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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
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NewZealandhasarichliteraryculture,andAucklandisproudtohostthiscelebrationofthewrittenword.TheAucklandWriters&ReadersFestivalbringsustogethertosharethebestofourownandsamplethebesttheworldhastooffer.Thisyearhasreallybroughthometousthevalueofcommunity.Eventslikethisfosterasenseofprideandexcitementaboutourcity,andcelebratethecreativeindustriesandindividualswithinourcommunitywhichareanimportantpartofAuckland’seconomy.Thisyear’sFestivalispackedwithtalesofhumanresilience,alwaysavitalquality,butkeenlyfeltrightnowinournation.Auckland,Iinviteyoutocomealongandenjoysomeofthewonderfulwordsandstoriesonofferinyourcity.
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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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SPONSORSHIPTheFestivalisahighlightofAuckland’sculturalcalendarandthecountry’slargestinternationalliteraryfestivalandassuchitprovidesexcitingopportunitiesforpartnershipswithbusinesses.OurcorporatesupportersareofferedhostingopportunitiesduringtheFestival,accesstoVIPguestsforprivatefunctions,engagementwithourdiverseaudienceandarangeofcollaborativepromotionalopportunities.WeareproudofourlongstandingpartnershipswithcompaniesthatarecommittedtosupportingtheliteraryartsandliteracyinNewZealandandwecanworkwithyoutotailortheinvestmentandbenefitstosuityourbusiness.
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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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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.
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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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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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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.
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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
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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.
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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...
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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
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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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