In Conversation: Encounters with a dance. When Sam dies in a freak Great Writers (2009), is a collection accident, Lola devotes the rest of her life of interviews with the famous, the to exploration and reflecting on the love difficult, and the sometimes downright offered by very different kinds of men. elusive. How did he get on with the likes Set between Australia and New Zealand, of Michel Houellebecq, Paul Krugman, it is acute and amusing, knowledgeable Bernard-Henri Levy, Janet Malcolm, and questing – much like Lola herself. Toni Morrison, and Haruki Murakami? Elizabeth’s previous novels are First 27. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 12.00-1.00PM And what, in his opinion, makes a Blood (1983), Brother-love, Sister-love ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE good interviewer, and alternatively, (1986), The Sea Between Us (2003) and interview subject. Ben talks to New Different Kinds of Pleasure (2006). We Anne Salmond is one of New Zealand’s Zealand Listener Arts and Books Editor welcome Elizabeth back to Auckland to most pre-eminent historians, and Guy Somerset. Supported by the Australia catch up on her writing and numerous her recent publication, the acclaimed Council for the Arts achievements since she was here for the Aphrodite’s Island (2009), is the first 2003 Festival. Chair: Carole Beu. to take her off-shore to Tahiti. Thomas Keneally is a well-known and prolific MICHAEL OTTERMAN: writer of fiction and non-fiction. WILLIAM TAYLOR: His fascination for the people on the ERASING IRAQ margins of history has seen him TELLING TALES embark on a three-volume history of Australia, the first of which was published in 2009, Australians: From Origins to Eureka. While their backgrounds may be different, they are both master storytellers. They talk with Kim Hill about the origins of their success, their shared passion for history, the joys of discovery, and the satisfaction that comes 29. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 1.30-2.30PM with bringing forgotten stories ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE 26. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 10.30-11.30AM back to life. LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE May 1st 2010 marks the seven-year anniversary of George W Bush's

54 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 55 proclamation of the end of hostilities shared identity of Ma¯ori and Pa¯keha¯. Colin McCahon wrote. ‘Now he AN HOUR WITH art? Is “high art” superior? Can science Penguin Book of Contemporary New in Iraq and the infamous ‘Mission Holman talks with Hemana Waaka, makes things to hang on walls at help? Do the arts make us better? Zealand Short Stories, Paula Morris. Accomplished’ message. Mike (Ngai Tu¯hoe), journalist, sports exhibitions.’ Filling his paintings ALISON WONG Can art be a religion?’ Denis Dutton’s Otterman’s book, Erasing Iraq, outlines commentator and documentary film- with kauri and cliffs, the candle The Art Instinct: Beauty, Pleasure and those ‘accomplisments’ at over one maker, on the place of these two men and the T, he sought to develop Human Evolution asks why we dedicate AN EVENING WITH million Iraqi dead, five million in Tu¯hoe history. signs and symbols for our modern so much time, effort and resources refugees, and the utter decimation world. Leading McCahon scholar to art when it seemingly does WILLIAM DALRYMPLE of an entire culture and way of life Gordon H. Brown, OBE, gives a short nothing to increase our chances of that will reverberate for generations. JILL DAWSON & illustrated talk featuring images from survival, and goes on to set out what He shows in unparalleled detail the his significant new book Towards a Darwinian aesthetics can bring to devastating human cost of the past ELIZABETH SMITHER Promised Land: On the Life and Art of our understanding of art. And despite two decades of American intervention Colin McCahon (2010), followed by a having thrown herself into the vortex in Iraq, and argues that western conversation with noted McCahon of the contemporary art world in the governments and the mainstream curator and writer, Peter Simpson. 34. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 4.30-5.30PM course of researching Seven Days in the media continue to ignore or play down A trusted friend of McCahon’s from LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Art World, Sarah Thornton continues the human costs of the war on Iraqi 1952 until 1987, Brown draws on to be fascinated by artists and amused citizens. In-depth interviews with Iraqi many years of writing, thinking Poet Alison Wong’s debut novel, by the world that supports them. They refugees in Syria, Jordan and Western and talking about the meanings As the Earth Turns Silver, has had rave discuss the complexities of art and its 21. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 7.30PM countries provide a comprehensive of McCahon's paintings to offer reviews. Set in the early 20th century, enduring fascination for humankind ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE and moving account of the Iraqi a vivid new portrait of our most it is an intertwining story of two with Linda Tyler. people's tragedy rarely heard. He distinguished artist. families: Wong Chung-yung has William Dalrymple is the prize- discusses the tragedy of Iraq with 31. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 3.00-4.00PM recently arrived in Wellington and winning author of White Mughals and chair Sean Plunket. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE finds himself in a land that does AN HOUR WITH City of Djinns. He returns to Auckland ANTONY LOEWENSTEIN: not welcome Chinese; Katherine to give us a personal tour through his Jill Dawson has published six novels McKechnie is struggling to raise two CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW new book Nine Lives: In Search of the BEST OF and also writes poetry. Her latest MY ISRAEL QUESTION children after the death of her husband. Sacred in Modern India, a distillation novel, The Great Lover, captures the In a climate of hostility towards foreign of his 25 years of exploring India BOTH WORLDS allure of poet Rupert Brooke and newcomers, and with the First World and its religious traditions. He his intriguing relationships, in the War an ominous presence, Katherine introduces us to nine people taking euphoric period before the First World and Yung embark on a poignant, different religious paths, each one an War, in Cambridge and later in Tahiti. dangerous and far-reaching love affair. unforgettable story. From a Buddhist Elizabeth Smither is an award-winning ‘… a truly beautiful book about the monk who takes up arms to resist the poet who has just published her fifth sadness of racism and why we allow Chinese invasion of Tibet and then novel, Lola. With the wisdom and wry ourselves to be hurt by love. I have been spends years trying to atone for the humour of maturity, it explores love lucky enough to work with some great violence by hand-printing the best and death, music and friendship and writers exploring Chinese culture … 36. