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Three inspirational women joined forces to examine past, current and future social and political women’s issues. Read on

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Ken Duncum led a discussion with playwrights and screenwriters Dave Armstrong and Robert Shearman as they explored how theatre survives in an age of downloads, DVDs, YouTube and TV on demand. Read on

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Michael Corballis is Professor Emeritus of psychology at The University of Auckland and has an outstanding ability to transform complex scientific theories into plain English. Read on

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Harry Ricketts is a poet, academic, editor and reviewer who studied English at Oxford University and lived in Asia before moving to New Zealand. Read on

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Scottish crime writer Denise Mina, Doctor Who screenwriter Robert Shearman and American slipstream fantasy writer Kelly Link gathered to explore the world of comics, fantasy and popular culture. Read on

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Writers and Readers Week opened with a keynote address from this acclaimed scientist, explorer and environmentalist. Read on

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An hour was spent with an inspirational writer whose ideas and opinions are fearless, challenging and often controversial. Read on

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Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, columnist and author Thomas Friedman concluded Writers and Readers Week with a keynote address examining the current state of America. Read on

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Minds were engaged and taste buds indulged as Selina Hastings presented Nancy Mitford and Evelyn Waugh: A Literary Correspondence Course based on the brilliantly funny letters they exchanged. Read on

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Distinguished British biographer Selina Hastings discussed digging into the life of fiercely private author Somerset Maugham. Read on

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Ron Rash's stories are set in the moody isolation of America's Appalachian mountains and have earned him comparisons with John Steinbeck and Cormac McCarthy. Join him in conversation with Paul Diamond Read on

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Three Christchurch writers joined Kate De Goldi to discuss living, working and writing in the aftermath of the devastating Christchurch earthquakes. Read on

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Described as 'Tartan Noir', Denise Mina's writing is inextricably linked with the mean streets of Glasgow where she was born and where each of her nine novels are set. Read on

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Three of New Zealand’s most exciting new writers shared the Embassy stage as they discussed their writing journeys with Harry Ricketts. Read on

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With more than two million copies of his novels sold in Norway alone and his work translated into over 40 languages, Jo Nesbø is leading the most recent wave of Scandinavian crime writing. Read on

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With novelists Denise Mina and Ron Rash, place plays a vital and affecting role in their writing. For Mina, it’s the gritty streets of Glasgow; for Rash, the moody and rugged Appalachian Mountains. Read on

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Three of New Zealand’s best crime writers discussed bringing one of the world’s most popular forms of storytelling into a distinctly New Zealand setting. Read on

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One of Australia’s best-known writers, Kate Grenville has published eight novels, a collection of short stories, and four books about the writing process. Read on

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Patrick Evans is a Christchurch novelist, playwright and academic. Read on

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Kim Scott was the first indigenous Australian writer to win the Miles Franklin Award. His latest novel That Deadman Dance explores contact between the Aboriginal Noongar people and European settlers. Read on

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Alan Hollinghurst is the winner of the 2004 Man Booker Prize and one of Britain's finest contemporary novelists. In this Embassy Session he discussed his latest novel The Stranger's Child. Read on

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Novelists Kate Grenville and Kim Scott joined acclaimed biographer Selina Hastings to discuss delving into the past to create historically based works of fiction and engrossing biographies. Read on

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Based in Berlin, Jenny Erpenbeck writes short stories, plays and novels. Join Jenny in conversation with visiting Oxford University Professor of Modern Literature Karen Leeder. Read on

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In the rise of the digital age what does the future hold for the humble book? Read on

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American Kelly Link is described as a slipstream writer, with her style embracing a combination of science fiction, fantasy, horror, mystery, magic and realism. Read on

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Four poets come together to read from their work and discuss the wider world of anthologising poetry. How are selections made? What makes a poem stand out? Read on

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‘Juan Gabriel Vásquez is one of the most original new voices of Latin American literature’ says Mario Vargas Llosa. Read on

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Attendees enjoyed a fascinating session on screenwriting and saw one of the most famous Doctor Who episodes of all time, as writer Robert Shearman joined Noel Murphy in conversation. Read on

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Before her landmark book The Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer gained a PhD with a thesis on Shakespearean works. In her book Shakespeare's Wife, she examines the little known life of Ann Shakespeare Read on

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In this Embassy Session four international guests, led by Oxford University Professor in Modern German Literature Karen Leeder, examined the art of translation. Read on

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Chris Bourke is a Wellington-born historian, journalist, editor and radio producer with a passion for music. Read on

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In this session Juan Gabriel Vásquez, one of Latin America’s most original writers joined Kim Scott, the first indigenous Australian writer to win the Miles Franklin Award. Read on

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In 2012 Bill Manhire, New Zealand’s first Poet Laureate and director of Victoria University’s International Institute of Modern Letters, was on the hunt for new poetic voices. Read on

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Kate Grenville and Alan Hollinghurst’s novels are often multi-layered, spanning many years and many generations, with strong recurring themes of time and memory. Read on

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Who doesn’t know Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy; Bitzer Maloney all skinny and bony; and Schnitzel von Krumm with a very low tum? Read on

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Gavin Bishop is a writer and illustrator with work ranging from the children’s picture book Bidibidi to his charming junior fiction memoir, Piano Rock: A 1950s Childhood. Read on

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It would be difficult to find a children’s bedroom in New Zealand that didn’t have at least one Margaret Mahy book on the shelf. Read on

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Adventurous writers Elizabeth Knox and Kelly Link read from their books and discuss their common grounds of magic realism, fantasy and exciting writing. Read on

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Young adult writers Bernard Beckett and Jane Higgins discuss their creation of compelling characters and dystopian worlds. Read on

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2007 Australian of the Year Tim Flannery is an internationally-acclaimed scientist, environmentalist and chairman of the Copenhagen Climate Council. Read on

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Toronto’s Poet Laureate Dionne Brand and British poet and translator Michael Hulse read from their acclaimed collections and discuss their work. Read on

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Three of the country’s most exciting new voices read from their work and discuss their writing journeys in Masterton. Read on

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