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Leading New Zealand writers will visit Mahurangi this month for two major author events in Matakana and Warkworth as part of Auckland Libraries’ We Read Auckland winter literary festival.
The first, A Clear Dawn Meets Robin Hyde, is hosted by Mahurangi East Library at the Art Matakana Gallery, at Matakana Country Park on the Sunday June 6.
The afternoon will open with the award-winning writer and professor of creative writing at Auckland University, Dr Paula Morris (Ngāti Wai and Ngāti Whatua), interviewing a panel of contributors to a new anthology, A Clear Dawn, which explores a variety of journeys from Asia to Aotearoa. Then the tables will be turned as former BBC journalist Juliet Robieson interviews Paula Morris about her new illustrated book, Shining Land – Looking for Robin Hyde, which traces the footsteps of the crusading NZ journalist and poet who lived an extraordinary, if tragically short life between 1906 and 1939.
The event starts at 2.30pm and runs until 5pm on the Sunday, with a half hour break for nibbles.
Then, on Wednesday, June 9, thriller fans are in for a treat when Warkworth Library hosts a Coastal Crime panel at the Town Hall from 7pm.
Three Auckland authors – Rose Carlyle, Madeleine Eskedahl and Nalini Singh – will discuss all the gory details of writing about crime and mystery with local writer and facilitator Kathy Hunter, who says she is looking forward to talking to all three women about their lives, inspiration and motivation to write what they do.
Rose Carlyle shot to fame last year when her first thriller, The Girl in the Mirror, was snapped up by NZ and international publishers and Hollywood bought the film rights. Nalini Singh is best known for writing a raft of fantasy romance books, but has recently switched to crime, while Madeleine Eskedahl has brought gore to Mahurangi with Blood on Vines, the first in a series of grisly crime novels set in and around Matakana.
Warkworth library manager Lisa Outwin says the panel is a big event that will be popular with a lot of people, whether they enjoy reading crime books or are interested in writing.
“We came up with a crime panel because we know that’s what lots of people really enjoy,” Lisa says.
“Crime is by far the most popular genre, we can’t keep them on the shelves. We wanted something to really bring people together and focus on the pleasure of reading and the joy books and libraries can bring into people’s lives.”
Warkworth Town Hall can seat 270 people, but the event will be accessible to far more than that, as it will also be live-streamed. Paper Plus Warkworth will be there selling books by all three authors, and they will be signing books on request.
Both events are free, but bookings are essential. This can be done online via the links above, by phoning 09 377 7795, or staff in any library will be happy to help anyone without computer access or who needs assistance.
