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 Luminaries'. A psychological thriller set in the South Island, Shakespearean in scope, a battle between good and evil - it has a complex intellectual core and also a great sense of mischief. Catton now lives in the UK, and between books has adapted both 'The Luminaries' and Jane Austen's 'Emma' for the screen. She returned to our shores to talk with Noelle McCarthy about what compelled her to write this epic romp through our national parks, with rare-earth mining, deep surveillance, guerilla gardening and so much more.

Supported by Platinum Bold Patron, Theresa Gattung

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL | WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2023

SATURDAY 20 MAY 2023 - 7.00-8.00PM KIRI TE KANAWA THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE