After jointly winning the Booker Prize in 2019 for Girl, Woman, Other, Bernadine Evaristo joked that she was an “overnight success” four decades in the making. Now the president of the UK’s Royal Society of Literature, and receiving an OBE in 2020, she is a champion of others’ creative work and rights, especially writers of colour. In her memoir Manifesto: On Never Giving Up she reveals her struggle to be recognised and offers advice for any creative who’s ever had a crisis of confidence. The author of ten books and numerous writings that span fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays, literary criticism, journalism, and drama, she discusses her personal story and her writing career with Paula Morris.

Supported by the British Council

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL | WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2023

SATURDAY 20 MAY 2023 5.30PM-6.30PM KIRI TE KANAWA THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE