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It was \"The Semplica-Girl Diaries\", one of the stories in the must-read collection\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2720927\"\u003ETenth of December\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003EIts hallucinatory defining image shattered me. For months I'd flash back to it while driving, or waiting in the check-out line at the supermarket, or taking off my makeup, each time with the same feeling of claustrophobia and dread, my heart wanting to claw its way out of my chest and the ocean roaring in my ears.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThere is a hallucinatory quality to all the stories in \u003Ci\u003ETenth of December\u003C\/i\u003E, although mostly of a Salvador Dali type rather than the Goya of the Semplica-Girl Diaries. The evident love for science fiction, most noticeable for me in the echoes of Ray Bradbury, though funnier, and his having grown up in Chicago, not just a Chicagoan but a White Sox fan, led me to imagine their author as someone who would spend a lot of his time in a basement den with his computer -- or typewriter in the early days -- amid shelves full of his cult books (Bradbury? John Wyndham?) with an athletics cup or two from his high school years. A kind of a big guy, a Root Beer drinker.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EInstead George Saunders is kind of small, and kind of monochromatically sandy-coloured. His face is inscribed with a multitude of expression wrinkles, and the prevailing expression is quizzical and bemused. He is talkative!\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KBeolHED2Yo\/WTk4L1gkXKI\/AAAAAAAABnw\/4PJKHFpKr2IYF7GqzdVNjOfENTglgLPvwCLcB\/s1600\/Saunders%252C%2BGeorge%2B%2528credit%2BChloe%2BAftel%2529.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1242\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KBeolHED2Yo\/WTk4L1gkXKI\/AAAAAAAABnw\/4PJKHFpKr2IYF7GqzdVNjOfENTglgLPvwCLcB\/s320\/Saunders%252C%2BGeorge%2B%2528credit%2BChloe%2BAftel%2529.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EPaula Morris opened by reminding us that novels have always been a form for experimentation, and in a nice twist she likened what Saunders has just done literally in \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb3245042\"\u003ELincoln in the Bardo\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ehis first attempt at the form,\u0026nbsp;to all novels, \"stories told by a cast of ghosts, exploring what it is to be alive\". Turning to him, she asked the long version of what appears in my notes as \"1st historical novel - planned? like Hilary Mantel?\" -- I confess I don't worry too much about getting down the exact phrasing of interview questions, unless they aggravate or stun me.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESaunders had a friendly, self-deprecating, and predictive (not predictable) reply.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENot really, he said, it was more that \"I realised when I was young I had a wedge of talent, and I've been going along on that. I'm not a natural writer. My first drafts are crummy. Though actually, it doesn't mean you're not a good writer. Writing is a craft.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs I said, predictive, because what followed was, for most of the hour, a conversation between two writers, both creative-writing professors after all, about the craft of writing, with Saunders sharing tips such as:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn writing fiction: \"You write\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EFrank is an asshole\u003C\/i\u003E. The gods of fiction don't like it. The gods of fiction say,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003EHow so? \u003C\/i\u003EYou explain. The gods of fiction say, \u003Ci\u003ETell us more\u003C\/i\u003E\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOn writing short stories: \"When I started I decided, I like Hemingway a lot and I agree with his world view, so I am going to use a Hemingway construction. It was like going on a date with index cards. In the short story, it's important not to know where it's going and let the writing take you where it wants to.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E(I actually thought for a second he said \"going on a diet with index cards\" and maybe he did. It possibly fits even better with attempting a Hemingway style.)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe quotes Einstein, \"No problem was ever solved on the original plane of its conception\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe quotes someone else as having said to him, \"The story is always talking to you. Listen to it.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe talks about how every story has an understory, and describes it like this: \"There's something beautiful (he personifies it as a reindeer) coming up behind you, and if you keep your eyes on the table and don't spook it, the story and the understory will come together\".\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMy favourite lines came when the subject turned to the book at hand. The departure point for the book is Abraham Lincoln's little son's death from typhoid, in the middle of the Civil War. It's known that Lincoln made repeated visits to the crypt where his son's body had been laid in the days after his death. At the heart of the book, which Saunders sets in that time, is the idea that the boy is in the Bardo, the state of existence between death and rebirth according to Tibetan Buddhism, together with a cast of ghosts who, a bit like a Greek chorus, tell the story.