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Auckland Writers and Readers Festival

When ? 12-16 May, 2010

Where? Auckland, New Zealand

What's it all about then? The Auckland Writers and Readers Festival is a festival of ideas celebrating books and reading, with events, panels and workshops involving many distinguished local, Asia-Pacific and international writers. Affiliated with the Sydney Writers Festival.

Where is it? The 2009 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival author events will take place in The Aotea Centre, The Edge®...

Situated conveniently in the heart of Auckland’s CBD, The Edge® is Auckland’s performing arts, entertainment and conventions precinct. It comprises three of Auckland’s landmark buildings - Aotea Centre, The Civic and Auckland Town Hall, linked together by the city’s largest outdoor space, Aotea Square.

How much are tickets? Check official site for prices

Festival Webiste: Auckland Writers and Readers FestivaL

Who in 2010?

A

Dave Armstrong

Penny Ashton

B

John Barnett

Fergus Barrowman

Graham Beattie

Leonard Bell

Carole Beu

Julie Biuso

Steve Braunias

Ben Brown

Gordon H. Brown

Kathryn Burnett
C

Philippa Campbell

John Carey (England)

Mike Chunn

Melissa Clark-Reynolds
D

William Dalrymple (Scotland/India)

Charlie Dark (England)

Leon Davidson

Jill Dawson (England)

Mike Dickison

Eric Dorfman

Tessa Duder

Treasa Dunworth

Denis Dutton
E

Brian Edwards
F

David Farrier

Tui Flower

John Freeman (United States)

Marti Friedlander

Dick Frizzell
G

Rick Gekoski (United States/England)

Elizabeth Gilbert (United States)

Kris Gledhill

Charlotte Grimshaw
H

Bernadette Hall

Bill Hastings

Charlie Higson (England)

Kim Hill

Lia Hills

Carol Hirschfeld

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

Des Hunt
I

Witi Ihimaera

Ivy Lies
J

Mac Jackson

Lauraine Jacobs

Lloyd Jones
K

Thomas Keneally (Australia)

Rachael King

Rhonda Kite
L

Chris Laidlaw

Sarah Laing

Jessica Le Bas

Julie Le Clerc

Nicola Legat

David Levithan (United States)

Yiyun Li (China/United States)

Antony Loewenstein (Australia)
M

Finlay Macdonald

Anna Mackenzie

Warren Maxwell

Gordon McLauchlan

Paul Millar

Paula Morris

Tim Murphy
N

Ben Naparstek (Australia)
O

Christine O’Brien

Michael Otterman (United States)
P

Gregor Paul

Emily Perkins

Sean Plunket

Gaylene Preston
R

John Reynolds

Paul Reynolds
S

Mark Sainsbury

Anne Salmond

Sam Sampson

Tina Shaw

Lionel Shriver (United States/England)

Peter Simpson

Elizabeth Smither

Guy Somerset

Alicia Sometimes (Australia)

C.K. Stead

Stephen Stratford

Jennifer Sturm
T

Martin Taylor

William Taylor

Te Radar

Sarah Thornton (Canada/England)

Colm Tóibín (Ireland)

Linda Tyler
V

Dorothy Vinicombe
W

Hemana Waaka

Tama Waipara

Nick Ward

Jennifer Ward-Lealand

Ian Wedde

Peter Wells

Damien Wilkins

Alison Wong

Adrian Wooldridge (England)

Who appeared in 2009? Martin Edmond (NZ/Australia); Debra Adelaide (Australia); Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Nigeria/US); Monica Ali (Bangladesh/UK); M.T. Anderson (US); Stefan Aust,(Germany); Tash Aw (Malaysia/UK); Marcus Chown ; George Friedman(USA), Kirsty Gunn, (NZ/UK);Mohammed Hanif, (Pakistan);; Hendrick Hertzberg (US); Richard Holloway (Scotland); David Malouf (Australia); Iggy McGovern (Ireland); Mal Peet (UK); Sonya Renee (US); Rhonda Sherman (US); James Surowiecki (US); Judith Thurman (US); Christos Tsiolkas (Australia).

 


 

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