The Press Christchurch Writers Festival 2010
The Press Christchurch Writers Festival was to have taken place from 9 to 12 September — but was cancelled following the Darfield earthquake. Read the cancellation notice and ticket refund information.
This page links you to interviews we completed, and describes events planned before the earthquake.
Festival coverage
Interviews
- Read Ruth Todd's festival preview
- Roger Hall
- Craig Cliff
- Helen Lowe
- Karen Zelas
- Find out about the Ngaio Marsh award to be launched at the festival or read a profile of Dame Ngaio Marsh
- Reviews, comment and recommendations — all on blog.christchurchcitylibraries.com
- View images from the festival on flickr
Festival highlights
The 2010 festival highlights:
- Crime writing! The presentation of the inaugural Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Crime Novel plus sessions with exciting contemporary writers Simon Kernick, Liam McIlvanney, Neil Cross, Vanda Symon, Michael Robotham and Paul Thomas
- International writers including Simon Winchester, Barbara Trapido, Clive Hamilton and Emily Maguire
- A bevy of Kiwi writers, poets and performers including Dave Dobbyn, Roger Hall, Rachael King, Chris Laidlaw and Helen Lowe.
Events at libraries
The following events were planned at libraries:
- Book launch: Karen Healey will launch Guardian of the dead — 1:00pm Thursday 9 September, Upper Riccarton Library
- Film screening: Frank — a film remembering the father of modern New Zealand writing, Frank Sargeson — 12:00pm Thursday 9 September, Central Library, second floor
- Christchurch kids blog launch — 7:00pm, Wednesday 8 September, Central Library
- Readings by students from the Hagley Writers’ Institute 12:00pm Monday 6, Tuesday 7 and Wednesday 8 September, Central Library, ground floor.
More interviews and profiles
Read about local writers involved with the festival:
- Vanda Symon — crime writer interview from 2008
- Carl Nixon — author and playwright interview from 2008
- Jeffrey Paparoa Holman — profile
