Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2009
Christchurch City Libraries connects you with the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2009.
This year's festival includes the announcement of the Commonwealth Writers Prize, as well as a visit from four of the staff of the New Yorker and acclaimed authors such as Monica Ali, Mohammad Hanif, Tash Aw and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
Plenty of local talent also featured, with writers such as Kirsty Gunn, Kate de Goldi and Lloyd Jones.
Our coverage
In 2009 a team of four covered the festival on the library blog. Joyce Fraser, Moata Tamaira, Robyn Stewart and Richard Liddicoat also posted an audio wrap-up of each day's activities. In 2008 we posted from the festival on the Christchurch City Libraries blog and published interviews with authors. See also the 2007 coverage.
Further information
- Auckland Writers and Readers Festival - official website
- Christchurch City Libraries blogs from the 2008 Festival
Festival coverage
Interviews
- Festival director Jill Rawnsley talks about the 2009 line-up.
- Interview with teen author Brigid Lowry about her book Juicy Writing
- Interview with Christos Tsiolkas, Commonwealth Writers' Prize winner 2009
- Interview with Stefan Aust, author and former editor of Der Spiegel
- Interview with Monica Ali, author of In the Kitchen and Brick Lane
Daily Festival Wrap
Each day our team will bring you a short audio wrap-up of the day's events.
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Thursday, 14 May
7 mins, 6.52Mb
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Friday, 15 May
7 mins, 6.52Mb
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Saturday, 16 May
17.05 mins, 15.67Mb
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Sunday, 17 May
13.40 mins, 12.51Mb
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