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pETER FITzSIMOnS AuSTRALIA
After successful careers as a rugby player and radio presenter, Peter FitzSimons is now Australia’s best- selling non-fiction author and a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald. Most recently publishing Gallipoli (2014), his other titles include biographies of Nancy Wake, Ned Kelly, Kim Beazley‚ Nick Farr-Jones and Steve Waugh. Supported by Platinum Patrons Michael & Betsy Benjamin. peterfitzsimons.com.au
@Peter_Fitz
JOHn FREEMAn unITED STATES
HOLLIE FuLLBROOk (TInY RuInS) nEW zEALAnD
Singer/songwriter Hollie Fullbrook began Tiny Ruins as a solo project
in 2009, and for the past three years has been joined by Cass Basil and Alexander Freer on bass and drums. Their second album Brightly Painted One was named 2014 Best Alternative Album at the NZ Music Awards. tinyruins.com @tinyruins
DAVID GALLER nEW zEALAnD
David Galler is in his 24th year
as an Intensive Care Specialist at Middlemore Hospital. He is the Clinical Director of Ko Awatea, Programme Director of the APAC Forum on Quality Improvement in Healthcare and a foundation Board member of NZ’s Health Quality & Safety Commission. @gauloir
HELEn GARnER AuSTRALIA
One of Australia’s leading public intellectuals, Helen Garner is the award-winning author of non-fiction, novels, short stories, essays and feature journalism. Last year’s This House of Grief was a 2014 Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year and followed Joe Cinque’s Consolation (2004), The Spare Room (2008), The First Stone (1995) and other titles. Supported by Platinum Patrons Frances & Bill Bell.
ATuL GAWAnDE unITED STATES
Renowned surgeon, author and researcher, Atul Gawande, is a staff writer for The New Yorker and is
the author of four New York Times bestsellers: Complications (2002), Better (2007), The Checklist Manifesto (2009), and his latest, Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End (2014). atulgawande.com @Atul_Gawande
MORRIS GLEITzMAn AuSTRALIA
English-born Morris Gleitzman is one of Australia’s most celebrated writers for children and young adults and an international bestselling author. He has written 36 books including the hilarious Toad series, the hugely popular Once, Then, Now and After books and Extra Time. His latest book, Loyal Creatures (2014), reflects the experience of young Australians in WWI. morrisgleitzman.com
JOLISA GRACEWOOD nEW zEALAnD
Writer, editor and reviewer Jolisa Gracewood is the co-editor (with Susanna Andrew) of Tell You What: Great New Zealand Nonfiction, an annual selection of topnotch nonfiction
from online and off. She has a PhD in Comparative Literature from Cornell University. publicaddress.net/busytown @nzdodo
John Freeman is an author, editor, critic and the former president of
the National Book Critics Circle. His books include How to Read a Novelist (2013) and Shrinking the World (2009). He is the former editor of Granta, the editor of Tales of Two Cities (2014) and will launch the new literary journal Freeman’s in 2015. Supported by Creative New Zealand as part of the International Te Manu Ka Tau programme. @FreemanReads
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