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AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL

11 - 16 MAY 2021

BRINGING THE FESTIVAL TO YOU EVERY SUNDAY
3 MAY - 26 JULY 2020
9:00-10:00AM

Thank you to everyone who joined us on Sunday morning for the first episode of our WINTER SERIES, we hope you enjoyed the show.

The series will be livestreamed once a week, for 13 weeks, straight to you at home. We will feature three writers including at least two from the 2020 programme, and some extra surprise guests. They will chat with host Paula Morris, read from their work and answer audience questions. See you on Sunday!

EPISODE TWO: STREAMING SUNDAY 10 MAY

PHILIPPE SANDS (England/France) 
Philippe Sands' latest book The Ratline is a unique glimpse into the life of a senior Nazi official and his wife before, during, and on the run after the war. Already a best seller in the UK just one week after its release, it’s been described as reading like a John le Carre thriller. His previous book East West Street: On the Origins of Crimes Against Humanity and Genocide has won numerous prizes, including the 2016 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. Sands is a barrister and Professor of Law at University College London.

IAN WEDDE (Aotearoa New Zealand)
Ian Wedde has written 15 poetry collections, eight novels, two collections of essays, and a number of anthologies and art monographs. A former NZ Poet Laureate, he has received numerous awards, fellowships and grants, and has recently published the historical novel The Reed Warbler.


LISA TADDEO (United States) 
Lisa Taddeo has an MFA in fiction and has won Pushcart Prizes for her short stories. She is the author of the non-fiction 2019 bestseller on female desire Three Women. Her debut novel, Animal, will be out next summer, with her collection of stories to follow.

HOSTED BY:
PAULA MORRIS (Aotearoa New Zealand) 
Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Whātua) is an award-winning fiction writer and essayist. The 2019 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow, she teaches creative writing at The University of Auckland, sits on the Māori Literature Trust and is the founder of the Academy of NZ Literature.


Watch the livestream, 9-10am every Sunday:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/akwrfest
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AKwritersFESTIVAL
Or catch up later:
AWF website: http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/look-and-listen/videos/

CATCH UP ON EPISODE ONE

If you missed the livestream, you can catch up on Episode One via our website.
We kicked off the series with actor and writer Barbara Ewing with her about-to-be-published memoir One Minute Crying Time, former Reserve Bank Governor Alan Bollard with Economists At War and Booker Prize joint winner Bernardine Evaristo on Girl, Woman, Other. 

BUY THE BOOKS

This series provides an opportunity to champion New Zealand and international books that were to feature at our now-cancelled May Festival, and we encourage you to buy directly via our bookshop partner, and please continue to support NZ writers, publishers and booksellers in these tough times.
On Tuesday night we would have been starting Festival week with the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Instead the ceremony will be livestreamed from 6pm on Tuesday 12 May. So tune in, pour yourself a drink and enjoy watching Aotearoa’s most prestigious literary awards event!  Watch Live via YouTube or Facebook.
OUR WINTER SERIES IS PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
 
     
WITH THANKS TO OUR MAJOR FESTIVAL PARTNERS
FOR THEIR ONGOING SUPPORT:




                        
                
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