17 Dec 2017

Telling The Real Story

From Standing Room Only, 1:45 pm on 17 December 2017
Erin Mercer - author of Telling the Real Story.

Erin Mercer - author of Telling the Real Story. Photo: Supplied

What sorts of things do people write about? What rises to the top and what sinks out of trace? And most importantly overall, Do we have a New Zealand voice? These are all questions that Auckland academic Erin Mercer gleefully tackles in her latest book. It's called Telling the Real Story which is a bold claim for a writer.