New Zealand Listener Opening Night
One of the most popular events of the festival, the New Zealand Listener Opening Night is a welcoming celebration which introduces you to just a few of this year’s lyrical, luminary and spellbinding writers.
Enjoy the dulcet tones of Colm Tóibín with his latest bestseller, Brooklyn; Emily Perkins and the 2009 Montana Medal for Fiction winner Novel About My Wife; man of many talents, interests and stories, Thomas Keneally with The People’s Train; William Dalrymple with his latest book, Nine Lives and second-time Festival guest Lionel Shriver with her new book So Much For That.
Join our distinguished guests for an evening of inspired readings.
Presented as a part of the Auckland Writers and Readers Festival.
ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD
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Auckland Writers and Readers FestivalSet up in 1999 by a group including writers Peter Wells and Stephanie Johnson, the Festival is now run by the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival Charitable Trust with a core staff of four led by General Manager Anne Rodda and Artistic Director Anne O’Brien. It is New Zealand’s largest literary festival, annually celebrating reading, writing and big ideas through the presentation of more than 100 international writers and thinkers to over 30,000 strong audience. The 2012 Festival will take place 9-13 May.
