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Jonathan Forsey

Jonathan Forsey is a Special Counsel in the Christchurch litigation and dispute resolution team at Duncan Cotterill Lawyers. He has considerable experience across a broad range of civil litigation and...

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Keri Hulme

Keri Hulme’s novels, short stories and poems are widely published. Her novel, The Bone People, won the 1984 New Zealand Book Award for Fiction and the internationally acclaimed Booker Prize in 1985....

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Rachael King

Rachael King, was born to a bookish family – her father Michael King was one of New Zealand’s most prominent authors, and her mother Ros Henry is a publisher. Rachael completed a Masters in Creative...

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Nicky Pellegrino

Nicky Pellegrino was born in Liverpool but spent childhood summers staying with her family in southern Italy. A shy, tall, gingery child she never really fitted in with her exuberant Italian cousins...

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Vanda Symon

Vanda Symon grew up in Tauranga and  Hawkes Bay and now lives in Dunedin with her husband and two boys. A former pharmacist, Vanda is a writer and full-time mum. She is heavily involved in the...

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Martin van Beynen

Martin van Beynen has been a senior writer at The Press since 2004. He has a law degree from the University of Auckland and a Diploma of Journalism from the University of Canterbury. He is the...

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Ian Wedde

Ian Wedde is a poet, novelist and critic. His work as an art critic in particular led him to curate a number of key exhibitions and work as the head of art and visual culture at the Museum of New...

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Karen Zelas

Karen Zelas is a poet and fiction writer. Her debut poetry collection, Night’s Glass Table, won the 2012 Interactive Press Picks Best First Book competition and is being launched at the festival....

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Riemke Ensing

Born in 1939, Riemke Ensing’s first language was Dutch. She came to NZ in 1951 and was educated here. She taught literature for nearly three decades at Auckland University, taking early retirement in...

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Sugu Pillay

Malaysian-born Sugu Pillay writes poetry, short fiction and plays. Her new collection, Flaubert’s Drum, was highly commended in the 2012 IP Picks Best First Book competition by Interactive Press, in...

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