Welcome to the 2014 Auckland Writers Festival
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Prize winning fiction ofAdam Johnson and the hot-off-the-press memoir of CONTENTS WELCOME inner circle defector Jang Jin-sung. 8 What’s On 9 Wednesday 14 May TO THE 2014 Following a year where stories of 9 Thursday 15 May surveillance and gender dominated 10 Friday 16 May the public discourse, writers will 14 Saturday 17 May AUCKLAND debate the merits of privacy and 21 Sunday 18 May deliver a powerhouse discussion 27 Family Day on the position of women. 29 Workshops WRITERS 45 Biographies 74 Index Music’s powers of narration will wow 75 Booking and Festival Information in three special performance events, 77 Booking Form FESTIVAL as well as at a session in memory 81 Timetable of Hello Sailor’s Dave McArtney, chaired by Karyn Hay. The brilliance of Jane Austen will be honoured in the CONTACT DETAILS one woman play Austen’s Women and 58 Surrey Crescent, Suite 3, Level 2, we’ll send 30 strangers out to create Grey Lynn, Auckland 1021, New Zealand tales of the night on a Midnight Run Phone +64 (0)9 376 8074 with performer, poet and playwright Fax +64 (0)9 376 8073 Inua Ellams. THE ONLY PLACE TO BE Email: [email protected] Website: writersfestival.co.nz A WORD FROM THE There are exclusive opportunities FESTIVAL DIRECTOR to be entertained by loved writers FESTIVAL TRUST BOARD Nicky Pellegrino and Sarah-Kate Lynch at Toto; take tea with novelists Carole Beu, Erika Congreve, Owen Marshall, Jenny Pattrick and Nicola Legat, Phillipa Muir, Fiona Kidman or go awol over lunch Mark Russell, Sarah Sandley (Chair), with explorer Huw Lewis-Jones at Delina Shields, Peter Wells, the Langham; and hang out at hot Josephine Green (Ex Officio) Auckland joint Ostro with Michelin- starred chef Josh Emett. FESTIVAL TEAM Anne O’Brien, Festival Director The Great Kiwi Classic book club This world is full of great stories and Jennifer Duval-Smith, Marketing will re-consider ground breaking so will the Aotea Centre be in May as & Development Manager novel The Bone People, thirty years we welcome some of the world’s best Mel Weeks, Festival Administrator after publication; Sam Hunt will storytellers to our Festival stage. Phil Evans, Production Manager announce the inaugural winner of Eleanor Congreve, Associate Producer the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize and the Penny Hartill, Publicist Alice Walker, Alexander McCall Festival introduces new, free Family Emily Knecht, Intern Smith, Eleanor Catton, Irvine Welsh, Day events, for our younger audience, Sandi Toksvig, Lloyd Jones, including live drawing, storytelling A.M. Homes, John Marsden, and a reading of The Little Yellow Digger Keri Hulme, Tim Finn, Patricia Grace, by author Betty Gilderdale. Michael Leunig, Camilla Lackberg and Sir Ray Avery line up alongside There really is no place else to be in fellow novelists, poets, scientists, May but here with us – come along journalists, adventurers, architects, and get the full story. artists, filmmakers and musicians to help us discover the world anew. A light will be shone around the globe including on Egypt, Australia, Everest, China and the very fascinating North Korea which is examined both through the Pulitzer Anne O’Brien 3 A WORD FROM THE CHAIR PLATINUM PATRONS CELEBRATING Betsy & Michael Benjamin Erika & Robin Congreve Carol & Gerard Curry THE Josephine & Ross Green THE 2014 Dame Rosie & Michael Horton WRITTEN The James Wallace Arts Trust FESTIVAL PROGRAMME GOLD PATRONS John Barnett The Auckland Writers Festival brings WORD Margaret Casey & Ivan Connell extraordinary writers and thinkers Stephanie & John Clark from around the world together with Barbie & Paul Cook you, our audience, to celebrate the joy Dale D’Rose of reading and ideas. This year we are Di & Graeme Edwards joined by over 150 writers from Dame Jenny Gibbs New Zealand and around the world Jo & Terry Gould for five days of entertaining and A WORD FROM THE MAYOR Penny & Rod Hansen invigorating programming, coming Dayle & Chris Mace to a close on Sunday 18 May with a Pip Muir & Kit Toogood session to honour one of New Zealand’s Georgina & Jolyon Ralston greatest writers, Patricia Grace. We are Maria Renhart delighted to continue to engage with Jenny & Andrew Smith future audience members through a Fiona & William Stevens two day schools’ programme and for GET Lady Tait the first time we are also offering a day Michael Robinson & Tiare Tolks of events for younger children with Susan & Gavin Walker our inaugural Family Day. The Board Welcome to the Auckland Writers Douglas White and staff are passionately committed Festival 2014. In its 14th year, our Gavin Scott & Shan Wilson to ensuring that the Festival continues annual literary festival has a stunning to thrive and I work with an amazing line-up, including our own Booker SILVER PATRONS THE FULL group of professionals on the Board Prize winning Aucklander Eleanor and a small, excellent staff. This core Catton. She is joined by more than 150 Clare & Brian Bradley team expands