Nelson Arts Festival - C K Stead: South-West of Eden
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| Sat 23 Oct ’10, 2:00pm |
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Where: The Granary, Founders Historic Park, 87 Atawhai Drive, Nelson Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
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Page and Blackmore Readers and Writers. Renowned writer Karl Stead speaks honestly and amusingly about his early years growing up in sight of Mt Eden in a memoir that includes his family life, early political activism and his friendships with Allen Curnow and Frank Sargeson.
C K Stead has published many books of poetry, novels, short stories and criticism. He is a Professor Emeritus of The University of Auckland, where he taught English before retiring in 1986 to write full time. He has won a variety of literary prizes, most recently Britain's Sunday Times Short Story Competition, and holds our highest honour, the Order of New Zealand.
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