Friday, August 24, 2012

Balzac, baguettes and brie



Wednesday 29 August 2012
5.30pm for 6:00pm start
Central City Library, level 2, Whare Wananga

Join us at 5.30pm for a welcome glass of wine courtesy of Glengarry Wines, and baguettes and brie courtesy of Auckland Libraries

Nicholas Reid, still wearing his laurels from his star turn at our Dickens Bicentenary evening, leads a celebration of the great French author Honore’ de Balzac, the “Zoologist of Humankind”, 170 years after he penned the preface to his masterpiece The Human Comedy. With readings by Iain Sharp.

Nicholas Reid holds degrees in History, English and French literature. He is probably best known as a reviewer and critic. For over thirty years he was a film reviewer in print, on radio and on television; more recently he has been a prolific book reviewer on many platforms, including the Sunday Star Times and his blog Reid’s Reader.

A free event, bookings highly recommended.
To book or for more information, email karen.craig@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz

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