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 6.00-7.00PM prayer flags in India to a prison warden is set in Australia and New Zealand. 33. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 4.30-5.30PM Alison Wong is one of those.’ (Toby LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE from Kerala who becomes, for two Join Jill and Elizabeth for lyrical ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Eady) Chair: Graham Beattie. months of the year, a temple dancer 30. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 1.30-2.30PM prose and poetic storytelling with Award-winning writer Charlotte and is worshipped as an incarnate LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE chair Carole Beu. The election of Barack Obama Grimshaw turns her unflinching deity before returning to his job at brought hope to millions around WHAT GOOD ARE eye on contemporary New Zealand the prison, to an illiterate goat-herder In 1895, a meeting took place in the the world and has seen renewed society and politics in her new from Rajasthan who keeps alive an rugged Urewera ranges – Tu¯hoe GORDON H. BROWN: diplomatic efforts in the Middle THE ARTS? novel The Night Book (due out 7 May ancient 4000-line sacred epic that he, country – that had lasting effects East, yet the Israel-Palestine 2010). Full of characteristic insight virtually alone, still knows by heart. on views of traditional Ma¯ori COLIN McCAHON conflict goes on unabated. Antony and observation, the novel is both This mesmerising work is Dalrymple’s society. Elsdon Best, a self-taught Loewenstein’s bestseller, My Israel a meditation on power and politics first travel book in a decade, and we’re anthropologist and quartermaster Question, generated a storm of and an intensely humane look at the delighted to welcome him back. on the road past Lake Waikaremoana, controversy, critical praise and choices people make as they struggle was sought out by a leading Tu¯hoe robust public debate when it was to maintain their integrity. Roza chief, Tutakangahau of Maungapa¯hatu. first published in 2006. A third, fully Hallwright leads a quiet, orderly life. The stories he gave to Best to be updated and expanded edition of his She works in publishing and lives in recorded for future generations are forensic discussion of the Israeli- a large, comfortable house she shares still with us today, and Best went on Palestinian conflict came out in with her politician husband David to become a noted Pa¯keha¯ authority 2009. He examines the prospects 35. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 6.00-7.00PM and two stepchildren. An election is on the last of ‘the old time Ma¯ori’. of the Middle East peace process ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE looming, and, if the polls are correct, Can Best’s writings be relied upon? 32. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 3.00-4.00PM in the new geo-political context, David will become the next Prime Jeffrey Paparoa Holman’s unique LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE and alternative suggestions on how John Carey’s controversial book Minister. A chance encounter with a examination of this historically to tackle the crisis, mapping out What Good Are the Arts? (2005) tackled party donor sets off a chain of events significant relationship in Best of Both ‘Once the painter was making signs where hope lies for a resolution. a number of questions designed to that disrupts both their lives. She Worlds informs a vital debate on the and symbols for people to live by,’ Chair: Treasa Dunworth. agitate art-lovers: ‘What is a work of talks with writer and editor of The

56 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 57 SATURDAY MAY 15 38. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.00-11.00AM Who can resist the gravelly charms LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE of legendary storyteller Thomas AN HOUR WITH Keneally? Perhaps best known for his Join Mike Otterman and Antony Booker Prize-winning novel Schindler’s COLM TOIBIN Loewenstein as they talk with chair Ark (he then wrote the screenplay for Kris Gledhill about international Stephen Spielberg’s Oscar-winning law and torture, terrorism and war film ‘Schindler’s List’), his novels also in the world’s hot spots. From Iraq to include Bring Larks and Heroes, The Chant Syria and Palestine to America and of Jimmy Blacksmith, Gossip from the Forest, Australia, the post 9/11 ‘war on terror’ The Widow and Her Hero, and – the has transformed our understanding of latest – The People’s Train. Thomas has justice and retribution. Both authors also written great histories, including will discuss their extensive experiences The Great Shame and The Commonwealth in the Middle East and beyond and of Thieves. Never one to pass up a examine the stories of forgotten victims challenge, he’s just released the first in 37. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.00-11.00AM ignored by the mainstream media. a three-volume history of Australia. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE He pauses in his prolific output for a moment to join us for a treasured hour. Colm Tóibín’s Brooklyn (2009) was named CAN THE ARTS Chair: Brian Edwards. Supported by the Novel of the Year in the Costa Book Australia Council for the Arts Awards in January, and joins a long list SAVE THE PLANET? of beautifully executed novels: The South (1990), The Heather Blazing (1992), The 39. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.00-11.00AM LIT CRIT MAG EDS Story of the Night (1996), The Blackwater UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Lightship (2000), and The Master (2004). In Brooklyn, we accompany Eilis Lacey Eric Dorfman’s book Melting Point as she emigrates from Ireland to 1950s examined global warming in a Brooklyn. The story has germinated specifically New Zealand context. with Tóibín since he was 12, when he Melissa Clark-Reynolds is one of only overheard his mother’s friend talking two New Zealanders trained to be about her daughter’s imminent departure Ambassadors for Al Gore’s Climate for Brooklyn. Stylistically, he attributes Project, and has presented The the linear timeline to his immersion in Inconvenient Truth numerous times to the work of Jane Austen in recent years, raise awareness and motivate people. 41. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 11.30AM-12.30PM and says ‘I wanted to cut everything right Mike Dickison is a web-savvy ecologist LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE back. I was hoping that if you got the who has a particular interest in how level of detail right then the reader would we use technology to improve social Granta was founded in 1889 by slowly become emotionally involved well-being. All three have expertise in students at Cambridge University, without knowing at what point that how to communicate complex concepts and relaunched as a magazine of began.’ As one reviewer has remarked, and in this session they will explore the new writing in 1979. It publishes the ‘reading Tóibín is like watching an artist links between creativity, sustainability world’s finest and new writers on a paint one small stroke after another until and social conscience. variety of important subjects, but has suddenly the finished picture emerges no political or literary manifesto: just to shattering effect’. We are honoured to ‘a belief in the power and urgency of welcome this much-loved Irish writer to AN HOUR WITH the story’. The Monthly is an Australian Auckland. Chair: Damien Wilkins. magazine of politics, society and the THOMAS KENEALLY arts, which leapt onto the scene in 2005: ‘The Monthly is rooted in simple FORGOTTEN VICTIMS but powerful storytelling. … the times cry out for an intelligent, independent IN A POST 9/11 WORLD voice.’ Our own literary journal, Sport, was initiated by Fergus Barrowman in 1988 and publishes writing by many of New Zealand’s leading and up-and- coming writers. John Freeman and Ben Naparstek were appointed as Editors of Granta and The Monthly, respectively, 40. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 11.30AM-12.30PM in 2009. All are writers and critics in ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE their own right. Do they see themselves as ‘the boy with a finger in the dyke’

58 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 59 when it comes to dwindling outlets for We welcome back New York Times of contemporary life? And what do successful writer of the Young James is that the world's greatest rugby magazines, The Economist: currently [literary] criticism and good writing? bestselling author Lionel Shriver (The they see in store for [their] fiction and Bond novels and a new horror series nation continues to fail in their quest he writes the Schumpeter Column Chair: New Zealand Listener Arts and Post-Birthday World, We Need to Talk their life as readers in the next ten for young adults, The Enemy (with a for World Cup glory. Lloyd Jones chairs and is the Management Editor, having Books Editor, Guy Somerset. About Kevin) with her highly acclaimed years? Chair: Fergus Barrowman. sequel The Dead due later this year), and participates in a timely discussion served as Washington Bureau Chief, new novel So Much for That, described as he is a comedian, screenwriter, actor about the state of the national game Los Angeles Correspondent, and Social a searing, deeply humane novel about a and producer. Charlie started writing with two of the country’s most Policy Editor, specializing in education PAULA MORRIS & crumbling marriage resurrected in the SCRIPT TO SCREEN comedy for TV in the UK in the late experienced commentators. and health care. He has co-authored face of illness, and a family’s struggle 1980s, creating the characters of (with fellow Economist journalist RACHAEL KING to come to terms with disease, dying, Loadsamoney and Stavros with Harry John Micklethwait) five books on and the obscene cost of medical care in Enfield for ‘Saturday Night Live’. His PUBLISHING IN THE USA globalization and business, the most modern America. The main characters next project, with long-term writing recent of which is God is Back: How in So Much for That find a grave illness partner Paul Whitehouse, was ‘Harry the Global Rise of Faith is Changing the proves an unexpected opportunity for Enfield’s Television Programme’, and World. An updated edition of The Witch tenderness, renewed intimacy, and dry they both went on to create and star Doctors, an entertaining yet serious humour, and in defiance of the dark in ‘The Fast Show’ (1994-2000). Charlie guide to today’s management theories subject matter, Shriver has written a has worked on a number of other TV and gurus, is coming up. Adrian page-turner that presses the question: comedies, as performer, writer and has written Economist surveys on ‘How much is one life worth?’ In 45. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM producer, including ‘The Smell of entrepreneurship and the global search conversation with Charlotte Grimshaw. UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Reeves and Mortimer’ and ‘Randall for talent, on telecommunications, 42. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 11.30AM-12.30PM and Hopkirk (Deceased)’. Charlie fields education, multinational companies UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE The book of the film: the possibilities a torrent of questions from David 48. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM and management consultancy. He has DAMIEN WILKINS and pitfalls of adaptation – How Farrier before the floor is turned over UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE also written public policy papers on Rachael King’s debut novel The Sound of does a book become a film and what to the audience for Q&A – ask him education, and on meritocracy and Butterflies (2006) was a historical work & EMILY PERKINS is the relationship of the original text anything about decorating, singing, John Freeman is a Former President classless societies. He talks with New tackling modern themes. Her latest to a screen version? How can a film horror, writing for TV, comedy, acting, of the National Book Critics Circle, Zealand Herald Editor Tim Murphy novel Magpie Hall (2009) is a multi- honour the original material and how producing, film work … just don’t ask where he initiated a high-profile and about his wide-ranging fields of layered story; a Gothic novel inside a can a writer relinquish their work? him what he thinks of New Zealand somewhat successful campaign to interest, his work, the famed Economist ghost story, inside a Gothic novel. Paula Filmmaker Gaylene Preston talks to because this is his first visit. reinstate newspaper Book Editors. sense of humour, and the secret of the Morris parodied ‘chick lit’ in Trendy But esteemed novelist Witi Ihimaera and Under 16: Free when accompanied He’s now the editor of Granta. David magazine’s success – one of the few Casual (2007), and Hibiscus Coast (2005) producers John Barnett (Footrot Flats, by ticket-holder. Levithan joined Scholastic USA as an with climbing circulation during the has been described as a literary thriller. Whale Rider, Sione’s Wedding) intern and is now Editorial Director/ recession, including an impressive She recently published Ruined, her first and Philippa Campbell (Rain, No. 2, VP, and fully in charge of the PUSH 66% increase in the Asia-Pacific region young adult novel and a mystery with Black Sheep) about turning books into SOMEBODY STOLE imprint. They talk with Random House alone in the past ten years. a supernatural twist, with Scholastic films from both sides of the creative New Zealand publisher Nicola Legat US, and edited The Penguin Book of 44. