Friday, May 15, 2009

COMMONWEALTH WRITERS AT UNITY BOOKS,Wellington

hese photos are from the visit by the Commonweatlh Writers' Prize Winners to Unity Books,Wellington on Wednesday the 13th May.
Pic top left Andrew Firmin from the Commonwealth Foundation
Pic top right - Chris Tsiolkas
Pic left below - Mo Zhi Hong

It was a lunchtime event and many regular CBD browsers on breaks from their offices happily stood for an hour or so to listen to this amazing and diverse bunch of authors.

The crew of writers comprised Best Book and Best First Book winners and, beside the IMPAC Award, the Commonwealth Writers' Prize is one of the only prizes to draw on authors that are genuinely from all across the globe.
Pic left - Mandla Langa

My spies tell me it was an excellent event, greatly enjoyed by all. Especially people looking for an excuse not to get back to the office in a hurry. Those in pic left seem deeply engrossed!

Pic right Uwem Akpan





Pic lower left Marina Endicott

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