Auckland Writers Festival

CALLIE HART INTERVIEW

03 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

CALLIE HART INTERVIEW by Auckland Writers Festival

THE MORALITY OF AI: TOBY WALSH (2023)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

There are approximately three million robots working in factories around the world, and another 30 million in people’s homes. Soon robots will outnu...

WORDS LOST AND FOUND: PIP WILLIAMS (2023)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Pip Williams’ best-selling novel The Dictionary of Lost Words tells the story of motherless Esme who spends her childhood in the Scriptorium, a gard...

THE SEVEN MOONS OF MAALI ALMEIDA: SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA (2023)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The judges for the winning 2022 Booker Prize praised Shehan Karunatilaka’s novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida for the ‘ambition of its scope, ...

THE BOOK OF ROADS AND KINGDOMS: RICHARD FIDLER (2023)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Book of Roads and Kingdoms brings to life a dazzling culture of science, literature, philosophy and adventure arising out of the flourishing metro...

SOMETHING THAT MAY SHOCK AND DISCREDIT YOU: DANIEL LAVERY (2023)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Delightfully inventive and witty, Daniel Lavery (as Mallory Ortberg) was the cofounder of The Toast, the pop-culture platform with literary depth that...

INDELIBLE CITY: LOUISA LIM (2023)

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the opening paragraphs of Stella Prize shortlisted Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong, author Louisa Lim is torn between journ...

CAN AI WRITE A BOOK? SARAH DANIELL, CATHERINE CHIDGEY, TOBY WALSH, TE TAKA KEEGAN (2023)

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With open source AI chatbots capable of generating text that appears increasingly human, will they eventually replace writers altogether? Some claim t...

TWO-SPIRIT: JOSHUA WHITEHEAD, ELLEN VAN NEERVEN, KŌTUKU TITIHUIA NUTTALL

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two-Spirit is a pan-Indigenous expression (FNMI – First Nations, Metis and Inuit) from Turtle Island (North America) reflecting complex understandin...

It's Not About Hope: CHELSEA WATEGO, EMMA ESPINER

23 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In Another Day in the Colony, Mununjali and South Sea Islander health activist Chelsea Watego has a chapter called F**k Hope. She urges her mob to be ...

WE CAN’T NOT MENTION IT… : STEPHANIE JOHNSON, FIONA FARRELL (2023)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

How do fiction writers deal with Covid? Full-on or sideways? Stephanie Johnson embraces it with gusto in her new satirical novel Kind, a thriller set ...

LIVE LIFE: DAVE LETELE, WILLY DE WIT (2023)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In his book No Excuses Dave ‘the Brown Buttabean’ Letele shares how he overcame poverty, depression and crime to become an award-winning community...

SONNETS FOR ALBERT: ANTHONY JOSEPH (2023)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When I hear my father dead I flew 10 hours into the sun next morning I put black on The 2023 TS Eliot Prize award-winning Sonnets for Albert by Ant...

EVENT 09 TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW: GABRIELLE ZEVIN (2023)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

‘Whatever its subject, when a novel is powerful enough, it transports us readers deep into worlds not our own. That’s true of Moby Dick, and it’...

DOUBLE PULITZER PRIZE WINNER: COLSON WHITEHEAD (2023)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, Colson Whitehead is the only writer to win for consecutive books. His best-selling novels 'The Unde...

WHEN A POWWOW IS NOT A POWWOW

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The word ‘Powwow’ is often used to refer to a quick impromptu meeting, but in Northern Plains Indigenous cultures, there is nothing quick or casua...

BUT WHAT CAN WE DO? (2023)

21 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The impacts of climate change are upon us, we know that, and the recent brutal weather events have shown we can’t sit idly by. It’s time for fresh...

TUATAHI (2023)

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Three young fluent te reo speakers producing inspirational work across a variety of genres, talk about the bravery and passion it took to take the unm...

BIRNAM WOOD: ELEANOR CATTON (2023)

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Aotearoa’s most anticipated book release of 2023 has been Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood, coming ten years after she won the Booker Prize for The Lu...

