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Friday 17th May

07.  PAGE TURNING WITH RAMONA KOVAL

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07. PAGE TURNING WITH RAMONA KOVAL

Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Dubbed by The Times Literary Supplement “Australia’s literary microphone mistress”, the  journalist Ramona Koval has written a book ( By The Book ) in praise of the art of reading.... More
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A Tale of Paris

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A Tale of Paris

Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 01:00 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, FARAWAY LANDS, FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

From the grand master of the historical novel comes an epic portrait of the City of Light. Internationally bestselling author Edward Rutherfurd, who has enchanted readers with his sweeping, multigenerational... More
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Saturday 18th May

37.  AN HOUR WITH CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON

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37. AN HOUR WITH CARLOS RUIZ ZAFON

Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, FARAWAY LANDS, FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

Spain’s mega-selling contemporary writer Carlos Ruiz Zafon is an accomplished blender of high and low literature. Beginning with Shadow of the Wind he has written a cycle of novels set in Barcelona and in... More
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49.  LIFE GOES ON: KATE ATKINSON

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49. LIFE GOES ON: KATE ATKINSON

Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 07:15 p.m. - 08:30 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, FICTION, SPECIAL EVENTS
Price: $35 EARLYBIRD $40 STANDARD

Whitbread-winning Behind The Scenes at the Museum won Kate Atkinson legions of fans. Since then she’s beguiled the world with a raft of novels including Case Histories and When Will There Be Good News , the... More
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Sunday 19th May

61.  A TALE OF PARIS

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61. A TALE OF PARIS

Date: Sunday 19th May 2013
Time: 01:00 p.m. - 02:00 p.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, FARAWAY LANDS, FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

From the grand master of the historical novel comes an epic portrait of the City of Light. Internationally bestselling author Edward Rutherfurd , who has enchanted readers with his sweeping, multigenerational... More
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73.  HONOURED NEW ZEALAND WRITER 2013: ALBERT WENDT

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73. HONOURED NEW ZEALAND WRITER 2013: ALBERT WENDT

Date: Sunday 19th May 2013
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 06:45 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, FARAWAY LANDS, POETRY AND SPOKEN WORD, SPECIAL EVENTS
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD

In 1973 an emerging writer by the name of Albert Wendt delivered his first novel. Sons For The Return Home was groundbreaking, exploring love, freedom and racism in Aotearoa New Zealand. It was made into a film and... More
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