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM equation. Presented by Script to MY GAME about recent trends and developments Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Screen: www.script-to-screen.co.nz in the publishing industry in the DICK FRIZZELL & (2009). Both writers read from their Photo: Whale Rider © 2002 South Pacific United States, and beyond. work, and discuss their interest Award-winning novelists and Pictures Limited/ApolloMedia GmbH & Co JOHN REYNOLDS in different genres, the reality of being short story writers Emily Perkins 5 Filmproduktion KG 2002; photographer a writer today, and the satisfaction and Damien Wilkins have Kirsty Griffin AN HOUR WITH that comes with watching a new book individually been referred to as venture out into the world. Chair: ‘the most important writer of [his/ ADRIAN WOOLDRIDGE Dorothy Vinicombe. her] generation’. Both spent their AN HOUR WITH formative writing years at Victoria LET YOUR MIND WANDER University, and both manage CHARLIE HIGSON AN HOUR WITH demanding roles on top of their 47. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM writing (Emily as presenter of ‘The LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE LIONEL SHRIVER Good Word’ and Damien as a lecturer at Victoria University). Emily won With the World Cup less than 18 50. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM the 2009 Montana Medal with Novel months away, it’s time we talked about LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE About My Wife, ‘a taut, sensuous and rugby. In his new book Somebody Stole chilling portrait of a marriage beset My Game, Chris Laidlaw gives his view A welcome rash of spectacular New by paranoia and obsession’. Damien’s of rugby in the 21st century – a game in Zealand art books have been published latest novel Somebody Loves Us All a state of crisis – as it was a generation in the past year or two, providing a (2009) ‘asks large questions about ago when his groundbreaking 49. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM new window into artists’ work. Two of how we express ourselves, through 46. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM bestseller Mud in Your Eye (1973) sold ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE our wittiest artists talk about their art, speech, gesture, action and silence’. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE over 40,000 copies. The New Zealand their inspiration, the health of visual Is it cathartic to write imaginatively Herald’s Gregor Paul has just published Adrian Wooldridge is a long-standing arts in New Zealand, and what matters 43. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM about the pressures, contradictions Charlie Higson has many strings to a controversial new book, Black journalist for one of the world’s to them in the creative process. Dick ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE and downright laughable minutiae his bow. Not only is he the highly Obsession, which examines why it (and New Zealand’s) most popular Frizzell (Dick Frizzell: The Painter) and

60 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 61 John Reynolds (Certain Words Drawn) contemporary arts world for a witty AN EVENING WITH talk with Ian Wedde (Bill Culbert: and entertaining look at aspects of Making Light Work). buying, selling and creating serious ELIZABETH GILBERT art in her bestseller, Seven Days in the Art World. We ‘travel’ with her from AN HOUR IN THE LIFE London to Los Angeles, New York to Tokyo, Basel to Venice, and ‘witness’ OF C.K. STEAD the dramas of a Christie’s auction, the competition behind the award of the Turner Prize, the massive undertakings of Takashi Murakami’s three studios, the mayhem of an elite art fair, the eccentricities of the writers at Artforum, the agonies 22. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 7.30PM of a notorious ‘crit’ session at an ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE art school, and the wonders of a reputation-building Biennale. We’re Don’t miss this exclusive appearance delighted to welcome Sarah to by the author of bestselling 51. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM Auckland to talk about the world phenomenon Eat, Pray Love. Elizabeth UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE of contemporary art with chair Gilbert’s new memoir, Committed: Linda Tyler. A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, In South-West of Eden: A Memoir, 1932-1956 takes us on the metaphysical journey (2010), a moving coming-of-age memoir she initiates having found herself by leading poet, novelist and critic C. K. POETRY LIVE ‘sentenced’ to marry to save her Stead, he writes a life ‘lived by history’ relationship, despite both parties from his birth to 1956, the year he left having vowed ‘never again’. She copes New Zealand for the first time. From with this pronouncement in the only running wild in Cornwall Park, joining way she knows how – by throwing the Labour Party aged seven, discovering herself into researching ‘this poetry in a third-form English class and befuddling, vexing, contradictory, and enjoying a newly-wed annus mirabilis yet stubbornly enduring institution on Takapuna Beach, Stead charts his of marriage’. From examining the life in Ta¯maki-Makaurau against the lives of her female forebears to changing social fabric of New Zealand interviewing bemused Hmong women and illuminates 23 years of his time and in the mountains of Vietnam, no his place. Join C.K. Stead for an engaging stone is left unturned in her efforts hour of memorable reminiscing. Chair: to uncover the rationale behind the Mac Jackson. traditions and mores, vagaries and social impact of marriage. And she uncovers a number of surprising facts SARAH THORNTON: along the way. Enjoy an uplifting evening of laughter and inspiration SEVEN DAYS IN THE 53. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 5.30-6.45PM with Elizabeth and chair Carol ART WORLD LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Hirschfeld. Immerse yourself in a feast of styles and stanzas, featuring performances by Alicia Sometimes (kissing the curve and Soundtrack), Jeffrey Paparoa Holman (The Late Great Blackball Bridge Sonnets), Benardette Hall (The Lustre Jug), Ben Brown (Dog Town), Jessica Le Bas (Walking to Africa), Alison Wong (Cup), Sam Sampson (Everything Talks), and contemporary Ian Wedde (Good 52. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 5.30-6.30PM Business). MC: Christine O’Brien. ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

Sociologist Sarah Thornton took us behind the scenes of the

62 63 SUNDAY MAY 16 Marti Friedlander is one of our most OPEN MIKE AN HOUR WITH ‘There is no place in normal New JENNIFER STURM: acclaimed photographers: her images Zealand society for the man who is are both familiar and startling at the POETS, YOU’RE UP! DAVID LEVITHAN different’, wrote Bill Pearson in his ANNA KAVAN AN HOUR WITH same time. She has been observing biting 1952 essay ‘Fretful Sleepers’. the lives of New Zealanders for over 57. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00AM-1.00PM His complaint was borne out of YIYUN LI 50 years – from Ma¯ori moko to Whina AIR NZ FOYER, LEVEL 5, AOTEA CENTRE painful experience: despite being Cooper and the land march, from Rita one of our most distinguished fiction Angus to Norman Kirk, from Israel to A festival institution, Open Mike writers and sharpest critics, his Fiji, Friedlander has not simply recorded shoots unpublished poets onto the stage homosexuality forced on him a life the places, events, and personalities alongside stars of the poetry firmament. of contradiction and secrecy. In No of recent history; her photographs On the half hour, established poets Fretful Sleeper: A Life of Bill Pearson , offer an open dialogue with their perform for ten minutes: 10.30am Paul Millar has unwrapped the subject, inviting the viewer’s prolonged Sam Sampson; 11.00am Bernadette private layers and public contexts engagement and interpretation. Hall; 11.30am Ben Brown; 12.00pm 59. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 11.30AM-12.30PM of Pearson’s life as a courageous 62. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 1.00-2.00PM ‘Whether photographing artists and Jessica Le Bas; 12.30pm Alicia LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE non-conformist in 20th century LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE writers or protests and street scenes, her Sometimes. MC: Penny Ashton. New Zealand. Chair: Peter Wells. 54. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00-11.00AM empathetic scrutiny draws out essential David Levithan is an award-winning New Zealanders live ‘in temporary ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE features of her subjects, picturing and New York Times bestselling author shacks, uneasily, as reluctant campers the key human dynamics of conflict, JOHN CAREY ON of young adult books, including Are RELIGION: too far from home’, wrote Anna Kavan in Yiyun Li grew up in Beijing and moved ambivalence, anger and warmth.’ Marti We There Yet? and Nick and Norah’s a London magazine in 1943. Kavan was to the United States in 1996. Her debut talks about a selection of images from WILLIAM GOLDING Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn), WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR? previously thought to be hostile to New collection, A Thousand Years of Good Marti Friedlander with the book's author recently made into a film. He is Zealand, but in researching the prize- Prayers (2005), won the Frank O'Connor and noted art historian Leonard Bell. THE MICHAEL KING MEMORIAL LECTURE the founding editor of the PUSH winning English author of 19 books, Dr International Short Story Award, PEN/ imprint at Scholastic Books, which Jennifer Sturm uncovered letters and Hemingway Award, Guardian First Book is devoted to finding new voices in unpublished short stories written during Award, and California Book Award for THE teen literature. In Boy Meets Boy, Kavan’s 2-year stay, published for the first fiction; it was also shortlisted for his first novel, he ‘set out to write first time in Anna Kavan's New Zealand the Kiriyama Prize and Orange Prize BEGINNER’S a book about gay teens that doesn't (2009), which add weight to the argument for New Writers. In 2007 Yiyun was conform to the old norms about that Kavan had a more complex and selected by Granta as one of the 21 Best GUIDE TO LIVING gay teens in literature’. His latest affectionate response. Sturm discusses Young American Novelists under 35. collaborative novel, co-written with the experimental writer and talented Ann Patchett praised Yiyun Li’s debut John Green (author of Paper Towns), 61. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 1.00-2.00PM artist – whose life included bouts of novel, The Vagrants (2009) ‘as important is Will Grayson, Will Grayson (May ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE depression, heroin addiction and a stream politically as it is artistically.’ Set in 58. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 11.30AM-12.30PM 2010), about which Australian author of unconventional love affairs – with China in the late 1970s in a small town ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Melina Marchetta says: ‘This is one of Religion, faith, and the existence of Peter Wells, giving us an intriguing after the dramatic and harrowing my top three reads of the year. It has God are under the microscope daily, insight into both the writer, and New execution of a young woman, this In researching his new biography everything I devour in a novel: heart, and have taken on new meaning and Zealand in the 1940s. stunning novel is both a universal William Golding: the Man Who Wrote humour and dialogue I'd kill to have influence in the 21st century. Adrian portrait of human frailty and courage, Lord of the Flies, John Carey had written.’ Chair: Paula Morris. Wooldridge, Schumpeter columnist and a mesmerizing work of art. Chair: unprecedented access to Golding’s Under 16 free when accompanied for The Economist, examined how and SHORT TAKES Granta Editor John Freeman. Supported 56. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00-11.00AM manuscript archive, and a two-and- by ticket-holder. why religion is booming around the by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE a-half million word journal that world and revealed its vast effects Golding kept every day for 20 years. on the global economy, politics and Lia Hills’ The Beginner’s Guide to Living There were two sides to the man: a PAUL MILLAR: NO culture in his book God is Back (co- AN HOUR WITH is a compelling novel for young adults faithful husband, loving father, brave authored with Economist editor John (and up) about grief and reading, naval officer and teacher (known to FRETFUL SLEEPER Micklethwait). Mike Otterman’s book MARTI FRIEDLANDER ideas and experience, and about those his pupils as ‘Scruff’), he believed he on the impact on the Iraqi people moments in your life that change you was a monster and ‘saw the seeds of all of the war, Erasing Iraq, and Antony forever. It has received international evil in his own heart’. Carey discusses Loewenstein’s analysis in My Israel attention and rave reviews. Born in Golding’s complex character, the Question of the ongoing conflict in Wellington, now living in Melbourne, extraordinary events that made up Israel/Palestine can’t escape the 63. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 1.00-2.00PM Lia is a poet and novelist whose work his somewhat tragicomic life, and elephant in the room. The panelists UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE has been published and translated how and why a biographer is driven to discuss their divergent views on the internationally. She pauses for a delve so deeply into another person’s global and regional rise of religion Relax and listen to some of the best moment during a whirlwind tour, life. Introduction: Rick Gekoski. and its impact on every-day lives, short story writers around as they having been short-listed for the New particularly on the vulnerable read extracts from their work: Paula Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards, 60. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 11.30AM-12.30PM residents in war-torn parts of the Morris, Charlotte Grimshaw, Sarah 55. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.00-11.00AM to sit and talk with Tina Shaw. UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE world. Chair: Sean Plunket. Laing, Damien Wilkins (Penguin LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Book of Short Stories), and Yiyun Li (A Thousand Years of Good Prayers).

