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LISA REIHANA NEW ZEALAND
Lisa Reihana works at the forefront
of time-based art, using lm,
video, photography, installation, performance, design, costume and sculptural form. She represented New Zealand at the 2017 Venice Biennale with Lisa Reihana: Emissaries and contributed to the exhibition book of the same name.
TURID REVFEIM NEW ZEALAND
Former Royal NZ Ballet soloist and ballet mistress, Turid Revfeim has had an extensive career in NZ and Europe. Now a classical tutor at the NZ Dance School she has written a history of the school to mark its 1967- 2017 50th anniversary.
CHRIS RIDDELL ENGLAND
Chris Riddell is the author of much- loved children’s series including Ottoline and Goth Girl, the political cartoonist for the Observer, and
a former UK Children’s Laureate. He also collaborates with writers including Neil Gaiman and has won the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal
a record three times. Supported by Platinum Bold Patron Adrian Burr. chrisriddell.co.uk @chrisriddell50
DAVID RILEY NEW ZEALAND
Writer and teacher David Riley writes for younger reluctant readers. His books include biographies of some of NZ’s favourite sports stars, including Sonny Bill Williams, Joseph Parker, and Steven Adams, and books on Kiwi and Paci c heroes in a range of elds. readingwarrior.com
ADELE ROBERTSON NEW ZEALAND
Rural nurse specialist and midwife Adele Robertson is co-founder of Aotea Health, Great Barrier Island’s primary health care service. She has co-authored the memoir Island Nurses, with Leonie Howie, to share 30 years of islanders’ stories of birth, life and death on the remote island.
CATHERINE ROBERTSON NEW ZEALAND
Best-selling novelist Catherine Robertson has an MA in Creative Writing from the IIML, and is
chair of the NZ Society of Authors Wellington branch, vice president of Romance Writers of NZ, and on the Book Awards Trust. Her latest novel is Gabriel’s Bay. catherinejrobertson.com @CJRauthor
VICTOR RODGER NEW ZEALAND
Award-winning playwright Victor Rodger is of Samoan and Scottish descent and the author of plays including Sons, Black Faggot, Girl on a Corner and Puzzy. He is currently a Writer-in-Residence at the Michael King Writers’ Centre. victorrodger.com
TE KAHU ROLLESTON NEW ZEALAND
Ma- ori poet, spoken word performer, actor and battle rap artist Te Kahu Rolleston (Nga-i Te Rangi) won the National Poetry Slam Competition
in 2014 and has since performed his work nationwide and Internationally, working particularly with youth, schools and community groups.
ALEX ROSS UNITED STATES
The New Yorker music critic Alex Ross writes on everything from the Metropolitan Opera to downtown avant-garde. He is the author of National Book Critics Circle Award winner and Pulitzer Prize nalist The Rest Is Noise, follow-up Listen To This, and a forthcoming study of Richard Wagner’s in uence. In partnership with Chamber Music NZ. therestisnoise.com @AlexRossMusic
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