Join our authors Nalini Singh, Rachel Paris and Charlotte Glennie at Hamilton Book Month this August.
Covering different genres and age groups, Hamilton Book Month invites readers to meet authors, listen to them discuss their work and ask questions.
Check out the event details for our authors below and view the full schedule on the Hamilton Book Month website.
Hearts and Pages: Event with Nalini Singh
Join best-selling, prize-winning authors Nalini Singh and Catherine Robertson as they discuss writing their range of latest titles blending romance, murder mystery, and suspense thrillers.
6:30 - 8:00pm, Friday 7 August
Central Library, Garden Place
Free Event, no registration required
Fiction Three Ways: Panel with Rachel Paris
Chair Tina Shaw guides Rachel Paris, Megan Nicol Reed and Josie Shapiro in conversation about the power of fiction and how they make their stories come alive.
6:30 - 8:00pm, Friday 14 August
Waikato Museum, 1 Grantham St
Free Event, no registration required
Telling Our Own and Others' Stories: Event with Charlotte Glennie
Hear award-winning journalists and former foreign correspondents Charlotte Glennie and Mike McRoberts discussing their memoirs.
6:30 - 8:00pm, Friday 21 August
Central Library, Garden Place
Free Event, no registration required
The Agile Storyteller: Workshop with Charlotte Glennie
Award-winning journalist and former foreign correspondent Charlotte Glennie shares how to adapt voice, structure and storytelling techniques across platforms while finding the human stories that make audiences care.
9:30am - 12:30pm, Saturday 22 August
Trust Waikato, 4 Little London Lane
$30 cost, registration required
We look forward to seeing you there!
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