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JESSE MuLLIGAn nEW zEALAnD
Jesse Mulligan is a writer, comedian and broadcaster. A regular columnist for Metro and Sunday Star-Times, he
is host of TV One’s Best Bits and presents occasional shows on Radio New Zealand National. He’s also a published author with his 2013 book How to Speak New Zenglish consistently appearing in clearance bins around the country.
@Jessemulligan
HARukI MuRAkAMI JApAn
One of the world’s greatest living novelists, Haruki Murakami has been translated into more than 50 languages and sold millions of copies outside his native country with
books including Norwegian Wood (1987), The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1994-1995), Kafka on the Shore (2002), and 1Q84 (2009-2010). He has been critically acclaimed and honoured, with awards including the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award (2006), the Franz Kafka Prize (2006), the Jerusalem Prize (2009), and the Welt Literature Prize (2014). His latest novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage (2014) sold one million copies in a month and is a New York Times Bestseller. Supported by Platinum Patrons Josephine & Ross Green. harukimurakami.com
AnTOnIA MuRpHY unITED STATES / nEW zEALAnD
Antonia Murphy is an award-winning magazine journalist, author and adventurer. A San Francisco native, she and her family sailed off in 2005, eventually settling in New Zealand. Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer (2015) is her debut memoir. @AntoniaMurphyNZ
kAREn nIMMO nEW zEALAnD
Karen Nimmo is a registered clinical psychologist specialising in high performance sport, seeing both the joys and the carnage. She is a former print media journalist and a regular media commentator. Nimmo has written two books: My Bum Looks Brilliant In This (The One True Secret of Lasting Weight Loss) and Fish Pie Is Worse Than Cancer.
CHRISTInE O’BRIEn nEW zEALAnD
Christine O’Brien was the marketing manager of Auckland University Press for 14 years and is a champion of New Zealand literature, and poetry in particular. She has an honours degree in English Literature and a law degree, and is a member of the Mangere- Otahuhu Local Board, where her portfolios include libraries.
GREG O’BRIEn nEW zEALAnD
Poet, essayist, editor, artist and 2015 Stout Memorial Fellow at Victoria University, Greg O’Brien is an energetic presence in art and literature and has published many books. He co-ordinated the ‘Kermadec’ art exhibition which has toured locally and internationally and is currently at the Tjibaou Centre, New Caledonia.
BEn OkRI nIGERIA / EnGLAnD
Booker Prizewinner Ben Okri OBE is the author of eight novels including The Famished Road (1991), In Arcadia (2002) and The Age of Magic (2014), as well as collections of poetry, short stories and essays. His work has been translated into 26 languages and he has garnered numerous awards and honours. Okri is a Vice-President of the English Centre of International PEN. Supported by Platinum Patron
The James Wallace Arts Trust.
benokri.co.uk @benokri
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