Writers And Readers in Greater Wellington

WRITERS AND READERS WEEK, Friday 9 – Wednesday 14 March 2012

WRITERS AND READERS IN GREATER WELLINGTON

International Poets at Paekakariki

Toronto’s Poet Laureate Dionne Brand and British poet and translator Michael Hulse read from their acclaimed collections and discuss their work. Brand was awarded the Governor General’s Award for her poetry collection Land to Light On and the 2011 Griffin Poetry Prize for her book length poem Ossuaries. Hulse’s collections include The Secret History, and recently he co-edited The 20th Century in Poetry.

WHEN: Sun 11 March 4pm

WHERE: St Peters Village Hall, Paekakariki

DURATION: 1 hr

TICKETS: GA $15

New Zealand’s Emerging Writers

Three of the country’s most exciting new voices read from their work and discuss their writing journey. Eleanor Catton’s first novel, The Rehearsal, was published in more than 10 languages, Craig Cliff won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize Best First Book Award for A Man Melting and in 2011 Hamish Clayton’s remarkable first novel, Wulf, met with high critical acclaim.

WHEN: Mon 12 March 12.30pm

WHERE: Aratoi, Masterton

DURATION: 1 hr

TICKETS: GA $15

ENDS

Writers and Readers Week is supported by the Lion Foundation, Victoria University of Wellington, John F. Kennedy Memorial Fellowship, Unity Books, Museum Art Hotel, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian High Commission, Goethe Institut, Canada Council for the Arts, Embassy of Spain and the Embassy of the United States of America.