significantly with a world-class local and international Alastair Carruthers & Peter Gordon band of 70 plus volunteers every year. writers whose talks, debates and Antonia Fisher & Stuart Grieve I would like to take this opportunity readings will stimulate, invigorate David Flacks & Adina Halpern to thank them all. Finally, on behalf and entertain your minds. The writers Dave Gibson & Pip Greenwood of the Board, I would like express and audiences the Festival attracts Anne & Peter Hinton STORY gratitude to our audience, our writers are testimony to the organisers, the Kate & Ant Howard and our loyal sponsors and funders. event’s track record and Auckland’s Jillian & James Macdonald growing renown as an events city. It is Mary Peters an integral part of our comprehensive Fran & Geoff Ricketts annual arts and events calendar and Robyn & John Spooner like all our festivals lends a real buzz Anthea & Peter Springford to the social, cultural and economic Sue Wood & Associates life of Auckland. And, once again, Fran Wyborn Dr Sarah Sandley there are free events and the schools Mark Cooper & programme to enable everyone to Adrienne Young-Cooper experience the wonders of the written word. Enjoy. BRONZE PATRONS #AWF14 Gretchen Albrecht & James Ross Lisa Bates & Douglas Hawkins WRITERSFESTIVAL.CO.NZ Tana & Charles Fishman Helen Gillespie & Jack Rosen Trevor Bayly & Judy Jordan Michael Best & Peter Macky Len Brown Christine Nolan Mayor of Auckland Miranda Spary 4 5 FIVE DAYS PEOPLE OF GOOD TIMES AND Explore influential GREAT IDEAS characters and striking lives including PRESENTING Jane Austen PLACES Mao Tse Tung Lynley Dodd Thomas Hardy Clara Schumann Jesus of Nazareth Visit fascinating Alexander McCall Smith Kim Il Jong places with Alice Walker Peter McLeavey expert guides to Eleanor Catton POLITICS Gabriele D’Annunzio Everest POWER Irvine Welsh and more. North Korea Lloyd Jones Egypt Sandi Toksvig Italy Michael Leunig Australia John Marsden Debate what Africa Discover what Cornelia Funke makes us tick and China drives us in life and Adam Johnson why as we cover United States art as we discuss and 140 more of the Privacy New Zealand Murder world’s best writers Gender and more. Passion and thinkers. History Science Race Adventure Religion Architecture Sovereignty Music Obesity Film Culture Business Words Manners and more. and more. BOOK BEFORE 14 MAY TICKETMASTER.CO.NZ FOR EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT 0800 111 999 6 7 CUT AND PASTE: 03 FREE EVENT WHAT’S DIGITAL ART LIVE SCHOOLS WEDNESDAY THURSDAY ON EXHIBITION PROGRAMME 14 MAY 15 MAY IMPERIAL WORLD: THURSDAY 15 MAY – MONDAY 14 JULY THE POLITICS LEVEL 2, AOTEA CENTRE OF BOOK PRIZES Cut and Paste is a refreshing THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND exhibition that mixes play, art and PUBLIC LECTURE: PAULA MORRIS literature. Using the metaphor of a scrapbook, this interactive work ENGAGING OUR YOUNG READERS FESTIVAL invites the audience to select words 01 02 from New Zealand poems. These Every year the Festival presents two SPECIAL EVENT SPECIAL EVENT FLAVOURS SERIES words become a trigger for a digital days of dedicated programming poetry lexicon, creating a brand for intermediate and secondary APRIL 8, 15, 22 & 29, 5.30–6.30PM new poem that will appear on the students before the main THE UNIVERSITY ADVENTURES ON ICE: WAITEMATA ROOM, 3RD FLOOR screen. The underlying message of programme gets underway. AUCKLAND CENTRAL LIBRARY artist Jenna Gavin’s work is that the OF AUCKLAND LUNCH WITH nature of creativity is new concepts In 2014 over 3,500 students (aged THURSDAY MAY 15 – 5.00–6.00PM The Auckland City Central Library stemming from existing ideas. 10–17) will celebrate the written word FESTIVAL DEBATE: HUW LEWIS-JONES OLD CHORAL HALL, LECTURE THEATRE 2 presents four one-hour free sessions Exhibition will be officially opened at in all its forms with national and 7 SYMONDS STREET introducing this year’s guest writers. 5.30pm on Thursday 15 May. All welcome. international stars: Eleanor Catton PRIVACY IS AN Grab a complimentary glass of wine (NZ), Ted Dawe (NZ), The Etherington This year the Man Booker Prize – the and a nibble and settle in to hear local Brothers (England), Cornelia Funke OUTDATED CONCEPT self-styled “most important literary booklovers cast their eye over the PUBLIC BOOK LAUNCH (Germany), Paula Green (NZ), award in the English-speaking Festival’s line-up. Des Hunt (NZ), Lloyd Jones (NZ), world” – is open to American authors FRIDAY 16 MAY – 5.30–7.00PM Elizabeth Knox (NZ), John Marsden (published in the UK) for the first UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO AUCKLAND CENTRE (Australia), Melinda Szymanik (NZ), time. British authors are outraged, 385 QUEEN STREET PUBLIC PROGRAMME Grace Taylor (NZ), Benny Tipene (NZ) THURSDAY 15 MAY – 12.00–2.15PM warning of the prospect of fewer and Trygve Wakenshaw (NZ). Tickets WAITEMATA ROOM, THE LANGHAM nominations for Commonwealth WEDNESDAY 14 MAY – SUNDAY 18 MAY Otago University Press invites all comers available through schools.