Rhys Darby will be taking a break from the Comedy Festival to speak about his book, This Way To Spaceship, at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival. Photo / Supplied
This year's Auckland Writers & Readers Festival takes place at the Aotea Centre from May 9-13. Nicky Pellegrino highlights the sessions she doesn't want to miss.
Rhys Darby
Darby takes a break from the Comedy Festival to talk about the book that inspired his one-man stand-up show, This Way To
Spaceship. Though An Hour With Rhys Darby on Saturday afternoon is bound to be packed with laughs, hopefully chair Tim Wilson can get him talking more seriously about comedy, creativity and fame.
Kathy Lette
The queen of the quip takes on a very personal subject in her latest novel, The Boy Who Fell to Earth. Having raised a son with Asperger's, there's a lot of emotional truth in Lette's story of a single mother coping with the challenges of lovable yet difficult Merlin. It's unlikely to calm Lette's raucous humour though. She's primed to talk about everything from menopause to Hollywood, the royal family and what the Brits really think of Antipodeans. I'll most definitely be at Saturday evening's An Hour With Kathy Lette as I'm chairing the session. Lette is hosting a wine tasting first, which should help set the mood.