WHAT THE MAGPIE SAYS: CATHERINE CHIDGEY (2023)

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Is The Axeman’s Carnival the great Kiwi Gothic classic? Plenty of reviewers think so. Catherine Chidgey surprised everybody when she revealed her ne...

FOR SUCH A TIME AS THIS: DR MONTY SOUTAR (2023)

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlisted novel, Kāwai, by Dr Monty Soutar ONZM (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Ngā Tai ki Tāmaki, Ngāti Kahungunu...

HONOURED WRITER TRUE STORY: MY MANSFIELD

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

2023 marks the centenary year of Katherine Mansfield’s too-soon demise from pulmonary tuberculosis at the age of 34. She is still cherished today in...

THE BOOKER RIDE: ELEANOR CATTON, BERNARDINE EVARISTO, SHEHAN KARUNATILAKA (2023)

27 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the Oscars of the writing world – winning the Booker Prize supercharges a writer’s career, immediately lifts sales, multiplies overseas dea...

AFTER DARK (2022)

05 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In night, suspense, lawlessness, hazard, sensuousness and awe are evoked simply by stepping outside,” says Annette Lees, author of 2022 Ockham NZ Bo...

THE WORLD BEYOND: LONG, MORGAN, PHILLIPS (2022)

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Chris Long, author of 'The Boy From Gorge River', grew up in a remote off-grid corner of the South Island, two days walk from the nearest town; writer...

HONOURED WRITER: TESSA DUDER (2022)

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Author Tessa Duder began her adult life as a representative swimmer, winning a silver medal at the 1958 Cardiff Empire Games in the 110 yards butterfl...

GRAND: NOELLE MCCARTHY (2022)

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Shaped by the forces of 1970s Ireland and by a mother raging against her hemmed-in life, broadcaster, writer and podcaster Noelle McCarthy escaped Ire...

TIMELESS TALES: HEREAKA & JONES (2022)

24 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The traditions of fable and myth – Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the tales of Aesop and Grimm, Homer’s Iliad and the pūrākau of Polynesia, to name a f...

TOI TU - TOI ORA: NIGEL BORELL (2022)

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Breathtaking in scope, ambition and artistry, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki’s’ 2020-2021 survey exhibition of Māori contemporary art from 19...

THE VISIONARIES – OPPORTUNITY OR THREAT: CHARTERS & RURU (2022)

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In 2010, the National Government signed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, joining more than 140 other countries; in 2019 the Lab...

NOBEL ENCHANTMENTS: ABDULRAZAK GURNAH (2022)

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Of 2021 Nobel Prize-winning writer Abdulrazak Gurnah’s book 'By the Sea', The Times said, “Rarely in a lifetime can you open a book and find that ...

WORLDS AT WAR: DAVID KILCULLEN (2022)

07 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Russia’s waging of war in Ukraine brings back to Europe scenes of aggression and devastation not seen there for decades. It’s one of the many inst...

INTERGENERATIONAL PLAY: IRELAND, KENNEDY, TIBBLE (2022)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Three generations of talented poets come together to share work from their new collections, and to talk with each other about the literary influences,...

THE BADDEST ART FRIEND: CHAPMAN, REILLY, MCINNES (2022)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There’s no such thing as a new idea, but what happens when your writing draws on the people in your life – and what happens when they don’t want...

HOW WE LOVE: CLEMENTINE FORD (2022)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Clementine Ford is one of Australia’s most fearless feminists, and possibly one of its most provocative. The author of the best-selling 'Fight Like ...

HARBOURING: JENNY PATTRICK (2022)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

From the pen of historical fiction doyenne Jenny Pattrick, one of this country’s bestselling novelists with books including 'The Denniston Rose' and...

OPERATION TROJAN HORSE: STEPHEN DAVIS (2022)

03 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

“A gripping study of the collateral damage caused by government decision making in war... an expertly researched study of government duplicity,” s...

