2017 Authors
Authors
From historian Anne Salmond in the Marlborough Sounds, to novelist Catherine Chidgey at Cloudy Bay, we were privileged to have amazing 11 authors for 2017 - check out selected podcasts...
![Alice Galletly](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-100w.webp?20170505015906 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-150w.webp?20170505015906 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-200w.webp?20170505015906 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-300w.webp?20170505015906 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-400w.webp?20170505015906 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-500w.webp?20170505015906 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-600w.webp?20170505015906 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-700w.webp?20170505015906 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-800w.webp?20170505015906 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-900w.webp?20170505015906 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-1000w.webp?20170505015906 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-1250w.webp?20170505015906 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/011E40B2-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-1500w.webp?20170505015906 1500w)
Alice Galletly
Alice Galletly drank and blogged about a different beer every single day for a year to research her wonderfully witty and informative How to have a beer.
![Anne Salmond](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-100w.webp?20170505020447 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-150w.webp?20170505020447 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-200w.webp?20170505020447 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-300w.webp?20170505020447 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-400w.webp?20170505020447 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-500w.webp?20170505020447 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-600w.webp?20170505020447 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-700w.webp?20170505020447 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-800w.webp?20170505020447 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-900w.webp?20170505020447 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-1000w.webp?20170505020447 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-1250w.webp?20170505020447 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/1A733CF4-DAE2-11E2-825891B2BF8987F7-1500w.webp?20170505020447 1500w)
Anne Salmond
Dame Anne Salmond makes history intriguing, exciting and highly relevant. An eminent anthropologist, historian, writer and environmentalist, Dame Anne shares her understanding of the Maori experience and how it shapes us all as New Zealanders.
![Brian Turner](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-100w.webp?20170504084041 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-150w.webp?20170504084041 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-200w.webp?20170504084041 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-300w.webp?20170504084041 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-400w.webp?20170504084041 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-500w.webp?20170504084041 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-600w.webp?20170504084041 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-700w.webp?20170504084041 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-800w.webp?20170504084041 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-900w.webp?20170504084041 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-1000w.webp?20170504084041 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-1250w.webp?20170504084041 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92ED649-1E67-4428-B50E0251382A3941-1500w.webp?20170504084041 1500w)
Brian Turner
Brian Turner is a former New Zealand Poet Laureate and one of this country's best loved poets. An ardent and accomplished sportsman, conservationist and champion of our wild places, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of Otago in 2011.
![CK Stead](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-100w.webp?20170504084458 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-150w.webp?20170504084458 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-200w.webp?20170504084458 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-300w.webp?20170504084458 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-400w.webp?20170504084458 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-500w.webp?20170504084458 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-600w.webp?20170504084458 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-700w.webp?20170504084458 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-800w.webp?20170504084458 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-900w.webp?20170504084458 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-1000w.webp?20170504084458 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-1250w.webp?20170504084458 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/10AB6D6B-BD64-49CC-B666AE9FE2BDA4E5-1500w.webp?20170504084458 1500w)
CK Stead
CK Stead barely requires introduction; he is an award-winning novelist, as well as a poet, literary critic, essayist and emeritus professor of English of the University of Auckland.
![Catherine Chidgey](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-100w.webp?20170504102119 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-150w.webp?20170504102119 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-200w.webp?20170504102119 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-300w.webp?20170504102119 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-400w.webp?20170504102119 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-500w.webp?20170504102119 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-600w.webp?20170504102119 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-700w.webp?20170504102119 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-800w.webp?20170504102119 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-900w.webp?20170504102119 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-1000w.webp?20170504102119 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-1250w.webp?20170504102119 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/20128381-E7D8-4CAC-9A41341ACB4A7134-1500w.webp?20170504102119 1500w)
Catherine Chidgey
Catherine received critical acclaim for her first three novels. Her very first In a Fishbone Church won the Best First Book at the New Zealand Book Awards. She has received numerous awards and fellowships.
