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BRIAn BOYD nEW zEALAnD
Nabokov expert Brian Boyd is a Distinguished Professor in English, Drama, and Writing Studies at The University of Auckland and has written or edited 19 books and over 250 articles on the author, including Letters to Véra, which was a 2014 Guardian Book of the Year.
STEVE BRAunIAS nEW zEALAnD
Madmen: Inside the Weirdest Election Campaign Ever (2014) is Steve Braunias’ latest book, now into its fourth reprint. An award-winning journalist, author and satirist, he writes regularly for The New Zealand Herald when he’s not crafting award-winning publications. luncheonsausagebooks.com @SteveBraunias
HELEnA WIS´nIEWSkA BROW nEW zEALAnD
Former journalist Helena Wis´ niewska Brow was the 2013 recipient of the Adam Prize in Creative Writing. Her book, Give Us This Day: a Memoir of Family and Exile (2014) is the story of her father, Stefan Wis´ niewska, one of the 732 exiled Polish children offered refuge in New Zealand in 1944.
RuSSELL BROWn nEW zEALAnD
With his long-running website Public Address and 25,000 Twitter followers, Russell Brown lives online more than most journalists. He is also the host of Media Take on Mäori Television, a member of the Digital Media Trust and a regular writer for the New Zealand Drug Foundation’s ‘Matters of Substance’ magazine. publicaddress.net @publicaddress
ROn BROWnSOn nEW zEALAnD
Ron Brownson is Senior Curator
of New Zealand and Pacific Art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki. He has worked as a professional curator for many years, developing major exhibitions and publishing widely. He is currently developing a project on New Zealand photography.
kATHRYn BuRnETT nEW zEALAnD
Kathryn Burnett is an accomplished screenwriter, playwright, and columnist whose credits include Shelved, The Cult, Amazing Extraordinary Friends, The
Strip and Mike & Virginia. She also runs creative ideation workshops designed to help people be their creative best. kathryn-burnett.com
@kburnettdotcom
HAMISH CAMpBELL nEW zEALAnD
Hamish Campbell is a renowned GNS Science scientist, a geologist at the National Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and a celebrated science communicator. He is the co-author of Zealandia, Our Continent Revealed (2014), about New Zealand’s true geotectonic nature.
JOHn CAMpBELL nEW zEALAnD
Leading current affairs broadcaster John Campbell has worked at TV3 since 1991. He has an honours degree in English Literature and served as the Chief Judge for the 2013 NZ Post Book Awards.
@JohnJCampbell campbelllive.co.nz
LInDA CLARk nEW zEALAnD
Award-winning journalist turned lawyer Linda Clark forged a successful career as one of New Zealand’s most respected political editors and media communicators before switching to law. She is now special counsel in the public law and litigation teams of Kensington Swan.
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