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pEnnY ASHTOn nEW zEALAnD
Globe-trotting comedian, poet and improviser Penny Ashton was the originator of the Festival’s now fully- grown Poetry Idol which she MCs. She has represented New Zealand in both poetry and Theatresports, is a wedding celebrant, and is currently performing around the world with her solo Jane Austen musical Promise and Promiscuity. hotpink.co.nz @pennypink
kEn AuLETTA unITED STATES
The New Yorker’s Ken Auletta has written Annals of Communications pieces for the magazine since 1992, profiling the leading figures and companies of the Information Age. He is the author of 11 books, five of which have been New York Times bestsellers, including Googled: The End of the World As We Know It (2014).
kenauletta.com @kenauletta
pHILIp BALL EnGLAnD
Distinguished science writer, broadcaster and lecturer Philip Ball explores an inspiring range of subjects in numerous popular science books, most recently prize finalist Serving The Reich (2013), and Invisible: The Dangerous Allure of the Unseen (2014). He is also
a regular contributor to Nature, New Scientist and Prospect. Supported by Royal Society of New Zealand.
philipball.co.uk
@philipcball
JOSE BARBOSA nEW zEALAnD
José Barbosa is a writer, director, reporter and illustrator. He’s worked in radio and TV and made a documentary series about the history of censorship in New Zealand for Prime TV. He writes for various websites and draws mostly for fun, but sometimes for cash. jf barbosa.com
@milkshakebot
DAMIAn BARR EnGLAnD
Damian Barr is a writer, journalist, playwright and salonnière. His writing appears in all of the British broadsheets, most regularly in the Times and The Telegraph. In 2013 he published, Maggie and Me, a critically acclaimed memoir about growing up in small-town Scotland during the Thatcher years. Supported by British Council NZ.
@Damian_Barr facebook.com/DamianBarrLiterarySalon
JORDAn BASS unITED STATES
As McSweeney’s executive editor, Jordan Bass has helped to edit
and design dozens of books, both fiction and non-fiction. He also oversees McSweeney’s Quarterly, a short-story journal that has published work by George Saunders, David Foster Wallace, Stephen King, Lydia Davis, and hundreds of notable others. Supported by Creative New Zealand as part of the International
Te Manu Ka Tau programme.
mcsweeneys.net @mcsweeneys
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