Hastings Festival of Writers 2009
Supported by Creative Hastings and Te Mata Estate Winery
20, 21, 22 March 2009

Leading New Zealand and Australian writers will be on stage at a variety of venues and events in the Hastings Festival of Writers from March 20 – 22, 2009.

The festival provides an opportunity to join novelists, poets, historians and biographers for readings, discussions and conversation.

Building links with the writing fraternity in Australia is a key goal of the festival and we are delighted to be joined in 2009 by two writers from across the Tasman - award winning novelist Roger McDonald and New Zealand born writer Martin Edmond, a regular finalist in the Montana Book Awards.

Sarah Quigley, currently living in Germany, also features in the festival line-up.
The event includes other outstanding New Zealand writers from around the country.

The festival includes a night of food and wine at Clearview Estate Winery, a conversation with a panel of writers at the Hastings Library and a Night of Pleasure in association with Te Mata Estate at The Assembly Room, Hawke’s Bay Opera House.

Writers include:

CK Stead (pic left)- acclaimed NZ novelist, poet and columnist
Peter Wells - author, film writer and director, member of the NZ Order of Merit for services to literature and film
Sarah Quigley - award winning poet and novelist now living in Berlin
Michelle Leggott - New Zealand Poet Laureate 2008
Martin Edmond - film script and non fiction writer resident in Sydney Roger McDonald - Australian author, winner of Miles Franklin literary award 2006
John Saker - New Zealand wine writer, Cuisine and author of How to Drink a Glass of Wine
Catherine Bell - author of two cook books and editorial director of award winning Dish magazine
For further information email hastingswriters09@gmail.com