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EMorris asked Saunders, a practicing Buddhist, to tell us more about the Bardo. Is it a form of Purgatory?\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"I was raised Catholic in Chicago\", he preambled -- in other words he knows all about Purgatory -- and \"Bardo is a little more. My version of the Bardo is that these people full of regret or sick with unrequited love, at the moment of death they balk at the door.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was a thrilling image, but my true favourite line came when he was asked about Abraham Lincoln. \"I'm in love with him,\" he said simply, for once without his usual loquaciousness. He talked about the arc of Lincoln's learning and growth. \"By the time he died he was 100, 200 years ahead of his contemporaries\". He calls it Lincoln's spiritual ascension. Another Bardo, I realise.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn a rare moment of personal, as compared to professional insight (the craft of writing), we got \"I have a Pollyanna-ish tendency that gets edited out\". He says he has a sardonic view of the world, but he is also sentimental. It took him a while to allow his sentimental side to come out in his writing, now he does, and then he corrects it with his sardonic side.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe didn't get questions or observations on some things I would have liked to hear the Semplica-Girl Diaries author on, things like fiction's subversive possibilities, or existential shackles, or fighting words. We didn't get any anecdotes like the one James T. Farrell, also a Chicago Catholic-raised writer, liked to tell about going to Ireland and hearing a local tell people that they'd lose their immortal souls if they read him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EBut this wasn't bad, wryly told:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe grew up in Chicago, the South Side, where I didn't, but where I was born, and know enough to know that it was an area where neighborhoods were called things like \"The backs of the yards\" -- the stockyards.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\"Every human being is full of sentiment but where I grew up there was a lot of crimping of the excess. So it was like 'Fuck off', but it meant 'I love you'.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn that sense, I think that the best way to know the passions of George Saunders is to read him. Here, I've found you\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2012\/10\/15\/the-semplica-girl-diaries\"\u003EThe\u0026nbsp;Semplica-Girl\u0026nbsp;Diaries\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ein The New Yorker online.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/4869143678639948034\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/george-saunders-on-lincoln-in-bardo-at.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/4869143678639948034"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/4869143678639948034"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/06\/george-saunders-on-lincoln-in-bardo-at.html","title":"George Saunders on \"Lincoln in the Bardo\" at AWF 2017 "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-KBeolHED2Yo\/WTk4L1gkXKI\/AAAAAAAABnw\/4PJKHFpKr2IYF7GqzdVNjOfENTglgLPvwCLcB\/s72-c\/Saunders%252C%2BGeorge%2B%2528credit%2BChloe%2BAftel%2529.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-8000027103189796534"},"published":{"$t":"2017-05-25T17:48:00.000+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2017-05-27T16:17:41.696+12:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#awf17"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Anne Enright"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writer's Festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Chelsea"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Anne Enright and \"The Gathering\" at AWF17"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThanks to Chelsea from Central Library for this blog post and fan mail combo!\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-f9UdbjDcd0o\/WSZdGWOCwZI\/AAAAAAAABj8\/OcKTcwEZXDUuL3VOpYMq8fh-mQq3Dd2mwCLcB\/s1600\/Enright%2BAnne.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"997\" data-original-width=\"1600\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-f9UdbjDcd0o\/WSZdGWOCwZI\/AAAAAAAABj8\/OcKTcwEZXDUuL3VOpYMq8fh-mQq3Dd2mwCLcB\/s320\/Enright%2BAnne.jpg\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf you thought your days of pushing and elbowing your way into a theatre were behind you, think again. The ladies (and a splattering of men) of the Auckland Writers Festival were here to see Anne Enright and there was no stopping them. Even the sacred reserved seating stood no chance. If you’re unfamiliar with Anne Enright, she is Ireland’s current Fiction Laureate and winner of the Man Booker Prize for her 2007 novel \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2224849\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe Gathering\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. Personally I’ve been slow to the Anne Enright party, having read only one of her books. However, said book \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2959849\"\u003EThe Green Road\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E completely blew my mind, so I was keen to hear more of what she had to say.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EKate De Goldi, award-winning author in her own right, chaired the event and opened with a quote from \u003Ci\u003EThe Green Road\u003C\/i\u003E, “I’m sorry I can’t invite you to dinner, I’m Irish and my family is mad”. This fairly succinctly sums up Enright’s writing, with much of her work focussing on the family unit with a dose of Irish humour. