Auckland Writers Festival announces 2021 lineup with local authors the focus
10 Mar, 2021 06:00 AM
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Nobel Prize winning author Kazuo Ishiguro. Photo / Jeff Cottenden
NZ Herald
By: Ethan Sills
A Nobel Prize laureate, a Booker Prize winner and one of the world's most celebrated fantasy authors will share the spotlight with dozens of Kiwi authors at this year's Auckland Writers Festival.
After being forced to cancel the 2020 festival due to lockdown, the country's largest literary festival is staging a massive comeback, with around 170 events planned across six days in May.
Marquee events include Nobel Prize for Literature winner Kazuo Ishiguro and activist Ai Weiwei beaming into the Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre in one of the many ways the festival has been forced to adapt in the pandemic era.