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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