64 FIND SCHOOL EVENTS. SPECIAL EVENTS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355 65 AN HOUR WITH 3.2 billion users. John Freeman makes the long lost Polynesian cousin of UK, renowned for flamboyant gestures POETRY IDOL will not be required to work with others a plea for communication that is more Sergeant Pepper. They discuss the art and vocal gymnastics. Ironic, witty, or share the fruits of your labour, unless JILL DAWSON selective and nuanced and, above all, of songwriting with Mike Chunn. musical and always entertaining, he you want to. Pen and paper required. more sociable in Shrinking the World: Supported by APRA brings his unique style to the stage in The 4,000-year story of how email came Auckland. Introduction: Ingrid Leary, to rule our lives. Geraldine Brooks says: Country Director, British Council WORKSHOP WITH ‘Freeman's impeccably researched, AN HOUR WITH New Zealand. Supported by eloquently argued book reveals the the British Council New Zealand JILL DAWSON many ways this so-called boon to RICK GEKOSKI communication and productivity 74. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-4.00PM has become a distracting, privacy- READ ANY GOOD GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, sapping, alienating, addicting time-suck. 23. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 7.00PM ON AOTEA CENTRE He has convinced me that the new BYTES LATELY? MONTE CRISTO ROOM, 53 NELSON STREET 64. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 2.30-3.30PM mantra for our times ought to be Tune Living and Breathing: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE out, Turn off, Unplug.’ Join John for 69. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 4.00-5.00PM Poetry Idol is back and better than Bringing characters to life. insight into how and why we’ve ended up UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE ever – on a Sunday night! Be prepared Tutor Jill Dawson has taught Creative Jill Dawson’s novel The Great Lover (2009) is with an inbox of thousands of screeching, to queue out the door or camp overnight Writing for many years and in many set in the period leading up to poet Rupert beseeching messages crying out for our Here’s a session exploring new ways to get a seat. A night of feverish lyricism, countries, including the USA, Australia, Brooke’s nervous breakdown. She creates a attention. Chair: Stephen Stratford. of reading – new kinds of reading – hallucinatory language and astounding Indonesia, Singapore and Switzerland. In rich, sensual portrait of Brooke and his pre- 67. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 4.00-5.00PM and of course new toys for reading. nouns and adjectives, and that’s just 2003 she was the Creative Writing Fellow war life in Cambridge and later in Tahiti, ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE Our panel of representative 21st from the judges: UK DJ/poet and hip-hop at the University of East Anglia where she and bases the story on detailed research, SONGWRITERS SPEAK: century readers – publishers, artist Charlie Dark; screenwriter, funny later taught on the MA in Writing. She is as is also evident in Jill’s previous novels Colm Tóibín once referred to Rick educators and sometimes writers – man and long-ago poet Nick Ward; and a currently the Roal Literary Fund Advisory Magpie (1998), Fred & Edie (2000), Wild Boy TAMA WAIPARA & Gekoski as a ‘master storyteller’, and share a common passion to make the powerhouse from the Australian poetry Fellow and a Board member of New Writing (2003) and Watch Me Disappear (2006). he has been called the ‘Bill Bryson of future of the book a pleasure. No black scene, Alicia Sometimes. Slam empress Partnership in Norwich. She is founder Brooke’s inner turmoil is contrasted with WARREN MAXWELL the book world’. Certainly, his rich armbands in sight. Featuring Martin Penny Ashton MC’s. Prospective Idols: and director of Gold Dust, a mentoring his celebrated public image: known as ‘the experiences as writer, broadcaster, Taylor, Mike Dickison and Rhonda please visit www.writersfestival.co.nz for scheme which matches new writers with most handsome man in England’ (W.B. academic, Booker judge and rare Kite with Paul Reynolds. information about prizes on offer, and established ones. For more details on this Yeats), he was worshipped throughout books specialist have provided him how to get an audition. workshop, please visit www.writersfestival. his short life (by men and women), and with fascinating material. The secret co.nz and click on Workshops. glorified as a patriotic English hero to his success is the honesty and self- WILLIAM DALRYMPLE: after his death in the First World War. deprecating humour so prevalent in Balancing out the story is the wonderful his latest book, Outside of a Dog, THE LAST MUGHAL FESTIVAL fictional character of Nell, a teenage maid a memoir in which he wraps his life in Brooke’s Cambridgeshire lodgings, around twenty-five books and their FREE whose grounded nature contrasts with meaning for him. Bask in the brilliant WORKSHOPS his utter self-absorption. The Great Lover 66. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 2.30-3.30PM and often hilarious stories of the EVENTS seamlessly intertwines fact and fiction, UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE bestselling author of Tolkien’s Gown BRAINSTORM: and Jill talks about her methodology with & Other Stories of Great Authors and 24. DAVE ARMSTRONG’S ‘GENERAL WARD’ chair Carole Beu. Warren Maxwell, or ‘big shiny star’ Rare Books. Chair: John Carey. CREATIVITY WORKSHOP Thursday May 13, 6pm – see page 52 as his band mates call him, is one of the most well-respected musicians 71. FRIDAY MAY 14 — 3.00-5.00PM 39. CAN THE ARTS SAVE THE PLANET? JOHN FREEMAN: currently working in New Zealand. AN HOUR WITH 72. SATURDAY MAY 15 — 10.30-12.30PM Saturday May 15, 10am – see page 59 Warren is former front-man of Trinity 70. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 5.30-6.30PM 73. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 10.30AM-12.30PM SHRINKING THE WORLD Roots, saxophonist for Fat Freddy's CHARLIE DARK ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE 42. PAULA MORRIS & RACHAEL KING Drop, and now leads and writes songs GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, Saturday May 15, 11.30am – see page 60 for the psychedelic blues quartet William Dalrymple presents a AOTEA CENTRE Little Bushman. He assembled Little spectacular illustrated talk based 45. SCRIPT TO SCREEN Bushman with fellow Wellingtonians on his bestseller The Last Mughal: This ‘directed creativity’ session is a Saturday May 15, 1pm – see page 60 Rick Cranson, and Tom and Joe The Fall of a Dynasty, Delhi 1857. perfect, fun way to generate new ideas or Callwood in 2006. Tama Waipara is Deprived of real political power by just get creatively invigorated. Designed 46. AN HOUR WITH CHARLIE HIGSON a groundbreaking singer/songwriter the East India Company, Zafar, the to stimulate imagination, this workshop Saturday May 15, 2.30pm – see page 60 inspired by a wealth of legendary song last Mughal Emperor, nevertheless will give your right-brain an invigorating (Free for under 16s when stylists and balladeers like George succeeded in creating a court of great two hour workout. Tutor Kathryn accompanied by an adult) Benson, Bill Withers, Donny Hathaway brilliance, and presided over one Burnett will take you through a series of 65. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 2.30-3.30PM and Nina Simone. His 2009 album ‘Sir 68. SUNDAY MAY 16 — 4.00-5.00PM of the great cultural renaissances exercises – from simple brainstorming 48. PUBLISHING IN THE USA LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE Plus & the Requirements' is a beautifully LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE of Indian history. Then, in 1857, Zafar's and writing exercises through to more Saturday May 15, 2.30pm – see page 61 crafted work that successfully straddles flourishing capital became the centre complex exercises that will help you The first email was sent less than 1950s pop and 1970s soul, playing host Charlie Dark is a well-known, of an uprising that reduced his beloved explore your ideas whether they are 51. AN HOUR IN THE LIFE OF C.K. STEAD 40 years ago; by 2011 there will be to a fictional character called Sir Plus, dynamic performance poet from the Delhi to a battered, empty ruin. brand new or already underway. You Saturday May 15, 4pm – see page 62 continued...

