Verb Readers and Writers Festival 2024 -NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture with Barbara Else MNZM

By Ōtepoti He Puna Auaha | Dunedin UNESCO City Of Literature | Posted: Wednesday Oct 02, 2024

As 2024 NZSA President of Honour Barbara Else MNZM presents 'Friends and Elephants.'

Saturday, 9 November 2024, 7:00 pm 8:30 pm

Hannah Playhouse, 12 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington

Barbara was awarded the 2024 President of Honour in recognition of her contribution across the literature sector in Aotearoa. Barbara writes fiction and non-fiction for adults and children, is a literary agent, and editor. She has received an MNZM for services to literature and has won numerous local and international awards such as the Esther Glen Award for novel of the year, an international White Raven award, and the Margaret Mahy Medal in recognition of her services to children’s literature.

Her lecture will be followed by the presentation of the 2024 CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award, brief readings from emerging writers, refreshments, and a book signing.

Presented in partnership with the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc and Verb Wellington.

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