Apr
30
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008
Michael Pollan is the author, most recently, of In Defence of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto. His previous book, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (2006), was named one of the ten best books of 2006 by The New York Times and the Washington Post. It also won the California Book Award, the Northern California Book Award, and the James Beard Award for best food writing. He is also the author of The Botany of Desire: A Plant’s-Eye View of the World (2001); A Place of My Own (1997); and Second Nature (1991). Pollan served for many years as executive editor of Harper’s Magazine and is now
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Apr
30
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008
Luke Davies is the Australian author of three novels, the cult bestseller Candy, Isabelle the Navigator and his recent novel, God of Speed. He has also written numerous books of poetry. Of these, Running With Light won the 2000 Judith Wright ‘Calanthe’ Poetry Prize at the Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, and Totem won the Grace Leven Poetry Prize, the Age Poetry Book of the Year and overall Age Book of the Year in 2004. He adapted Candy for screen, with director Neil Armfield. The film version stars the late Heath Ledger, Abbie Cornish and Geoffrey Rush, and was released to critical acclaim in
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Apr
30
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008
No other form of the written word can make the reader swoon, or cringe, quite like the raw power of poetry. Poetry, as always, features prominently in the festival programme. This year's poetry events are ...
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Apr
30
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008
We know there are dog-eared festival programmes littering desks, coffee tables, cars and bedrooms all around New Zealand as decisions are made about what can’t be missed at the festival in May. A tip for those of you who haven’t already booked - you’ve got two weeks before Door Sale prices come into effect on Wednesday 14 May ($19.50 tickets go up to $22; $16.50 tickets go up to $19). We’d definitely advise booking in advance if you possibly can.
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Apr
30
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Wednesday, Apr 30, 2008
Thank you to all those entered the Pilobolus Dance Theatre competition.
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Apr
24
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008
What other people make of their lives, what they encounter and what they create can be stranger and more wondrous than fiction. We are extraordinarily lucky to have outstanding, internationally celebrated biography writers, Hermione Lee and Simon Montefiore.
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Apr
24
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008
The addition of Dave Dobbyn to the panel, 'Songwriters Speak', is timely, as he has just completed the song-writing and recording of a new album in London with producers Adrian Sherwood and Skip MacDonald. Dave Dobbyn is one of New Zealand’s most renowned and treasured musicians, with a career that has spanned almost 30 years and a string of hits including ‘Be Mine Tonight’, ‘Beside You’, ‘Welcome Home’, ‘Slice of Heaven’ and ‘Loyal’ . He holds the record for the most Silver Scroll awards for song-writing and it is often said that he has written the soundtrack to kiwi lives. After a break of five years his album ‘Available Light’ was released
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Apr
24
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008
Loretta Napoleoni is the best selling Italian author of Terror Incorporated and Insurgent Iraq, a respected economist and journalist. She is an expert on the financing of terrorism and advises several governments on counter-terrorism. Born and raised in Rome, in the mid 1970s Loretta Napoleoni became an active member of the feminist movement and a political activist. She has worked for several banks and international organizations in Europe and the
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Apr
24
By Auckland Writers & Readers Festival on
Thursday, Apr 24, 2008
John Gray, ‘The most important living philosopher’ according to Will Self, is a revered British political philosopher and author. He contributes regularly to The Guardian, New Statesman and The Independent, and has written several influential books on political theory. He is the author of the highly acclaimed Straw Dogs: Thoughts on Humans and Other Animals (2002) and the recent Black Mass: Apocalyptic religion and the death of utopia (2007). Gray is Emeritus Professor at the London School of Economics.
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