THE DISRUPTORS NGĀ IKA HAEHAE KUPENGA: FORBES, HUSBAND, KAMO, MANIAPOTO (2022)

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Meet the disruptors: Māori journalists helping to lead and shape more nuanced conversation on the issues of the day through a Māori lens. Exploring ...

GLOBAL CHALLENGES, GLOBAL AGREEMENT: A.C. GRAYLING (2022)

29 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In A.C. Grayling’s view, three of the biggest challenges facing the world today are climate change, the rate of development in high-impact technolog...

HOW TO BE A BAD MUSLIM: MOHAMED HASSAN (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Mohamed Hassan’s life has taken him from Cairo to New Zealand and on to Istanbul and London, covering the Middle East, Turkey and Asia Pacific as a ...

THE POWER OF FILM: JANE CAMPION (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

In the gladiatorial arena of film direction, where women have often been treated as invisible, New Zealand auteur Jane Campion has blazed a pioneering...

PAST & PRESENT: KIDMAN & O’MALLEY (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Sociologist Joanna Kidman (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Raukawa) and historian Vincent O’Malley make a formidable team, as partners in life and scholars...

FROM THE FRONT: HAROLD HILLMAN (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Raised in the projects of Washington DC by a father born 35 years after the abolition of slavery and who was barred from school, Harold Hillman is an ...

APPLES WILL FALL: LIANE MORIARTY (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

She’s a global sensation – the bestselling Australian author of ten engaging novels including 'Big Little Lies' and 'Nine Perfect Strangers', both...

FESTIVAL GALA NIGHT: TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Expect the unexpected from a sparkling showcase of talented writers in our much-loved Festival Gala storytelling event, now into its 12th iteration an...

BLOODY WOMEN: LOPESI & SOLID (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Wāhine toa Lana Lopesi and Coco Solid aka Jessica Hansell (Ngāpuhi) join forces for a proudly strident hour of conversation on their latest books an...

AFTER THE TAMPA: ABBAS NAZARI (2022)

27 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Abbas Nazari was just seven when his family, fearing Taliban persecution, fled Afghanistan, embarking on a desperate and dangerous journey that ultima...

HOLDING THE TOKOTOKO: EGGLETON & MARSH (2021)

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

What is the job of a Poet Laureate, and is it more complicated for those that “walk in and out of several worlds each day” as the United States’...

NO FRIEND BUT THE MOUNTAINS: BEHROUZ BOOCHANI (2021)

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After fleeing from Iran in 2013, Kurdish-Iranian journalist Behrouz Boochani became a political prisoner, detained indefinitely in legal limbo in the ...

RALPH, A PORTRAIT: VINCENT O’SULLIVAN (2021)

12 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Every biographical portrait is a singular take on its subject, and Ockham NZ Book Award shortlisted 'Ralph Hotere: The Dark Is Light Enough' is writer...

PASIFIKA MARAMA QAQA: AVIA, MARSH, MILA (2021)

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Oceanic women have always been creators – weaving lives into pandanus mats, printing knowledge onto masi and tapa, bearing tatau memory on skin, wea...

THE SHAPE WE'RE IN: STEPHANIE JOHNSON (2021)

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FREE LECTURE Twenty-two years ago the Auckland Writers Festival burst into literary life, propelled by the ambitious advoc...

THE 33: ANNE KENNEDY & SARAH WATKINS (2021)

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A heartfelt artistic collaboration, The 33, brings together award-winning poet Anne Kennedy and leading New Zealand pianist and Juilliard graduate Sar...

SPEAKERS' CORNER: THE CRIME OF ADOPTION (2021)

07 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Writer and filmmaker Barbara Sumner, author of 'Tree of Strangers', argues that adoption laws, which continue to deny adopted people access to their o...

CROSSING THE LINES: BRENT COUTTS (2021)

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Ordinary men living through extraordinary times, New Zealand soldiers Harold Robinson, Ralph Dyer and Douglas Morison shared a queer identity and a lo...

FALE AITU: KIGHTLEY & RODGER (2021)

22 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Many ancestral currents, past and present, carried Pasifika peoples from Te-Moana-Nui-a-Kiwa to Aotearoa. Whilst each Pacific identity is unique, expe...