![Emma Neale](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-100w.webp?20170504084759 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-150w.webp?20170504084759 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-200w.webp?20170504084759 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-300w.webp?20170504084759 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-400w.webp?20170504084759 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-500w.webp?20170504084759 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-600w.webp?20170504084759 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-700w.webp?20170504084759 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-800w.webp?20170504084759 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-900w.webp?20170504084759 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-1000w.webp?20170504084759 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-1250w.webp?20170504084759 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/150317AE-7855-457F-A0CE219F7098BCAA-1500w.webp?20170504084759 1500w)
Emma Neale
Emma Neale is an award-winning poet and prose writer, whose first novel Night Swimming was published in 1998, followed by her first collection of poetry Sleeve Notes in 1999.
![Gavin Bishop](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-100w.webp?20170504100425 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-150w.webp?20170504100425 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-200w.webp?20170504100425 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-300w.webp?20170504100425 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-400w.webp?20170504100425 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-500w.webp?20170504100425 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-600w.webp?20170504100425 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-700w.webp?20170504100425 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-800w.webp?20170504100425 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-900w.webp?20170504100425 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-1000w.webp?20170504100425 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-1250w.webp?20170504100425 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F5084CA5-9E2F-47C6-89D6F08F59E1B4F6-1500w.webp?20170504100425 1500w)
Gavin Bishop
Gavin Bishop is an award-winning children’s picture book writer and illustrator. His nearly 70 published books range from original stories to retellings of Maori myths, European fairytales, and nursery rhymes.
![John Pickrell](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-100w.webp?20170504100944 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-150w.webp?20170504100944 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-200w.webp?20170504100944 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-300w.webp?20170504100944 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-400w.webp?20170504100944 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-500w.webp?20170504100944 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-600w.webp?20170504100944 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-700w.webp?20170504100944 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-800w.webp?20170504100944 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-900w.webp?20170504100944 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-1000w.webp?20170504100944 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-1250w.webp?20170504100944 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/36F9920D-B38C-4B3B-BCD15F56D90DA8B2-1500w.webp?20170504100944 1500w)
John Pickrell
John Pickrell is an award-winning journalist, the former editor of Australian Geographic magazine and the author of Flying Dinosaurs, How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds and more.
![Joy Cowley](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-100w.webp?20170504101044 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-150w.webp?20170504101044 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-200w.webp?20170504101044 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-300w.webp?20170504101044 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-400w.webp?20170504101044 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-500w.webp?20170504101044 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-600w.webp?20170504101044 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-700w.webp?20170504101044 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-800w.webp?20170504101044 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-900w.webp?20170504101044 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-1000w.webp?20170504101044 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-1250w.webp?20170504101044 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/DEFD5493-F616-47CC-86F812C6341FF819-1500w.webp?20170504101044 1500w)
Joy Cowley
Joy Cowley is one of New Zealand’s best-loved writers for children and a Marlborough Living Treasure. Joy was made a Distinguished Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to children’s literature in 2005.
![Sarah Laing](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-100w.webp?20170504101155 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-150w.webp?20170504101155 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-200w.webp?20170504101155 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-300w.webp?20170504101155 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-400w.webp?20170504101155 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-500w.webp?20170504101155 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-600w.webp?20170504101155 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-700w.webp?20170504101155 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-800w.webp?20170504101155 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-900w.webp?20170504101155 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-1000w.webp?20170504101155 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-1250w.webp?20170504101155 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/7CB2FA83-17B3-4F60-B373C303B3C3E45C-1500w.webp?20170504101155 1500w)
Sarah Laing
Sarah Laing is a fiction writer, cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer whose work is re-introducing adults to the graphic novel genre - comics - they loved as children.
![Tracey Slaughter](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-100w.webp?20170505015937 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-150w.webp?20170505015937 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-200w.webp?20170505015937 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-300w.webp?20170505015937 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-400w.webp?20170505015937 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-500w.webp?20170505015937 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-600w.webp?20170505015937 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-700w.webp?20170505015937 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-800w.webp?20170505015937 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-900w.webp?20170505015937 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-1000w.webp?20170505015937 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-1250w.webp?20170505015937 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C0F15B03-4FFA-4A81-8D9D974DC3B5E673-1500w.webp?20170505015937 1500w)
Tracey Slaughter
Tracey's short fiction has received numerous awards, including the international Bridport Prize 2014, a 2007 NZ Book Month Award, and BNZ Katherine Mansfield Awards in 2004 and 2001.
