The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival is sad to announce that due to a family emergency, Elizabeth Gilbert has cancelled her New Zealand and Australian appearances this May.
The Festival sincerely apologises to those who have already purchased tickets for “An Evening with Elizabeth Gilbert” on Saturday 15 May, and advises them to call THE EDGE Ticketing Service on (09) 357 3355 for a full refund of the ticket price or transfer to another event.
The New Zealand Listener Opening Night on 13 May will go ahead as planned. Lionel Shriver will join advertised guests Colm Tóibín, William Dalrymple, Thomas Keneally and Emily Perkins.
Elizabeth Gilbert is an award-winning writer of both fictionand non-fiction. Her short story collection Pilgrims was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway award, and her novel Stern Men was a New York Times notable book. The Last American Man (2002) was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the National Book Critic’s Circle Award.
She is best known for her 2006 memoir Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia, which was published in over thirty languages and has sold more than seven million copies worldwide. The film adaptation starring Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem will be released in 2011.
Her new book, Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage, begins where Eat, Pray, Love ended. Elizabeth lives with her husband in New Jersey.
Website: www.elizabethgilbert.com