Are you a fan of mysteries?
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Wellington City Libraries, invites booklovers to a fantastic after-hours event featuring four outstanding and highly acclaimed local storytellers.
Dame Fiona Kidman, Jennifer Lane, Kelly Dennett, and Kirsten McDougall will discuss how they craft memorable characters and page-turning storylines, whether fictional or factual, and infuse their books with real-life issues and insights into people and society. Brannavan Gnanalingam will prosecute the offenders.
WHEN: Saturday 13 April 2019
WHERE: Karori Library, 247 Karori Road, Wellington
WHEN: 6pm
This is a free event.
Dame Fiona Kidman has published over 30 books, including novels, poetry, non-fiction and a play. She has worked as a librarian, radio producer and critic, and as a scriptwriter for radio, television and film. Her latest novel, THIS MORTAL BOY, has been shortlisted for the 2019 Ockhams and the 2019 NZ Booklovers Awards.
Jennifer Lane is a copywriter, short story writer, and author. Her debut novel, ALL OUR SECRETS, won a 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award and has been called “a hugely enjoyable mash-up of small town horror and coming-of-age story, with plenty of quirky and sometimes downright weird humour thrown in” (New Zealand Herald).
Kelly Dennett is a news director at The Sunday Star-Times, and lives in Wellington. She was previously a senior journalist for the Weekend Herald and Herald on Sunday, and a crime and justice reporter for Fairfax Media. Her first book, THE SHORT LIFE AND MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF JANE FURLONG has been called a “brave look at a cold case” (Otago Daily Times).
Kirsten McDougall is a Wellington publicist and author. Her second book, TESS, was a finalist for the 2018 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel and longlisted for the 2018 Ockhams. It is a gothic tale centred on a teen runaway who becomes entwined in the family troubles of a man who picks her up from the side of the highway. “A gripping novella about a troubled teen” (New Zealand Listener).