Knox on Life and The Love School

Aucklanders will have the chance to hear Elizabeth Knox talk and reflect on her life as a writer at a free New Zealand Book Council event at the Auckland City Gallery on 2 November.

Knox, the author of such highly imaginative stories as The Vintner’s luck, Dreamhunter and Dreamquake, that have seen her carry off a host of international awards, turns to non-fiction in her latest book.

The Love School, personal essays collects twenty years of Elizabeth Knox’s non-fiction, beginning with her 1988 essay ‘Origins, Authority and Imaginary Games’, which explores the roots of her writing in childhood imaginary games played with her sisters and friends. Other autobiographical pieces deal with leaving home, working at Inland Revenue to earn money to write, and the writing and putting away of the two novels that came before her prize-winning debut, After Z-Hour, in 1987.

Come and hear her talk and reflect on her life as a writer with Auckland poet and children’s writer Paula Green at a free New Zealand Book Council event at the City Gallery.

Where: Auckland City Gallery
When: Sunday November 2 at 12pm
Admission Free
For more information about this event or interviews with Elizabeth Knox please contact Susanna Andrew,

cmailto:communications@bookcouncil.org.nz, Ph: 021 151 8826

FOOTNOTE

Victoria University Press will publish The Love School, Personal Essays on 7 November, rrp $35.00