The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, plus generations of Māori writers from Patricia Grace to Becky Manawatu.
The Auckland Writers Festival starts on May 14 and its promotional push highlights a roll-call of talent from across the arts; Booker prize winner for 2023, Paul Lynch, actor Sam Neill, musician Troy Kingi, Indian politician and author Shashi Tharoor plus generations of gifted Māori writers from Patricia Grace to Becky Manawatu. Julian Wilcox talks to award winning screenwriter, author and director Michael Bennett who's a curator of the Māori sessions at the festival and has just released his second novel, Return to Blood.
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