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3 AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL WELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL THE 2011 PROGRAMME CONTENTS 4 Contact Details 6 Sponsors and Grant Makers 7 Annual Patrons, Festival Club Members and Friends 10 International Biographies 18 New Zealand Biographies 33 Booking Information 34 Festival Information 35 Timetable 37 Booking Form 42 Special Events 48 Friday 13 May 52 Saturday 14 May 57 Sunday 15 May 62 Wordy Day Out 65 Workshops 70 Index TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION A WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR “Compassion and empathy” were the words ringing in my head when I first started putting together the 2011 programme. They seem to be even more relevant touchstones at the time of writing: close to home the people of Canterbury and, further away, the people of Japan face unimaginable challenges. A number of this year’s guests have gruelling stories to tell, when a moment in time changed their lives forever. Their reflections on those experiences are gifts of insight. So what’s within? Stories which will exercise your empathic muscles: of human resilience under horrendous pressure; forgiveness and understanding in the face of violence; fascinating examples of the power of words, the beautiful and the bad, of misunderstandings, miscommunication and deliberate misrepresentation. Reflections on Antarctica; fashion rights and fashion wrongs; a trip back to a time when a woman’s work was never done; revenge fantasies, folklore, food galore; lunch with Madhur Jaffrey; High Tea with A.A. Gill; Rives, a mega-mouth with a heart; music and words from the APO, drama from the ATC; graphic novels; Polynesian poetry, Poets Laureate and Poetry Idol; a tribute to Christchurch; and a WORDY DAY OUT for the young, and the young at heart. Too much to expand on here, I urge you to dip into the pages beyond. The festival is both a haven and a hive of activity, reconnecting us with friends, feelings and hope. There will be laughter and tears, and if it leaves us with a greater understanding of our fellow human beings, for all their foibles, it will have been a success. Jill Rawnsley

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AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVALWELCOME TO THE FESTIVAL

THE 2011 PROGRAMMECONTENTS

4 ContactDetails6 SponsorsandGrantMakers7 AnnualPatrons,FestivalClubMembersandFriends10 InternationalBiographies18 NewZealandBiographies33 BookingInformation34 FestivalInformation35 Timetable37 BookingForm42 SpecialEvents48 Friday13May52 Saturday14May57 Sunday15May62 WordyDayOut65 Workshops70 Index

TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTIONA WORD FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

“Compassionandempathy”werethewordsringinginmyheadwhenIfirststartedputtingtogetherthe2011programme.Theyseemtobeevenmorerelevanttouchstonesatthetimeofwriting:closetohomethepeopleofCanterburyand,furtheraway,thepeopleofJapanfaceunimaginablechallenges.Anumberofthisyear’sguestshavegruellingstoriestotell,whenamomentintimechangedtheirlivesforever.Theirreflectionsonthoseexperiencesaregiftsofinsight.Sowhat’swithin?Storieswhichwillexerciseyourempathicmuscles:ofhumanresilienceunderhorrendouspressure;forgivenessandunderstandinginthefaceofviolence;fascinatingexamplesofthepowerofwords,thebeautifulandthebad,ofmisunderstandings,miscommunicationanddeliberatemisrepresentation.ReflectionsonAntarctica;fashionrightsandfashionwrongs;atripbacktoatimewhenawoman’sworkwasneverdone;revengefantasies,folklore,foodgalore;lunchwithMadhurJaffrey;HighTeawithA.A.Gill;Rives,amega-mouthwithaheart;musicandwordsfromtheAPO,dramafromtheATC;graphicnovels;Polynesianpoetry,PoetsLaureateandPoetryIdol;atributetoChristchurch;andaWORDYDAYOUTfortheyoung,andtheyoungatheart.Toomuchtoexpandonhere,Iurgeyoutodipintothepagesbeyond.Thefestivalisbothahavenandahiveofactivity,reconnectinguswithfriends,feelingsandhope.Therewillbelaughterandtears,andifitleavesuswithagreaterunderstandingofourfellowhumanbeings,foralltheirfoibles,itwillhavebeenasuccess.

JillRawnsley

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AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL CHARITABLE TRUST BOARD

CaroleBeuErikaCongreveStephanieJohnsonNicolaLegatPhillipaMuirMarkRussellSarahSandleyPeterWells

FESTIVAL TEAM

ArtisticDirector,JillRawnsleyGeneralManager,AnneRoddaDevelopmentandCommunicationsManager,EleanorCongreveFestivalAdministrator,MelSeppingProductionManager,PhilEvansProductionAssistant,TiffanyHarkessMarketingAssistant,DanielleStreetPublicist,AngelaRadfordIntern,AngelaDeFranco

CONTACT DETAILS

58SurreyCrescent,Level2,Suite3,GreyLynn,Auckland1021,NewZealandPhone+6493768074,Fax+6493768073Emailinfo@writersfestival.co.nzWebsitewww.writersfestival.co.nz

DESIGN & PRODUCTION

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PrintedonAdvanceLaserfromBJBallPapers,anenvironmentallyresponsiblepaperproducedusinglegallyharvestedfarmedEucalyptustrees,andmanufacturedunderthestrictISO14001environmentalmanagementsystem.

iPhoneappavailableApril–yourmobileguidetothefestival.

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NewZealandhasarichliteraryculture,andAucklandisproudtohostthiscelebrationofthewrittenword.TheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestivalbringsustogethertosharethebestofourownandsamplethebesttheworldhastooffer.Thisyearhasreallybroughthometousthevalueofcommunity.Eventslikethisfosterasenseofprideandexcitementaboutourcity,andcelebratethecreativeindustriesandindividualswithinourcommunitywhichareanimportantpartofAuckland’seconomy.Thisyear’sFestivalispackedwithtalesofhumanresilience,alwaysavitalquality,butkeenlyfeltrightnowinournation.Auckland,Iinviteyoutocomealongandenjoysomeofthewonderfulwordsandstoriesonofferinyourcity.

LenBrown

Welcometothe2011AucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.TheBoard’svisionfortheFestivalisthatitshouldextendandconnectitsaudiencebycelebratingandshowcasingthebestwritersandthinkersfromaroundtheworld.Weareprivilegedthisyeartohaveanimpressivelineupof26writersfrom12countriesandover100NewZealandersina5-dayevent.TheBoardandstaffarepassionatelycommittedtoensuringthatthisFestivalcontinuestocelebrateandshowcasethegiftofreadinganditsbenefitsforAucklandersofeverygeneration.The2011Festivalfeaturesanexpandedshowcaseofour“YoungAdult”writers:theWordyDayOutonSaturday14May.AswethinkaboutthefutureoftheFestivalwenowwanttoextendourroletochampionliteracy,withoutwhichallourliveswouldbeunimaginablypoorer.Welookforwardtoextendingourschoolsprogrammestillfurther,toinfluencingrelevantpolicies,andtosupportinggrassrootsorganisationsworkinginthefieldofadultliteracy.I’dliketotakethisopportunitytothankouraudienceandourwritersfortheirsupport,ourhard-workingstaffforbringingtheFestivaltogether,andourloyalsponsorsandfunders.Enjoy!

DrSarahSandley

A WORD FROM THE MAYOR

A WORD FROM THE CHAIR

CELEBRATING THE WRITTEN WORD

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SUPPORT THE FESTIVALTheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestivalCharitableTrustisgratefultotheindividualsandcompanieswhosupportourvisionofbringinginternationalandlocalwritersandthinkerstogetherwiththousandsofenthusiasticaudiencemembersforaprogrammeofinnovativeeventseveryMay.TheFestivalhasremainedacharitabletrustinordertoofferAucklandersandNewZealanderssubsidisedandfreeaccesstoexcitingandlife-enrichingeventsandwecouldn’tdothiswithouttheirsupport.JoinasaFriendoftheFestival,FestivalClubMemberorAnnualPatronbeforeyoubookticketstomakethemostofthebenefitsofmembershipandtohelpensurethefutureoftheFestival.

FRIEND OF THE FESTIVAL MEMBERSHIPFriendoftheFestivalMembershipisonly$67andputsyouinthefrontrowfortheFestivalwithprioritybooking,adedicatedbookinglineandwesavethebestseatsinthehouseforourFriendssoyou’reguaranteedafrontrowseat.ThisannualmembershipkeepsyouconnectedtotheFestivalyearroundwithnewsofvisitingauthors,eventsandoffers.

FESTIVAL CLUB MEMBERSHIPForjust$230(individual)or$360(couple)youcanhaveanexclusiveFestivalexperience.JoiningprovidesallofthebenefitsofFriendMembershipplusticketdiscounts(20%discountonSpecialEvents,36%onStandardEvents)andtheuseoftheprivateFestivalClub,whereyoucanenjoycomplimentaryCableBayWineandAllpressCoffee.Pleasenote:thenumberofFestivalClubMembershipsislimited.

BECOME AN ANNUAL PATRONThegenerosityofasmallgroupofprivatedonorsmakesasignificantdifferencetoourabilitytoproduceatrulyworldclasseventwiththeverybestlocalandinternationalguestseveryyear.OurAnnualPatronshaveunrivalledaccesstotheFestivalthroughouttheyear,withinvitationstospecialeventsincludingtheOpeningNightGala,thechancetoattendsmallprivatepartieswithinternationalwriters,ticketstoSpecialEventsthroughouttheyearandacknowledgementintheprogrammeandatFestivalevents.

SPONSORSHIPTheFestivalisahighlightofAuckland’sculturalcalendarandthecountry’slargestinternationalliteraryfestivalandassuchitprovidesexcitingopportunitiesforpartnershipswithbusinesses.OurcorporatesupportersareofferedhostingopportunitiesduringtheFestival,accesstoVIPguestsforprivatefunctions,engagementwithourdiverseaudienceandarangeofcollaborativepromotionalopportunities.WeareproudofourlongstandingpartnershipswithcompaniesthatarecommittedtosupportingtheliteraryartsandliteracyinNewZealandandwecanworkwithyoutotailortheinvestmentandbenefitstosuityourbusiness.

Join as a Friend of the Festival, Festival Club Member or Annual Patron before you book tickets to make the most of the benefits of membership.

PLATINUM PATRONS

ErikaandRobinCongreveCarolandGerardCurryRosieandMichaelHortonTheJamesWallaceArtsTrust

GOLD PATRONS

BetsyandMichaelBenjaminMargaretCaseyandIvanConnellStephanieandJohnClarkBarbieandPaulCookDaleD’RoseDameJennyGibbsPennyandRodHansenMargotHutchisonDayleandChrisMacePipMuirandKitToogoodGeorginaandJolyonRalstonMariaRenhartJennyandAndrewSmithFionaandWilliamStevensLadyTaitDouglasWhiteShanWilsonandGavinScott

SILVER PATRONS

AdinaHalpernandDavidFlacks

FOR MORE INFORMATION

TosubscribeasaFriendoftheFestivalorFestivalClubMember,joinasanAnnualPatronortodiscusssponsorship,pleasecontactEleanorCongreve,DevelopmentandCommunicationsManager,[email protected]

SPONSORS AND GRANTMAKERSTHE AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL CHARITABLE TRUST IS ENORMOUSLY GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT OF:

GoldSponsors

BronzeSponsors

PublisherSponsors

Foundations,TrustsandGrantmakers

StrategicPartners

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We may be able to help your club, charity or community group too. To apply for a

grant, just fill out our simple three step online form at www.lionfoundation.org.nz

or call freephone 0800 802 908.

We’re always keen to help a good cause. That’s why we’re here.

The Lion Foundation is once again delighted to be supporting the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. Now in its eleventh year, the Festival has proven to be a wonderful celebration of the art of writing and has inspired and encouraged readership in its many forms.

The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival enriches our community like the thousands of good causes The Lion Foundation fund every year, right around New Zealand. Last year alone, we gave grants to 3,306 charities, clubs and community groups, worth over $37 million. That’s nine good causes every day. Causes both big and small, in areas as diverse as health, education, sports, community and culture. Causes that make a real and lasting difference to the people around them.

We’re proud to be here for the good of local communities. After all, it’s what we’re all about.

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INTERNATIONAL BIOGRAPHIESFOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.WRITERSFESTIVAL.CO.NZ

IZZELDIN ABUELAISHPALESTINE

DrIzzeldinAbuelaishisaPalestiniandoctorandinfertilityexpertwhowasbornandraisedintheJabaliarefugeecampintheGazaStrip.HereceivedascholarshiptostudymedicineinCairo,Egypt,andthenreceivedadiplomafromtheInstituteofObstetricsandGynaecology,UniversityofLondon.HecompletedaresidencyinthesamedisciplineatSorokahospitalinIsrael,followedbyasubspecialtyinfetalmedicineinItalyandBelgium.HethenundertookamastersinpublichealthatHarvardUniversity.BeforehisthreedaughterswerekilledinJanuary2009duringtheIsraeliincursionintoGaza,DrAbuelaishworkedasaresearcherattheGernerInstituteattheShebahospitalinTelAviv.HenowliveswithhisfamilyinToronto,whereheisanassociateprofessorattheDallaLanaSchoolofPublicHealthattheUniversityofToronto.Hiswebsiteandfoundationcanbefoundatdaughtersforlife.com.Supported by Bloomsbury Publishing.

FRED ALLENDORFUNITED STATES

FredAllendorfisaRegentsProfessorofBiologyattheUniversityofMontanaandaProfessorialResearchFellowatVictoriaUniversityofWellington.

Hisresearchfocusesontheapplicationofpopulationandevolutionarygeneticstoproblemsinconservationbiology.HisbookConservation and the Genetics of Populations(2007),co-authoredwithGordonLuikart,providesanunderstandingofhowgeneticscanbeusedtoconservespeciesthreatenedwithextinction.Hisrecentessay“Noseparationbetweenpresentandfuture”appearedintheeditedvolumeMoral Ground: Ethical Action for a Planet in Peril(2010).ThisessayarguesthatthedeepawarenessofourevolutionaryconnectionwithalllifeonEarthprovidesthebasisforethicalactionforrespondingtothecurrentthreatstoourplanet,itsanimals,itsplants,anditspeople.Supported by The Allan Wilson Centre.

INGRID BETANCOURTCOLOMBIA/FRANCE

IngridBetancourtwasbornin1961inColombia.Hermother,YolandaPulecio,servedinColombia’sCongress,andherfather,GabrielBetancourt,wasagovernmentministerandtheColombianambassadortoUNESCOinParis.IngridwaseducatedinFranceandEnglandandhasdualColombianandFrenchnationality.ShelivedinFranceandreturnedtoColombiain1989tobecomeinvolvedinnationalpolitics.ShewasaColombianpresidentialcandidatewhenshewaskidnappedbytheFARC,abrutalterroristguerrillaorganization,whoheldhercaptivefrom2002to2008.Shewritesaboutthisexperienceinherbook,Even Silence has an End(Virago,2010).IngridBetancourthasreceivednumerousawardsandhonours,includingFrance’sLégion d’honneur.

FATIMA BHUTTOPAKISTAN

FatimaBhuttowasborninKabulin1982.HerfatherMurtazaBhutto,anelectedmemberofparliament,waskilledbythepolicein1996inKarachiduringthepremiershipofhissister,BenazirBhutto.FatimagraduatedfromColumbiaUniversity,majoringinMiddleEasternLanguagesandCultures,withaMastersinSouthAsianGovernmentandPolitics.Sheistheauthorofthreebooks:Whispers of the Desert(1997),avolumeofpoetrypublishedwhenshewas15;8.50 a.m. 8 October 2005(2006),acollectionoffirst-handaccountsfromsurvivorsofthe2005earthquakeinPakistan;andSongs of Blood and Sword(JonathanCape,2010).FatimacoveredtheIsraeliInvasionandwarwithLebanonfromLebanoninthesummerof2006andalsoreportedfromIraninJanuary2007andCubainApril2008,andherworkhasappearedintheNew Statesman,Daily Beast andtheGuardian.FatimalivesinKarachi,Pakistan.Supported by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation.fatimabhutto.com.pk

CAROLYN BURKEAUSTRALIA/UNITED STATES

CarolynBurkewasborninAustralia.Abiographerandartcritic,herarticlesandtranslationsfromtheFrenchhaveappearedinsuchmagazinesasArt in America, The New Yorker, Pink, Hemispheres,andPoetry Flash.ShemetthelegendaryphotographerLeeMillerwhileconductingresearchforherfirstbiography,Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy,andsubsequentlywroteLee

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Miller: Both Sides of the Camera(2005).ShelivesinSantaCruz,CaliforniaandspendsasmuchtimeasshecaninParis.No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf(Bloomsbury,April2011)isherlatestbook.

CASSANDRA CLAREUNITED STATES

CassandraClarespentmuchofherchildhoodtravellingtheworldwithherfamily.ShelivedinIran,France,EnglandandSwitzerlandbeforeshewas10yearsold.Asachildshefoundfamiliarityinbooksandwenteverywherewithabookunderherarm.City of BoneswasherfirstnovelandstartedtheinternationallybestsellingseriesTheMortalInstruments,whichcontinueswiththelong-awaitedCity of Fallen Angels(WalkerBooks,April2011).Hernewprequelseries,TheInfernalDevices,issetinVictorianEnglandandbeganwithClockwork Angel(August2010).Supported by Walker Books.cassandraclare.com

MICHAEL CONNELLYUNITED STATES

MichaelConnellydecidedtobecomeawriterafterdiscoveringthebooksofRaymondChandlerwhileattendingtheUniversityofFlorida.Oncehedecidedonthisdirectionhechoseamajorinjournalismandaminorincreativewriting–acurriculuminwhichoneofhisteacherswasnovelistHarryCrews.AformerpolicereporterfortheLos Angeles Times,MichaelConnellyistheauthorofHarryBoschthrillerseriesaswellasseveralstand-alonebestsellers.Hishighlyacclaimedlegalthriller,The

Lincoln Lawyer,hasbeenmadeintoamajorHollywoodfilm,starringMatthewMcConaugheyasMickeyHaller,MarisaTomeiasMaggieMcPherson,andRyanPhillippeasLouisRoulet.ItreleasesinNewZealandinMay.Hisbookshavebeentranslatedinto31languagesandhavewonawardsallovertheworld,includingtheEdgarandAnthonyAwards.HelivesinTampa,Florida,withhisfamily.Supported by Allen & Unwin.michaelconnelly.com

JAMES FERGUSSONSCOTLAND

JamesFergussonisafreelancejournalistandforeigncorrespondentwhohaswrittenformanypublicationsincludingtheIndependent,The Times,theDaily Telegraph,theDaily Mail andThe Economist.From1997hereportedfromMazar-i-SharifinnorthernAfghanistan,coveringthatcity’sfalltotheTaliban.In1998hebecamethefirstwesternjournalistinmorethantwoyearstointerviewthefugitivewarlordGulbuddinHekmatyar.Hisfirstbook,Kandahar Cockney,toldthestoryofMir,hisPashtunfixer-interpreterwhomhebefriendedandhelpedgainpoliticalasyluminLondon.Hissecond,A Million Bullets,waspublishedtogreatacclaimin2008andwonaBritishArmyMilitaryBookoftheYearAward.Taliban(BantamPress,2010)ishislatestaccountoftheTalibaninAfghanistan.HelivesinEdinburghandismarriedwiththreechildren.jamesfergusson.info

AMINATTA FORNASCOTLAND

AminattaFornawasborninGlasgowandraisedinSierraLeone,WestAfrica.Herwriting,bothfictionalandnon-fictional,intertwinespoliticalandsocialcommentaryonAfricawithpersonalrecollectionsofherchildhoodinSierraLeone.Herfirstbook,The Devil that Danced on the Water,isamemoirofherdissidentfatherandSierraLeone.Heraward-winningnovelAncestor StoneswasselectedbytheWashington Postasoneofthemostimportantbooksof2006.HernewnovelThe Memory of Love(Bloomsbury,April2010)isastoryaboutfriendship,warandobsessivelove.ItwonBestBook(Africa)inthe2011CommonwealthWriters’Prize.FornaisatrusteeoftheRoyalLiteraryFundandsitsontheadvisorycommitteeoftheCainePrizeforAfricanWriting.Shehasalsowrittenfortelevisionandradio,includingtheartsdocumentary“ThroughAfricanEyes”(BBC),thedocumentaryseries“AfricaUnmasked”(Channel4)andin2009,“TheLostLibrariesofTimbuktu”(BBC).HerwritinghasappearedinGranta, The Sunday Times, The ObserverandVogue.ShelivesinLondonwithherhusband.aminattaforna.com

PAUL GILDINGAUSTRALIA

PaulGildingisanadvocateforsustainabilityandclimatechangewhohasdedicatedhislifetoenvironmentalcampaigning–asanactivist,entrepreneurandwriter.Histhirty-fiveyearsofexperienceincludeastintastheglobalheadofGreenpeace,founderandCEOoftwocompaniesandadvisortotheCEOsofglobalcorporations,andmore.HeworksaroundtheworldbutliveswithhisfamilyinsouthernTasmania.The Great Disruption: How the Climate Crisis Will Transform the Global Economy(Bloomsbury,April2011)isamajornewanalysisandactionplantodealwithtwolinkedchallengestohumaningenuityandhumansurvival–the

crisisofclimatechangeandtheworldeconomiccrash.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.paulgilding.com

A.A. GILLSCOTLAND

A.A.GillwasborninEdinburgh.HeistheTVandrestaurantcriticforThe Sunday Times andisacontributingeditortoGQmagazine,Vanity FairandAustralian Gourmet Traveller.Hisbooksincludetwonovels,Sap RisingandStarcrossed,twotravelbooks,A.A. Gill Is AwayandPrevious Convictions,aswellasThe Angry IslandandPaper View.HelivesinLondonandspendsmuchofhisyeartravelling.HisnewbookisHere and There(HardieGrantBooks,May2011).

