Diggers, Hatters and Whores

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When:

Sun 17 May ’09, 11:30am–12:30pm

Where: Lower NZI Room, Aotea Centre, 50 Mayoral Dr, Auckland CBD Show map

Restrictions: All Ages

Ticket Information:

Standard: $19.50
Earlybird pre 13 May: $16.50
Friend pre 13 May: $15.50
Student : $9.75
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.writersfestival.co.nz

Known to us as the author of many novels, memorably the much-loved Oracles and Miracles, Stevan is also a respected historian. Whether studying colonial New Zealand’s attitudes towards drugs and sex in Pleasures of the Flesh, or dissecting part of his own heritage, the landed classes of the South Island, Stevan has established his position as one of our most exciting contemporary writers of history by producing histories as swiftly told as tales. His new history Diggers, Hatters and Whores is an illustrated account of gold mining in New Zealand. Conceived as a Victorian volume, it is beautifully illustrated with images of this most transitory world: where once entire towns stood, there might be just a single cow, a gravestone and a paddock. Who can resist a whore, a hatter or a digger? An illustrated talk, introduced by Peter Simpson.