HB Readers and Writers Festival speakers announced

An impressive line-up of writers are booked for the June festival which will include free events and ticketed, catered sessions. More information on the specific events will be available in coming weeks, however the guest writers can now be confirmed as:

Dame Anne Salmond, 2013 New Zealand New Zealander of the Year and prominent historian and biographer

Alexa Johnson, food writer (Ladies, a Plate and A Second Helping), biographer (Sir Edmund Hillary: An Extraordinary Life,) and art curator

Tim Wilson former TVNZ correspondent to the US, journalist and novelist (Their Faces Were Shining and The Desolation Angel)

Rachael King Christchurch-based novelist (Magpie Hall and The Sound of Butterflies) and recent children’s book author (Red Rocks)

Tusiata Avia renowned poet (Wild Dogs Under My Skirt and Bloodclot)and performer

These writers will join Napier-based historian and author Peter Wells and local children’s and young adult fiction writers Anna MacKenzie, Adele Broadbent, Aaron Topp and Mary-Anne Scott

Confirmed to chair events at the festival are musician and conductor Jose Aparicio and writer Cheryl Sucher

The Hawke's Bay Readers and Writers Festival will be held 14-16 June 2013.

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