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Thursday, June 20, 2013

AWRF - FIVE POPULAR SESSIONS NOW ON-LINE


The Festival has uploaded the following sessions to vimeo.com which are now available to view (click on the link to view):

 An Hour with Diego Marani

  An Hour with Shehan Karunatilaka

  Life Goes On:  Kate Atkinson

  How Humans Made God:  Lloyd Geering

  2013 Honoured NZ Writer:  Albert Wendt

REVIEWS OF THE FESTIVAL

Relive your favourite moments with these New Zealand Herald Festival reviews:

  • Janet McAllister reviews the Festival
  • Linda Herrick on Edward Rutherfurd, Remarkable Women and Jane Tolerton
  • Michele Hewitson on Gideon Haigh
  • Linda Herrick on Jackie Kay, Carlos Ruiz Zafon and Sir Max Hastings
  • Linda Herrick on William Dalrymple
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