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETo begin with, De Goldi and Enright discussed the roles within \u003Ci\u003EThe Green Road\u003C\/i\u003E, in particular the role of the mother. With the theme of motherhood being so important in Irish tradition and Enright being a mother herself, she has a keen interest in breaking stereotypes and exploring women in all their imperfection. Rosaleen, the mother in \u003Ci\u003EThe Green Road\u003C\/i\u003E, is a needy woman who is so angry that her adult children have all left her that she decides to sell the family home to spite them. Her self-indulgence is in contrast to her daughter’s selflessness as a dutiful wife, mother and daughter. The two sons in the novel represent Irish migration, with one being an aid worker travelling to far-flung places like the Irish missionaries did, and the other taking the traditional route of New York. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EEnright’s writing is structured and concise which is necessary in a book that spans decades. What isn’t said in Enright’s novels is just as important as what is, as when Dan’s homosexuality is not named when the reader first meets Dan as a teenager in Ireland, but when we meet him again in 90s New York, he is free to express himself. Enright explains that she did not address his sexuality at first because she ‘had to wait for the world to catch up’.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDe Goldi and Enright then touched on the novel \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2584413\"\u003EThe Forgotten Waltz\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, another book that explores the complexities in women; their loves, mistakes and sexual desires. It was at this point that Enright’s sardonic humour really shone, as she lamented the ongoing fight for feminism. Speaking of women’s rights in Ireland, she told us how the abortion referendum began in the 80s, a referendum that is still continuing today. She had the audience in hysterics when saying “We forgot that sex produces children – if you read a newspaper you’d think sex produces bikinis”. She also garnered applause when she said that by writing about families she “risks being described as domestic – another word for female and not very important. Which is bullshit”. If Enright ever runs for president she has my vote. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAfter a brief reading it was time for questions, which ironically all came from men, a fact that was not lost on my disgruntled neighbour. I couldn’t blame her, I too was thinking it strange. To be fair however, the first questioner did tell us about his love for feminism and his daughters, as well as his whole backstory, as is often the case with those daring enough to brave the microphone. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs the session wrapped up Enright praised De Goldi for her high quality questions, suitable praise for De Goldi as she had clearly done her research. Then the applause was over and the race was on again, this time to be the first in the signing queue. I somewhat regretted my choice to sit at the front of the theatre as I set my face in grim determination to make it out.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA good twenty minutes later I had my recently purchased copy of \u003Ci\u003EThe Gathering\u003C\/i\u003E signed. I had meant to tell Enright of my love for Ireland but I became completely starstruck and barely muttered a syllable. Placing my embarrassment aside, I set off to find a strong coffee, turned the pages of \u003Ci\u003EThe Gathering\u003C\/i\u003E to its first chapter, breathed in the new book smell, and began to read.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780099501633\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9780099501633\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" data-original-height=\"400\" data-original-width=\"261\" height=\"320\" width=\"208\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/8000027103189796534\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/05\/anne-enright-and-gathering-at-awf17.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/8000027103189796534"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/8000027103189796534"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2017\/05\/anne-enright-and-gathering-at-awf17.html","title":"Anne Enright and \"The Gathering\" at AWF17"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-f9UdbjDcd0o\/WSZdGWOCwZI\/AAAAAAAABj8\/OcKTcwEZXDUuL3VOpYMq8fh-mQq3Dd2mwCLcB\/s72-c\/Enright%2BAnne.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-2769544700855587871"},"published":{"$t":"2016-06-08T14:27:00.004+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-06-08T14:52:01.684+12:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#aklwritersfest"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"A brief history of seven killings"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writers Festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWF 2016"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Liz"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Marlon James"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Marlon James at AWF 2016: Fascinating and free-flowing"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003ELiz from Collections Insights went to hear the Jamaican-born novelist, now resident in the U.S., mostly from curiosity. She's now on not one but two wait lists for his book -- the print and the e-book version, a \"whichever comes sooner attitude\" which already tells us much about the session. Here's her full account:\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I2PyBkJtHns\/V1d4XPEfEGI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/Xr3MuSopl1AU6RvULewMvdvt3eF8aMaAgCLcB\/s1600\/James_Marlon.