KAREN HEALEYNEW ZEALAND

KarenHealeyisaNewZealanderlivinginMelbourne.Hercriticallyacclaimed2010debutnovel,Guardian of the Dead,isaparanormalthrillerheavilyinfluencedbyMäorimythology,andwasafinalistfortheAmericanLibraryAssociation’sprestigiousWilliamC.Morrisaward.HernewnovelThe Shattering(Allen&Unwin,2011)issetinasmalltownontheWestCoast,whichthreeteenagersdiscoverhidesdarksecrets.Itwillbeavailableatthefestivalbyspecialarrangement,butisdueforgeneralreleaselaterin2011.KarenlikesWorldofWarcraft,baking,feminism,andmoviesaboutcheerleading.Supported by Allen & Unwin.karenhealey.com

MADHUR JAFFREYINDIA/UNITED STATES

MadhurJaffreywasborninDelhi,Indiaandisanactressandcookbookwriter.ShegraduatedwithHonoursfromRADA,andwentontoappearinmorethan20films,includingMerchantIvory’s“HeatandDust”.AsaTVfoodpersonalityandcookbookwriterwhodemystifiesIndiancookingforEnglish-speakers,sheisregardedbymanyastheworldauthorityonIndianfood.Herclassicfirstbook,An Invitation to Indian Cooking,waspublishedin1973.Shehasstarredinmanyaward-winningcookeryprogrammesonTVandwrittenmorethan15bestsellingcookbooks.ShewonJamesBeardAwardsin1982,1994,2000,2002,and2004,andwasawardedanhonoraryCBEbyQueenElizabethIIin2004.In2006,shepublishedClimbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of a Childhood in India,andherlatestbookCurry Easy(EburyPress,2010),wasnamedCookeryBookoftheYearbyThe Sunday Times.Supported by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation.

GAIL JONESAUSTRALIA

GailJonesistheauthoroftwoshort-storycollections,acriticalmonograph,andthenovelsBlack Mirror, Sixty Lights, Dreams of Speaking,SorryandtherecentlypublishedFive Bells(RandomHouseAustralia,2011).Shehaswonseveralnationalliteraryawardsandalsobeenshortlistedforinternationalawards,includingtheIMPACandthePrix Femina Étranger.Gailisalso

aProfessorattheUniversityofWesternSydney.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.

CLAIRE KEEGANIRELAND

ClaireKeeganwasbornin1968.Herfirstcollectionofshortstories,Antarctica,receivedtheRooneyPrizeforIrishLiterature,andannouncedherasanexceptionallygiftedandversatilewriterofcontemporaryfiction.Hersecondshortstorycollection,Walk the Blue Fields,waspublishedtoenormouscriticalacclaimin2007andwonherthe2008EdgeHillPrizeforShortStories.RichardFordselectedhershortstoryFosteraswinnerofthe2009DavyByrnesIrishWritingAwardandwroteinthewinningcitationofher“thrilling”instinctfortherightwordsandher“patientattentiontolife’svastconsequenceandfinality”.Foster(FaberandFaber)waspublishedinarevisedandexpandedversionin2010.ClairelivesinruralIreland.

MARGO LANAGANAUSTRALIA

MargoLanaganisaninternationallyacclaimedwriterofnovelsandshortstories.Shehasworkedasakitchenhand,encyclopaediaseller,freelancebookeditorandtechnicalwriter.HershortstorycollectionBlack Juice(2004)wonaVictorianPremier’sAwardforYoungAdultFictioninhernativeAustralia,aswellastwoWorldFantasyAwardsandaMichaelL.PrintzHonor,forExcellenceinYoungAdultLiterature,intheUnitedStates.

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HernovelTender MorselswonaWorldFantasyAwardandwasaMichaelL.PrintzHonorBook,andhernovella“Sea-Hearts”alsowonaWorldFantasyAward.Shehasanewcollectionofstories,Yellowcake(Allen&Unwin,2011),andanewnovel,Watered Silk,basedon“Sea-Hearts”,isdueoutinSeptember.MargolivesinSydney.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.

DAVID MITCHELLENGLAND/IRELAND

DavidMitchellistheacclaimedauthorofthenovelsCloud Atlas,whichwasaManBookerPrizefinalist;Number9Dream,whichwasalsoshort-listedfortheBookerPrizeaswellastheJamesTaitBlackMemorialPrize;Ghostwritten,awardedtheMail on Sunday/JohnLlewellynRhysPrizeforbestbookbyawriterunderthirty-fiveandshort-listedforthe GuardianFirstBookAward,andBlack Swan Green,whichwasselectedasoneofthe10BestBooksoftheYearbyTime.HislatestnovelisThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet(Sceptre,2010)whichwaslong-listedforthe2010ManBookerPrize,andwonBestBook(SouthAsia&Europe)inthe2011CommonwealthWriters’Prize.DavidlivesinIreland.thousandautumns.com

GARTH NIXAUSTRALIA

GarthNixhasworkedasabookseller,bookeditor,marketingconsultantandasaliteraryagent.Hisbooks

havesoldinexcessof5,000,000copiesinternationally,andhaveappearedinthebestsellerlistsoftheNew York Times,The Sunday Times(UK),Publishers Weekly(US),The Australian,The Bookseller(UK)andBookseller & Publisher(Australia).Theyhavebeentranslatedintomorethan38languages.HisnewbookTroubletwisters(Allen&Unwin),thefirstofaseriesco-writtenwithSeanWilliams,isdueoutinMay.GarthlivesinSydneywithhiswifeandtheirtwosons.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.garthnix.com

TÉA OBREHTUNITED STATES

TéaObrehtwasbornin1985intheformerYugoslavia,andspentherchildhoodinCyprusandEgyptbeforeeventuallyimmigratingtotheUnitedStatesin1997.HerwritinghasbeenpublishedinThe New Yorker, The Atlantic, Harper’s, Zoetrope: All-Story, The New York Times,andThe Guardian,andhasbeenanthologisedinTheBestAmericanShortStoriesandTheBestAmericanNon-RequiredReading.Herfirstnovel,The Tiger’s Wife(Weidenfeld&Nicholson)waspublishedin2010.ShehasbeennamedbyThe New YorkerasoneofthetwentybestAmericanfictionwritersunderfortyandincludedintheNationalBookFoundation’slistof5Under35.TéaObrehtlivesinIthaca,NewYork.teaobreht.com

NAOMI ORESKESUNITED STATES

NaomiOreskesisProfessorofHistoryandScienceStudiesattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,andaninternationallyrenownedhistorianofscience.Herresearchfocusesonthehistoricaldevelopmentofscientificknowledge,methods,andpracticesintheearthandenvironmentalsciences,andonunderstandingscientificconsensusanddissent.Heressay“BeyondtheIvoryTower”wasamilestoneinthefightagainstglobalwarmingdenial.Hermostrecentwork,Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming(Bloomsbury,2010),co-authoredwithhistorianErikM.Conway,tellsthestoryofhowacadreofinfluentialscientistshavecloudedpublicunderstandingofscientificfactstoadvancetheideologicalagendaoffreemarketfundamentalism.

RIVESUNITED STATES

Rives,the“first2.0poet”,isaspokenwordperformancepoetandmultimediaartist.Originallyapop-upbookdesigner,henowconstructsinteractivenarrativesforgrown-ups–clever,funny,intellectuallyalive–usingimages,video,textandaudienceinput.Rivesco-hostedBravochannel’s“IronicIconicAmerica”,auniqueandwhimsicaltourofcontemporaryAmericanculture.HeisaregularattheannualTEDConference,andhasappearedattheEdinburghFringeFestivalandonthelastfourseasonsofHBO’s“DefPoetryJam”.Hewasthe2004USANationalPoetrySlamChampion.shopliftwindchimes.com

MEG ROSOFFUNITED STATES/ENGLAND

MegRosoffwasborninBoston,educatedatHarvardandStMartin’sCollegeofArt,andworkedinNewYorkCityfortenyearsbeforemovingtoLondonpermanentlyin1989.Sheworkedinpublishing,politics,PRandadvertisinguntil2004whenshewroteherfirstnovel,How I Live Now,whichwontheGuardianChildren’sFictionPrize(UK),theMichaelL.PrintzAward(US),theDie ZeitChildren’sBookoftheYear(Germany),andwasshortlistedfortheOrangeFirstNovelAward.Hersecondnovel,Just in Case,wonthe2007CarnegieMedal.HerlatestbookisThe Bride’s Farewell(PenguinBooks)whichwasthe2010YALSAAlexAwardwinner.MeglivesinLondonwithherhusbandanddaughter.megrosoff.co.uk

BARBARA STRAUCHUNITED STATES

BarbaraStrauchistheScienceEditoratThe New York Times,whereshehasworkedsince1994.ShewaspreviouslyawriterandeditoratNewsdayfortenyears,wheresheledateamthatwonthePulitzerPrize.ShehasalsoworkedatnewspapersinBoston,Houston,whereshecoveredmedicineandscience,andasaforeigncorrespondentandeditorinCaracas,Venezuela.BarbaralivesinWestchesterCounty,NewYork,withherhusbandandtwoteenagedaughters.HerbooksincludeThe Primal Teen: What the New

Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids,andmostrecentlySecrets Of The Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents Of The Middle-Aged Mind(BlackInc,2010).Supported by the Royal Society of New Zealand. grownupbrain.com

DAVID VANNUNITED STATES

DavidVann’snewnovel,Caribou Island (Viking,2011)aboutamarriagegoingwronginthewildernessofAlaska,hasbeenfeaturedonBBCRadio4’s“BookAtBedtime”aswellasotherBBCTVandradioshows.HisLegend of a Suicide,aninternationalbestsellerwhichhaswoneightprizes,includingthePrix Medicis Étranger,iscomingoutin15languages,willbemadeintoafilm,hasbeenon40“BestBooksoftheYear”listsworldwide,andwasselectedbyThe New YorkerBookClubandThe TimesBookClub.VanniscurrentlyavisitingprofessoratVictoriaUniversityinWellington.HewritesforEsquire, Outside,theAtlantic Monthly, Men’s Journal,The Sunday Times,theGuardian,The Observer,theSunday Telegraphandothers.DavidVann.com

SEAN WILLIAMSAUSTRALIA

SeanWilliamswasborninthedry,flatlandsofSouthAustralia,wherehestillliveswithhiswifeandfamily.Hehasbeencalledmanythingsinhistime,including“thepremierAustralian

speculativefictionwriteroftheage”,the“EmperorofSci-Fi”,andthe“KingofChameleons”forthediversityofhisoutput.Hisaward-winningbooksincludeover35novelsforreadersofallages,70-plusshortstoriesacrossnumerousgenres,theoddpublishedpoem,andevenasci-fimusical.Whenhe’snotwriting,helikestocookandDJ,butneveratthesametime.HisnewbookTroubletwisters(Allen&Unwin),thefirstofaseriesco-writtenwithGarthNix,isdueoutinMay.Supported by Allen & Unwin.seanwilliams.com

JAY WINTERUNITED STATES

JayM.WinteristheCharlesJ.StilleProfessorofHistoryatYaleUniversity.Oneoftheworld’smostdistinguishedWorldWarOnehistorians,hewonanEmmyAwardin1997forhisroleasco-producer,co-writerandchiefhistorianfortheTVseries“TheGreatWarandtheShapingofthe20thCentury”.Heistheauthororco-authorofadozenbooks,includingRemembering War: The Great War between History and Memory in the 20th Century(2006),Dreams of Peace and Freedom: Utopian Moments in the 20th Century(2006)andThe Legacy of the Great War: Ninety Years On(2009);andcontributedthechapter“ShellshockandthelivesoftheLostGeneration”toWar Wounds: Medicine and the Trauma of Conflict(ExislePublishing,March2011),editedbyElizabethStewartandAshleyEkins.

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•Renee Liang–poetandplaywright;herplayLanternpremieredin2008.

•David Geraghty–authorofA Snake In The Shrine(UniversityofOtagoPress,2001).HeholdsastrategicwritingpositionintheResearchOfficeatTheUniversityofAuckland.

•Thomas Sainsbury–playwright.HismostrecentplaywasLuv,performedattheOldSilo,AucklandinMarch2008.

•Linda Olsson –authorofAstrid and Veronika(NZtitle:Let Me Sing You Gentle Songs,Penguin,2006).

•Matthew Ross Smith–teacherofcreativewritingatTempleUniversity,Philadelphia.Hehaspublishedreviewsandcreativeworkinliteraryandothermagazines.

•Alex Wild–authorofThe Constant Losers(Titus,2010)andPhDstudentinGermanliterature.

Wewelcomewritingprojectsinfiction,poetry,multi-genre,multi-media,dramaandcreativenon-fiction.

Ourgraduatesworkinliterature,publishing,drama,filmandtelevision,librariesandeducation.Theyarepublishingbooks,settingupwebsitesandpursuingfurtheracademicstudy.Theyinclude:

ProgrammeadvisersincludeplaywrightandnovelistStuart Hoar,poetanddigitalwriterMichele Leggott,fictionwriterEmily Perkins,andpoetandessayistLisa Samuels.WelinkwiththeNewZealandElectronicPoetryCentre(NZEPC)andfeatureamonthlyreadingseries.In2011ourvisitingwritersarepoetandtranslatorSawako Nakayasu,andplaywrightandfictionistMichelanne Forster,the2011UniversityofAuckland/MichaelKing/CreativeNewZealandWriterinResidence.

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NEW ZEALAND BIOGRAPHIESFOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT WWW.WRITERSFESTIVAL.CO.NZ

Abbreviations: ATC–AucklandTheatreCompanyAUP–AucklandUniversityPressVUP–VictoriaUniversityPress

PENNY ASHTON PennyAshton,akaMsHotPink,hasbecomeNewZealand’sownglobalpoetandcomediennehavingsoldoutshowsfromEdinburghtoAdelaidetoEdmontontoHamilton.ShehasrepresentedNewZealandasaslampoetandasanImproviser,isPoetryIdol’sinventor,andisalsotheproudwinnerofBestRickyMartinRewriteattheWinnipegFringe2007.SheappearedatGlastonburyin2010andhasabrandnewshowin2011,“HotPinkTeeth‘n’Tits”.

AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA

ORCHESTRAAucklandPhilharmoniaOrchestraisthecity’spremierorchestra.Renownedforinnovationandversatility,theAPOcollaborateswithmanyofNewZealand’smostinventiveartists,andistheorchestraofchoiceforvisitingmusicians.Annually,morethan100,000peopleheartheorchestralive,withthousandsmorereachedthroughbroadcastsandrecordings.

AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY

Establishedin1992,AucklandTheatreCompanyisoneofNewZealand’sleadingtheatrecompanies.ATCpresentsamainbillseasonofseventoeightplayseachyear.ATCistheonlytheatrecompanyinNewZealandwithadedicatedLiteraryUnit.AucklandTheatreCompanyLiteraryactivelynurturesNewZealandplaywrightsandtheirwork,andsupportsthedevelopmentof10newNewZealandplayseachyear.

TUSIATA AVIATusiataAviaisapoet,performerandchildren’swriter.OfSamoan-Palagiheritage,shelivesinChristchurch.Herfirstcollectionofpoetry,Wild Dogs Under My Skirtwaspublishedin2004.Hersoloshowofthesamenamepremieredin2002andhastourednationallyandinternationally.Hersecondbook,Bloodclot,waspublishedin2009.SheheldtheCNZ-FulbrightPacificWriterinResidence,UniversityofHawaii,2005.Shewasthe2010UrsulaBethelWriterinResidence,UniversityofCanterbury.

PAUL BARRETTAnactor,musicaldirector,vocalcoachandvoiceartist,Paulhasappearedinmorethan130theatricalproductionsthroughoutNewZealandandalsoinAustraliaandBritainsincehisdebutin1980.Lastyearhissoloshow“TicTic”wasahitattheAucklandInternationalComedyFestivaland,amongothers,heappearedinATC’sacclaimed“Cabaret”.MostrecentlyheperformedinRogerHall’s“Cinderella”.

FERGUS BARROWMANFergusBarrowmanhasbeenthePublisherofVictoriaUniversityPress,NewZealand’sleadingpublisherofnewfictionandpoetry,since1985.In1988hefoundedtheliteraryjournalSport,whichhestilleditsandpublishes.EveryfewWednesdaynightshetalksaboutjazzonRadioNewZealandNational.

MAGGIE BARRYAwardedtheO.N.Z.M.forservicestoBroadcastingin1997,MaggieBarryhasacareerinthemediaspanning30yearsintelevision,radioandasamagazinewriter.MaggiealsohasextensiveexperienceasanMC,Chairandafter-dinnerspeakerandiscurrentlypursuinganewcareerinpoliticsasanMPforNational.AformerChairoftheBoardoftheNewZealandBookCouncil,MaggieisanavidreaderandafriendandfanofSarah-KateLynch.

