My events:
SATURDAY: INTERVIEW WITH PAUL MOON
2011 saw the publication of Paul Moon's weighty tome New Zealand in the Twentieth Century: The Nation, The People. He discusses the work, and where to now for Paul Moon, with writer and historian Joan Druett.
Event Details
Date: Saturday 12 May 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
SUNDAY: AN HOUR WITH JOAN DRUETT
One of New Zealand’s most popular writers, Joan Druett writes both history and historical novels.
Her lasting creation, Maori whaler Wiki Coffin, features in a series of mystery novels set along the whaling routes of the nineteenth century.
Joan’s most recent book is Tupaia: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook’s Polynesian Navigator, an illustrated and lively look of this previously uncelebrated, historical figure who sailed from Tahiti on the Endeavour in 1769 as navigator and translator, sadly dying before he could return home.
In conversation with Dr Rodney Wilson.
Event Details
Date: Sunday 13 May 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
I will also be attending other events (such as the interview with Tusi Tamasese, the writer and director of the stunning Samoan film The Orator (2:30 Saturday afternoon), and catching up with friends, colleagues, and family. If you see me in the crowd, wave and shout.
To follow a lively day-by-day account of the Festival, read Beattie's BookBlog -- the link is to the right.
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