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John Gray but not the Mars and Venus one
The John Gray who writes on the big questions drew a pretty full house on Sunday. Chairing the session was Tim Hazledine, Economics Professor at the University of Auckland. He got it off to a good sta… more →
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John Gray but not the Mars and Venus one
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tewp wrote 1 year ago: The John Gray who writes on the big questions drew a pretty full house on Sunday. Chairing the sessi … more →
Anne Enright - the anti-Rose of Tralee
tewp wrote 1 year ago: The Man Booker winner 2008, Anne Enright, predictably drew a big crowd on Sunday morning and she pro … more →
It ends with a bang
Donna wrote 1 year ago: … and not a whimper. It’s all over now, the authors are flying off, many heading to the … more →
Listen to our end-of-festival wrap
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Andy wrote 1 year ago: So the festival comes to an end. In Richard’s words “we are knackered, but we made it. … more →
Joe Bennett and his unfeasibly cheap underpants
richard wrote 1 year ago: Joe Bennett stepped more or less straight off a plane from Hong Kong onto the stage at the ASB Theat … more →
Thomas Kohnstamm
richard wrote 1 year ago: Thomas Kohnstamm caused a bit of controversy when his book Do travel writers go to hell came out. Th … more →
Watch out for archivists dropping kittens on your head ...
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Donna wrote 1 year ago: I sat with the team from Palmerston North City Library for this session; it was good to chat with a … more →
Crime and its fascinations
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tewp wrote 1 year ago: Joyce and I went to this session featuring Mo Hayder, Joan Druett, Peter Temple and Philippe Claudel … more →
"A piece of work"
joyciescotland wrote 1 year ago: The Michael King memorial lecture Hermione Lee characterised biography readers as “greedy read … more →
An hour with Peter Temple
joyciescotland wrote 1 year ago: Quick, droll, self-effacing and effortlessly amusing, Peter Temple delivered the goods in his hour i … more →
Up close ...
Donna wrote 1 year ago: Thanks to Paul and Helen of McGovern Online and to Random House publishers, last night we got to mee … more →
Junot Diaz, the devil and me
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richard wrote 1 year ago: Pulitzer prize winner Junot Diaz has sparked a great deal of interest at this festival – he is … more →
Festival Quick Fix: Sunday
Andy wrote 1 year ago: Not a very lazy Sunday at the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival. It’s day five, promising a non- … more →
Junot Diaz on libraries and librarians
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richard wrote 1 year ago: How valuable are librarians to authors? Well, if the author’s a “snot-nose kid from the … more →
The man who would be King - An Hour with John Burnside
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joyciescotland wrote 1 year ago: I went along to an hour with John Burnside the Fife born poet and novelist. Held in the main ASB the … more →
Stalin, when the Sopranos meet Bin Laden
joyciescotland wrote 1 year ago: A joint take on Simon Montefiore from Joyce and Philip Joyce: Philip first thoughts? Philip: On wh … more →
Monsieur Claudel
tewp wrote 1 year ago: Philippe Claudel is a French novelist whose novel “Les ames grises” was published in Eng … more →
An hour with J.M. Coetzee
tewp wrote 1 year ago: Saturday morning and after a long night at the Crown Plaza with the other three library scribes and … more →
J. M. Coetzee on censorship
Donna wrote 1 year ago: The Coetzee session has just finished, and as I write this a huge queue is snaking through the Aotea … more →