GRAHAM BEATTIEGrahamBeattieisaformerpublisher,bookseller,andseveral-timesjudgeoftheCommonwealthWriters’Prize,theMontanaNZBookAwards,andtheBPABookDesignAwards.Hishighlypopularbookblog,isupdatedthroughouttheday,sevendaysaweek.beattiesbookblog.blogspot.com

BERNARD BECKETTBernardBecketthaspublishedtenbooks,andisahighschoolteacherwithaloveofwritingplaysandteachingdrama,filmandoutdooreducation.In2005hewasawardedaRoyalSocietyNewZealandScience,MathematicsandTechnologyTeachingFellowshipwhenheworkedonaprojectexaminingDNAmutations.His2008novelGenesis,oneofthreebooksstartedthatyear,wontheprestigious2010PrixSorcièresforyoungadultfictioninFrance,theEstherGlenAward,andtheNZPostYoungAdultFictionAward.HislatestnovelisAugust(2011).

CAROLE BEUCaroleBeuispassionateaboutbooksandreviewsregularlyontheradioandonTriangleTV.SheownsTheWomen’sBookshopinPonsonbyRoad,isontheBoardofBooksellersNewZealandandisaTrusteeoftheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.

PAULA BOOCKPaulaBoockhaswonawardsbothforherscriptwritingandhernovelsforyoungadults.Boock’sscreenwritingresuméincludes“TheStrip”andinnovativedrama“TheInsider’sGuidetoHappiness”.ShenowrunsLippyPictureswithDonnaMalane,wheretogethertheyhavewrittenandproducedaward-winningtelemovies“UntilProvenInnocent”and“Bloodlines”,andthechildren’sdrama“TimeTrackers”.Theirlatestprojectis“Tangiwai”,aromancesetagainstthebackdropofthe1953Tangiwaitraindisaster,airinglaterthisyearonTVOne.

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JENNY BORNHOLDT Jennyisapoetandanthologist.HerbooksincludeSummer(2003),These Days(2000)andMiss New Zealand: Selected Poems(1997).Sheco-editedacollectionoflovepoetryMy Heart Goes Swimming(1996)andco-edited,withGregoryO’BrienandMarkWilliams,An Anthology of New Zealand Poetry in Englishwhichwonthe1997MontanaNZBookAwardforPoetry.Jennywasthe2002MeridianEnergyKatherineMansfieldFellowandNewZealand’sTeMataPoetLaureate2005-2007.The Rocky ShorewonthePoetryCategoryofthe2009MontanaNZBookAwards.HernewbookofpoetryisThe Hill of Wool(2011).

STEVE BRAUNIASSteveBrauniasisawell-knowncolumnistatMetro.Hehaspublishedfivebooksofnon-fiction,includingHow to Watch a Bird(2007),andSmoking in Antarctica(2010).Heiscurrentlywritinga“kindoftravelbook”basedonhisvisitsto20smallsettlements.Hewona$35,000CopyrightLicensingLimitedliteraryawardin2010.HelivesinAucklandwithhisfiancéeanddaughter.

AL BROWNAlBrowniscelebritychef,TVpresenter,writer,fishermanandco-ownerofWellingtonrestaurantLogan Brown.Heco-starredinthehugelysuccessfulTVshow“HungerfortheWild”,starredinTVOne’s“Coasters”with“GetFresh”inthepipeline.Heistheauthoroftheaward-winningGo Fish,basedaroundhisloveoffishingandseafoodandiswritingStoked,focusingonmeatcookeryandourloveofcookingoverwoodfires.

KATHRYN BURNETTAsatutorKathrynBurnettisbothinspiringandentertaining.Andshe’snoslouchinthewritingdepartmenteither–sheisascreenwriter,playwright,authorandQantasMediaaward-winningcolumnist.Herplay“Mike&Virginia”(co-writtenwithNickWard)wasproducedinthe2011ComedyFestivalandshehasaccumulatednumerousTVandfilmcredits(including“StreetLegal”,“TheStrip”,“Amazing

ExtraordinaryFriends”and“LoveBirds”).Inadditiontowriting,KathryncreatesandrunsBrainStormcreativity/brainstormingclassesandworkshops.

SANDY CALLISTERDr.SandyCallisteristheauthorofThe Face Of War: New Zealand’s Great War Photograph(AUP2008).InthisbookSandyexaminesthemedicalarchivesoftheNewZealandsoldierswhounderwentreconstructiveplasticsurgeryforextensivefacialinjuries.Thesearchivesencloseaworldofbodilytraumaandwartimehorror.SheiscurrentlyaStoutResearchCentreFellowresearching19th-centuryphotographyandVictorianNewZealandfemininecultureforaforthcomingexhibitionandbook.

PHILIPPA CAMPBELLPhilippaCampbellistheLiteraryManagerofATCandoneofNewZealand’smostexperienceddramaturges.Sheisalsoknownforherworkasaproducerofshort,documentaryandfeaturefilmsincluding“Rain”,“No.2”,“BlackSheep”and“RubbingsFromaLiveMan”.

MIKE CHUNNMikeChunnisCEOofthePlayItStrangeTrustwhichimplementsmusicprogrammesforNewZealandschools(playitstrange.org.nz).Theseincludesongwritingcompetitions;BandofStrangersconcertsandukuleleorchestras.From1992to2003ChunnwasDirectorofNewZealandOperationsfortheAustralasianPerformingRightAssociation(APRA)whichrepresentsNewZealandsongwritersinthecollectionofpublicperformanceandbroadcastroyalties.HehaspublishedseveralbooksincludingtheSplitENZbiographyStranger Than Fiction.HelivesinAuckland.

HAMISH CLAYTONHamishClaytonwasborninHawke’sBayin1977andeducatedatHastingsBoys’HighSchool.HeholdsdegreesinArtHistoryandEnglishLiteraturefromVictoriaUniversityofWellington,

whereheiscurrentlyworkingonaPhDinEnglishLiterature.HewritesregularlyforArt New ZealandandNew Zealand Books.Wulf (Penguin2011)ishisfirstnovel.

CRAIG CLIFFCraigCliff’sfirstcollectionofshortstoriesA Man Melting (Vintage2010)wonBestFirstBookfortheSouthEastAsia&Pacificregioninthe2011CommonwealthWriters’Prize.TheNew Zealand HeraldhasdescribedCraigas“anelectrifyingnewvoiceontheNewZealandwritingscene,”andhewashewasnamedthe“hotwriter”for2011bytheSunday Star Times.

JAN CRONINJanCroninisaseniorlecturerintheDepartmentofEnglishatTheUniversityofAuckland.SheteachescontemporaryIrishliterature(includingClaireKeegan’sshortstories)atundergraduatelevel.CroninistheauthorofThe Frame Function: An Inside-Out Guide to the Novels of Janet Frame(AUPMay2011)andco-editorofFrameworks: Contemporary Criticism on Janet Frame(2009).

STUART DEVENIEStuartDevenie’sdistinguishedcareerhasspannedthreedecades.Hehastakenleadrollsinmanywell-lovedplays,anddirectedtheATC.Stuarthasappearedinnumeroustelevisiondramas,including“MercyPeak”and“SpinDoctors”,andheisalsooneofNewZealand’stopvoiceoverartists.

BARBARA DREAVERBarbaraDreaveristhePacificCorrespondentforTVOneNews.ShewasbornandraisedinKiribatiandlivedinandworkedintheCookIslandsbeforemovingtoNewZealand.Shehasbeenajournalistfor20yearsworkinginprint,radioandtelevision.

TREASA DUNWORTHTreasaDunworthisaSeniorLecturerattheUniversityofAucklandwheresheteachesandresearchesinInternational

Law.ShehaspublishedinternationallyandwithinNewZealand,andhercurrentmajorresearchprojectsrelatetotheroleofinternationallawinNewZealanddomesticlaw,theaccountabilityofinternationalorganisationsanddisarmament.

PETER ELLIOTTPeterElliotthasaperformancecareerspanningthirtyyears.WellknowntoAucklandtheatreaudiences,hehasalsoappearedinnumerousproductionsthroughoutthecountry.Hehasstarredinover30televisionshowsasanactor,andwrites,presentsandsometimesproducesdocumentariesfortelevision.HeisthepublicfaceofCivilDefenceadvertising,hostsafishingcompetitionshowonSkySport1andiscurrentlyworkingonanarchitectureseriesforTVOne.

BRIAN FALKNERBrianFalkneristheaward-winningauthorofseveralnovelsincluding,The Flea Thing, The Real Thing, The Super Freak, The Tomorrow CodeandBrainjack.HewasborninAucklandandgrewupontheNorthShore.Hehasbeenamotorcyclecourier,ditchdigger,dishwasher,radiojournalistandannouncer,copywriter,graphicdesignerandinternetdeveloper.BrianmovedtoQueenslandearlyin2011.

FIONA FARRELLFiona’sfirstnovel,The Skinny Louie Bookwonthe1993NewZealandBookAward.OthernovelshavebeenshortlistedfortheMontanaNZBookAwardandnominatedfortheInternationalDublinIMPACAward.HerpoemshavebeenwidelyanthologisedandhershortfictionhasappearedalongsideAliceMunroandHanifKureishi’sworkinHeinemann’sBest Short Stories.ShehasheldresidenciesinFranceandIrelandandin2007shereceivedthePrimeMinister’sAwardforFiction.Sheisthisyear’sBurnsFellowattheUniversityofOtago.

LAURENCE FEARNLEYLaurenceFearnleyistheauthorofeightnovels.Hersecondnovel,Room,was

shortlistedfortheMontanaNZBookAwardsin2001.Shehasbeenawardedthe2004ArtiststoAntarcticafellowship,the2006IslandofResidenciesfellowshipinTasmania,andthe2007RobertBurnsfellowshipattheUniversityofOtago.HerbookEdwin and Matildawasrunner-upinfictionfortheMontanaNZBookAwardsin2008.HernewnovelisThe Hut Builder(2010).LaurencelivesinDunedin.

MICHAEL FIELDMichaelFieldhasbeenanewspaperandagencyreporterfor40years,mostlycoveringtheSouthPacific.HeisbannedinfourPacificcountriesincludingFiji.AformerAgenceFrance-Pressecorrespondent,henowworksforFairfaxMediaandhasbeenacommentatoronRadioNewZealandNational’s“NinetoNoon”foroveradecade.OfteninIndiaortheSouthPacific,Field’shomebaseisAuckland.Swimming with Sharks: Tales from the South Pacific Frontline(Penguin)cameoutin2010.

LYNN FREEMANLynnFreemanisthePresenterofRadioNewZealandNational’s“TheArtsonSunday”.

KRIS GLEDHILLKrisGledhillspent20yearsasapractisinglawyer,latterlyspecialisinginrepresentingpersonsdetainedinprisonorinpsychiatrichospitals,beforemovingtoNewZealandin2006toundertakeaPhDintheareaofmentalhealthlawandhumanrights.AfacultymemberoftheUniversityofAucklandSchoolofLaw,histeachingincludesinternationalhumanrightslaw.

PAULA GREENPaulaGreenlivesonAuckland’swestcoast.ShehaspublishedfivepoetrycollectionswithAucklandUniversityPressaswellastheillustratedanthologyshewrotewith50children,Flamingo Bendalingo.Sheedited2007 Best New Zealand Poems,wasajudgeofthe2008NZPostSecondarySchoolPoetryCompetitionandisthepoetryreviewerfortheNew Zealand Herald.HerlatestcollectionisSlip Stream(2010)andshe

co-authored99 Ways into New Zealand PoetrywithHarryRicketts(Random2010).

MANDY HAGERMandyHagerisanaward-winningwriteroffictionfromWellingtonwhohaspublishedseveralbooks,poems,scriptsandnovels.UntilrecentlyshewasemployedbytheGlobalEducationCentre,whichactivelypromotes“changeforajustworld”,andtwoofhernovelshavebeenusedasthebasisofprogrammesforyoungpeopleatrisk.ShehasanMAinCreativeWritingfromVictoriaUniversityandisatrainedteacher.BookOneoftheBloodoftheLambtrilogy,The Crossing,wonthe2010NZPostChildren’sBookAwardforYoungAdultFiction:thethirdbookintheseriesisResurrection (2011).

DAVID HAIRDavidHairistheauthorofThe Bone Tiki,winnerofBestFirstNovel(YoungAdultFictionsection)atthe2010NZPostChildren’sBookAwards.The Bone TikianditssequelThe Taniwha’s TeararefantasynovelssetinNewZealand.Davidhasworkedprimarilyinfinancialservices,hasadegreeinHistoryandClassicalStudiesandlivedinNewDelhifrom2007to2010.Pyre of Queens(2011)ishisfirstbookinanewadventureseries.He’snowbasedinWellington.

LUCY HAMMONDSLucyHammondsisaCuratorofDesignCollectionsattheHawke’sBayMuseumandArtGallerywithexpertiseinfashionandtextiles.Sheisaco-authorofThe Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940(Godwit2010).

KIM HILLKimHillisabroadcasterandhostofRadioNewZealandNational’s“SaturdayMorningwithKimHill”.

DYLAN HORROCKSDylanHorrocksistheauthorofthegraphicnovelHicksvilleandthecomicbooksPickleandAtlas.Hehasalsowritten

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forDCComics,includingHunter: the Age of MagicandBatgirl.Heiscurrentlyworkingontwonewgraphicnovelsandrunsthewebsitehicksvillecomics.com.

PETER HOSKINGPeterHoskingisabarristerandtheExecutiveDirectoroftheHumanRightsFoundation.Since1996,hehasbeenaSeniorConsultanttotheUnitedNationsOfficeoftheHighCommissionerforHumanRights,theUnitedNationsDevelopmentProgrammeandtheRaoulWallenbergInstituteofHumanRightsandHumanitarianLaw.HealsocarriesoutconsultanciesfortheNewZealandMinistryofForeignAffairsandNZAIDandhasworkedextensivelyintheAsiaPacificandtheformerSovietUnion.From1988until1996hewasProceedingsCommissionerattheNewZealandHumanRightsCommission.

MICHAEL HURSTInacareerspanningmorethanthreedecades,MichaelhasbecomeoneofNewZealand’sleadingactorsanddirectors.AswellasbeingafoundingmemberofAuckland’sWatershedTheatrein1990,MichaelisapatronofTAPAC(TheAucklandPerformingArtsCentre),aTrusteeoftheAUSAOutdoorShakespeareTrust,anArtisticAssociateofTheSiloTheatre,aNewZealandArtsLaureate,andanOfficeroftheNewZealandOrderofMerit(ONZM).

LAURAINE JACOBSLauraineJacobs,PresidentoftheNewZealandGuildofFoodWriters,isanaward-winningfoodandwinewriterandthenewfoodcolumnistfortheNew Zealand Listener.FormerfoodeditorofbothFashion QuarterlyandCuisinemagazines,LaurainewashonouredwithanMNZMforservicestothefoodindustryin2009.SheistheauthorofseveralcookbooksincludingThe Confident CookandMatakana,andsheeditedtwocharitybooks,A Treasury of New Zealand Baking(2009)fortheNZBreastCancerSocietyandComfort – Food for Sharing(2010)fortheStarshipFoundation.In2010shealsoco-authoredThe New Zealand Vegetable CookbookwithGinnyGrantandKathyPaterson.

STEPHANIE JOHNSONStephanieJohnsonisaprize-winningnovelistwhoisalsoknownforherplays,shortstoriesandpoetry.Shehaswritteneightnovels,manyofwhicharepublishedinternationally,andisalsoascriptwriterfortelevisionandfilm.HermostrecentnovelisSwimmers’ Rope(2008).Sheco-foundedtheAucklandWriters’FestivalwithPeterWellsin1999andisaTrusteeoftheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.StephanieteacheswritingatAucklandUniversityofTechnology.

ALEXA JOHNSTON AlexaJohnstonspentnineteenyearsasacuratoratAucklandArtGalleryandisnowafreelancecuratorandwriter.HerillustratedbiographySir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Lifewaspublishedin2005.Shehassincepublishedtwobooksontraditionalbaking,Ladies, a PlateandA Second HelpinginwhichshecelebratestheskillsofpastgenerationsofNewZealand’shomebakers.HernextbookWhat’s for Pudding?(Penguin)willbepublishedinSeptember2011.

MIRIAMA KAMOMiriamaKamoisthepresenterofTVOne’sflagshipcurrentaffairsprogramme“Sunday”,forwhichshewonBestCurrentAffairsReporterattheQantasMediaAwardsin2005.SheisalsoananchorforTVNZ7’sNewsat8,aregularnewsreaderonTVOne,andpresentedcurrentaffairsprogramme“20/20”untilrecently.

ADRIAN KINNAIRD AdrianKinnairdisanAuckland-basedcartoonistandwriteroftheaward-winningNZComicsblog,From Earth’s End: fromearthsend.blogspot.com.Heiscurrentlyworkingonhisdebutgraphicnovelandisalsoeditingaforthcomingbookcollection,The Best of New Zealand Comics.

MARY KISLERMaryKislerisSeniorCurator,MackelvieCollection,InternationalArtatAucklandArtGalleryToioTämaki,whosecollectionresponsibilitiesrange

fromthe13thtothemid-20thcentury.Travellingwidelybothforresearchandpersonalpleasure,shehasalsoguidedseveralarthistorytripstoEurope.Since2001,shehastalkedaboutartonRadioNewZealandNational’s“SaturdayMorningwithKimHill”programme.Angels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections (Godwit)waspublishedin2010.

ELIZABETH KNOXElizabethKnoxistheauthoroftennovels,includingThe Vintner’s LuckwhichwonaMontanaNZBookAward,theTasmanianPacificRegionPrize,andhasbeentranslatedintoninelanguages.DreamhunterandDreamquakeearnedAmericanLibraryAssociationBestBookAwardsand,in2008,Dreamquake wonaMichaelLPrintzHonor.ElizabethlivesinWellington.

CHRIS LAIDLAW Inaremarkablydiversecareer,ChrisLaidlawhasbeenabestsellingauthor,racerelationsconciliator,TVcommentator,RhodesScholar,ambassador,conservationist,AllBlackandMemberofParliament.Heiscurrentlyhostoftheaward-winningRadioNewZealandNationalprogramme“SundayMorning”,andaWellingtonregionalcouncillorandcolumnist.

ANNABEL LANGBEINAnnabelLangbeinisoneofNewZealand’sbest-lovedfoodwritersandnowthestarofherowninternationalTVseries“AnnabelLangbeinTheFreeRangeCook”.Theluscioushard-coverbookthataccompaniestheserieshasbeenapublishingphenomenon,sellingmorethan120,000copiesinNewZealandinthefirstsixmonthsofitsrelease.Inacareerspanningalmost20years,Annabelhasself-published17cookbooks,whichhavesoldmorethan1millioncopiesworldwideandwonseveralmajorinternationalawards.

NICOLA LEGATNicolaLegatisthePublishingDirectorofRandomHouseNewZealandLtd.

Amagazinefeaturewriterformostofhercareer,shewasformerlytheeditorofMetro.SheisaTrusteeoftheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.

MICHELE LEGGOTTMicheleLeggottisanaward-winningpoetandliteraryscholarwhohaspublishedsixpoetrycollectionsandeditedseveralinfluentialanthologies.AProfessorintheDepartmentofEnglishattheUniversityofAuckland,sheisalsotheco-founderwithBrianFlahertyoftheNewZealandElectronicPoetryCentre(NZEPC).ShewastheInauguralNewZealandPoetLaureate(2008-2009)andwasmadeaMemberoftheNewZealandOrderofMerit(MNZM)in2008forservicestopoetry.Mirabile Dictu(AUP2009)ishermostrecentpoetrybook.