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"213\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I2PyBkJtHns\/V1d4XPEfEGI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/Xr3MuSopl1AU6RvULewMvdvt3eF8aMaAgCLcB\/s320\/James_Marlon.JPG\" width=\"320\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWhen Noelle McCarthy introduced Marlon James, who won the Booker Prize last year with his\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2864836\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, as the writer of a “bloody great book in every sense of the work” we knew were in for a treat – if for no other reason that we would be listening to two of the most attractive accents in the world – Irish and Jamaican.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs it turned out, the content as well as the delivery made the session fascinating. The rapport between McCarthy and James led to an hour of free-flowing conversation and covered a vast range of topics, from the music of Prince and space break sex to getting through writer’s block and the history of Jamaica.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe conversation started with a discussion of the recent death of Prince as James lives in Minneapolis and is a huge Prince fan. Purple Rain was the first record he bought and in his high school year book he was described as the person “most likely to work for Prince”. James’s regret was that he had never quite got round to seeing Prince live.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003EA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003C\/i\u003E explores the abortive attempt to assassinate Bob Marley in 1976 and the impact that had both in Jamaica and in the US. The book is told by what McCarthy described as a “polyphony of characters”, each with their own distinct voice. James describes all his novels as being driven by voice, and finding the right voice as essential to telling the story. “The only voice I am not interested in is my own”. When he first started \u003Ci\u003EA Brief History\u003C\/i\u003E  he tried out different voices, searching for the “magic one” to tell the story. When a friend asked why he thought it was only one person’s story, he realised the number of voices he needed was actually 76. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe novel is notable for its graphic sex and violence – visceral was a word that came up a lot. James felt that in order to nail the character or “the voice” you sometimes had to risk going too far, to get to what was wanted. When it came up again later, he said “You’d be surprised how prudish and how squeamish I am”, but that his characters demanded more of him.  What he described as “space break sex” was not enough. To explain he gave us an example:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781594486005\/mc.gif\u0026amp;client=elgar\u0026amp;type=snui\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;Tom said to Harry, “I have always loved you.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;The next morning……\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EJames said he found starting a novel terribly hard, with many false starts, but that he would read his way out of writer's block.   Marguerite Duras’s \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1065954\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003EThe North China Lover\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E  was especially praised for its sparse format – “stage director's notes rather than a novel”.  He also said he had read the entire script of the TV series Breaking Bad, although he had yet to actually see an episode.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ETalking more about the central theme of his novel, he described 1976, the year of the attack on Bob Marley,  as a pivotal year in Jamaican history, when the hopes and dreams born of Jamaica's independence began to unravel. James was six at the time --  his mother a cop, his father a lawyer. While he was aware of their heightened fear, he didn’t understand why. Writing \u003Ci\u003EA Brief History\u003C\/i\u003E was a way to find out what 1976 was like for adults who, like his parents, had lived through it.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIt was one of those discussions you wished could just keep on going. James obviously thinks deeply about the process of writing, the role of the novel and how history is perceived, and you could see he enjoyed sharing his ideas in this sort of forum. I hope we will see him at the Auckland Writers’ Festival again.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E-- \u003Ci\u003ELiz\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781594486005\/mc.gif\u0026amp;client=elgar\u0026amp;type=snui\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781594486005\/mc.gif\u0026amp;client=elgar\u0026amp;type=snui\" height=\"200\" width=\"130\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781594488573\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=9781594488573\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"200\" width=\"135\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/2769544700855587871\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/marlon-james-at-awf-2016-fascinating.