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AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL

11 - 16 MAY 2021

JOIN US FOR EPISODE SIX
SUNDAY 7 JUNE 9:00-10:00AM

OLIVIA HAYFIELD, PETER STANFORD, ELIZABETH KNOX

Join the free livestream tomorrow morning via Facebook or YouTube as Olivia, Peter and Elizabeth chat with host Paula Morris, read from their work and answer audience questions. 
Alternatively, catch up later as a 
video or podcast via our website, or on SoundCloud or iTunes


OLIVIA HAYFIELD (England / Aotearoa New Zealand) with Wife After Wife, a hilarious modern take on the life and marriages of Henry VIII - in this version, Harry Rose, a 21st century womanising media mogul.

PETER STANFORD (England) writes on religion and ethics for the BBC and The Guardian. His latest book Angels: A Visible and Invisible Mystery' is a thought-provoking and entertaining look at the origins of angels in religion, history, psychology and wider culture.

ELIZABETH KNOX (Aotearoa New Zealand) discusses her epic novel The Absolute Book which moves between real and fantasy worlds. Widely-acclaimed, it sparked a bidding war for US rights with a 6-figure deal and a flood of interest from US film & TV studios.

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

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT & BUY THE BOOKS

This series provides an opportunity to champion New Zealand and international books that were to feature at our cancelled May Festival. We encourage you to buy directly from our bookshop partner, and please continue to support NZ writers, publishers and booksellers in these tough times.

If you would like further suggestions for your reading list from the 2020 Auckland Writers Festival programme, drop us a line and we will pop a copy in the post. 

CATCH UP ON EARLIER EPISODES

Our first five episodes have featured: features iconic American novelist and short story writer Richard Ford discussing latest collection Sorry for Your Trouble, debut NZ author and intensive care nurse Amy McDaid with novel Fake Baby, English food writer and broadcaster Yasmin Khan on Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen,  American short story writer Deborah Eisenberg discussing her latest collection Your Duck is My Duck, writer and actor Wallace Shawn with essay collection Night Thoughts, debut author Caroline Barron with Ripiro Beach: A Memoir of Life After Near Death, Ockham New Zealand Book Awards fiction winner Becky Manawatu discussing Auē, bestselling UK writer Robert Macfarlane with his latest book Underland: A Deep Time Journey, Time Next 100 honoree Chanel Miller with her moving memoir Know My Name, barrister and professor Philippe Sands on his new book The Ratline, Lisa Taddeo on her non-fiction bestseller Three Women and former NZ Poet Laureate Ian Wedde discussing The Reed Warbler, 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. 

If you missed these episodes, you can catch up as a video or a podcast on our website.
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