DOUGLAS LLOYD JENKINS

DouglasLloydJenkinsisthedirectoroftheHawke’sBayMuseumandArtGalleryandoneofNewZealand’sbest-knowncommentatorsandwritersonourdesignhistory,rangingfromarchitecturetoceramics.HislandmarkbookAt HomewastheMontanaNZBookAwardsNon-Fictionwinnerin2004.The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940(Godwit),co-authoredwithClaireRegnaultandLucyHammonds,waspublishedin2010togreatacclaim.

SARAH-KATE LYNCHSarah-KateLynchcomestothefestivalfreshfromNewYorkCitywhereshehasbeenresearchinghereighthnovelandpromotingherseventh,Dolci di Love,whichwaspublishedhereinMarchandintheUSAandAustraliainApril.Herpreviousnovels,Finding Tom Connor, Blessed Are, By Bread Alone, Eating with the Angels, House of PeineandOn Top of Everything havealsogivenhereveryexcusetotravel,eat,drinkandbemerry.

ANNAH MACAnnahMacwonthenationalschoolsPlayItStrangesongwritingcompetitionat15andtheSmokefreerockquest

femalemusicianawardat16.In2009shecompletedasongwriter’sscholarshiptoMemphis,wheresheplayedandwrotewithsomeofthebestsessionmusiciansontheplanet.Herfirstsingle“Home”wasselectedtofeatureonthe“GreatNewZealandSongbook”compilation,theonlyunsignedartistatthattimetofeature.Hersecondsingle“Focus”wasoneofthe20MostPerformedNewZealandsongsin2010.

FINLAY MACDONALDFinlayMacdonaldisanaward-winningcolumnist,presenterof“TalkTalk”andcontributorto“TheGoodWord”,bothonTVNZ7andSky77,aswellastheregularchairof“LATEattheMuseum”,aseriesofpaneldiscussionsandlivemusicattheAucklandMuseum.HeisaformereditoroftheNew Zealand ListenerandformercommissioningeditoratPenguinBooks.

LACHLAN MACKAYLachlanMackayiscurrentlytheInternationalAmbassadorinNewZealandfortheCouncilforaWorldParliamentofReligionswhichpromotes,internationally,inter-religiousandinter-culturaldialogue,collaborationandpeace.HehaspreviouslyservedasaNationalVice-PresidentandOfficerforPeaceandSecuritywiththeUnitedNationsAssociationofNewZealand.Overthepasteightyearshehashadinvolvementwithmanynon-governmentalorganisationsincludingAmnestyInternationalNewZealandandthePeaceFoundationinvariouscapacities.

TINA MAKERETITinaMakeretiwritesfictionandcreativenon-fiction.Herfirstcollectionofshortstories,Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa,waspublishedin2010byHuiaPublishers.In2009shewasthewinnerofthenon-fictioncategoryoftheRSNZManhirePrizeforCreativeScienceWritingandtheBestShortStoryinEnglishatthePikihuiaAwardsforMäoriWriters.SheiscurrentlywritinganovelinspiredbyhermixedheritageandtheMorioricultureaspartofaPhDinCreativeWritingatVictoria

University’sInternationalInstituteofModernLetters.ShealsoteachesLifeWritingatMasseyUniversity.

BILL MANHIREBillManhire’spublishedbooksincludeaCollected Poems(2001)andLifted(2006),plusmanyanthologies.HewastheinauguralTeMataEstateNewZealandPoetLaureatein1996-1997,receivedanArtsFoundationofNewZealandLaureateawardin2005,andin2007receivedthePrimeMinister’sAwardforPoetry.HedirectsthecreativewritingprogrammeatVictoriaUniversity,Wellington.HislatestbookofpoetryisThe Victims of Lightning (VUP)andhiseditedcollectionThe Best of Best New Zealand PoemsisoutinMay(VUP).

DEBORAH MANNINGDeborahManningisabarristerspecialisinginhumanrightslaw,currentlyconsultingwithaGeneva-basedhumanrightsorganisationwhichrepresentsvictimsofgravehumanrightsviolationsintheArabregion.ShewascounselfortheAlgerianrefugeeAhmedZaoui,successfullyrepresentinghiminthereviewofthefirstnationalsecurityriskcertificateissuedinNewZealand.SheisamemberofthesteeringcommitteeoftheAucklandCouncilforCivilLiberties.

DAVE MCARTNEYDaveMcArtneyisafoundingmember,withGrahamBrazier,oflegendaryKiwirockensembleHelloSailor,whichemergedfromtheashesofpost-counterculturalPonsonby.Morerecently,Dave’ssong“GutterBlack”hasenjoyedanother“life”asthemesongforhitTVseries,“OutrageousFortune”.DaveteachesMusicIndustrystudiesatMAINZandin2008reformedhis1980sband,ThePinkFlamingos,forshowsincludingsupportforawinerytourwithTheB52sandTheProclaimers.Currently,DaveiscompletinghisMA(music)throughWINTEC.

TIM MCBRIDECurrentlytheChairpersonoftheManagementCommitteeoftheHuman

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RightsFoundation,TimMcBridehasbeenactivelyinvolvedincivilrightsissuessincetheearly1970sasanadvocate,barrister,commentator,andlecturer.Heistheauthorofanumberofbooksinthefieldofcivilrights,mostrecentlytheNew Zealand Civil Rights Handbook(2010).Timisalsoco-authoroftheleadingbookonthePrivacyAct1993–The Privacy Act: A Guide(1994).

COLIN MCCOLLArtisticDirectorofATCandoneofNewZealand’sleadingtheatredirectors,ColinhasdirectedfortheNorwegianNationalTheatreandtheDutchNationalTheatre,aswellasmostleadingNewZealandandAustraliantheatrecompanies.Aco-founderofTakiRuaandformerArtisticDirectorofDownstageTheatre,ColinwasmadeanArtsLaureatein2007.

CILLA MCQUEENIn2009,CillaMcQueenwasnamedNewZealandPoetLaureate.ShehasbeenawardedtheNZBookAwardforPoetrythreetimesandheldnumerousfellowshipsincludingtheQEIIArtsCouncil’sScholarshipinLetters,theRobertBurnsFellowshiptwice,aFulbrightVisitingWriters’FellowshipandaGoetheInstituteScholarshiptoBerlin.ShewasawardedanhonorarydoctorateinliteraturebytheUniversityofOtagoin2008andin2010thePrimeMinister’sAwardforLiteraryAchievementinPoetry.

ARTHUR MEEKArthurMeek’snewplay“OntheUpside-DownoftheWorld”willbepremieredbyATCinJuly2011.ArecentMichaelKingFellow,Arthurhaswrittenextensivelyforstage,screenandradio.TheDownstageTheatreseasonofhisplay“CollapsingCreation”wonfourChapmanTrippTheatreAwards.ArthurwasafounderofmusicalcomedybandTheLonesomeBuckwhips,andmostrecently,co-wroteandanchoredthesatiricalnewscast“Feedback”fortelevision.

ANNA MILESAnnaMilesisanAucklandartdealerandpart-timelecturerintheSchoolofArtandDesignatAUT.Havingdecideditwasmoreproductivetobeachampionthanacritic,Annaopenedhergalleryin2003.FromanelegantWest-facingroom,onthefourthfloorofPeterBeaven’s1965-1967CanterburyArcadeBuildingat47HighStreet,sherepresentshighly-regardedartistsworkingwithinpainting,photography,ceramicsandjewellery.

PAULA MORRISPaulaMorris(NgätiWai)istheauthorofthreenovelsandastorycollection,Forbidden Cities,allpublishedbyPenguin,andtheeditorofThe Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories.She’salsotheauthoroftwoYAnovels,bothsupernaturalmysteries:Ruined,setinpost-KatrinaNewOrleans,andtheforthcomingDark Souls,publishedbyScholastic.AgraduateoftheIowaWriters’Workshop,PaulateachescreativewritingintheUSAandtheUK,andcurrentlylivesinScotland.

TIM MURPHYTimMurphyiseditoroftheNew Zealand Herald,thecountry’slargestdailynewspaper(circ.170,000)whichwasjudgedBestDailypaperinthe2010QantasMediaAwards.Currentlychairmanoftheindustry-wideMediaFreedomCommitteeofeditorsandnewsdirectors,hewasappointededitoroftheHeraldin2001,incorporatingtheeditor-in-chiefrolein2005.Murphyhasworkedonthepaperasareporter,atParliamentasapoliticalwriter,thenasheadofnewsanddeputyeditor,inthreeseparatestintsonstaff.

SHILA NAIRCo-authorofPurple Dandelion,ShilaNairstartedatShaktiasavolunteerinAugust2002andwasappointedRefugeAdvocate,thenManageroftwoShaktiRefugesandtheCrisisCallCentre.ShilabeganworkingforShakti’sNationalOfficein2004andwasappointedNationalCoordinatorin2005.Duringtheseyearsshewascloselyinvolvedin

theexpansionofShaktiasanationalorganization,includingsettingupaccreditedwomen’srefugesoutsideAuckland.SheiscurrentlyaqualifiedcounsellorwithShakti.

EMMA NEALEEmmaNealewasborninDunedinandraisedinChristchurch,SanDiegoCAandWellington.AftergainingherfirstliteraturedegreefromVictoriaUniversity,shewentontocompleteherMAandPhDatUniversityCollege,London.Shehaswrittenfournovels,andthreecollectionsofpoetry,aswellaseditedanthologiesofbothshortstoriesandpoetry.Sheteaches,worksinpublishingandlooksafterhertwoyoungsons.HerlatestbookisFosterling(Vintage2011).

CARL NIXONCarlNixonisashort-storywriter,novelistandplaywright.Hisfirstbook,Fish ‘n’ Chip Shop Song and other stories(Vintage2006)wenttonumberoneontheNewZealandbest-sellingfictionlistandwasshortlistedfortheCommonwealthWriters’PrizeBestFirstBook.HisdebutnovelRocking Horse Road(Vintage2007)sawhimdescribedas“amajortalent”byNorth and Southandwaslong-listedfortheDublinIMPACAwards2009.HisnewnovelisSettlers’ Creek(Vintage2010).IthasbeennamedbyreviewersfromtheNew Zealand Listener,theChristchurch PressandRadioNewZealandNationalasoneofthetopbooksof2010.

SUE ORRAucklandwriterSueOrristhecurrentBuddleFindlaySargesonFellowandagraduateofBillManhire’screativewritingprogrammeatVictoriaUniversityinWellington.Shehasbeenajournalistandeditor,andspenttwoyearsasGovernor-GeneralDameSilviaCartwright’sspeechwriter.ShehasworkedinEnglandandFrance,wheretwoofherthreechildrenwereborn.Shepublishedhersecondshort-storycollection,From Under the Overcoat (Vintage2011)inFebruaryandisnowworkingonanovel.

VINCENT O’SULLIVANVincentO’Sullivanisapoet,novelist,shortstorywriter,biographer,editorandessayist,andhaswrittenforstage,TVandradio.HereceivedthePrimeMinister’sAwardforLiteraryAchievementin2006,andhaswonMontanaAwardsonseveraloccasions.Hisnewcollectionofpoems,The Movie May Be Slightly Different(VUP2011)willbelaunchedduringthe2011AucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.

ROBYN PATERSONAgraduateofUnitec,forATCRobynmostrecentlystarredinthehitYoungandHungryproductionof“SitonIt”andreceivedtheShortandSweetFestivalPeopleandJudge’sChoiceawardforherrolein“IntroducingAnna”.Ontelevisionshehasrecentlyfeaturedin“GoGirls”,“TheAlmightyJohnsons”and“ShortlandStreet”.

EMILY PERKINSEmilyPerkinsisawriterofcontemporaryfiction,andthesuccessofherfirstcollectionofstories,not her real name,establishedherearlyonasanimportantwriterofhergeneration.Shehaswrittennovels,aswellasshortfiction,andherbookshavewonandbeenshortlistedforanumberofsignificantawardsandprizes.In2006sheheldtheBuddleFindlaySargesonFellowship,andtheresultingbook,Novel About My Wife,wontheoverallMontanaMedalforFictionorPoetryintheMontanaNZBookAwardsin2009andthe2008BelieverBookAwardintheUSA.EmilyteachesCreativeWritingattheUniversityofAucklandandpresents“TheGoodWord”onTVNZ7.HernovelThe Forrestswillbepublishedin2012.ShelivesinAucklandwithherfamily.

SEAN PLUNKETSeanPlunketco-hosted“MorningReport”onRadioNewZealandNationalfornearly15yearsandiscurrentlyahostonNewstalkZB,co-presenteronTV3’s“TheNation”andwritesamonthlycolumnforMetro.Heheldavarietyofpositionsindailynews

media,includingstintson“FairGo”,anumberofyearsasTV3politicalcorrespondentinthePressGallery,andtimewith“TheHolmesShow”.SeanhaswonanumberofQantasMediaAwardsforhisworkinbothradioandtelevision.

LEANNE POOLEYLeannePooleyisadocumentaryfilmmakerspecialisinginpolitical,socialandartisticthemes.Herwork–including“BeingBillyApple”,“ThePromise”and“HauntingDouglas”–hasbeensuccessfulbothlocallyandinternationally.Pooley’srecentdocumentaryontheToppTwins,“UntouchableGirls”,wasthehighestevergrossingdocumentaryatthelocalboxoffice.Pooley’scurrentlymakingadramatiseddocumentaryofErnestShackleton’s1914Antarcticexpedition.“IceCaptain”starsCraigParkerasFrankWorsley,theKiwisailorwhosuccessfullynavigatedarescuemissionacross800milesofocean.

JOANNA PRESTONJoannaPrestonisaTasmanautpoet,editor,andfreelancecreativewritingteacher.Heraward-winningpoemshavebeenwidelypublishedinNewZealandandinternationally,includinginBest Australian Poems(2004)andtheprestigious2007CarcanetanthologyNew Poetries IV.Herfirstcollection,The Summer King,wonboththeinauguralKathleenGrattanAward(NZ)andthe2010MaryGilmorePoetryPrize(Australia).ShehasanMPhilinCreativeWritingfromtheUniversityofGlamorgan(Wales),andisco-editorofKokakomagazine.

JOHN PSATHASAsthecomposerofceremonialmusicforthe2004Olympics,JohnPsathasisoneoftheNewZealandcomposerstomakeamarkoverseas,andhismusichasbeencommissionedandperformedbymanygreatinternationalartistsandorchestras.JohnistheAucklandPhilharmoniaOrchestra’scurrentComposer-In-Residence.

SARAH QUIGLEYSarahQuigleyisafictionwriter,poet,non-fictionwriterandreviewer.Shehaswonseveralhigh-profileawardsforherwriting,andherworkhasbeenwidelypublishedinNewZealand,theUK,theUSA,andGermany.HavingbeentherecipientoftheBerlinWriters’Residency,shenowlivesinBerlin.HernewnovelisThe Conductor(Vintage,May2011).

CHARLOTTE RANDALLCharlotteRandallistheauthoroffivenovels.Herfirstnovel,Dead Sea Fruit,wontheSouthEastAsian/SouthPacificsectionoftheCommonwealthWriters’PrizeforBestFirstBookandtheReedFictionAwardin1995.Hersecondnovel,The Curative,wasrunner-upintheMontanaNZBookAwards,madeintoaplayandserialisedfornationalradio.What Happens Then, Mr Bones?andThe Crocus Hour(2008)werefinalistsintheMontanaNZBookAwards.HersixthnovelisHokitika Town(Penguin2011).CharlottelivesinChristchurchwithherhusbandandtwochildren.

STEVEN RATUVADrStevenRatuvaisaseniorlecturerinPacificStudiesattheUniversityofAucklandandpresidentofthePacificIslandsPoliticalStudiesAssociation.

GRANT REDVERSGrantRedversledtheTaraArcticExpeditionfrom2006to2008–anice-lockedpolardriftintheschoonerTARA,thesamevesselasthelateSirPeterBlake’senvironmentalexplorationschoonerSeaMaster.Theexpedition,echoedtheArcticvoyageofNorwegianexplorerFridtjofNansenin1893aboardtheFram,andhadarotatingcomplementof20scientistsfromFrance,Estonia,Norway,RussiaandtheUSA.Datacollectedduringthevoyagehassincebeenincorporatedintoglobalclimatemodels.Grant’sbackgroundisinenvironmentalscienceandsailing,andhestudiedEnvironmentalandMarineScienceatTheUniversityofAuckland.HepublishedTara Arctic: A New Zealander’s Epic Voyage(FraserBooks)in2010.

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CLAIRE REGNAULTClaireRegnaultisacuratorwhosediversepracticeregularlyencompassesfashionandcostumedesign.AsSeniorCuratorofHistoryatTheMuseumofNewZealandTePapaTongarewa,sheoverseasthedevelopmentofournationalFashionandTextilecollection.Sheisaco-authorwithDouglasLloydJenkinsandLucyHammondsofThe Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940(Godwit2010).

ATKA REIDAtka(Kafedzic)ReidwasborninSarajevoin1970.AttheoutbreakoftheBosnianwar,shewasapoliticalsciencestudent.Duringthewar,sheworkedasareporterforalocalradiostationandasaninterpreterfortheforeignpress.UponherarrivalinNewZealandsheworkedasajournalistinChristchurch.ShelatergainedaDiplomaingraphicdesignandworkedasagraphicdesigner.SheandAndrew,theNewZealandphotojournalistshemetinSarajevo,liveinAucklandwiththeirtwosons.

VICTOR RODGERChristchurch-bornVictorRodgerisaplaywrightofSamoanandScottishdescent.In1998hisfirstplay,“Sons”,wonChapmanTrippAwardsforBestNewPlayandBestNewWriterandin2001hewontheBruceMasonPlaywrightAward.“MyNameisGaryCooper”waspresentedbyAucklandTheatreCompanyin2007,andhassubsequentlyreceivedreadingsinNewYorkandLondon.Hewasthe2009UrsulaBethellCreativeWritingResident(formerlyCanterburyUniversityWriterinResidence).Lastyearhisplay“VillagePeople”waspartoftheATCNextStageSeason.Heiscurrentlyworkingonthreenewtheatreworks:“Protection”,“AttheWake”and“FuckingGauguin”.

MORRIN ROUTMorrinRoutisjointProgrammeDirectorofThe PressChristchurchWriters’FestivalwithRuthTodd.

CHARLOTTE RYAN CharlotteRyanisthehostof“MorningGlory”on95bFMwhichgoestoaireveryweekdayfrom9amto12pm.CharlotteishugelypassionateaboutmusicandtheartsinNewZealandandwasrecentlynamed“RadioPersonalityoftheYear”inMetro.OriginallyfromChristchurch,shenowlivesinAucklandwithherfianceand3year-olddaughter.

THOMAS SAINSBURYThomasSainsburyhasbeenwritinganddirectingtheatreforthelastsixyears.HisplayshavebeenperformedintheUK,USA,Australia,NewZealand,FranceandGreece.Hisplays“TheMall”,“Loser”and“TheChristmasMonologues”havebeenpublishedbyPlayPress.HehasalsowrittenforTVandhiscomedy,“SuperCity”screenedearlierthisyear.

FIONA SAMUELFionaSamuelisascreenwriteranddirector,playwrightandactor.Herlatesttelemovie“BLISS–TheBeginningofKatherineMansfield”willscreensoononTVOne.Fiona’slasttelemovie“PieceofMyHeart”,aboutunwedteenagemothersin1960sNewZealand,screenedonTVOnein2009andwonSundayTheatre’shighestratingsoftheyear.Fionaiscurrentlywritingtwofeaturefilms,onebasedonatruestory,theotherentirelyfictional.

