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Christchurch City Libraries connects you with the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2008. Find out about the featured authors, novels, themes and events.

Last year (2007) we reported direct from the Writers and Readers Festival on the Christchurch City Libraries blog and brought you interviews with authors and feedback from sessions. In 2008 we provided you with more exciting updates and information about all the action in Auckland.

Festival coverage

Interviews

Daily Festival Wrap

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Sunday

5:24min, 5.1Mb

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Saturday Part Two

9:35min, 9Mb

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Saturday Part One

6:26min, 6Mb

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Friday

7:30min, 7Mb

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Thursday

8:05min, 7.7Mb

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Wednesday

2:44min, 2.6Mb

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Festival Authors

Maxine Alteiro (NZ)
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Tusiata Avia (NZ)
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Bernard Beckett (NZ)
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Our interview with Bernard on the pulse website
Joe Bennett (NZ)
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how to watch a bird by Steve Braunias - coverSteve Braunias (NZ)
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James Brown (NZ)
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Linda Burgess (NZ)
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John Burnside
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Grey Souls by Philippe Claudel - coverPhilippe Claudel
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J. M. Coetzee
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Luke Davies
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Peter Ho Davies
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Lloyd Spencer Davis (NZ)
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Billy by Kate De Goldi & Jacqui Colley - coverKate de Goldi (NZ)
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Junot Diaz
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Joan Druett (NZ)
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Tessa Duder (NZ)
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Barbara Else (NZ)
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Anne Enright
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The pop-Up book of invasions by Fiona Farrell - coverFiona Farrell (NZ)
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Lawrence Fearnley (NZ)
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Christine Fernyhough (NZ)
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James George (NZ)
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George Gibbs (NZ)
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Black Mass by John Gray - coverJohn Gray
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Paula Green (NZ)
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Roger Hall (NZ)
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Sarah Hall
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Derek Hansen
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Mo Hayder
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Ask the posts of the house by Witi Ihimaera - coverWiti Ihimaera (NZ)
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Manying Ip (NZ)
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Lauraine Jacobs (NZ)
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Stephanie Johnson (NZ)
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Alexa Johnston (NZ)
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Geography for the lost by Kapka Kassabova - coverKapka Kassabova (NZ)
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Hamish Keith (NZ)
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Fiona Kidman (NZ)
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Ryan Knighton
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Shonagh Koea (NZ)
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Lonely planet - Venezuela by Thomas Kohnstamm - coverThomas Kohnstamm
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Sarah Laing (NZ)
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David Larsen (NZ)
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Graeme Lay (NZ)
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Helen Leach (NZ)
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Hermione Lee
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Michele Leggott (NZ)
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Miss me a lot of by Louise Wareham Leonard - coverLouise Wareham Leonard
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Douglas Lloyd Jenkins (NZ)
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Mary McCallum (NZ)
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Bruce McFadgen (NZ)
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James McNeish (NZ)
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Ray McVinnie (NZ)
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Karlo Mila (NZ)
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Simon Montefiore
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Paula Morris (NZ)
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Loretta Napoleoni
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Rocking horse Road by Carl Nixon - coverCarl Nixon (NZ)
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Heather O'Neill
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Michael Pollan
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Harry Ricketts (NZ)
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Duncan Sarkies (NZ)
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Owen Scott (NZ)
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Real gold by Iain Sharp - coverIain Sharp (NZ)
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Peter Simpson (NZ)
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Peter Temple
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Hamish Thompson (NZ)
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Chris Trotter (NZ)
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Peter Wells (NZ)
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Simon Wilson (NZ)
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Laughing Mirror by Douglas Wright - coverAlison Wong (NZ)
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Douglas Wright (NZ)
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