Page 16 - Auckland Writers Festival

and physics in Nazi Germany (for which he was a 2014 Royal Society Winton Prize finalist). And, he’s presented a series on nanotechnology for the BBC. He joins Bernard Beckett for a guaranteed-to-be- riveting session on things scientific. The session concludes with the announcement of the Royal Society of NZ Science Writing Prize winner for 2015. Supported by Royal Society
of New Zealand.
22
A COOk’S LIFE
FRIDAY MAY 15 – 5.30-6.30pM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Jamie ‘Pukka’ Oliver calls Stephanie Alexander “a true food hero...frank and honest without compromise”. Celebrating a lifelong commitment to good eating and referencing her memoir A Cook’s Life – praised by that other kitchen doyenne Nigella Lawson for its perfect prose – Alexander talks about roads travelled with Nicola Legat. Supported by Platinum Patrons Mary & Peter Biggs CNZM, and presented in association with Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival.
23
FREE EVEnT
FOuR FOR FIFTY READInGS SESSIOn
SHORT AnD SHARp
FRIDAY MAY 15 – 5.30-6.20pM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
No excerpts here! Complete pieces of work read within ten minutes from the short story, poetry and essay team of Jose Barbosa, Julie Hill, Nic Low and Leilani Tamu, introduced by Rachael King.
24 GuILD HunTInG
FRIDAY MAY 15 – 7.00-8.00pM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Bestselling paranormal romance author Nalini Singh is one of New Zealand’s international writing triumphs, featuring on The New
York Times, Publishers Weekly and
USA Today bestseller lists. She’s been translated into several languages
and has won awards including the
Sir Julius Vogel Award – twice. Singh is also an articulate and thoughtful speaker who charms audiences wherever she goes. She joins Graham Beattie to talk about her writing career.
25
SpECIAL EVEnT
An EVEnInG WITH ALAn CuMMInG
FRIDAY MAY 15 – 7.15-8.30pM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
The Scottish Manhattan-based actor Alan Cumming is a busy man. He has built a fine career with roles ranging from Taggart and The Good Wife on TV, to the X-Men films, and Cabaret and Macbeth on the stage. He has
had a photo exhibition named “Alan Cumming Snaps!” and developed an award-winning fragrance named “Cumming”; and has been a tireless champion for LGBT civil rights and HIV. Most recently he’s turned his attention to family history: in his lauded memoir Not My Father’s Son he recounts the story of his appearance on the BBC series Who Do You
Think You Are? and his subsequent examination of family secrets and damaged men. Cumming is in conversation with Michael Hurst. Supported by Friedlander Foundation.
Earlybird $35; Standard $40; Patrons $32; Students $20.
16