ANT SANGAntSang,wholivesandworksinAuckland,isanaward-winningcartoonist.Hewasoneoftheoriginalcreativesonthesuccessful“bro’Town”animatedTVseries.Authorandillustratorofthecelebrated“DharmaPunks”series,hehasacultfollowingamonggraphicnovelfansandcomicartaficionados.Shaolin Burning(HarperCollins2011)ishisnewgraphicnovel.

HANA SCHOFIELDHana(Kafedzic)SchofieldwasborninSarajevoin1979.ShespenttwoyearslivingasarefugeeinCroatiaduringthesiegeofSarajevo.In1995shearrivedinNewZealandwithherfamily,speaking

noEnglish.In2002shegraduatedfromtheUniversityofCanterburywithfirstclasshonoursinLawandabachelor’sdegreeinRussian.SincethenshehasworkedasalawyerforaleadingNewZealandlawfirm,andmorerecentlyforaCitylawfirminLondon.Hanaisalsoaqualifiedperformanceconsultant.SheismarriedtoJamesandlivesinAuckland.

IAIN SHARPIainSharpwasborninGlasgowandmovedtoNewZealandwhenhewaseight,andhaslivedmainlyinAuckland.HeworksasamanuscriptslibrarianintheSirGeorgeGreySpecialCollectionsdepartmentofAucklandCentralCityLibraryandalsoeditsthebookreviewpagesforMetro.Hispublicationsincludefourvolumesofpoetry,abookabouttheSpiritofAdventuresail-trainingprogramme,Sail the Spirit(Reed1994),thetextforReal Gold: Treasures of Auckland City Libraries(AUP2007)andtheillustratedbiographyHeaphy(AUP2008).

PETER SIMPSONPeterSimpsonisDirectorofTheHollowayPressattheUniversityofAuckland.Heisawell-knownwriter,editor,publisherandcuratorwhohaswrittenand/oreditedmorethanadozenbooksincludingRonald Hugh Morrieson(OxfordUniversityPress1982),Colin McCahon: The Titirangi Years 1953-59(AUP2007),and(mostrecently)Fantastica: The World of Leo Bensemann(AUP2011).Aprolificwriter,hisarticlesandreviewshaveappearedinnumerouspublications.

CRAIG SISTERSONLawyerturnedjournalistCraigSistersonhaswrittenforadiverserangeofmagazines,newspapers,andwebsitesinseveralcountriesaroundtheworld.Inrecentyearshe’sintervieweddozensofNewZealandandinternationalauthors,andwrittencrimefiction-relatedarticlesfortheNew Zealand Listener,Weekend Herald, Herald on Sunday, NZLawyerandGood Readingamongothers.Heblogsaboutcrimefictionatwww.kiwicrime.blogspot.com,andin2010helpedestablishtheNgaioMarshAward,NewZealand’sfirst-everawardforindigenouscrimefiction.

CHRIS SLANEChrisSlaneisanaward-winningcartoonist,whoseworkispublishedintheNew Zealand Listener, New Zealand HeraldandMetro.Hehasalsopublishedcartoonbooks,agraphicnovel,anddoneworkforTV.

ELIZABETH SMITHERElizabethSmitherisaprize-winningpoetandauthoroffiveshortstorycollectionsandfivenovels.The Lark Quartet(AUP2000)wontheMontanaNZBookAwardforPoetryin2000,andshewasthefirstwomanTeMataEstatePoetLaureate(2001-2003).ShewasawardedthePrimeMinister’sAwardforLiteraryAchievementinPoetryin2008.AucklandUniversityPresshasjustpublishedherwriter’sjournal,The Commonplace Book; a writer’s journey through quotations.HerlatestnovelisLola(Penguin2010).ShelivesinNewPlymouth.

STEPHEN STRATFORD StephenStratfordhaspublishedmorethanadozenbooks,mostlynon-fiction.Hehaseditedmorethan100otherbooks,andcurrentlyrunsthemanuscriptassessmentserviceWriteRight.HeisaNZSocietyofAuthorsrepresentativeontheBoardofCopyrightLicensingLtd.HisjournalismworkincludeswritingforQuote Unquote,MetroandtheNew Zealand Listener.AfoundingtrusteeoftheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestival,StephenhasalsobeenajudgeoftheSpectrumBookDesignAwards,theMontanaNZBookAwards,andheconvenedthejudgesforthe2010NZPostBookAwards.HelivesnearCambridge.

ROBERT SULLIVANRobertSullivan(NgäPuhi–NgätiManu/NgätiHau;KäiTahu;Irish)haspublishedsevenbooksofpoemsincludingCassino City of Martyrs(Huia2010)andShout Ha! to the Sky(Salt).Heco-editsonlinejournalTroutandhasco-editedBest New Zealand Poems 2006,withAnneKennedy,andMauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English II (AUP2010)withAlbertWendtandReinaWhaitiri.UntilrecentlyDirectorofCreativeWritingattheUniversityof

Hawai‘iatMänoa,heisnowheadofthenewcreativewritingschoolatManukauInstituteofTechnology.

FARIDA SULTANAFaridaSultanaisanextraordinaryMuslimwomanandsinglemotherwhostartedShakti–thefirstethnicwomen’srefugeNewZealand.Beingasurvivorofviolenceandabuse,Faridaisastrongadvocateagainstallformsofviolenceandculturalandreligiousoppressionagainstwomen.ShaktihasgrownintothelargestethniccommunityorganisationinNewZealand,bringingtogetherwomenandfamiliesofover42differentethnicities.FaridahasbeenawardedaQSMforherwork,andPurple Dandelion(Exisle2010)isthestoryofherlife.

APIRANA TAYLORApiranaTaylor(NgätiPorou,TeWhänau-ä-Apanui,andNgätiRuanui)isknownforhispowerfulpoetryreadingsandmagicalstorytelling.Hecomesfromalonglineofwriters,actorsanddirectors.Attheageof21heoptedoutofuniversity,putanotebookinhisbackpackandstartedwalkingaroundNewZealandwritingpoetryashewent.HehasheldwritersresidencesatbothMasseyandCanterburyUniversitiesandwonnumerousawardsforhispoetry,shortstories,playsandacting.Hismostrecentbookofpoetryisa canoe in midstream(CUP2009).HelivesinPaekakariki.

RUTH TODDRuthToddisjointProgrammeDirectorofThe PressChristchurchWriters’FestivalwithMorrinRout.

JANE USSHERJaneUssherisoneofNewZealand’sforemostportraitphotographers,bestknownfortheimpressivebodyofworkshedevelopedduring29yearsaschiefphotographerattheNew Zealand Listener.Sincethen,shehasgainedrecognitionforherimagesoftheinteriorsofScott’sandShackleton’shutsintheAntarcticandnowworksasafreelancephotographerforavarietyofNewZealandtitles.In2009,Janewas

madeaMemberoftheNewZealandOrderofMeritforhercontributiontophotography.

GEOFF WALKERGeoffWalkerhasbeenoneofNewZealand’smostexperiencedpublishers.HerecentlysteppeddownaspublishingdirectorofPenguinNewZealand,wherehepublishedanumberofNewZealand’sleadingauthors,includingLloydJones,MauriceGee,PatriciaGrace,MichaelKingandAnneSalmond.Geoffisnowworkingasafreelancepublishingconsultant.

FRANCES WALSHFrancesWalshbeganherwritingcareerfreelancingforFashion Quarterly,theNew Zealand ListenerandMetromagazinesbeforejoiningthestaffofMetrowheresheworkedasanaward-winningjournalist,andartsandbookseditoruntil2008.ShecurrentlyworksasatradeunionistandlivesinAuckland.

VINCENT WARDOneofNewZealand’sdefiningfilmmakers,VincentWardtrainedoriginallyinfineartsatIlamandcontinuestopainttoday.FromhisseminaldocumentaryIn Spring One Plants Alone,tointernationalindiefavouritesThe NavigatorandMap of the Human Heart,throughtoHollywoodblockbustersAlien 3, What Dreams May Come(whichwonanOscarforvisualeffects)andexecutiveproducingThe Last Samurai,Vincent’sstrongvisualsensibilityishissignature.HelivesbetweenAuckland,SydneyandLosAngeles,anddrawstogetherkeyimagesandstoriesfromhislifeandcareerto-dateinarecentbook,The Past Awaits: People, Images, Film(CraigPotton2010).

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BARNABY WEIRBarnabyWeirisacornerstoneofourcapital’smusicscene–mostwell-knownforbeingthefrontmanofTheBlackSeeds,heisalsooneofthefoundersofFlyMyPrettiesandhashisownsideprojectFlashHarry.TheBlackSeedshavecountlesssell-outNewZealandandAustralasiantoursbehindthem,andregularlyperformatmanyofEuropeandNorthAmerica’sbiggestfestivals.FlyMyPrettiesisacriticallyacclaimed,livemultimediamusicalcollaboration.CurrentlyBarnabyisfocusingonhissolowork,afterreleasinghisdebutsoloalbum“TarotCardRock”.

PETER WELLSPeterWellsistheauthorofnumerousaward-winningbooksandanacclaimedfilmwriteranddirector.In2006PeterwasmadeaMemberoftheNewZealandOrderofMeritforservicestoliteratureandfilm.Heco-foundedtheAucklandWriters’FestivalwithStephanieJohnsonin1999,andisaTrusteeoftheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestival.

ALBERT WENDTAlbertWendtisoftheäigaSa-Su‘aofLefagaandtheäigaSa-PätäofVaiala,Samoa.Poet,novelist,short-storywriter,playwrightandpainter,heisProfessorEmeritusofEnglishatTheUniversityofAucklandandwasmadeCNZMin2001forhisservicestoliterature.HismostrecentbooksareversenovelThe Adventures of Vela(Huia2009)whichwonthe2010CommonwealthWriters’PrizefortheAsiaPacificregion,andheco-editedtheanthologyMauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian Poems in English II(AUP2010).

REINA WHAITIRIReinaWhaitiri(KäiTahu)wasborntoaPäkehamotherandaMäorifather.ShehastaughtEnglishattheUniversityofHawai’iandTheUniversityofAuckland,co-editedtwovolumesofpoetrybyMäoriandPacificIslandwritersandisaneditorandresearcherofMäoriandPacificliterature.ShecurrentlylivesinAucklandwithherpartner,AlbertWendt.Hermostrecentbookistheco-editedanthologyMauri Ola: Contemporary Polynesian PoemsinEnglishII(AUP2010).

KENNETH YOUNGAregularconductorwithNewZealand’sleadingorchestras,KennethYoung’smusicaldevelopmentbeganinhisteens,whenateacherencouragedhimtowrite,conductandstudy.Kenhasreceivedcommissionstowritemusicformanyorchestrasandartsorganisations,andheistheAucklandPhilharmoniaOrchestra’scurrentComposerMentor.

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Autumns of Jacob de Zoet, which

was long-listed for the 2010 Man

Booker Prize, is a finalist for the

Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

Ingrid Betancourt was a

Colombian presidential candidate

when she was kidnapped by FARC, a

brutal terrorist guerrilla organisation,

who held her captive from 2002

to 2008. She writes about this

experience in her book Even Silence

Has an End. Ingrid Betancourt has

received numerous awards and

honours, including France’s Légion

d’honneur.

Described by Colum McCann as the

most thrilling literary discovery in

years, Tea Obreht is one to watch.

She was the youngest author on The

New Yorker’s Top 20 Writers under

40 List, and one of the youngest

authors ever to be extracted in the

magazine. The Tiger’s Wife is an

enrapturing, timeless debut from a

mesmerising new voice.

From the moment he joined The

Sunday Times, A.A. Gill has wanted

to interview places – to discover the

personality of a place as if it were a

person, to listen and talk to it. A.A.

Gill Is Further Away is a selection of

Gill’s best writing from the last five

years. It is a wonderful, insightful

and funny collection by a well-

known journalist and critic.

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BOOKING GUIDE

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SPECIAL EVENTS

AUCKLAND PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA AND THE AUCKLAND WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL PRESENT

WORKS WITH WORDS

01. WEDNESDAY MAY 11 — 8.00-10.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

Kiwitexts,KiwicomposersandKiwiactorStuartDeveniecombineforaprogrammeofuniquelyNewZealandorchestraland“spokenword”works.Inanexcitingpartnershipbetweenmusiciansandauthors,sixcomposersselectedNewZealandpoetryandprosethatspoketothempersonally,andworkedwiththeAucklandPhilharmoniaOrchestra’sComposer-in-ResidenceJohnPsathasandArtsLaureateStuartDevenietoproducenewpieces.Don’tmissthisstirring,movingandastoundingperformance.

EulogyYvetteAudain/OliviaMacassey“Eulogy”Antonyms of TrustChrisAdams/SamMahon“AntonymsofTrust”Scenes from ParihakaStephenMatthews/RobertSullivanThe Lover’s KnotRobbieEllis/ReneeLiangAttention! AlexanderLawtherTaylorWhite FeathersJohnElmsly“ForaChildatNagasaki”,JamesKBaxter“SonnettoMacArthur’sEyes”,R.A.K.Mason“Somethoughttheysaw”,BasilDowling“Axis”,CillaMcQueen“Papa-tu-a-nuku”,HoneTuwhareSpecial thanks to Dame Jenny Gibbs.

LUNCH WITH FATIMA BHUTTO

02. THURSDAY MAY 12 — 12.00-2.00PM SOUL BAR & RESTAURANT

FatimaBhutto’sfather,MirMurtazaBhutto,wastheeldersonofformerPrimeMinisterofPakistanZulfikarAliBhutto,andthebrotherofformerPrimeMinisterofPakistanBenazirBhutto.InSeptember1996,14-year-oldFatimahidinawindowlessdressingroom,shieldingherbabybrotherasshotsrangoutsidethefamilyhomewhereherfatherwasmurderedbypolice–herauntwasPrimeMinisteratthetime.Hoursearlier,Fatimahadpromisedherfathershewouldwritehislifestoryoneday.Songs of Blood and Sword: A Daughter’s Memoirisasearchtouncoverandunderstandthetruthofherfather’slifeanddeath,andrevealsthetragichistoryofapoliticaldynastysynonymouswiththevolatilepoliticalhistoryofPakistansinceitsindependencein1947.Introduction: Lachlan Mackay.

NEW ZEALAND LISTENER

GALA NIGHT

FROM A TO Z

03. THURSDAY MAY 12 — 7.00-8.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

Aliteraryfestivalhonoursthetraditionofstorytellingbyitsveryexistence,acknowledgingtheimportanceofliteracyandtheskillsneededtocommunicatethosestories.InthetraditionofTheMothintheUSA,wherestorytellingeventsselloutwithin48hours,andtheBookCouncil’s“TrueStoriesToldLive”eventsinAuckland,festivalguestssharepersonalstoriesinspiredbythealphabet.Unscriptedandunmediated–besurprised,entrancedandentertained.FatimaBhutto,FionaFarrell,JamesFergusson,A.A.Gill,KarenHealey,Rives,VictorRodgerandMegRosoff.MC: Miriama Kamo.

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08. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 7.00-10.00PM MONTECRISTO ROOM

Anotheryear,anotherPoetryIdolisborn.IdolEmpressPennyAshtonencouragestenfledglingandexperiencedslampoetsalongwithfellowjudges,the2004USASlamChampionRives,ourownqueenofpoetryTusiataAvia,andstoryteller,musicianandperformancepoetextraordinaireApiranaTaylor.Wantanaudition?Pleasevisitwww.writersfestival.co.nzforinformationonhowtobookone–andforprizeinformation.

MICHAEL CONNELLY & “THE LINCOLN LAWYER”

09. TUESDAY MAY 24 — 6.00-8.30PM CINEMA 2, EVENT CINEMAS, QUEEN STREET

6.00-6.40pm Q&A with Michael Connelly

6.40-8.30pm “The Lincoln Lawyer” screening

Thisismega-starcrimewriterMichaelConnelly’sonlyappearanceinAucklandandwe’reveryexcitedtoofferyouthechancetospendtheeveningwithhimonTuesday24May.Michaelwilltalkwithcrimebuff,bloggerandNgaioMarshAwardjudgeCraigSistersonaboutthefilmandhisnewbook,The Fifth Witness,beforeyouenjoyaprivatescreeningof“TheLincolnLawyer”.He’llbeonhandtosignbooksafterthefilm–seatsarelimited,sogetinquick!

AN EVENING WITH A.A. GILL

04. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 7.30-9.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

AcclaimedwriterA.A.Gillisfamousforhiswitandtrenchantviews.HeistheTVandrestaurantcriticforThe Sunday TimesandacontributingeditortoGQ,Vanity Fair andAustralian Gourmet Traveller.Hiswriting–whetheronfood,restaurants,travel,TV,orhumanfrailty(oftenhisown)–islaugh-out-loudfunny.HisnewbookHere and There,isacollectionoftravelpiecesselectedfromhismonthlycolumn“A.A.Gillisaway”inAustralian Gourmet Traveller.Witty,acerbicandmoving,hisperspectiveisoftencontroversialandalwaysunique–hereheisinconversationwithchef,televisionpresenter,fishermanandaward-winningwriterofGo Fish,AlBrown.

HIGH TEA: DELICIOUS WORDS

05. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 3.30-5.00PM THE LANGHAM, AUCKLAND

IndulgeinAuckland’sfinestHighTeaintheGrandBallroomatTheLanghamandenjoyadiscussionwithsomeofNew

Zealand’smostpopularfoodwriters,AnnabelLangbein,AlBrownandSarah-KateLynch,andspecialguestA.A.Gill.These“rock-stars”oftheculinaryworldwilldiscusswhyrecipeandfoodbookshavebecometheultimatebedtimereadingandexaminetheharderissuesofwheretheprintedwordandrecipewritingisheadedinthenewageofinternetbloggingandcompetitivetelevisioncookery.Chair: Lauraine Jacobs.

SATURDAY NIGHT RIVES

06. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 8.30-10.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“This is the one thing I think people get twisted about a poet. They think that you are up there to bare your soul. I’m up there for a lot of reasons – soul-baring is one of them. But I am a performer, so I will lie to you. I will try to make you laugh and I will try to break your heart . . .”Rives,PerformancePoet

Rivesisapoetandmulti-mediaartistfromLosAngeleswhoappliesnewtechnologiestoancientartforms.HehasappearedonRomanianbillboards,inScottishpubsandinsidea1964CadillacwithasupermodelfortheBravoTVspecial“IronicIconicAmerica.”Heistheco-hostoftheannualTEDActiveconference,receivesregularovationsatTEDConferences,andhasappearedonmultipleseasonsofHBO’sDefPoetryJam.Hewasthe2004NationalPoetrySlamchampionand,offstage,hedesignsandwritespop-upbooks.Hispoemsburstinmanydirections,exposingmultiplelayersandunexpectedtreats:childhoodmemories,grown-uphumour,notionsofloveandlust,ofwhatislostforeverandofwhat’sstillouttherewaitingtounfold.Postsbythosewhodiscoverhimonlinefrequentlyusetheword“genius”ormentiontheword“love”:fanshavehadhislinestattooedontheirbodies.

Don’tmissthephenomenonthatisRives(rhymeswith“weaves”).