SPEAKERS' CORNER: BEING MALE (2021)

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Lawyer and writer Brannavan Gnanalingam is the author of the Ockham NZ Book Awards shortlisted 'Sprigs', a searing interrogation of sexual assault and...

SPEAKERS' CORNER: THIS PĀHEHĀ LIFE (2021)

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In the Ockham NZ Book Awards shortlisted 'This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir', Alison Jones contests that being Pākehā requires us to live in a...

NGĀ ORO HOU THE NEW VIBRATIONS (2021)

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

An exceptional evening performance brings together celebrated writers and taonga pūoro practitioners in a lyrical weaving of language and song. Arihi...

FAMILY DYNAMICS: O'BRIEN, GRIMSHAW, MEWBURN (2021)

15 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Writing an honest and deeply personal memoir takes a certain degree of courage, and the journey can be fraught. In Lil O’Brien’s 'Not That I’d K...

LOVE LETTERS TO THE LAND: SANDERS & SULLIVAN (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

“A lyrical love letter to the land” is how reviewer Linda Burgess describes Manawatu farmer, poet and performer Tim Saunders’ debut memoir 'This...

WALKING TOWARDS TOMORROW: VAN BOHEMEN & LANGSTONE (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Walking can be both a physical and a mental undertaking – a time for gathering thoughts and centering ourselves. For Catharina van Bohemen, her 1998...

TOO MANY COOKS?: ALICE TO PUNGA SOMERVILLE (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

MICHAEL KING MEMORIAL LECTURE AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2021 Can we blame Cook for everything that followed? Is it the fault of the...

HELEN KELLY: REBECCA MACFIE (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Helen Kelly lived and died a fighter. The daughter of prominent unionist Pat Kelly and Vietnam activist Catherine Eichelbaum, Kelly was destined for a...

GIRL FROM REVOLUTION ROAD: GHAZALEH GOLBAKHSH (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The first essay of filmmaker Ghazaleh Golbakhsh’s collection, 'The Girl From Revolution Road', transports readers to her childhood in Iran and an il...

HUMANS BEING HAPPY: KATE CAMP (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A highlight of 2020 was the publication of 'How to Be Happy Though Human', a collection of new and previous work by virtuoso poet Kate Camp, which was...

SPEAKERS' CORNER: STORY SOVEREIGNTY (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Kaituhi Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) argues that story sovereignty, especially for Māori, cannot be maintained by ou...

AUTUMN SALON SERIES: BYRNE, POMARE, ROFFEY (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Three exceptional writers join chair Paula Morris on screen, for a live-in venue audience, to talk about and read from their latest work and answer yo...

AUTUMN SALON SERIES: BILBROUGH, ROBINSON, STUART (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Three exceptional writers join consummate chair Paula Morris on screen, for a live-in-venue audience, to talk about and read from their latest work an...

AUTUMN SALON SERIES: ALLENDE, HASSAN, LI (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Three exceptional writers join consummate chair Paula Morris on screen, for a live-in-venue audience, to talk about and read from their latest work an...

ME & ART: DICK FRIZZELL (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From Pop-art influences to landscape, through advertising and the contested area of Appropriation, much-loved and truly versatile artist Dick Frizzell...

HIAKAI: MONIQUE FISO (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 2019, Time magazine named Monique Fiso’s (Ngā Rauru, Ngāti Ruanui) Wellington restaurant Hiakai as one of the ‘100 Greatest Places’ in the ...

THERE WILL BE NO INTERMISSION: AMANDA PALMER (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Writer, singer, musician and lyricist Amanda Palmer has garnered a vibrant cult following for her creative outputs which include New York Times best-s...

NOT IN NARROW SEAS: BRIAN EASTON (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2021 “In your atlas two islands not in narrow seas, like a child’s kite anchored in the indifferent b...

FROM A DISTANCE: ANNA FIFIELD (2021)

14 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Former Washington Post Beijing bureau chief and 2018 winner of Stanford University’s Shorenstein Journalism Award for outstanding reporting on Asia ...