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/2769544700855587871"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/2769544700855587871"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/marlon-james-at-awf-2016-fascinating.html","title":"Marlon James at AWF 2016: Fascinating and free-flowing"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-I2PyBkJtHns\/V1d4XPEfEGI\/AAAAAAAABRw\/Xr3MuSopl1AU6RvULewMvdvt3eF8aMaAgCLcB\/s72-c\/James_Marlon.JPG","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-1847618235721814177"},"published":{"$t":"2016-05-17T20:38:00.000+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-05-22T16:18:30.679+12:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"#aklwritersfest"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"aklwritersfest"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writers Festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writers Festival 2016"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWF 2016"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Michel Faber"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Todd"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Michel Faber at AWF 2016: \"Strangely Human\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ci\u003ETodd from Central City Library chose Michel Faber's session, 'Strangely human'. Here's his account:\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hdCuKMFkqQQ\/VzrVGJ1TfCI\/AAAAAAAABMs\/Xox96O2fxPgozgM9emVOQmTKwfHUcCgiACLcB\/s1600\/Faber_Michel.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hdCuKMFkqQQ\/VzrVGJ1TfCI\/AAAAAAAABMs\/Xox96O2fxPgozgM9emVOQmTKwfHUcCgiACLcB\/s200\/Faber_Michel.jpg\" width=\"150\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=055341884X\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.syndetics.com\/index.php?isbn=055341884X\/lc.jpg\u0026amp;client=elgar\" height=\"200\" width=\"133\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs I watched the irreverent author Paula Morris – here in her role as interviewer – struggle to attach the battery pack of her over-the-ear microphone to her person, I noticed that the two chairs and table that furnished the stage were positioned between two giant potted plants. Faber sat down in his chair and clasped his hands across his lap and waited for Morris who found her seat still clutching the battery pack. When she remarked that the blame for her blunder lay squarely with the one-piece dress she was wearing, I could’ve been forgiven for believing that the \u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/www.funnyordie.com\/between_two_ferns\"\u003E‘Between Two Ferns’\u003C\/a\u003E universe I’d just stepped into was quips all the way down.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EYes, the quips did come – mostly from Morris, who, at one point, went to that ANZAC place Kiwis inevitably go when they come face-to-face with an Australian (Netherlands-born Faber did a stint in The Lucky Country before moving to Scotland with his late wife Eva). I don’t recall the specifics of the jibe but something about Australia’s convict past comes to mind.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFaber, good-natured and warm, went along with this, as he did with all of Morris’s questioning. In fact, what became quite clear to me during the hour-long interview was just how good-natured and warm Faber was. Sure, he’d written numerous well-loved books and short story collections (his first novel \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1020204\"\u003EUnder the Skin\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E was published in 1998 and adapted for the screen in 2014) and much had been made of them (Faber’s publisher urged him to apply for British residency to be eligible for the Booker Prize pending the release of his critically-acclaimed tome \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1106572\"\u003EThe Crimson Petal and the White\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E in 2002). But what I got from Michel Faber was much more than just his writer self; more than the author reading (quite entertainingly) from his most recent – and stated, last – novel, \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb2864834\"\u003EThe Book of Strange New Things\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EWe got deep into the world of Faber: his time spent as a nurse; his attitude to religion (he’s non-religious but fascinated by what religion provides for people in times of “un-endable grief and suffering and nightmare”); insight into his marriage to Eva with anecdotes including one about Scotland’s constant cloud cover being the couple’s dream weather scenario; his pastime of composing music, and even the existential wall he hit during the Abbott era in Australia, when he questioned literature’s ability to bring about meaningful change in the world, when no one with any real power seemed to read or value reading.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EFortunately for the book lovers of the world, Michel Faber worked through this crisis of faith. He mentioned that he now believed literature’s value lay in its ability to affect the reader in modest ways like in the quiet of an afternoon. None of this sounded trite or maudlin passing Faber’s lips. Nor was it saccharine when he read three heartrending poems from his forthcoming poetry collection, \u003Ci\u003EUndying,\u003C\/i\u003E about his life with Eva just before she died from cancer in 2014, to an audience of complete strangers. I can say without a doubt that Paula Morris’s tears weren’t the only ones shed in the room. The tenderness of this final five minutes was sanctioned by everyone present – no doubt due, in big part, to the openness and affability of this former recluse named Michel Faber.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs the session concluded, Faber hugged Paula Morris, and I thought about how good he is at the end. About when I read the final sentence of \u003Ci\u003EThe Book of Strange New Things\u003C\/i\u003E, exactly the kind of asphyctic line that made the time spent inhabiting the world of the novel worth it – even if it was only in the quiet of an afternoon. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E--\u003Ci\u003ETodd\u003C\/i\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1847618235721814177\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/05\/michel-faber-at-awf-2016-strangely-human.html#comment-form","title":"2 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1847618235721814177"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1847618235721814177"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2016\/05\/michel-faber-at-awf-2016-strangely-human.html","title":"Michel Faber at AWF 2016: \"Strangely Human\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-hdCuKMFkqQQ\/VzrVGJ1TfCI\/AAAAAAAABMs\/Xox96O2fxPgozgM9emVOQmTKwfHUcCgiACLcB\/s72-c\/Faber_Michel.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"2"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-1220838818733809760"},"published":{"$t":"2015-05-28T18:03:00.000+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2016-03-29T14:52:09.942+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writers Festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWF"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"awf15"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Claire G"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tim Winton"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Tim Winton at AWF15"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/writersfestival.co.nz\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Winton_TimAWFSITE.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/writersfestival.co.nz\/assets\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Winton_TimAWFSITE.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"Auckland Writers Festival\" src=\"http:\/\/writersfestival.co.nz\/assets\/themes\/writersfestival\/images\/logo.svg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ci\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ci\u003ENew Zealanders may not always excel at loving their Aussie neighbours but there was a full house and warm appreciation for Tim Winton on his return to the Auckland Writers Festival. Claire G of Grey Lynn Library heard him interviewed by Jim Mora and contributed this guest post.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIn person the guest from Western Australia looks a handy bloke: solid, a carpenter type whose ponytail nobody would tweak. \u0026nbsp;But Tim Winton tells us that writing is “the only thing I’ve ever done. I don’t know how to do anything else.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe won an award with his first novel in 1981. The life-changing success however came with \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1005478__Scloudstreet__Orightresult__U__X7?lang=eng\u0026amp;suite=def\"\u003ECloudstreet\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E, his fourth. “It came at a time when we were broke and we had three little kids and I didn’t know where the next mortgage payment was coming from.” After that Winton didn’t have to worry about money for a long time.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe books kept coming and so did the awards (which he doesn’t really discuss at this session; nor does his interviewer ask). Many of us across the ditch finally discovered him when \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/discover.elgar.govt.nz\/iii\/encore\/record\/C__Rb1026374__SDirt%20music%20Lw%3D%3D%20Tim%20Winton.__Orightresult__U__X4?lang=eng\u0026amp;suite=def\"\u003EDirt Music\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/i\u003Ewas shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2002.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHe’s not especially confident, he admits. “The older I’ve got the harder it gets. Just because I wrote a book last year doesn’t mean I can write one this week.” To outwit writer’s block, he applies his ‘three desks’ strategy. If progress at one desk becomes difficult, he moves to another, to focus on another project. So far the trick hasn’t failed him.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAs a boy Tim Winton told tall tales. He regales his Auckland audience with what might be another one: \u0026nbsp;that when walking home from school he regularly stopped the neighbourhood bully from beating him up by telling stories all the way. His long-honed skills in eavesdropping – “I didn’t sleep so I listened in” – have probably also sharpened the observational abilities needed to write.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E“I thought of myself as a writer from the age of ten,” he says. “But I didn’t know what good writing was. I grew up with Archie comics.... I thought Alistair MacLean was every bit as good as Mark Twain.” He credits luck and good teachers with bringing him to his present position as a writer of literary fiction or, as he also describes himself, someone who’s “in the the business of producing useless beauty”.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe Times of London has called him “a poet of baffled souls”, his interviewer reminds him. Winton’s a bit iffy about the poet moniker – he’s too humble, probably – but acknowledges his interest in people for whom “their lives are hard and their feelings are strong and they just don’t have the words to express them.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EHis readers have strong feelings too, and apparently little difficulty expressing them. He receives “cranky, passionate letters” about why his endings are so open. His answer? He gets bored with books where all the ends are neatly tied. People expect there to be closure in life, he says, and there isn’t. “Most people die mid-sentence.”