2024 Programmes

Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton
Photo by Robert Catton

AOTEAROA NZ/CANADA/UK

Eleanor Catton’s latest novel Birnam Wood, follows her Booker Prize-winning epic The Luminaries, and her award-winning debut, The Rehearsal. As a screenwriter she adapted The Luminaries for television, and Jane Austen’s Emma for feature film. Born in Canada, she grew up in Aotearoa New Zealand and now lives in the UK.

AWF23