Auckland Writers Festival
Jean-Christophe Rufin - Writing Without Borders
Jean-Christophe Rufin is a French doctor and was instrumental in the founding of Medecins Sans Frontieres - he was also the French Ambassador to Senegal for several years. As if that isn't enough… Audio
Petina Gappah: outsiders and authenticity
Charlotte Graham interviews the Zimbabwean lawyer and writer (An Elegy for Easterly, The Book of Memory) who now lives in Geneva, where she provides legal aid on international trade law to developing… Audio
Carmen Aguirre - Memoirs of a Chilean Revolutionary Daughter
Carmen Aguirre is a Vancouver based actress, author and playwright. Her book Something Fierce tells the story of her childhood in Chile with her parents who were part of the Chilean Resistance under… Audio
Bill Oddie - The Odd Life
For Generation X - Bill Oddie will forever be known as a Goodie - one of the three madcap comedians that took UK television by storm. Since those halcyon days, Bill Oddie has turned to the art of… Audio
Suad Amiry: conservation architecture and Palestine
Guest host Philippa Tolley interviews Palestinian conservation architect and writer Suad Amiry, founder of the Riwaq Centre for Architectural Conservation, and author of Sharon and My Mother in Law… Audio
Anne O'Brien
The director of the Auckland Writers festival unveils this year's programme for the May event going from strength to strength. Audio
Sir David Hare - The Write Stuff
One of the finest playwrights of his generation, Sir David Hare has won many accolades for his stage and film work, including BAFTA's and Tony awards. His work includes plays: Plenty, The Blue Room… Audio
Thomas Mallon: Nixon, Reagan, Bush and Trump
American novelist, essayist, and critic, whose books include Watergate: a Novel and Finale: a Novel of the Reagan Years. He is a guest at the Auckland Writers Festival. Audio
Ann Goldstein: translating Elena Ferrante
Ann Goldstein is editor at The New Yorker, and translator to English of many Italian writers, including Primo Levi and the reclusive Elena Ferrante, author of the Neapolitan Quartet. She is a guest at… Audio
Psychotherapist Susie Orbach - Fat is Still a Feminist Issue
Susan Orbach is a psychotherapist and author of the acclaimed Fat is a Feminist Issue, which was published for the first time in 1978. Since that time it's never been out of print - underscoring the… Audio
Big names confirmed for Auckland Writers Festival
Groundbreaking American feminist Gloria Steinem, last year's Booker Prize winner Marlon James and the eccentric British comedian and conservationist Bill Oddie will be among the big names taking part… Audio
Literary superstars heading to Auckland
A star-studded international line-up, including Gloria Steinham and Marlon James, has been announced for the Auckland Writers Festival. Video
Auckland Writers Festival kicks off today...
The organisers of the Auckland Writers' Festival are pegging this year's event as the biggest yet. Audio
Emily St John Mandel: Canadian Author
Emily St John Mandel's latest novel 'Station Eleven' recently won the prestigious Arthur C. Clarke Award for Science Fiction. She visits the Auckland Writers Festival this week, and tells Eva about… Audio
Shakespeare scholar Peter Holland
University of Notre Dame scholar Peter Holland is fascinated with William Shakespeare's influence on modern culture. As part of the Auckland Writer's Festival; Peter is giving a talks called… Audio
Natalie Haynes: Writer
British writer coming to the Dunedin and Auckland Writers Festivals. Audio
Rebecca Vaughan: Dalloway
Actor presenting a stage version of Virginia Woolf's Dalloway Audio
From Vietnam to Canada: author Kim Thuy
Kim Thúy is a Canadian writer whose family fled Saigon as boat people during the Vietnam War. Her autobiographical novel Ru was an award winning bestseller - drawing on her refugee past. Her latest… Audio
Amy Bloom
Amy Bloom is an American writer and psychotherapist, she is coming to Auckland Writers Festival next month. She is the author of three novels and three collections of short stories. Her latest novel… Audio
Alan Cumming
Actor for stage and screen, broadcaster, director, designer, producer and musician, who will be speaking about family memoir, Not My Father's Son, at the 2015 Auckland Writers Festival. Audio