We’re thrilled to be bringing two authors judged among New Zealand’s best in this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards to Queenstown for our 2022 festival.
Wellington writer Whiti Hereaka won the supreme prize for fiction for her epic retelling of Māori mythology Kurangaituku and Rebecca K Reilly won the prize for best first book of fiction with Greta & Valdin.
Whiti and Rebecca are among a large group of top Kiwi writers sharing their works and thoughts during the festival between November 11 and 13, at Queenstown’s new arts and culture space Te Atamira.
The whole festival team is delighted to be bringing these talented writers to Queenstown. As our chairperson Tanya Surrey said, “This year’s line-up will offer creative and enlightening conversations for our audiences.”
Other writers coming to the festival include broadcaster Noelle McCarthy who will be discussing her memoir Grand: Becoming My Mother’s Daughter with radio personality Marcus Lush; the internationally acclaimed Kate de Goldi with her new novel Eddy Eddy; and Christine Leunens, author of Caging Skies, the book that was made into Taika Waititi’s film Jojo Rabbit, will talk about her new novel Amber’s Wake.
Former NZ Herald editor and investigative journalist Stephen Davis will discuss his books, including Operation Trojan Horse about the role of the British government in 400 innocent airline passengers becoming human shields in the Iraq War of 1990.
He will also present a two-hour workshop on disinformation and misinformation, with case studies to illustrate how we can become misinformed and how to avoid it.
That’s just a taster: we’ll be announcing the full programme on September 1 and it will include more writers, workshops, poetry and book launches.
Photos: Whiti Hereaka (left); Rebecca K Reilly (right, Ebony Lamb Photographer)
