Friday, July 06, 2012

WRITERS ON MONDAYS


Metaphysics for the Young and Curious: Bernard Beckett

Victoria University Writer in Residence and two-time New Zealand Post Young Adult Book Award winner Bernard Beckett is working on a screenplay for his novel August, and writing the third and final in a series of metaphysical novels, examining death. A young girl is rescued from a plague-ravaged slum by a rich benefactor, and taken to a world where nothing is as it seems…join us for a sneak preview with chair Kate De Goldi.

DATE:   Monday 9 July 2012
TIME:   12.15-1.15pm
VENUE:  The Marae, Level 4, Te Papa (please note no food may be taken onto The Marae).
These events are open to the public and free of charge.
Writers on Mondays is presented with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and additional support from Circa Theatre, City Gallery Wellington and the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation at Victoria University.

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