An Hour with Judith Thurman
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When:
| Sun 17 May ’09, 11:30am–12:30pm |
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Where: ASB Theatre, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Drive, Auckland CBD Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Standard: $23.00
- Earlybird pre 13 May: $19.50
- Friend pre 13 May: $18.50
- Student : $11.50
- Booking fees may apply
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The Michael King Memorial Lecture
“There's some instinctive attraction that draws you, as a writer, to your subject. And the attraction usually has to do with some primal personal thing that, of course, you have no idea about.” New Yorker staff writer Judith Thurman is renowned for her diamond-sharp wit and empathetic dissections of artists, literature, film, celebrity, vanity, the meaning and meaninglessness of fashion, culture and style. Her biography of Isak Dinesen won a National Book Award, and her most recent book, Cleopatra’s Nose, covers twenty years of writing. She aims “to give the subject a reality in the form of a sentence that is like a piece of rock crystal or a prism.” Enjoy Judith’s breadth of experience in journalism and biographical writing, and the art of her storytelling.
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