LUNCH WITH MADHUR JAFFREY

07. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-3.00PM THE LANGHAM, AUCKLAND

FeastonauthenticIndiancuisinecreatedbytheLangham’sownIndianchefswithdishesbasedonMadhurJaffrey’srecipes.SpecialisingindishesfromthedifferentregionsofIndiaandshowcasingthediversityofthisvividculture,theLangham’sIndianchefsuseonlyauthenticIndianherbsandspicestocreatetastycurryandTandoordishesstraightfromtheoven.ThenenjoytherareopportunitytospendtimewithnotedworldauthorityonIndianfoodandfetedactressMadhurJaffreyasshesharesanecdotesfromherlifeandbooks,includinghermouthwateringmemoir,Climbing the Mango Trees,andherlatestbestsellingcookbook,Curry Easy.MC: Lauraine Jacobs.

POETRY IDOL

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Calzone Dough2 1/2 teaspoons active yeast granules,4 teaspoons sugar, 3 tablespoons warm water, 3 3/4 cups fl our, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 cup milk, 1 egg

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Place in a lightly oiled bowl and cover with plastic fi lm. Allow to rise until doubled, about 2 hours.Knead the dough lightly. Divide into 6 even pieces. Shape each piece into a ball. Flatten with your hand then roll each piece into an oval about 4-5 mm thick.

To prepare the fi lling, warm the garlic in the oil over low heat for about 3 minutes.Place about 1/3 of a cup of the antipasto mix in the centre of each oval. Sprinkle with the thyme and pepper. Brush the egg and water around the outside edge of the dough. Cover with a towel and rest for 10 minutes.Fold each oval in half and press the edges together with your fi ngertips. Brush the tops with the garlic-infused oil. Place each calzone on an oiled baking tray. Preheat the oven to 190˚C. Bake the calzone for about 20 minutes. Serve hot. Serves 6.

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FRIDAY MAY 13

NO REGRETS, EDITH PIAF

10. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 10.00-11.00AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

BiographerCarolynBurkebringsthelegendaryFrenchchanteuse,EdithPiaf,tolife.Raisedbyturnsinabrothel,acircuscaravanandaworking-classParisianneighbourhood,Piafbegansingingonthecity’sstreetsandwasdiscoveredbyaChamps-Élyséescabaretownerbeforebecominganovernightstar,seducingParis’seliteandthepeopleofitsslumsinequalmeasurewithherpassionate,powerfulvoice.Shehadtumultuousloveaffairs,struggleswithdrugs,alcohol,andillness,andtookpartintheResistance.JoinCarolynforajourneythroughPiaf’slife,musicandParisinthefirsthalfofthe20thcentury.Chair: Carole Beu.

PURPLE DANDELION

11. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 10.00-11.00AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Purple DandelionisthetruestoryofFaridaSultana,aMuslimwomanandsinglemotherwhoseearlylifeinBangladeshledhertoquestionthetraditionsofIslamicculture.Anarrangedmarriageat18tookhertowar-tornIranwithherhusbandandyoungdaughter,beforeeventuallysettlinginNewZealand.Havingexperienceddomesticviolence

herself,shewasconsciousofthemanyimmigrantwomensufferingunderoppressiveconditionsinNewZealand,andshesetupShakti,ourfirstethnicwomen’srefugewhichhelpswomenandfamiliesofover42differentethnicities.ShehasalsoworkedinAsiaandtheMiddleEastencouragingwomentocondemnviolenceandclaimtheirhumanrights.Shediscussesherlife,andtheexperiencesandstrugglesofthesecourageouswomen,withco-author,ShilaNair.

CLIMBING THE MANGO TREES

12. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 11.30AM-12.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“Venisonkebabsladenwithcardamom,tinyquailswithhintsofcinnamon,chickpeashootsstir-friedwithgreenchilliesandginger,andtinynewpotatoesbrownedwithflecksofcuminandmangopowder”.Hungryformore?MadhurJaffrey’smouthwateringbook,Climbing the Mango Trees,isoneofthemostlovedfoodmemoirsofalltime.Hearherinpersonasshetalksaboutherastonishinglife,herfamilyandthefoodwithLadies, A PlatewriterAlexaJohnston.Supported by the Asia: New Zealand Foundation.

WAR WOUNDS

13. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 11.30AM-12.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

JayWinteristheCharlesJ.StilleProfessorofHistoryatYaleUniversityandoneoftheworld’smostdistinguishedWorldWarOnehistorians.HiscontributiontotherecentbookWar Wounds: Medicine and the Trauma of Conflictisachaptertitled“ShellshockandthelivesoftheLostGeneration”.Hetalksaboutthewoundsofwar–physicalandemotional–withDrSandyCallister,authorofThe Face of War: New Zealand’s Great War Photography.

THE GREAT DISRUPTION

14. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 1.00-2.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“The evidence does, in fact, suggest that what we’re getting now is a first taste of the disruption, economic and political, that we’ll face in a warming world. And . . . there will be much more, and much worse, to come.”PaulKrugman,February6,2011

SixyearsagoPaulGildingforecastaninevitablecrashoftheglobalecosystem–hisviewin2011isthattheglobalcrisisisnolongerjustanenvironmentalissue,andhowwerespondnowwilldecidethefutureofhumancivilisation.WorldfoodpriceshitrecordhighsinJanuary2011,drivenbyhugeincreasesinthepricesofwheat,corn,sugarandoils.Extremefloods,droughtandtemperaturesareallclearsignalsthattheecologicalsystemisatitslimit,strainedbyaneconomywhichhasgrowntoobig.Paulbelieveswecancomeouttheothersideofthis“GreatDisruption”inbettershape–andhe’sheretotellushow.Chair: Grant Redvers. Supported by The Australia Council for the Arts

WHAT’S ON

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LAURENCE FEARNLEY, EMMA NEALE &

CHARLOTTE RANDALL

15. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 1.00-2.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Threewritersfromthesouthhavepublishedstunninganddiversenovelsinthelastyear:LaurenceFearnley(The Hut Builder),EmmaNeale(Fosterling),andCharlotteRandall(Hokitika Town).Allthreenovelsbringtolifeafascinatinggalleryof“outsiders”:respectively,Boden,ashyyoungbutcherfromasmall1940sCentralOtagotownwhobecomesoneofNewZealand’smostfamouspoets;ayoungman,foundunconsciousinremoteforest,whois7fttallandcoveredinhairresemblingananimalpelt,hisidentityamystery;andyoungHalfie–whobycontrasthasmanynamesappliedtohimbyothers–a“coinboy”in1865HokitikaduringtheGoldRush,andanacuteobserveroftheadultsaroundhim.Chair: Carole Beu.

ANGELS & ARISTOCRATS

16. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 2.30-3.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

HighlyrespectedAucklandArtGalleryToioTämakicuratorandrenowned“artdetective”MaryKislerbringshersumptuousbookAngels & Aristocrats: Early European Art in New Zealandtolife.HerregulartalkswithKimHill

onRadioNewZealandNationalarealwaysenlighteningandfullofgreatbackground.Heretheydiscuss–withpictures–the“sleepingbeauties”orforgottentreasuresofourpubliccollections.

SHORT AND SWEET

17. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 2.30-3.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

ClaireKeegan(Antarctica, Walk the Blue Fields, Foster),TinaMakereti(Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa)andSueOrr(Etiquette for a Dinner Party, From Under the Overcoat)willdoareadinganddiscussthejoysandperilsofwritingshortfictionwithpoetPaulaGreen.

TALK TO THE TALIBAN

18. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 4.00-5.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

JamesFergusson’sworkasaforeigncorrespondenthasgivenhimuniqueaccesstotheTaliban.Hisfirstencounterwasin1996inPakistan;thefollowingyearhereportedfromMazar-i-SharifinnorthernAfghanistan,coveringthatcity’sfalltotheTaliban.In1998hebecamethefirstwesternjournalistinmanyyearstointerviewthefugitivewarlordGulbuddinHekmatyar.From1999to2001heworkedinSarajevoasapressspokesmanforOHR,theorganisationchargedwithimplementingtheDayton,OhiopeaceaccordthatendedBosnia’ssavagecivilwarin1995.Hisfirstbook,Kandahar

Cockney,toldthestoryofMir,hisPashtunfixer-interpreterwhomhebefriendedinMazarandhelpedgainpoliticalasyluminLondon.ThecontactshemadethroughMirinformedhissecondbookA Million Bullets,anaccountofNato’scampaigninHelmandin2006.Inhislatestbook,Taliban,hechartstheextraordinaryriseoftheworld’smostnotoriousreligiousmovement,andarguesthattheWest’sbidtowinAfghan“heartsandminds”isdoomedtofailifwepersistwiththecurrentmilitarystrategy.Whydopoliticianspersistinclaimingthatonlyabeefed-upmilitarypresencecanpreventthereturnofal-Qaeda,whenallthesignsarethatitactuallyrecruitssupportforthem?Shouldwe,instead,betalkingtotheTaliban?Whatmightanegotiatedsettlemententail,andwhataretheimplicationsforAfghansandfortheWest?Chair: Sean Plunket.

AN HOUR WITH GAIL JONES

19. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 4.00-5.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

GailJonesisoneofAustralia’smostgiftedandrespectedwriters,renownedforherintenselypoeticprose,andcriticallyacclaimedforhershortstoriesandfivenovels–Black Mirror, Sixty Lights, Dreams of Speaking, Sorryandmostrecently,Five Bells.ThelatteropensatCircularQuaywithanexultantdescriptionofSydneyharbourwhichiswherewemeetthefourmaincharacters,all“immigrants”ofasort.Thenovelis,unusuallyforJones,character-driven–herworkowesasmuchtocinemaasliterature:“Idostilltendtostartwithanimage,notacharacter”.Acomplexandpowerfullydescriptivenovel,itexplorestheimpactofunresolvedgriefonmemoryandthefluidityoftime,theredemptivepowerofreading,identity,andAustralia’s

placeinAsia.ShetalkswithwriterandfestivalfounderStephanieJohnson.Supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.

SECRETS OF THE BRAIN WITH

BARBARA STRAUCH

20. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 5.30-6.45PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize BarbaraStrauchistheScienceEditoratThe New York Times,andaPulitzerPrize-winningteamleaderfromherdaysatNewsday.Inhersparetime,shehaswrittentwobooksonthehumanbrain:The Primal Teen: What the New Discoveries About the Teenage Brain Tell Us About Our Kids,andmostrecentlySecrets Of The Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents Of The Middle-Aged Mind.ShediscussesherdiscoveriesandtheintricaciesofthehumanbrainwithKimHill.

BarbaraStrauchwillalsobeannouncingthewinnerof2011RoyalSocietyofNewZealandScienceBookPrize,awardedforpopularsciencewritinginNewZealand,duringthisevent(seeroyalsociety.org.nz).Supported by The Royal Society of New Zealand.

POETS LAUREATE

21. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 5.30-6.45PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

ThisisarareopportunitytoseeNewZealandPoetsLaureategathertogetherforaspecialcelebrationofthepost.CurrentPoetLaureateCillaMcQueen(2009-2011)joinsherpredecessors*inauguralPoetLaureateBillManhire(1997-1999),ElizabethSmither(2001-2003),JennyBornholdt(2005-2007)andMicheleLeggott(2008-2009)toperformfortenminuteseach,beforetalkingaboutwhatitmeanstoholdthetitle.MC: Fiona Farrell.

*BrianTurner(2003-2005)isoverseas;andwehonourthememoryofthelateHoneTuwhare(PoetLaureate1999-2001).

This free event is supported by the National Library of New Zealand, a group within the Department of Internal Affairs.

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AN HOUR WITH DAVID MITCHELL

22. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 10.00-11.00AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

DavidMitchellisoneofthemostpopularandphenomenallytalentednovelistsofourage.FromtheastonishingCloud AtlastoNumber9Dream,fromBlack Swan GreentohismostrecentnovelThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet,hehasshownabreathtakingvirtuositywithlanguage,rhythm,genre,characterisationandinsightintohumanbehaviour.Andhe’soneofthenicestmenyoucouldeverhopetomeet.DavidtalkswithEmilyPerkins.

AN HOUR WITH SARAH-KATE LYNCH

23. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 10.00-11.00AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Sarah-KateLynchagainmixesfood,travel,love,lossandlaughterinhernewnovel,Dolci di Love.NewYorkerLilyhasjustfoundoutherperfecthusbandhasbeenhavingthechildrenshecouldn’thavewithsomeoneelse–inasmallhilltoptowninTuscany.Violettaisthe“spiritualleader”ofTheSecretLeagueofWidowedDarners,anall-butinvisiblearmymendingbrokenheartsinthatsameTuscantown.DestinywillbringLilyandViolettatogether,butbiscotti

willchangeboththeirlivesforever.Sarah-KatetalkswithMaggieBarryaboutinfertility,infidelity,youth,oldage,Italianbaking,NewZealandmagazines,herever-growingarmyoffans,andherbooks!

PUBLISHING PANEL24. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 10.00-11.00AM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Publishingisadaptingatarapidratetomajorchangeintheindustryworldwide:panellistswilldiscusstheunexpectedbonuses,andcasualties,ofthelastfewyears.What’sthebestcourseofactionforanaspiringwriterin2011?AndwhataretheoptionsforaNewZealandwritertogettractioninternationally?Chair: publishing consultant Geoff Walker.

WegratefullyacknowledgeCreative New Zealand’s Te Manu Ka Tau, Flying Friends International Visitors Programmeforhostingastellargroupofinternationalpublishersandagentsfromwhichpanellistsforthiseventwillbechosen:guestsincludePeterRobertson(InternationalLiteraryQuarterly),NikkiChrister(RandomHouseAustralia),HalWake(VancouverInternationalWriters’Festival),TomMayer(W.W.Norton,USA),BarbaraRozycki(Badcock&RozyckiLiteraryScoutsUK),AlvinaLing(Little,BrownUSA),AlexisWasham(RandomUS),StevenMaat(Bruna,Netherlands)andKaoMing-Mei(HsinYiPublications).PleasechecktheFestivalwebsiteinAprilforconfirmedspeakers.

AN HOUR WITH FATIMA BHUTTO

25. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 11.30AM-12.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” MilanKundera

In1996,whenFatimaBhuttowas14,herfatherMurtazaBhutto,anelectedmemberofparliament,waskilledbythepoliceinKarachiduringthepremiershipofhissister,BenazirBhutto.Hersearchtouncoverthetruthofhislife,anddeath,andthehistoryoftheBhuttodynastyisdocumentedinSongs of Blood and Sword.Anoutspokencriticofheraunt,andthecurrentPakistanigovernment,FatimatalkswithTreasaDunworthaboutthebook,andhumanrightsviolationsinPakistan–“thelocaladministrationisunwillingandunabletoprotectthepeople,thepolicearepartoftheprocessofviolence,thecourtsareinthegovernment’shands,andthemediaisgoingthroughaperiodofnoticeableself-censorship,ifnotoutrightcensorship.”Supported by The Asia: New Zealand Foundation.

THE MOVIE MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTAN HOUR WITH VINCENT O’SULLIVAN

26. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 11.30AM-12.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

VincentO’SullivanisoneofNewZealand’sleadingwritersinalmosteverygenre–heisanoutstandingpoet,shortstorywriter,playwright,novelist,biographer,editorandessayist,andaninternationalauthorityonKatherineMansfield.Isthereanythinghecannotdo?StephenStratfordtalkstohimabouthisrecentfictionandhislatestpoetrycollection,The Movie May Be Slightly Different,whichwillbelaunchedatthisfestival.

FIND SPECIAL EVENTS. WORDY DAY OUT. WORKSHOPS. FREE EVENTS. BOOK AT WWW.BUYTICKETS.CO.NZ OR PHONE 09 357 3355

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INSIDE STORIES

27. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 11.30AM-12.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

FrancesWalsh’sInside Stories: A History of the New Zealand Housewife 1890-1975isacompendiumofdomesticitysourcedfromthemanywomen’smagazinesandpagesoftheperiod.Itrevealsasmuchabouthowwomenpitchedthemselvesandtheirjob,astheirrelationshipwithmagazineswhichdeliveredupapromiscuousmixofgenresandviews.TheauthortalkswithAnnaMilesofthemyriadandsometimessurprisingwaysinwhichresourcefulNewZealandwomendealtwiththetyrannyofkeepinghouse,keepinghim,andkeepingsane–atleastthestrategiestheyadmittedtoinprint.Illustratedwithimagesfrommagazines.

NAOMI ORESKES AND THE MERCHANTS

OF DOUBTTHE MICHAEL KING MEMORIAL LECTURE

28. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 1.00-2.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“Doubtisourproduct,”rantheinfamousmemowrittenbyonetobaccoindustryexecutivein1969,“sinceitisthebestmeansofcompetingwiththe‘bodyoffact’thatexistsinthemindsofthegeneralpublic.”There’snodenying“doubt”iscrucialtoscienceanddrivesitforward,but

italsomakesscience,andscientists,vulnerabletomisrepresentation.NaomiOreskesco-wroteMerchants of DoubtwithErikConway:animportantandabsorbinghistoryofagroupofhigh-levelUSscientistsandadviserswithdeepconnectionsinpoliticsandindustry.Thesameindividualssurfacerepeatedly:claimingthatthescienceofglobalwarmingis“notsettled”,denyingthetruthofstudieslinkingsmokingtolungcancer,coalsmoketoacidrain,andCFCstotheozonehole.WearehonouredtohaveNaomiOreskesgivetheMichaelKingMemorialLecture,withanintroductionbytheScienceEditoroftheNew York TimesBarbaraStrauch.

CARL NIXON & SARAH QUIGLEY

29. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 1.00-2.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Coincidentally,CarlNixonandSarahQuigleywerefriendsathighschoolanduniversityinChristchurch–botharenowacclaimedwritersandtheycatchuptotalkabouttheirlatestwork.Quigley’sThe ConductorissetinLeningrad,besiegedbyNazitroopsin1941;thecomposerDmitriShostakovichspendshisdaysdiggingditchestodefendhiscity,andhisnightscomposinganewsymphonicwork.Nixon’s Settlers’ Creek,whichreviewersnationwidenamedasoneofthetopbooksof2010,isbycontrastverymucha“NewZealand”novel,exploringtheclaimsofbothindigenouspeopleandmorerecentsettlerstohaveaspirituallinktotheland.Chair: Graham Beattie.

EMERGING WRITERS

30. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 1.00-2.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

It’salwaysatonictohearfreshvoices.CraigCliffwonBestFirstBookfortheSouthEastAsia&Pacificregionofthe2011CommonwealthWriters’PrizewithA Man Melting,storieswhichmovefromtheseriousandrealistictothehumorousandoutlandish,eachcopyinganelementfromthelastinakindofevolutionarychain.HamishClayton’sfirstnovelWulf,setinearly19thcenturyNewZealandoffthecoastofKapiti,seesEnglishtraderJohnStewarttrytotradewithTeRauparahaandintheprocessstartatrainofeventsthatchangethecourseofourhistory.TinaMakereti,whowonthenon-fictioncategoryofthe2009RoyalSocietyManhirePrizeforCreativeScienceWriting,haspublishedacontemporaryandmythicalcollectionofshortstories,Once Upon a Time in Aotearoa.Enjoy.Chair: Iain Sharp.