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BY EVENT 61. Religion: What is it good for?, 65 Jackson, Mac, 30, 62 62. Jennifer Sturm: Anna Kavan, 65 Jacobs, Lauraine, 30, 49 01. Schools: Charlie Dark, 49 63. Short Takes, 65 Jones, Lloyd, 30, 61 02. Schools: William Taylor, 49 64. An Hour with Jill Dawson, 66 Keneally, Thomas, 18, 52, 53, 55, 59 03. Schools: Anna Mackenzie, 49 65. John Freeman: Shrinking the World, 66 King, Rachael, 30, 60 04. Schools: Des Hunt, 49 66. Songwriters Speak, 66 Kite, Rhonda, 30, 67 05. Schools: Anna Mackenzie, 51 67. An Hour with Rick Gekoski, 66 Laidlaw, Chris, 31, 61 06. Schools: John Carey, 51 68. An Hour with Charlie Dark, 66 Laing, Sarah, 31, 65 07. Schools: Charlie Higson, 51 69. Read any good bytes lately?, 67 Le Bas, Jessica, 31, 62, 64 12 – 16 MAY AOTEA CENTRE 08. Schools: Dave Armstrong, 51 70. William Dalrymple: The Last Mughal, 67 Le Clerc, Julie, 31, 49 09. Schools: David Levithan, 52 71-73. Brainstorm: Creativity Workshop, 67 Leary, Ingrid, 67 10. Schools: Leon Davidson, 52 74. Workshop with Jill Dawson, 67 Legat, Nicola, 31, 61 11. Schools: Anne Salmond & Levithan, David, 19, 52, 61, 65 Thomas Keneally, 52 Li, Yiyun, 19, 64, 65 12. Schools: Ivy Lies, 52 PARTICIPANTS INDEX Loewenstein, Antony, 19, 56, 59, 65 17. High Tea, 49 Macdonald, Finlay, 31, 49 18. The Good Word Debate, 49 Armstrong, Dave, 27, 51, 52 Mackenzie, Anna, 31, 49, 51 19. Lunch with Rick Gekoski, 51 Ashton, Penny, 27, 64, 67 Maxwell, Warren, 31, 66 20. New Zealand Listener Opening Night, 53 Barnett, John, 27, 60 McColl, Colin, 52 21. An Evening with William Dalrymple, 57 Barrowman, Fergus, 27, 59, 60 McLauchlan, Gordon, 31, 49 22. An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert, 62 Beattie, Graham, 27, 57 Millar, Paul, 31, 65 23. Poetry Idol, 67 Bell, Leonard, 27, 64 Morris, Paula, 31, 57, 60, 65 24. Dave Armstrong’s ‘General Ward’, 52 Beu, Carole, 27, 55, 56, 66 Murphy, Tim, 31, 61 25. An Hour with Elizabeth Smither, 55 Biuso, Julie, 27, 49 Naparstek, Ben, 19, 55, 59 26. William Taylor: Telling Tales, 55 Braunias, Steve, 27, 49 O'Brien, Christine, 42, 62 27. Thomas Keneally & Anne Salmond, 55 Brown, Ben, 27, 62, 64 Otterman, Mike, 20, 55, 59, 65 28. Ben Naparstek: In Conversation, 55 Brown, Gordon H., 27, 56 Paul, Gregor, 42, 61 29. Michael Otterman: Erasing Iraq, 55 Burnett, Kathryn, 27, 67 Perkins, Emily, 42, 49, 53, 60 30. Best of Both Worlds, 56 Campbell, Philippa, 28, 60 Plunket, Sean, 42, 56, 65 31. Jill Dawson & Elizabeth Smither, 56 Carey, John, 17, 51, 57, 64, 66 Preston, Gaylene, 42, 60 32. Gordon H. Brown: Colin McCahon, 56 Chunn, Mike, 28, 66 Reynolds, John, 42, 61 33. Antony Loewenstein: My Israel Clark-Reynolds, Melissa, 28, 59 Reynolds, Paul, 42, 67 Question, 56 Dalrymple, William, 17, 53, 57, 67 Sainsbury, Mark, 42, 53 34. An Hour with Alison Wong, 57 Dark, Charlie, 17, 49, 66, 67 Salmond, Anne, 42, 52, 55 35. What Good are the Arts?, 57 Davidson, Leon, 28, 52 Sampson, Sam, 42, 62, 64 36. An Hour with Charlotte Grimshaw, 57 Dawson, Jill, 17, 56, 66, 67 Shaw, Tina, 42, 64 37. An Hour with Colm Tóibín, 59 Dickison, Mike, 28, 59, 67 Shriver, Lionel, 20, 60 38. Forgotten Victims in a Post 9/11 World, 59 Dorfman, Eric, 28, 59 Simpson, Peter, 43, 56 39. Can the Arts Save the Planet?, 59 Duder, Tessa, 28, 55 Smither, Elizabeth, 43, 55, 56 40. An Hour with Thomas Keneally, 59 Dunworth, Treasa, 28, 56 Somerset, Guy, 43, 55, 60 41. Lit Crit Mag Eds, 59 Dutton, Denis, 28, 57 Sometimes, Alicia, 20, 62, 64, 67 42. Paula Morris & Rachael King, 60 Edwards, Brian, 28, 59 Stead, C.K., 43, 62 43. An Hour with Lionel Shriver, 60 Farrier, David, 29, 61 Stratford, Stephen, 43, 66 44. Damien Wilkins & Emily Perkins, 60 Flower, Tui, 29, 49 Sturm, Jennifer, 43, 65 45. Script to Screen, 60 Freeman, John, 17, 59, 61, 64, 66 Taylor, Martin, 43, 67 46. An Hour with Charlie Higson, 60 Friedlander, Marti, 29, 64 Taylor, William, 43, 49, 55 47. Somebody Stole My Game, 61 Frizzell, Dick, 29, 61 Te Radar, 43, 49 48. Publishing in the USA, 61 Gekoski, Rick, 18, 51, 64, 66 Thornton, Sarah, 20, 57, 62 49. An Hour with Adrian Wooldridge, 61 Gilbert, Elizabeth, 18, 53, 62 Tóibín, Colm, 21, 53, 59 50. Dick Frizzell & John Reynolds, 61 Gledhill, Kris, 29, 59 Tyler, Linda, 43, 57, 62 51. An Hour in the Life of C.K. Stead, 62 Grimshaw, Charlotte, 29, 57, 60, 65 Vinicombe, Dorothy, 43, 60 52. Sarah Thornton: Seven Days in the Hall, Bernadette, 29, 62, 64 Waaka, Hemana, 43, 56 Art World, 62 Hastings, Bill, 29, 49 Waipara, Tama, 44, 66 53. Poetry Live, 62 Higson, Charlie, 18, 51, 60 Ward, Nick, 44, 67 54. An Hour with Yiyun Li, 64 Hill, Kim, 29, 51, 55 Ward-Lealand, Jennifer, 44, 49 55. An Hour with Marti Friedlander, 64 Hills, Lia, 29, 64 Wedde, Ian, 44, 62 56. The Beginner's Guide to Living, 64 Hirschfeld, Carol, 29, 62 Wells, Peter, 44, 65 57. Open Mike, 64 Holman, Jeffrey Paparoa, 30, 56, 62 Wilkins, Damien, 44, 60, 65 58. John Carey on William Golding, 64 Hunt, Des, 30, 49 Wong, Alison, 44, 57, 62 59. An Hour with David Levithan, 65 Ihimaera, Witi, 30, 60 Wooldridge, Adrian, 21, 61, 65 60. Paul Millar: No Fretful Sleeper, 65 Ivy Lies, 30, 52

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