Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki will host a special event in March 2026. This will be the sole Aotearoa New Zealand appearance by internationally acclaimed journalist and author M. Gessen in conversation with award-winning journalist and broadcaster, Jack Tame. Offering a thought-provoking conversation ahead of the main Festival, which takes place from 12 – 17 May.
Acclaimed journalist and author M. Gessen, whom Timothy Snyder describes as “an indispensable voice of and for this moment”.
A lauded opinion columnist with The New York Times and the author of 11 acclaimed works of nonfiction, most recently Surviving Autocracy and The Future Is History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, Gessen is a vital voice in modern journalism and literature whose books regularly top the bestseller charts.
Their fearless reporting and penetrating political analysis have made them a key guide to our bewildering times, offering incisive political insight and analysis of our tumultuous period of world history.
Join them for an evening of fearless reporting, penetrating political analysis and incisive insight into our current moment of global upheaval. Limited tickets.
First Chapter: Event Details
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An Evening with M. Gessen
Date: Wednesday 4 March
Time: 7.00 – 8.15pm
Venue: Dorothy Winstone Centre, Auckland Girls’ Grammar School
Tickets: $45.50 / $20 students
Please note
Unfortunately, Vincenzo Latronico can no longer attend, and Percival Everett’s Australia and New Zealand tour has been cancelled, therefore An Evening with Percival Everett at the Dorothy Winstone Centre on Thursday 5 March will no longer be going ahead. We apologise for any inconvenience this has caused.
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