AN HOUR WITH CLAIRE KEEGAN

31. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 2.30-3.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“Foster puts on display an imposing array of formal beauties at the service of a deep and profound talent . . . She brings a thrilling synaesthetic instinct for the unexpected right word, and exhibits patient attention to life’s vast consequence and finality . . . a high-wire act of uncommon narrative virtuosity.”RichardFord

ClaireKeeganisanexceptionallygiftedandversatilewriter,amasteroftheshortstory,andanabsorbingspeakeronthismuch-lovedformandwritingingeneral.Foster,anextendedversionofthestorywhichwonthe2009DavyByrnesIrishWritingAward,isanachinglybeautifulwork.Twopreviousaward-winningcollections,AntarcticaandWalk the Blue Fieldswerepublishedtoenormouscriticalacclaim,andconfirmedherstatusasoneofIreland’sgreatesttalents.ClairetalkswithJanCronin.

THE DRESS CIRCLE

32. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 2.30-3.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Contrarytopopularopinion,NewZealandfashiondidn’tbegininthelate1990swhenfourdesignerscreatedastirwiththeirstylishdarkgarmentsontheLondoncatwalks.Itshistoryis,infact,alongandrichone,andnoonetellsitbetterthanLucyHammonds,DouglasLloydJenkinsandClaireRegnault,whospentoverthreeyearstrackingdownouroverlookedandinsomecasesentirelyforgottenfashionpioneersandheroes,uncoveringatreasure-troveoffabulousfrocks,coats,ballgownsandbijoupiecesalongtheway.Whattheyfoundcontradictsthenotionthatwe’vealwaysbeenanationofbaddressers–seetheevidenceinanillustratedsessioninspiredbyThe Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940.Chair: Peter Wells.

LAW INTO ACTION33. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 2.30-3.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

HowtobetterprotectandenhanceourfundamentalhumanrightscontinuestobeaconcernofmanyNewZealanders.Duringthepastyeartwomajorlegalbooksinthisareahavebeenpublished–thelatesteditionofTimMcBride’s

New Zealand Civil Rights Handbook(CraigPottonPublishing);andtheHumanRightsFoundation’sLaw into Action: Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Aotearoa New Zealand(ThomsonReuters).TheFoundationisanon-governmentalorganisationestablishedin2001topromoteanddefendhumanrightsthroughresearch-basededucationandadvocacyinNewZealand.TimMcBridegetsthissessionunderwaywithalight-heartedaccountentitled“MakingCivilRightsLawAccessible:A40-YearJourney”,followedbyDeborahManningandKrisGledhillinconversationwithPeterHosking,theFoundation’sExecutiveDirector,aboutourhumanrightsrecordandcurrentareasofmajorconcern.

AN HOUR WITH INGRID BETANCOURT

34. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 4.00-5.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

On23February2002,IngridBetancourt,wasaColombianpresidentialcandidateonherwaytoameetinginSanVincente.Stoppedbymendressedinmilitarygarb,sheinstinctivelylookeddownattheirshoes.“Theywereblackboots...I’dbeentaughthowtoidentifyboots.Iftheywereleather,itwasthearmy;iftheywererubber,itwastheFARC.Thesewererubber.”Sobeganhersixandahalfyearordeal,heldhostageinthejunglebyabrutalterroristguerrillaorganisation.Even Silence Has an Enddescribeshernumerousescapeattempts,theharrowingphysicalandemotionalconditionsandthepsychologicalimpactofintensedeprivation,theconstantneedtomovecampswhichentaileddaysoftrekkingthroughdensejungleinchains,andthecomplexhumanrelationshipswhichdeveloped–bothwithfellowprisonersandcaptors.Ultimatelyweareinspiredbyherdeterminationtoclingtoherhumanity,andthedignityandcompassionshesomehowmanages

tomaintaininthefaceofextremeprovocation.Chair: Chris Laidlaw.

ANTARCTICA

35. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 4.00-5.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Attheturnofthe20thcentury,Antarcticawasthefocusofoneofthelastgreatracesofexplorationanddiscovery.Mensetofffromtheirhutsinsearchofadventure,scienceandglory,andsomeneverreturned.WarsintervenedandthehutswereleftastimecapsulesofEdwardianlife.In2009,JaneUssherandSteveBrauniastravelledtoAntarcticaonassignment.Janerecorded“theunusual,thehiddenandminutiaeofthesesites”ineerilybeautifulphotographsforStill Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton.BrauniastooksolaceinacopyofDanielDefoe’sA Journal of the Plague YearwhichhadbeenleftinthehutatCapeBird.Later,hedevotedasectionofSmoking in Antarcticatohis“ColdDaysinHell”,andwonthe2010CathayPacificTravelWriteroftheYear.TheytalkwithFinlayMacdonaldabouttheirexperience–illustratedwithJane’sheartbreakingphotographs.

SCRIPT TO SCREEN

36. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 4.00-5.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Howdofilmmakersbringourcountry’srichhistorytolifeforthescreen,creatingbothcompellingdramaandtruthfulre-presentationsofhistory?

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Award-winningwriter/producerPaulaBoock(The Insider’s Guide to Happiness,Until Proven Innocent)andactor/writer/directorFionaSamuel(Piece of My Heart,Outrageous Fortune)havebothlookedtoourpastfortheirlatestdramaprojects–Boock,theTangiwaidisaster(Tangiwai),andSamuel,KatherineMansfield’searlylife(Bliss).DocumentaryfilmmakerLeannePooley(Untouchable Girls,Haunting Douglas)talkstothemabouttheprocessofturningtruestoriesintodramaforthescreen.Presented by Script to Screen.

GOODBYE SARAJEVO

37. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 5.30-6.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

InMay1992,HanaSchofieldandAtkaReidwerecaughtinthemiddleofwhatbecamethebloodiestEuropeanconflictsinceWorldWarTwo.HanaistwelveyearsoldandboardsoneofthelastUNevacuationbusestofleethebesiegedcityofSarajevo.Her21-year-oldsisterAtkastaysbehindtolookaftertheirfiveyoungersiblings.Theysaygoodbyethinkingthey’llbeapartforonlyamatterofweeks,butastheBosnianwarescalates,monthsgobywithoutcontact.AsarefugeeinCroatia,Hanaisalongwayfromhomeandfamilyanddesperatefornews;Atka’sdailylifeispunctuatedbysniperandmortarattacksanddesperatefoodshortagesassheandthefamilystruggletosurvive.Nineteenyearslater,bothsistersliveinAuckland.Goodbye Sarajevotellstheircompellingstoryofcourage,survival,andtheunexpectedturnofeventsthatbroughtthemandtheirfamilytoNewZealand.TheysharetheirstorywithLynnFreeman.

THE BEST OF BEST NEW ZEALAND POEMS

38. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 5.30-6.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

TusiataAvia,PaulaGreen,CillaMcQueen,BillManhire,EmmaNeale,VincentO’Sullivan,ElizabethSmitherandRobertSullivanperformliveincelebrationofthepublicationofThe Best of Best New Zealand Poems.MC: Fergus Barrowman.

INSPIRING WORKSPRESENTED BY THE

AUCKLAND THEATRE COMPANY

39. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 6.00-8.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Whatworksinspireawriter?Whodotheylooktoforgreatcraft,technique,ideas?JohnGuare’scontemporaryclassic“SixDegreesofSeparation”isoneworkthathasinspiredVictorRodger,leadingNewZealandplaywrightandtelevisionscriptwriter.AucklandTheatreCompanypresentsapublic

readingoftheplayfeaturingJenniferWard-Lealand,MichaelHurst,PeterElliott,PaulBarrett,RobynPaterson,ArthurMeekandThomasSainsbury.DirectedbyColinMcColl.

InspiredbythetruelifestoryofaflamboyantconartistwhoconvincedwealthyresidentsinManhattanthathewasthesonofactorSidneyPoitier,“SixDegreesofSeparation”isacaptivatingstudyofsociety’spretensionsexposedbyoneman’sself-confidenceandimagination.Guare’sprize-winningplayscratchesbeneaththesurfaceofaworldobsessedwithmoneyandfame.Howcananyonebesurepeoplearewhotheysay theyare?ThereadingwillbefollowedbyadiscussionchairedbyPhilippaCampbell,withVictorRodger,PaulaMorris,ColinMcCollandthecast.

THIS ONE’S FOR CHRISTCHURCH

41. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 7.00-8.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

“If I set things down on a page and put words to the feelings, I feel more in control,”wroteFionaFarrellinanemailtoherfriendsaweekafterthedevastatingearthquakeonFebruary22.“Everything will have to be reconfigured, reimagined, our internal maps of the place will have to be redesigned.”FiveCanterburywriters–CarlNixon,FionaFarrell,JoannaPreston,TusiataAviaandSarahQuigley–reflectontheirexperiencesandpaytributetotheir“lost”city.Chairs:RuthToddandMorrinRout,ProgrammeDirectors,The PressChristchurchWriters’Festival.Pleasenote:TheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestivalwillsupportThe PressChristchurchWriters’Festivalthroughthisevent.

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I SHALL NOT HATE

42. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 9.45-10.45AM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

DrIzzeldinAbuelaishwasbornandraisedinJabaliarefugeecampintheGazaStrip.Heworkedandstudiedhard,married,hadsevenchildren,andwasasuccessfulandrespecteddoctorandinfertilityexpertwholivedinGazaandworkedattheGernerInstituteattheShebahospitalinTelAviv.InJanuary2009,threemonthsafterhiswifediedsuddenlyofundiagnosedleukemia,threeofhisdaughtersandaniecewerekilledwhenamissilehittheirbedroomduringtheIsraeliincursion.DaughtersMayar,Aya,andhisniece,Noor,weredead.HisotherdaughterShathawasbleedingprofusely,onefingerhangingbyathread.Thenasecondblastkilledathirddaughter,Bessan.Despitegriefandshock,Abuelaishdidwhathecouldtohelptheinjured.Hecalledafriendtohelpgetambulancestohishouse:televisionjournalistShlomiEldarwasonalivenewsshowinaChannel10studioinTelAviv.Heart-rendingfootageofthecallshowsEldarlistening,holdingbacktears,asAbuelaishcriesforhelp.I Shall Not Hateis“anecessarylessonagainsthatredandrevenge”(ElieWiesel).ItisanenlighteningstoryofAbuelaish’slife,atributetohisdaughtersandwife,andacallforpeace.DrAbuelaishtalkswiththeeditoroftheNew Zealand Herald,TimMurphy.Supported by Bloomsbury Publishers.

AN HOUR WITH AMINATTA FORNA

43. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 9.45-10.45AM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

AminattaFornawasborninGlasgowandraisedinSierraLeone,WestAfrica.Shewasapopularguestatthe2003festivalwhenshevisitedAucklandonpublicationofhermemoirofherdissidentfather,The Devil that Danced on the Water.We’redelightedtowelcomeherbackwithhersecondnovel,The Memory of Love–astoryaboutfriendship,warandobsessivelove–whichhasjustwonBestBook(Africaregion)inthe2011CommonwealthWriters’Prize.Chair: Vancouver International Writers’ Festival director Hal Wake.Supported by the Commonwealth Foundation.

LEO BENSEMANNINSIDE/OUTSIDE:

LEO BENSEMANN’S PLACE IN NEW ZEALAND ART AND LITERATURE

44. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 9.45-10.45AM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

PeterSimpsoncreatedthistalkoriginallyfortheChristchurchArtGallery–itwastobegivenon23Februaryinassociationwiththeexhibition,curatedbyPeterandNoelWaite,“LeoBensemann:AFantasticArtVenture”–thefirstmajorsurveyofBensemann’sversatilecareer.DuetoChristchurch’sdevastatingearthquake,thetalkwascancelled,butisresurrected

here.Illustratedwithcopiousimages,PeterexploresBensemann’sparadoxicalplaceinourculturalhistoryasbothapivotalinsiderwithinkeyinstitutionssuchasTheCaxtonPressandTheGroupwhilebeinginhisownworkachallengingandfantasticaloutsider,radicallyoutofstepwithhiscontemporaries.Introduction: Peter Wells.

OPEN MIKE POETS, YOU’RE UP

45. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 10.00AM-1.00PM AIR NZ FOYER, LEVEL 5, AOTEA CENTRE

Afestivalinstitution,OpenMikeshootsunpublishedpoetsontothestagealongsidestarsofthepoetryfirmament.Onthehour,establishedpoetsperformfortenminutes.Therestofthetime,five-minuteslotsareavailabletoanyonewhowantstoread–justputyournamedownontheboardontheday.PleasevisitthefestivalwebsiteinAprilforalistofthepoetsappearingandtheirappearancetime.

SAVING THE WORLD

46. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 11.15AM-12.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

There’snodenyingweliveinatimeofmajorupheaval–innature,politicsandeconomics.Arewefacingthesixthmassextinction?Thedinosaurswerethebigloserslasttime–whatfuturespecieswilllookbackonextincthumanswithamixtureofaweandterrorattheirachievementsanddrivetoself-destruction?PaulGilding,NaomiOreskes,GrantRedversandFredAllendorfwrestlewithwhatwe’vedone,ornotdone,toprotectourselvesandourenvironment,andwhy...andwhatweneedtodointhefuture.Willhumans’deepawarenessoftheirevolutionaryconnectionwithalllifeonEarth

providethebasisforethicalactioninrespondingtothecurrentthreatstoourplanet,itsanimals,itsplants,anditspeople?Orwill“merchantsofdoubt”obscureourfateuntilitistoolate?Chair: Sean Plunket.Supported by The Allan Wilson Centre.

GRAPHIC NOVELS, COMICS & CARTOONS

47. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 11.15AM-12.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

AntSangisthecreatorofthecelebratedDharma Punkscomicseries,wasoneofthecreatorsof“bro’Town”,andhasanewgraphicnovelout,Shaolin Burning.ChrisSlaneistheaward-winningcartoonistwhoseworkregularlyappearsinournewspapersandmagazines,andco-authoroftherecentlypublishedgraphicnovelNice Day for a War.DylanHorrocksistheauthorofseminalgraphicnovelHicksville,comicbooksPickleandAtlas,haswrittenforDCComicsandpublisheswebcomicsathicksvillecomics.com.KarenHealeyistheauthorofthecriticallyacclaimednovelGuardian of the Dead,co-founderoffeministcomicswebsiteGirl-Wonder.organdiswritingaPhDonsuperherocomicsasfan-createdtext.TogethertheydiscussthemediumtheyloveanditscontinuedevolutionwithAdrianKinnaird,cartoonistandwriteroftheaward-winningNewZealandComicsblog,From Earth’s End.Thisillustratedeventwillgiveyouanexclusivelookbehindthescenesofthestorytellingprocessandartisticcreationofagraphicnovel,amustforallaspiringcartoonists!

MAURI OLA

48. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 11.15AM-12.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Mauri Olaisthefollow-upvolumetothehighlyacclaimedWhetu Moana,thefirstanthologyofPolynesianpoemsinEnglish,editedbyPolynesianeditors–AlbertWendt,ReinaWhaitiriandRobertSullivan.Theytalkaboutandreadfromthenewanthologywithguestpoets,includingApiranaTaylorandTusiataAvia.

AN HOUR WITH DAVID VANN

49. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

“CaribouIsland gets to places other novels can’t touch . . .Though it wears the clothes of realism – the beautiful exactness of the language, the unerring eye for detail – it takes us someplace darker, older, more powerful than the daylit world. This Alaska with its salmon boats and trash dumps becomes a stage for ancient stories of survival and will and connection and love, and also, in the end, the failures of love.”TheNewYorkTimesBookReview

“Transfixing and unflinching . . . full of finely realized moments . . . Comparison with Cormac McCarthy is fully justified.” TimesLiterarySupplement(UK)

DavidVann’sLegend of a Suicideannouncedastartlingnewvoice–an

Alaskanvoice,oneofbeauty,sorrowandsubtlety.ThereviewsforCaribou Islandhavebeenfulsomeintheirpraise,andheisbeinghailedas“agreatAmericanwriter”.DavidtalkswithBillManhire.

FANTASY: FREEDOM ALL ROUND

50. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Dowriterslikewritingfantasybecausetheycantackleserioussubjectmatterwithouthavingtomakeclaimsofrelevancetothe“real”world?Non-realistfictionisliberatingforthewriter,andalsofreesthereaderfromapre-existingawarenessofwhatthey’resupposedtothink,orhowthey’remeanttorespond.Perhapsthisiswhyfantasyissopopularwiththeyoungadultmarket–itdoesn’tdictatewhattothinkorhowtofeel.FantasywritersGarthNix,CassandraClare,MargoLanaganandElizabethKnoxtellPaulaMorriswhattheyloveaboutthegenre.

COMMONWEALTH WRITERS’ PRIZE

51. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

2011 Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Regional WinnersAminattaForna,WinnerBestBook,Africa:The Memory of LoveCraigCliff,WinnerBestFirstBook,

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SouthEastAsia&Pacific:A Man Melting DavidMitchell,WinnerBestBook,SouthAsia&Europe:The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet

The2011CommonwealthWriters’PrizeregionalwinnersCraigCliff,AminattaFornaandDavidMitchellareontheirwaytotheSydneyWriters’Festivalfortheannouncementoftheoverallprize.Jointhemforreadingsandaconversationwithpublisherandfestivaltrustee,NicolaLegat.Supported by the Commonwealth Foundation.

AN HOUR WITH TÉA OBREHT

52. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

TéaObrehtwasbornin1985intheformerYugoslavia,andspentherchildhoodinCyprusandEgyptbeforemovingtotheUnitedStateswhenshewas12.WhenThe New YorkerrananexcerptpreviewingherfirstnovelThe Tiger’s Wifeinits2009Fictionissue,itwasclearanastonishingnewtalenthadarrivedintheworldofcontemporaryfiction.Chair: Paula Morris.

AN HOUR WITH VINCENT WARD

53. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

“The Past AwaitsisjampackedwithbreathtakingimagesfromVincent’smanyfilmsovertheyearsaswellassomeverypersonalinsightsandanecdotesfrombehindthecloseddoorsoftheHollywoodstudios...andthereisquitealotofpoetryinthere.”Eva Radich, Radio New Zealand

Revelinanhourwithoneofourmostoriginalandinventivefilmmakers,VincentWard,ashetalksabouthislife,hisartandhisworkwithbFM’sCharlotteRyan.IllustratedwithimagesfromhismesmerisingbookThe Past Awaits: People, Images, Film,andmaybeeventheoddbitofpoeticprose...

SONGWRITERS SPEAK

54. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 2.30-3.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

DaveMcArtney(HelloSailor,PinkFlamingos)andBarnabyWeir(TheBlackSeeds,FlyMyPretties)talktoMikeChunnabouttheirsongs,thesongwritingprocess,andtheirexperiencesinthemusicbusiness.Supported by APRA/AMCOS.

PEACE PLEASE

55. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

IzzeldinAbuelaishisaPalestiniandoctorwhohelpedIsraelicouplesasafertilityexpertworkinginIsrael.HelostthreedaughtersinanIsraeliincursionin2009,andhaswritten

I Shall Not Hateasatestamenttothem,andacallforpeace.IngridBetancourtreturnedtoColombiaafterstudyinEuropetomakeadifference,shehoped,asapolitician.ShewastakenhostagebyFARCandheldhostageintheColombianjungleforoversixyears:Even Silence Has an End recordsherharrowingexperience,butperhapsmoreimportantlylaysoutherinternalstruggletounderstandhumanity,forallitsfaults.HanaSchofieldandAtkaReiddescribethemultitudeofwaysinwhichtheiryoungliveswererippedapartbythe1990sBosnianwarinGoodbye Sarajevo.Allfourwritershavewritteninspiringstoriesof“courageunderfire”,and–inevitably–aimtoinfluencereadersbydescribingtheirfirst-handexperienceofviolenceandconflict.TheytalkwithRobertSullivan,authorofCassino: City of Martyrs.

