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BILL HAYTOn EnGLAnD
BBC journalist Bill Hayton is the author of two important books on Southeast Asia: South China Sea:
The Struggle for Power in Asia (2014) which was nominated as one of The Economist’s top books of last year, and Vietnam: Rising Dragon (2010). Hayton has also contributed to the South China Morning Post, National Interest and The Diplomat. billhayton.com
@bill_hayton
WHITI HEREAkA nEW zEALAnD
Playwright and novelist Whiti Hereaka has a Masters from the IIML and is an alumnus of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Programme. She is the author of The Graphologist’s Apprentice (2007) and young adult novel Bugs (2014). @WHereaka
GRAEME HILL nEW zEALAnD
Graeme Hill is the host of The Weekend Variety Wireless on Radio Live, an aural smorgasbord of science and arts. He is passionate about NZ wildlife, a noted musician, founding member of the Able Tasmans and a boxing fan. He was part of the infamous Sports Café team and has written for Eating Media Lunch and the hugely popular Birdland.
JuLIE HILL nEW zEALAnD
Julie Hill is a writer, documentary- maker and producer of music programmes for Radio New Zealand. Two of her plays have been nominated for Best NZ Play at the Chapman Tripp Theatre Awards and in 2014 she published the story collection Shamejoy.
pETER HOLLAnD unITED STATES
Renowned Shakespeare scholar and author Peter Holland teaches at the University of Notre Dame and is an internationally recognised expert
in performance-based criticism.
He is in New Zealand as the 2015
The University of Auckland Alice Griffin Fellow in Shakespeare Studies.
TOMMY HOnEY nEW zEALAnD
Tommy Honey is a director, designer, educational manager, architectural critic, cultural commentator and occasional architect. He writes for Architecture New Zealand, is a regular contributor to RNZ’s Nine-to-Noon and is the Dean of Whitecliffe College ofArtandDesign. @tommyhoney
AnTHOnY HOROWITz EnGLAnD
Anthony Horowitz’s books include two Sherlock Holmes novels – The House of Silk (2011) and Moriarty (2014) – and the bestselling teen spy series Alex Rider. Next up is an Ian Fleming estate-approved Bond novel. Horowitz’s writing credits also include Agatha Christie’s Poirot, Midsomer Murders and Foyle’s War fortelevision. anthonyhorowitz.com @AnthonyHorowitz
RACHEL HOuSE nEW zEALAnD
Arts Foundation Laureate Rachel House is an accomplished actor and director who has performed
in productions from contemporary Mäori plays to Shakespeare, in New Zealand and internationally, and appeared in feature films including Boy, Whale Rider, White Lies and Hope and Wire.
kATHY HunTER nEW zEALAnD
Kathy Hunter has reviewed books, sold books and has recently been writing about books for such
NZ institutions as Metro and the Booksellers Association. She lives with various animals, teenagers and a motorcycle-obsessed husband on thirteen acres in the Whangaripo Valley, an hour north of Auckland.
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