In 2012, the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival announced an important new initiative: the introduction of an Honoured New Zealand Writer.

Conceived to celebrate New Zealand’s most accomplished writers, their body of work and the immense contribution they have made to the literary landscape of New Zealand, the Festival was delighted to welcome as its inaugural honoree the very distinguished Maurice Gee.

Author of some of this country’s finest fiction for adults and children, including 'In My Father’s Den' (1978), 'Under The Mountain' (1979), 'Plumb' (1981), 'Going West' (1985), 'Crime Story' (1992) and 'Live Bodies' (1998), alongside screenplays and short stories, his work has inspired and entertained generations of New Zealand writers and readers.

Maurice Gee was in conversation with chair Geoff Walker in this not-to-be missed event, the final session of the 2012 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival.

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2012

SUNDAY 13 MAY, ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE