Queenstown Writers Festival got off to a flying start yesterday with an inspiring short story workshop led via Zoom by acclaimed New Zealand novelist Catherine Chidgey. This was followed by the launch of talented children’s writer and illustrator Laura Shallcrass’s latest book, What Colour Is the Sky? Our festival may be known as the Queenstown Writers […]
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Brannavan Gnanalingam, a guest of the upcoming Queenstown Writers Festival, has won a major New Zealand literary award. His book Sprigs has won the prize for Best Novel at the 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards for crime writing. Brannavan tells us he was surprised to win the award, given that Sprigs is not a traditional crime novel. However, he is pleased
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Local illustrator and author Laura Shallcrass will launch her latest book for children at the Queenstown Writers Festival this November. It’s an exciting time for the author, who has already had great success with her first book for children, Hare and Ruru. The book is about Hare, who’s suffering from a mental malady Hare describes
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