Friday, June 27, 2014

VIEW YOUR FAVOURITE AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL 2014 EVENTS ONLINE

 

IN THIS ISSUE:

 

VIEW YOUR FAVOURITE 2014 FESTIVAL EVENTS ONLINE!

 
Happy mid-winter! Missing the Festival? Fear not, we are delighted to offer you an opportunity to revisit many of your favourite sessions online. It’s a chance to catch the ones that got away, too. Events featuring Eleanor Catton, Alice Walker, Alexander McCall Smith, Lloyd Jones and many more are just a click away on the festival’s website. View them here.

 

SAVE THE DATE...

 
Auckland Writers Festival is proud to present a very special event in the Langham’s Grand Ballroom on the evening of August 26th. We can’t tell you who, yet…but we can say they’re one of the most globally influential people in food writing today.

All will be revealed on July 11. WATCH THIS SPACE!
 

AND THE WINNERS ARE...

 
Congratulations to Moira Aberdeen, winner of the $500 Booksellers Token.

Kristina Siversen of Auckland won $450 of books for taking part in the post-Festival online survey.

Lisa Finucane from Pt Chevalier won the Behemoth Book Giveaway and took home a mighty stack of 13 books written by a range of this year’s festival guests.

We were so lucky to hear Eimear McBride at the festival just weeks before she was announced winner of the Bailey (formerly Orange) Prize for Literature for her much-lauded work, A Girl is A Half Formed Thing. I’m sure that like us, you eagerly await the next work from this debut novelist.

PHOTO: EIMEAR MCBRIDE

HONOURED LITERATI 


We warmly congratulate the following writer, publisher and booksellers for their Queens Birthday Honours:

MNZM                  Mr Fergus Barrowman, of Wellington. For services to publishing.
MNZM                  Mrs Betty Gilderdale, of Auckland. For services to children's literature.
QSM                     Ms Beatrice Ann Parsons, of Wellington. For services to business and the arts.
QSM                Mr Julian Russell Parsons, of Wellington. For services to business and the arts.

PHOTO: BETTY GILDERDALE
 

WANT TO WORK FOR THE FESTIVAL?

We’re looking for a contract administrator to join us from late August, overseeing accounts processing (on Xero), office management and administration, board paper preparation, enquiry handling and event delivery support. Hours will vary week-to-week but we anticipate 5-10 hours per week from June-January, up to 24 hours per week from February leading up to the Festival, and full hours during Festival week itself.   Payment will be at an hourly rate to be negotiated.  This role will suit someone who is looking to supplement other activities and who enjoys being part of a small, dynamic team, getting involved, taking ownership and helping deliver one of New Zealand’s most vibrant and fastest growing cultural events.  If this sounds like you, please send an email expression of interest with CV to Anne O’Brien at aobrien@writersfestival.co.nz 


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