SWIMMING WITH SHARKSTALES FROM THE SOUTH

PACIFIC FRONTLINE

56. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 4.00-5.00PM LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

Swimming with SharksisrovingreporterMichaelField’sabsorbingaccountoffirst-handexperiencesasanewspaperandagencyreporteroffortyyears.TheSouthPacificisinthemidstofcalamitoustimes.Peopledieinanti-ChineseriotsinPapuaNewGuinea,reportersarecensoredinFiji(FieldisbannedinfourPacificcountries,includingFiji),andcountriesliketheSolomonIslandsandTongaliveinnon-democratictwilightzones:oneoccupiedbyforeignpowers,theothercontrolledbyanageingking.Itisaregionravagedbyongoingtragedy,bothnaturalandman-made.Disarminglyfrank,MichaeltalkswithDrStevenRatuvaandTVOneNewsPacificCorrespondentBarbaraDreaver.

THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT AWARDS

57. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 5.00-6.15PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE

JoinusforacomplimentaryglassofwineandalookintothefutureofNewZealandwriting.TheLongandtheShortofItisUnityBooks’andSport ’sinauguralcompetitionforthebeststoryunder1,000wordsandover10,000words,judgedbyElizabethKnox,BillManhireandEmilyPerkins.ThetwowinnerswillreadfromtheirwinningstoriesandbeinterviewedbyEmily.

GetyourcopyofafreshlymintedSport 39,andtoastthelaunchofThe Long and Short of Itbook.

THE GRAND FINALE

58. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 5.30-6.30PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE

So,howdoyouknowwhenit’sfinished?Doyouputitawayinthebottomdrawerandcomebacklater?Doyoutryitoutonakindfriendfirst?Doyousenditawayandimmediatelyfindyourselfconsumedwithregret?TéaObreht,DavidMitchell,DavidVann,Aminatta

FornaandGailJonesdiscusstheangst-riddenprocessoffinishingastoryandsendingitoutintotheworldwithfestivalfounderStephanieJohnson.

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WORDY DAY OUTSATURDAY MAY 14

SoAucklandhasTheBigDayOutandTheGirls’DayOut–wethoughtitwashightimethecityhadaWORDYDAYOUT.Whatisit?Afundayfeaturingsomeofthebest,brightestandliveliestauthorsaround–allofwhomhappentobelabelledYAauthors.Whilethere’salotoftalkaboutwhatthatmeansexactly,tousitstandsfordamnfinewritingbyinterestingpeople,andbooksyoucanrelyonforarivetingread.CarnegieMedalwinnerMegRosoffsaiditforusina2009review:“I’dliketogooutonalimbhere,andsaythatnothingintheworldofadult[summer]readingcancomparewiththerevolutionarycontentofanovelyouarelikelytofindintheyoungadultsectionofyourlocalbookshop.”Precisely.Ifyoulikefantasy,horror,adventure,thrillers,gothicandsci-fi,whetheryou’re12,21orover30,theWORDYDAYOUTisforyou.Comewithfriends,orcomeonyourownandmeetfellowfans,buyorbringyourbooksandgetthemsigned,meetyourfavouriteYAwritersanddiscoversomenewones...

VENUES:

UNI 1

Fisher & Paykel Auditorium, University of Auckland Business School

UNI 2

Lecture Theatre 098, University of Auckland Business School

10.00-11.00AMCHOOSE BETWEEN

CASSANDRA CLARE: UNI 1

BestsellingAmericanauthorCassandraClareisfamedforherurbanfantasyseries,TheMortalInstruments.CassietalkswithPaulaMorrisaboutCity of Bones, City of Ashes, City of GlassandCity of Fallen Angels,herwritingcareer,thenewInfernalDevicesseries(BookOneClockwork Angelcameoutlastyear),andthemovieinthepipeline...

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BRIAN FALKNER: UNI 2

Auckland-bornauthorBrianFalknerisanenormouslypopularspeakerandtheaward-winningauthorofseveralnovelsincluding,The Flea Thing, The Real Thing, The Super Freak, The Tomorrow Code, Brainjackand,hislatest,The Project,whichmighthavebeeninspiredbytheideaofwhatyou’ddowith“themostboringbookintheworld”,butisproofBrian’sneverboring.

11.30AM-12.30PMCHOOSE BETWEEN

GARTH NIX & SEAN WILLIAMS: UNI 1

GarthNixandSeanWilliamsarenotjustindividualinternationallybestsellingauthors,they’refriendswhojoinedforcestowritethefirstbookofanewfantasyseries,Troubletwisters.Meetthemega-starsinperson.

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MANDY HAGER: UNI 2

MandyHageristheaward-winningNewZealandwriterofthehugelypopularTheBloodoftheLambtrilogy:BookOneThe Crossing,whichwonthe2010NZPostChildren’sBookAward,BookTwoInto the Wilderness,andthestunningfinale,BookThreeResurrection,whichcameoutinMarch.Ifyou’rewonderingwhatelseshe’sgotontheboil,here’syourchancetofindout.

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WORDY WORK SHOPS

1.00-2.00PMCHOOSE BETWEEN

MEG ROSOFF & MARGO LANAGAN: UNI 1

MegRosoffwroteofMargoLanagan’sbookTender Morsels“[it]isfunny,tragic,wise,tenderandbeautifullywritten.Italsoleftmegaspingwithshock.”She’swantedtomeetMargoeversince.Howdotheyfeelabouttherelativelynewconstructofthelabel“teenagefiction”,orYA?MegandMargotalkabouttheirbooks,theirpethates,theirfavouritewriters,andtheirfeelingsaboutthegreatYAmarketingmachinewithPaulaMorris.

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KAREN HEALEY & DAVID HAIR: UNI 2

KarenHealey’ssupernaturalMäorimythologythrillerGuardian of the Deadwasoneofonlyfivebooksworldwideshortlistedfortheprestigious2011WilliamC.Morrisaward.Hernewsupernaturaladventure,The Shatteringisavailablebyspecialarrangementatthefestival(officialpublicationdate,July2011).DavidHair’sThe Bone Tiki(BestFirstBook,2010NZPostChildren’sBookAwards),The Taniwha’s TearandThe Lost Tohungahavebeenlabelled“MäoriGothic”.Hislatest,Pyre of QueensisthefirstofanewseriessetinancientIndia.Theyswapnotesontheirloveoffantasyandmythology.

2.30-3.30PMCHOOSE BETWEEN

BERNARD BECKETT: UNI 1

BernardBeckettisoneofourmostversatileandsuccessfulwriters–hewritesfortheyoungadultaudienceandadults–bothfictionandnon-fiction.HisYAnovelsGenesis,whichwontheprestigious2010PrixSorcièresforyoungadultfictioninFrance,theEstherGlenAward,andtheNZPostYoungAdultFictionAward,Malcolm and Juliet;Joltandhislatestnovel,August(2011)haveearnedhimanarmyoffans,bothinNewZealandandaroundtheworld.

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PAULA MORRIS: UNI 2

PaulaMorrisisaNewZealandwriterbestknownhereforher“adult”fiction.ButintheUS,whereshe’staughtcreativewritingforeightyears,she’sarisingstarinYAurbanfantasy.HerfirstYAnovelwasthesupernaturalmurder-mysteryRuined,setinpost-KatrinaNewOrleansandrecentlyoptionedforfilm.Dark Souls,amysteryexploringthehauntedcityofYork,willfollowlaterthisyear.HowdidshebreakintothehighlycompetitiveYAmarketintheUS,andwhatinspiredhertostartchasingghosts?

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FESTIVAL WORKSHOPS

BRAINSTORM: CREATIVITY WORKSHOP

70. FRIDAY MAY 13 — 3.00-5.00PM 71. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 10.30AM-12.30PM 74. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 10.30AM-12.30PM

GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, AOTEA CENTRE

This‘directedcreativity’sessionisaperfect,funwaytogeneratenewideasorjustgetcreativelyinvigorated.Designedtostimulateimagination,thisworkshopwillgiveyourright-brainaninvigoratingtwo-hourworkout.TutorKathrynBurnettwilltakeyouthroughaseriesofexercises–fromsimplebrainstormingandwritingexercisesthroughtomorecomplexexercisesthatwillhelpyouexploreyourideaswhethertheyarebrandneworalreadyunderway.Youwillnotberequiredtoworkwithothersorsharethefruitsofyourlabour,unlessyouwantto.Penandpaperrequired.

WORKSHOP: CAROLYN BURKE

72. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 1.00-2.30PM

GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, AOTEA CENTRE

CarolynBurkehaswrittenbiographiesofLeeMiller,MinaLoyandEdithPiaf.Shewillsharewithyouhermostsuccessfulresearchtechniques,andhowtogetthemostoutofwhatisrevealed.Andsheexplorestheuseoffictiontechniquesastheyapplytotherichlycontextualformthatiscontemporarybiography.

WORKSHOP: DAVID VANN

THE DIVIDED PROTAGONIST IN FICTION

73. SATURDAY MAY 14 — 3.00-4.30PM

GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, AOTEA CENTRE

Fictionisaparanoid,cohesiveworld,andinmostcases,everythinginthisworldpointstotheprotagonist.InclosereadingsofWilliamFaulkner’sBarn Burning,FlanneryO’Connor’sEverything That Rises Must Converge,andVladimirNabokov’sSigns and Symbols,exploretheroleofthe“dividedprotagonist”withauthorDavidVann.

WORKSHOP: CLAIRE KEEGAN

HOW FICTION WORKS

75. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 1.00-2.30PM

GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, AOTEA CENTRE

ClaireKeeganwilllookatthestructureofanarrativeandtalkabouttimeandpace,tension,characterandrewriting.She’lltalkaboutsentencesandhowparagraphswork–andhowtomanagedialogue.She’llleadyouthroughtheshapeofastoryandtalkaboutembracingthelimitationsoftheartform.Fictionisn’tanalysisoranecdoteorsummary.Attheheartoffictionisthetroublewegetinto–andhowwellorbadlywecope.Andhowwesuffertheconsequences.Keeganisawell-knownteacher.InIreland,herintensivefictionweekends,onceadvertised,bookoutovernight.

WORKSHOP: SEAN WILLIAMS

THE 10.5 COMMANDMENTS OF WRITING

76. SUNDAY MAY 15 — 3.00-4.30PM

GOODMAN FIELDER ROOM, LEVEL4, AOTEA CENTRE

Wanttobeasuccessfulwriter?Askaroundandyou’llreceivealotofdifferentadvice,someofitcontradictory,someofitsovagueastobemeaningless.Sowheredoyoustart?SeanWilliamshasspenttwentyyearsponderingthisquestion,becominga#1New York Times-bestselleralongtheway.Findoutwhatworkedforhim,andmaybeit’llworkforyou,too.

the aqua  experienceOpens 24 June

a collaboration between Cirque du Soleil® and the One DrOp FoundationIn the spirit of Cirque du Soleil’s thrilling extravaganzas, AQUA takes you on a multi-sensory adventure. You’ll see incredible effects, including a water wall and a huge 360-degree projection that responds to your movements - with a wave of a hand, you can create a stormy sea!

AQUA reminds us that water is one of the planet’s most powerful and fragile resources, but not everyone has their fair share of it. It also shows us how we can make a difference. Experience the magic of AQUA.

AQUA is a 30-minute timed experience. Charges apply. Advance bookings available. See our website or phone 306 7048.aucklandmuseum.com

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Write your own wise saying and win $250.00 worth of Booksellers Tokens & your own Framed Excerpt.TM For details, visit our festival stand at the Aotea Centre or enter online at www.anonymousauthor.co.nz

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2 JUNE – 25 JUNE MAIDMENT THEATRE

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“An electrifying new play.” Daily Mail

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Direction: Oliver Driver

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Penderecki Threnody to the Victims of HiroshimaHaydn Cello Concerto No. 2

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Paula Morris, William Brandt, Hinemoana Baker, Eleanor Catton, Ashleigh Young, Airini

Beautrais, Catherine Chidgey, Mary McCallum, Anna Taylor, Craig Cliff, Pip

Adam, Tusiata Avia, Pip Desmond, Rachael King, Tim Corballis, Kate Duignan, Chris Price, Carl

Shuker, Sue Orr, Anna Smaill, Lynn Jenner, Cliff Fell, Michele Amas, Emily Dobson, Pat White, Louise Wallace, Amy Brown,

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By Event01.WorkswithWords,4302.LunchwithFatimaBhutto,4303.NewZealandListenerGalaNight,4304.AnEveningwithA.A.Gill,4405.HighTea,4406.SaturdayNightRives,4407.LunchwithMadhurJaffrey,4408.PoetryIdol,4409.MichaelConnellyand

“TheLincolnLawyer”,4510.NoRegrets,EdithPiaf,4911.PurpleDandelion,4912.ClimbingtheMangoTrees,4913.WarWounds,4914.TheGreatDisruption,4915.LaurenceFearnley,EmmaNeale

&CharlotteRandall,5016.Angels&Aristocrats,5017. ShortandSweet,5018.TalktotheTaliban,5019.AnHourwithGailJones,5020.SecretsoftheBrainwithBarbaraStrauch,5121.PoetsLaureate,5122.AnHourwithDavidMitchell,5323.AnHourwithSarah-KateLynch,5324.PublishingPanel,5325.AnHourwithFatimaBhutto,5326.TheMovieMayBeSlightlyDifferent,5327. InsideStories,5428.MichaelKingMemorialLecture:

NaomiOreskes,5429.CarlNixon&SarahQuigley,5430.EmergingWriters,5431.AnHourwithClaireKeegan,5432.TheDressCircle,5533.LawIntoAction,5534.AnHourwithIngridBetancourt,5535.Antarctica,5536.ScripttoScreen,5537. GoodbyeSarajevo,5638.BestofBestNewZealandPoems,5639.InspiringWorks,5641.ThisOne’sforChristchurch,5642.IShallNotHate,5843.AnHourwithAminattaForna,5844.LeoBensemann,5845.OpenMike,5846.SavingtheWorld,5847. GraphicNovels,Comics&Cartoons,5948.MauriOla,5949.AnHourwithDavidVann,5950.Fantasy:FreedomAllRound,5951.CommonwealthWriters’Prize,5952.AnHourwithTéaObreht,6053.AnHourwithVincentWard,6054.SongwritersSpeak,6055.PeacePlease,6056.SwimmingwithSharks,6057.TheLongandShortofItAwards,6158.TheGrandFinale,6160.WORDYDAYOUT,62-6470.Brainstorm:CreativityWorkshop,6671.Brainstorm:CreativityWorkshop,6672.Workshop:CarolynBurke,6673.Workshop:DavidVann,6674.Brainstorm:CreativityWorkshop,6675.Workshop:ClaireKeegan,6676.Workshop:SeanWilliams,66

Participants IndexAbuelaish,Izzeldin,11,58,60Allendorf,Fred,11,58Ashton,Penny,19,44,58AucklandPhilharmoniaOrchestra,19,43AucklandTheatreCompany,19,56Avia,Tusiata,19,44,56,59Barrett,Paul,19,56Barrowman,Fergus,19,56Barry,Maggie,19,53Beattie,Graham,19,54Beckett,Bernard,19,64Betancourt,Ingrid,11,55,60Beu,Carole,19,49,50Bhutto,Fatima,11,43,53Boock,Paula,19,56Bornholdt,Jenny,20,51Braunias,Steve,20,55Brown,Al,20,44Burke,Carolyn,11,49,66Burnett,Kathryn,20,66Callister,Sandy,20,49Campbell,Philippa,20,56Chunn,Mike,20,60Clare,Cassandra,12,59,63Clayton,Hamish,20,54Cliff,Craig,20,54,59Connelly,Michael,12,45Cronin,Jan,20,55Devenie,Stuart,20,43Dreaver,Barbara,20,60Dunworth,Treasa,20,53Elliott,Peter,21,56Falkner,Brian,21,63Farrell,Fiona,21,43,51,56Fearnley,Laurence,21,50Fergusson,James,12,43,50Field,Michael,21,60Forna,Aminatta,12,58,59,61Freeman,Lynn,21,56Gilding,Paul,12,49,58Gill,A.A.,13,43,44Gledhill,Kris,21,55Green,Paula,21,50,56Hager,Mandy,21,63Hair,David,21,64Hammonds,Lucy,21,55Healey,Karen,13,43,59,64Hill,Kim,21,50,51Horrocks,Dylan,21,59Hosking,Peter,22,55Hurst,Michael,22,56Jacobs,Lauraine,22,44Jaffrey,Madhur,13,44,49Johnson,Stephanie,22,51,61Johnston,Alexa,22,49Jones,Gail,13,50,61Kamo,Miriama,22,43Keegan,Claire,13,50,54,66Kinnaird,Adrian,22,59Kisler,Mary,22,50Knox,Elizabeth,22,59,61Laidlaw,Chris,22,55Lanagan,Margo,13,59,64Langbein,Annabel,22,44Legat,Nicola,22,60Leggott,Michele,23,51LloydJenkins,Douglas,23,55Lynch,Sarah-Kate,23,53

Macdonald,Finlay,23,55Mackay,Lachlan,23,43Makereti,Tina,23,50,54Manhire,Bill,23,51,56,59,61Manning,Deborah,23,55McArtney,Dave,23,60McBride,Tim,23,55McColl,Colin,24,56McQueen,Cilla,24,51,56Meek,Arthur,24,56Miles,Anna,24,54Mitchell,David,14,53,59,61Morris,Paula,24,56,59,60,63,64Murphy,Tim,24,58Nair,Shila,24,49Neale,Emma,24,50,56Nix,Garth,14,59,63Nixon,Carl,24,54,56Obreht,Téa,14,60,61Oreskes,Naomi,14,54,58Orr,Sue,24,50O’Sullivan,Vincent,25,53,56Paterson,Robyn,25,56Perkins,Emily,25,53,61Plunket,Sean,25,50,59Pooley,Leanne,25,56Preston,Joanna,25,56Psathas,John,25,43Quigley,Sarah,25,54,56Randall,Charlotte,25,50Ratuva,Steven,25,60Redvers,Grant,25,49,58Regnault,Claire,26,55Reid,Atka,26,56,60Rives,14,43,44Rodger,Victor,26,43,56Rosoff,Meg,15,43,64Rout,Morrin,26,56Ryan,Charlotte,26,60Sainsbury,Thomas,26,56Samuel,Fiona,26,56Sang,Ant,26,59Schofield,Hana,26,56,60Sharp,Iain,26,54Simpson,Peter,26,58Sisterson,Craig,26,45Slane,Chris,27,59Smither,Elizabeth,27,51,56Stratford,Stephen,27,53Strauch,Barbara,15,51,54Sullivan,Robert,27,56,59,60Sultana,Farida,27,49Taylor,Apirana,27,44,59Todd,Ruth,27,56Ussher,Jane,27,55Vann,David,15,59,61,66Wake,Hal,53,58Walker,Geoff,27,53Walsh,Frances,27,54Ward,Vincent,27,60Ward-Lealand,Jennifer,27,56Weir,Barnarby,28,60Wells,Peter,28,55,58Wendt,Albert,28,59Whaitiri,Reina,28,59Williams,Sean,15,63,66Winter,Jay,15,49Young,Kenneth,28,43

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