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 the Knight Professor of Science and Environmental Journalism at UC Berkeley. He lives in California.
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NEW EVENT WITH MICHAEL POLLAN:
Michael Pollan in conversation with Sue Kedgley and Annabel Langbein
Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere Rd/The Promenade, Takapuna
Friday 16 May | 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Tickets $20 adults / $15 students
Bruce Mason Centre, Cnr Hurstmere Rd/The Promenade, Takapuna
Tickets are available from Bill Bradford
Phone: 09 473 6769 or 027 346 2372
email: partisan@ihug.co.nz
Tickets will also be available on the door.
Michael Pollan will be also appearing in the following events:
63. Do All Your Eating at a Table: Lunch with Michael Pollan
Thursday 15 May | 12:00 - 2:00pm
58. An Hour with Michael Pollan
Sunday 18 May | 4:00 - 5:00pm