A personal conversation with a major literary figure of the last 40 years about her upbringing, and how she came to write some of the influential books she has created.
Recent stories from Writers and Readers Festivals
- Word Christchurch festival 2018: four adventurous women talk about their lives
- 125 Years: Are We There Yet? Kim Hill leads a discussion about gender equality at WORD Christchurch 2018
- Word Christchurch festival 2018: Dame Anne Salmond’s bicultural interests deeply rooted in her life experience
- Word Christchurch Festival 2018: A family memoir jolted into being by the 2011 Christchurch earthquake
- Word Christchurch festival 2018: Ed Husain debates his book The House of Islam