Journalists
We were lucky to feature four award-winning journalists at this year's festival...
![Charles Anderson](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-100w.webp?20170505020847 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-150w.webp?20170505020847 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-200w.webp?20170505020847 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-300w.webp?20170505020847 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-400w.webp?20170505020847 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-500w.webp?20170505020847 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-600w.webp?20170505020847 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-700w.webp?20170505020847 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-800w.webp?20170505020847 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-900w.webp?20170505020847 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-1000w.webp?20170505020847 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-1250w.webp?20170505020847 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F8957734-E2CB-4A04-B2F4F302BEC74D13-1500w.webp?20170505020847 1500w)
Charles Anderson
Charles Anderson’s work has appeared in the International New York Times, the Guardian, the Sydney Morning Herald and National Geographic Traveller.
![Mike White](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-100w.webp?20170505020959 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-150w.webp?20170505020959 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-200w.webp?20170505020959 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-300w.webp?20170505020959 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-400w.webp?20170505020959 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-500w.webp?20170505020959 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-600w.webp?20170505020959 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-700w.webp?20170505020959 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-800w.webp?20170505020959 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-900w.webp?20170505020959 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-1000w.webp?20170505020959 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-1250w.webp?20170505020959 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/6035BC59-48E7-4225-A525BDFBD031F6F2-1500w.webp?20170505020959 1500w)
Mike White
Mike White has been a journalist for 20 years and has reported from many countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq.
![Naomi Arnold](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-100w.webp?20170505021138 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-150w.webp?20170505021138 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-200w.webp?20170505021138 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-300w.webp?20170505021138 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-400w.webp?20170505021138 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-500w.webp?20170505021138 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-600w.webp?20170505021138 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-700w.webp?20170505021138 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-800w.webp?20170505021138 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-900w.webp?20170505021138 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-1000w.webp?20170505021138 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-1250w.webp?20170505021138 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/3F13528E-ED0C-4EDF-BD5E2DCC1E66E07F-1500w.webp?20170505021138 1500w)
Naomi Arnold
Naomi Arnold is an award-winning freelance journalist who writes regularly for New Zealand Geographic, Wilderness, Fairfax, and The Spinoff.
![Nikki Macdonald](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-100w.webp?20170505021254 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-150w.webp?20170505021254 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-200w.webp?20170505021254 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-300w.webp?20170505021254 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-400w.webp?20170505021254 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-500w.webp?20170505021254 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-600w.webp?20170505021254 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-700w.webp?20170505021254 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-800w.webp?20170505021254 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-900w.webp?20170505021254 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-1000w.webp?20170505021254 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-1250w.webp?20170505021254 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/C92C4699-8190-4E82-B607823A27A80191-1500w.webp?20170505021254 1500w)
Nikki Macdonald
Nikki Macdonald is a senior feature writer at The Dominion Post. For the love of journalism, she has eaten hospital food for a week & reported from the inside of a nuclear reactor.
Interviewers
This year we had six interviewers set to talk with our group of authors - a number of regulars were joined by several new hands...
![Charlotte Patterson](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-100w.webp?20180402050520 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-150w.webp?20180402050520 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-200w.webp?20180402050520 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-300w.webp?20180402050520 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-400w.webp?20180402050520 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-500w.webp?20180402050520 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-600w.webp?20180402050520 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-700w.webp?20180402050520 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-800w.webp?20180402050520 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-900w.webp?20180402050520 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-1000w.webp?20180402050520 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-1250w.webp?20180402050520 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/F6562CE5-D661-439E-9831A04496CE7956-1500w.webp?20180402050520 1500w)
Charlotte Patterson
With a love of reading along with wellness and food, Charlotte spoke to Nicola Galloway about simple, nutritional cooking.
![Jane Forrest Waghorn](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-100w.webp?20170506003046 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-150w.webp?20170506003046 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-200w.webp?20170506003046 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-300w.webp?20170506003046 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-400w.webp?20170506003046 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-500w.webp?20170506003046 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-600w.webp?20170506003046 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-700w.webp?20170506003046 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-800w.webp?20170506003046 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-900w.webp?20170506003046 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-1000w.webp?20170506003046 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-1250w.webp?20170506003046 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/69457821-D3CF-4218-93A87F9F303CB1F7-1500w.webp?20170506003046 1500w)
Jane Forrest Waghorn
Jane Forrest Waghorn, once a librarian and still a passionate reader, is a regular interviewer at the festival. This year she talked with a range of authors.
