Our 2021 Authors
We were privileged to have 13 acclaimed authors join us for our 2021 festival....
Anthony Phelps
Anthony Phelps is a professional photographer, whose career has taken him around the world. Read more...
Becky Manawatu
Becky's debut novel 'Auē' won both Best First Book (Fiction) and the Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2020 Ockham NZ Book Awards. Read more...
Brannavan Gnanalingam
Brannavan Gnanalingam is a writer, novelist, reviewer, lawyer and father of two based in Wellington. Read more...
Charity Norman
Charity Norman is a bestselling author who took a break from practising law in 2002 and has since written six novels. Read more...
Christine Leunens
In 2019, Christine's novel 'Caging Skies' was adapted into the Academy Award-winning movie 'Jojo Rabbit'. Read more...
Elizabeth Knox
Elizabeth is the author of 13 novels, three novellas and a collection of essays, with rave reviews for her latest novel, 'The Absolute Book'. Read more...
Dame Fiona Kidman
Dame Fiona Kidman is one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed and best-loved novelists, winning the 2019 Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize for 'This Mortal Boy'. Read more...
John McCrystal
Maps and charts have held a lifelong fascination for John McCrystal, author of 'Singing the Trail, The Story of Mapping Aotearoa New Zealand'. Read more...
Jonathan King
Jonathan King makes films and writes and draws comics. His latest book is 'The Inkberg Enigma' released last year. Read more...
Mike White
Mike, an award-winning journalist, lives in Wellington with his partner Nikki and dog Cooper, who features in his latest book How To Walk A Dog. Read more...
Nicolas Dillon
Born and raised in Marlborough, Nicolas is renowned for his intimate and often atmospheric paintings of wildlife. Read more...
Rebecca Priestley
Associate professor Rebecca Priestley, from Victoria University of Wellington, was Listener science columnist for six years and is author/editor of six books. Read more...
Sharon Murdoch
Stuff cartoonist Sharon Murdoch is New Zealand’s first regular female political cartoonist. Read more...
Our 2021 Interviewers
This year we had seven interviewers talk with our group of authors - a number of regulars were joined by several new hands...
Barbara De Leo
Jane Forrest Waghorn
Luke Elworthy
Kim Hill
Mike White
Nikki Macdonald
Tessa Nicholson