TINO RANGATIRA IN PUBLISHING (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a rising tide of indigenous literary voices sweep across Aotearoa and the wider world, the literary barriers of mainstream publishing are becoming ...

FROM THE CENTRE: PATRICIA GRACE (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

From her ancestral lands, in Hongoeka Bay, Patricia Grace (Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Ati Awa) brings us her new memoir. She reveals the experienc...

HONOURED NEW ZEALAND WRITER: BRIAN TURNER (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To read Brian Turner “is to enter a world where natural things stand starkly, and emotions are felt as directly as the rock and streams and mountain...

A LONG ROAD: KEDGLEY & TE AWEKOTUKU (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In 1971, only 11 women in New Zealand had taken seats as Members of Parliament, women were not entitled to matrimonial property, there was no state he...

A TREATY CONVERSATION: CLAUDIA ORANGE (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Distinguished historian Dame Claudia Orange has dedicated a lifetime to the study of Aotearoa’s founding documents, ensuring that current and future...

GANGLAND: JARED SAVAGE (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

According to police figures, 900 New Zealanders joined a gang in 2020, with a growing number of gang leaders and affiliates deported from Australia al...

A CELEBRATION OF SONG: REB, TOM, MARLON & MOANA (2021)

13 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The late acclaimed songwriter Leonard Cohen once said, “If I knew where the good songs came from, I’d go there more often. Being a songwriter is l...

2020 WINTER SERIES Episode 13: Maggie O'Farrell, Colin Thubron, Rose Lu, Ann Patchett

25 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 13 features: MAGG...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 12 Patrick Gale, Julia Ebner, Michele Leggott

18 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 12 features: PA...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 11: Kolokesa U Māhina-Tuai, Leanne Shapton, Neil Gaiman

11 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 11 features: KO...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 10: Renée, Joshua Whitehead, Ruby Mae Hinepunui Solly

04 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 10 showcases gue...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 9: Selina Tusitala Marsh, Cass Sunstein, Samantha Power

27 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 9 features: SEL...

In Conversation with Haben Girma (2020)

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The inspirational Haben Girma was to appear at the 2020 Auckland Writers Festival to discuss her memoir 'Haben: The Deafblind Woman Who Conquered Harv...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 8: Philippa Swan, Freya Daly Sadgrove, Helon Habila

20 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 8 features: PHI...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 7: An Yu, Anthony Byrt, Christine Fernyhough

13 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 7 features: AN ...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 6: Olivia Hayfield, Peter Stanford, Elizabeth Knox

06 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 6 features: OLI...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 5: Richard Ford, Amy McDaid, Yasmin Khan

30 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 5 features: RIC...

2020 WINTER SERIES Ep 4: Deborah Eisenberg, Wallace Shawn, Caroline Barron

23 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 4 features: DEB...

2020 WINTER SERIES EP 3: Becky Manawatu, Robert Macfarlane, Chanel Miller

16 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 3 features: BEC...

2020 WINTER SERIES EP 2: Philippe Sands, Ian Wedde, Lisa Taddeo

10 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 2 features: PHI...

2020 WINTER SERIES EP 1: Barbara Ewing, Alan Bollard, Bernadine Evaristo

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Auckland Writers Festival 13-week WINTER SERIES streamed live and free every Sunday morning from 3 May - 26 July 2020. Episode 1 features: BAR...

Nigella Lawson: In Conversaton (2018)

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

English food writer and journalist Nigella Lawson started work as a book reviewer and restaurant critic, going on to become the deputy literary editor...

An Evening with Lee Child (2018)

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join master of suspense and bestselling crime writer Lee Child in conversation with broadcaster Jim Mora, to celebrate Past Tense and the return of Ja...

An Evening with Arundhati Roy (2019)

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

A special event with internationally acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy. Arundhati Roy catapulted to fame with her debut novel The God of Small Th...

An Evening with Sarah J. Maas (2019)

06 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Sarah J. Maas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Throne of Glass series and A Court of Thorns and Roses series, as well as an internat...