Two Novelists - Eleanor Catton and Gigi Fenster

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 Eleanor Catton and Gigi Fenster

Eleanor Catton’s debut novel The Rehearsal, written when she was 22 years old and published by VUP, went on to receive international prizes and acclaim, including a long-listing for the 2010 Orange Prize, a short listing for the 2010 Guardian First Book Award, the UK Society of Authors Betty Trask award, and the Amazon.ca First Novel Award. It has now been translated into twelve languages.  Catton holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, where she taught creative writing as an adjunct professor in 2010. She is the University of Auckland Writer-in-Residence this year and is working on a second novel.

  

Gigi Fenster has an MA in Creative Writing from Victoria University. She has been published in a variety of literary journals, including Sport and Hue and Cry. Her first novel, The Intentions Book, was published by VUP earlier this year.  The Sunday Star Times review described The Intentions Book as “an altogether stunning debut from expatriate South African Gigi Fenster”. The New Zealand Herald review noted that Fenster “has made a standout debut with her novel” and “Victoria University Press has launched an author who is like a breath of fresh air”.

When:  Monday June 25th

Where:  The Thistle Inn, Thorndon, Wellington (near the Railway Station).

Time:  7.30 but come at 7pm to meet in the bar for drinks

Cost:  NZSA members $3 non-members $5