Tenzin Heatherbell, Sorry to Disturb, Author Talk

5.15 pm, At Page and Blackmore This book documents Germany’s climate movement at a time when the awareness of the global climate crisis is omnipresent. It tells the story of people who are giving up their normal lives, quitting their jobs and dropping out of university to dedicate themselves to the fight for more climate […]

Bruce Cole, Battle for the Bluff, Author Talk

5.15 pm, At Page and Blackmore Brad, a retired SASR soldier must fight to protect his home and the people he cares about in a world divided n a post apocalyptic world.The Scavengers, a roaming mob who thrive within a climate of no law, have targeted the once peaceful West Coast settlement for their next […]

Peter Jerram, The Team That Hit the Rocks, Author Talk

5.15 pm, At Page and Blackmore In April 1968 the New Zealand interisland passenger ferry Wahine, a fast and modern ship for its time, hit Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour in a cyclone, the worst storm ever recorded in New Zealand’s history. Six and a half hours later the ship heeled over […]

Robert Jenkins, Author of The Fell, Talk

5.30 pm, At Page and Blackmore Rob won the Sunday Star Times Short Story competition 2024. He talks about writing and editing short stories vs novels.

Marie Connolly, Author Talk On Her New Book Dark Sky

5.15 pm, At Page and Blackmore Criminal psychologist Nellie Prayle loves solving murders. The more complicated, the better. But when a professor of astronomy is found dead at Tekapo’s Mount John Observatory during its internationally-attended 50th anniversary conference celebrations and Detective Jack Simmons calls on Nellie to help with the police investigation

Sean Garwood, Artist Talk on Antarctica and So Much More

5.15 pm, At Page and Blackmore Sean will discuss –being the artist in residence, Antarcticabeing acknowledged as NZ’s foremost maritime artistbeing a sea captain, sub-Antarctic Islandshis book ‘A Painted Voyage’his book ‘Sean Garwood’s Antarctica’NZ Post selecting his art as a stamp collectionhis upcoming London exhibition on Shackleton’s Imperial Trans Antarctic Exhibition 1914 -17