(New Zealand) - Among the speakers in Auckland for this week’s Writers and Readers Festival are openly-gay writers Peter Wells and Stevan Eldred-Grigg. This year’s festival also includes talks by visiting UK actor and writer Richard E. Grant, Kiwi favourites Penny Ashton and Jennifer Ward-Lealand, and a ‘Poetry Idol’ event, where poets battle it out for cash and bar tabs. The festival takes place in Auckland’s Aotea Centre from 24th to 27th May. Further information and full programme visit the festival website on the link below.
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