The Writer's Festival # 1

FILE TITLE The Writer's Festival # 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ANNOUNCER INTRO: Time now for the reading and today we begin 'The Writer's Festival', a new book by Stephanie Johnson. This title, which is a companion piece to her wonderful earlier book 'The Writing Class', takes some of the characters which featured in that novel and creates a whole new story around the fictional Oceania Writer's Festival. Here's Nigel Collins reading 'The Writer's Festival' by Stephanie Johnson. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - IN: MUSIC (0:10) 'In January he gets on a flight and they let him go. . . . OUT: . . ..Ask Rae's advice. Find the number.' MUSIC (0:08) DUR: 13:21 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BACK ANNOUNCE: You have been listening to 'The Writer's Festival' by Stephanie Johnson read by Judith Gibson and Nigel Collins, recorded by Phil Brownlee and produced by Duncan Smith for Radio New Zealand National. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - BRIEF TRAIL: A wise and witty novel that explores the contemporary phenomenon of the public face (or even celebrity status) of the writer. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - MUSIC DETAILS Swing Easy (Tony Kinsey) Tk.37 on the PM Album: 'Small Group Jazz' [Chappell CHAP 282] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - INTERACTIVE: BOOK: The Writer's Festival by Stephanie Johnson Published by Vintage (22 Apr 2015) [ISBN-978-1775537984] ++++++++++++++++++++