![Mike White](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-100w.webp?20170506002036 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-150w.webp?20170506002036 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-200w.webp?20170506002036 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-300w.webp?20170506002036 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-400w.webp?20170506002036 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-500w.webp?20170506002036 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-600w.webp?20170506002036 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-700w.webp?20170506002036 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-800w.webp?20170506002036 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-900w.webp?20170506002036 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-1000w.webp?20170506002036 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-1250w.webp?20170506002036 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/CEE99976-9582-4EA4-97512DC8BD4FCF19-1500w.webp?20170506002036 1500w)
Mike White
Mike White has won more than 20 Qantas and Canon media awards, and has been New Zealand Feature Writer of the Year three times. A regular at our festivals, he interviewed several authors in 2018.
![Nikki Macdonald](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-100w.webp?20170506001455 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-150w.webp?20170506001455 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-200w.webp?20170506001455 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-300w.webp?20170506001455 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-400w.webp?20170506001455 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-500w.webp?20170506001455 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-600w.webp?20170506001455 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-700w.webp?20170506001455 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-800w.webp?20170506001455 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-900w.webp?20170506001455 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-1000w.webp?20170506001455 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-1250w.webp?20170506001455 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B861D351-7BD5-4F4F-9A694D46D12849E5-1500w.webp?20170506001455 1500w)
Nikki Macdonald
Nikki Macdonald is a multi award-winning senior feature writer at The Dominion Post. She interviewed a number of authors this year.
![Rae Heta](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-100w.webp?20180402045616 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-150w.webp?20180402045616 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-200w.webp?20180402045616 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-300w.webp?20180402045616 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-400w.webp?20180402045616 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-500w.webp?20180402045616 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-600w.webp?20180402045616 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-700w.webp?20180402045616 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-800w.webp?20180402045616 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-900w.webp?20180402045616 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-1000w.webp?20180402045616 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-1250w.webp?20180402045616 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/B542A3CD-1C2D-402E-810D7184A55B94B4-1500w.webp?20180402045616 1500w)
Rae Heta
Marlborough-based, Rae spoke with Glenn Colquhoun about medicine, magic and poetry at Cloudy Bay winery.
![Ron Crosby](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-100w.webp?20180402050156 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-150w.webp?20180402050156 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-200w.webp?20180402050156 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-300w.webp?20180402050156 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-400w.webp?20180402050156 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-500w.webp?20180402050156 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-600w.webp?20180402050156 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-700w.webp?20180402050156 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-800w.webp?20180402050156 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-900w.webp?20180402050156 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-1000w.webp?20180402050156 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-1250w.webp?20180402050156 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/4975AEC2-80E9-413A-9C68C5F9D2BA7CA0-1500w.webp?20180402050156 1500w)
Ron Crosby
A Marlborough historian and lifetime court lawyer, Ron has published a number of important books himself and spoke with Atholl Anderson.
![Tessa Nicholson](https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-100w.webp?20170506002307 100w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-150w.webp?20170506002307 150w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-200w.webp?20170506002307 200w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-300w.webp?20170506002307 300w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-400w.webp?20170506002307 400w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-500w.webp?20170506002307 500w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-600w.webp?20170506002307 600w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-700w.webp?20170506002307 700w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-800w.webp?20170506002307 800w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-900w.webp?20170506002307 900w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-1000w.webp?20170506002307 1000w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-1250w.webp?20170506002307 1250w,https://cdn-asset-mel-2.airsquare.com/marlboroughbookfest/managed/image/widget/image_list/A3A6720E-F1F1-45EF-8F445FB3BD664AF8-1500w.webp?20170506002307 1500w)
Tessa Nicholson
With a background in journalism and editing, Tessa Nicholson is an avid reader in her leisure time and a regular interviewer at our festivals. This year she got in depth with a number of authors.