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Daniel Mendelsohn: six of six million
Daniel Mendelsohn is an American memoirist, essayist, critic, columnist, and translator who is presently a Contributing Editor at Travel + Leisure. He is the author of the international 2006… Audio
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Playing Favourites with Kristin Hersh
Founder of American group Throwing Muses, solo musician, and author of the memoir Paradoxical Undressing, who is visiting New Zealand for spoken word and singing events. Audio
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For the love of publishing
Nevermind the doomsayers, New Zealand's publishing industry is evolving with help from some fresh talent, writes Briar Lawry.
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Playing Favourites with Sandi Toksvig
Author, playwright and broadcaster who is a regular panelist on the quiz programme QI, and is a guest of the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
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Sue Healey: Auckland Writers Festival
Audio 16 May 2014Sydney based NZ choreographer and film maker presenting 'White Cloud' in collaboration with musician Tim Finn and playwright Tim Duncum. Audio
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Jacques Roubaud - French poet, essayist and novelist
French writer and poet Jacques Roubaud is described as a senior statesman of European literature and world poetry. His latest translated book, Mathematics, pays homage to one of the great passions of… Audio
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Lucy Hughes-Hallett: The Pike
Audio 15 May 2014Award winning British author featuring at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
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Scottish author Irvine Welsh
'Trainspotting' author Irvine Welsh on his latest book 'The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins', and the challenges of adapting the page to the big screen. Audio
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'No consequence'
Journalist Rebecca Macfie says all of her senses told her the Pike River mine disaster was not an accident.
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Damien Wilkins: AK Writers Festival
Audio 13 May 2014Wellington based author featured New Zealand author at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
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Adam Johnson - North Korean Love Story
Audio 11 May 2014Adam Johnson's 2013 Pullitzer Prize winning novel, The Orphan Master's Son, follows the story of a boy who is trained to be an assassin and a spy for North Korea. The California writer says when he… Audio
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Jang Jin-sung - Secrets of North Korea
Audio 11 May 2014Jang Jin-sung defected after having served as a counter-intelligence officer, and poet laureate, for North Korea's former dictator Kim Jong-il. Audio
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Inua Ellams - Nigerian word and graphic artist
Audio 7 May 2014Inua Ellams is a word and graphic artist born in Plateau State, Nigeria. He is a writer with a style influenced as much by classic literature as it is by hip hop, by John Keats as it is by MosDef… Audio
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Rod Moss: aboriginal life
Alice Springs-based painter and photographer who has written two memoirs, The Hard Light of Day, and One Thousand Cuts: Life and Art in Central Australia. Audio
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Jessica Jackley - American entrepeneur
Audio 2 May 2014American entrepeneur Jessica Jackley on how financial inclusion and the sharing economy can combat poverty in developing countries. Jessica Jackley is a guest at the Auckland Writers Festival this… Audio
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Frank Dikotter
Audio 27 Apr 2014The author of the Samuel Johnson prize winning book 'Mao's Great Famine', Frank Dikotter has followed up with 'The Tragedy of Liberation - A History of the Chinese Revolution 1945 - 1957'. He is in… Audio
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Alice Walker: dashed dreams and hope
American author (The Color Purple) and activist who will visit New Zealand in May for the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
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Michael Leunig - Australian cartoonist, artist and writer
Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig whose work depicts the fragility and follies of the human condition - and our relationship with the natural world. His latest book The Essential Leunig: Cartoons… Audio
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Alexander McCall Smith – Auden’s Guide to Life
Audio 23 Mar 2014Alexander McCall Smith thinks the poet W. H. Auden provides a great guide to living a good life. He talks to Finlay Macdonald about Auden, 15 years of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series, his… Audio
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A. M. Homes: dark writing
Audio 22 Mar 2014American author of 11 books including the novel May We Be Forgiven and the memoir The Mistress's Daughter. She will visit here in May for the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
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Anne O'Brien: AK Writers and Readers Festival
Audio 19 Mar 2014Auckland Writers and Readers festival director previews this year's event. Audio
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Reza Aslan - writer and scholar of religions
Audio 19 Mar 2014Reza Aslan is an Iranian-American writer and scholar of religions. He is coming to New Zealand in May as part of the Auckland writers festival. His books include: Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus… Audio
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Alice Walker to headline Auckland Writers Festival
Audio 19 Mar 2014Several world renowned authors will descend on Auckland this year as part of the country's biggest literary event. Audio
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Masha Gessen: Putin's Russia
Audio 18 May 2013Russian-American journalist whose new book is The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin, and is a guest at the 2013 Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. Audio
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Writers and Readers Festival
Audio 17 May 2013The Auckland Writers & Readers Festival is bringing more than 150 authors from around New Zealand and the world. The Festival started in 1999 as a biennial event, but with the popularity of the event… Audio