\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E-- \u003Ci\u003EClaire\u003C\/i\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/1220838818733809760\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2015\/05\/tim-winton-at-awf15.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1220838818733809760"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/1220838818733809760"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2015\/05\/tim-winton-at-awf15.html","title":"Tim Winton at AWF15"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-6509550726076488442"},"published":{"$t":"2013-05-21T18:30:00.000+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-11-22T16:57:05.383+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Angela"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writers and Readers Festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWRF 2013"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"E.L. James"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Eleanor Catton"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Fifty Shades of Grey"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Sarah Stuart"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Shehan Karunatilaka"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Fifty Shades of WTF at AWRF 2013"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Ch4\u003EAngela from Readers Services was interested in the Fifty Shades phenomenon and went to see what she could find out at \"Fifty Shades of WTF\".\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Here's her story: \u003C\/h4\u003EI went to hear New Zealand author Nicky Pellegrino talk with former editor of the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly Sarah Stuart, Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka and New Zealand author Eleanor Catton about the publishing phenomenon known as \u003Ci\u003E50 Shades of Grey\u003C\/i\u003E. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EThe BDSM-themed\u003Ci\u003E \u003C\/i\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2670388\"\u003E\u003Ci\u003E50 Shades of Grey\u003C\/i\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E trilogy by author E. L. James has sold more than 70 million copies worldwide since it was first\u0026nbsp; published in 2011. Interestingly, it started out as fan-fiction of the \u003Ci\u003ETwilight\u003C\/i\u003E novels by Stephenie Meyer, and E. L. James changed the names of the characters and reworked the story before it was published. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI had read and enjoyed the \u003Ci\u003ETwilight\u003C\/i\u003E series for what it was, but having read the first \u003Ci\u003E50 Shades of Grey\u003C\/i\u003E book I was annoyed by the obvious similarities, not in plot but in the characters. Thus I was really interested to hear what the panel had to say and I was not disappointed, as I found the discussion informative, thought-provoking and quite amusing at times.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EShehan Karunatilaka had only read the book for the panel and showed us his brown paper-covered copy, which he had been too embarrassed to read openly in public. He decided to look at the book as porn and a fantasy, and from that perspective, he didn’t think it was that bad. Yes, the character of Christian Grey is incredibly unrealistic – ‘a 27-year old gorgeous billionaire, who flies helicopters and plays the piano at midnight’ and the protagonist is a blank slate whom the reader can project themselves onto, but he thought it was perfectly targeted at its audience, just like \u003Ci\u003ETwilight\u003C\/i\u003E was perfectly targeted towards its audience, teenage girls.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ctable cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n6-E7XfS35s\/UZnbx7PWI1I\/AAAAAAAAAMI\/hKkrtCWMTiA\/s1600\/CattonbyRobertCatto.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; cssfloat: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"145\" pua=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n6-E7XfS35s\/UZnbx7PWI1I\/AAAAAAAAAMI\/hKkrtCWMTiA\/s200\/CattonbyRobertCatto.jpg\" width=\"200\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003EEleanor Catton\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003EEleanor Catton enjoyed the book much more than the \u003Ci\u003ETwilight\u003C\/i\u003E series, she thought the relationship between the two main characters was a healthier and more adult relationship than that of Edward and Bella in \u003Ci\u003ETwilight\u003C\/i\u003E, which she believed was very damaging. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ENicky Pellegrino, on the other hand, had enjoyed \u003Ci\u003ETwilight\u003C\/i\u003E and the relationship in those books and felt the relationship between Christian and Anastasia in 50 Shades of Grey was disturbing and unbalanced. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ESarah Stuart saw the \u003Ci\u003E50 Shades of Grey\u003C\/i\u003E phenomenon as positive in allowing women to indulge their sexual fantasies. She thought it was great that women were talking to each other about erotica and that it had become acceptable for women to read it and talk about it. It was also brought up that many women over the age of 50, and even of retirement age, were reading it, to the surprise of some. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EOverall, the panel surprised me. Except for the moderator Nicky Pellegrino, the other three panelists had generally positive things to say about the book, to the consternation of some in the audience going by the questions afterwards. Some questions referenced the relationship between the two main characters, which mirrored all the warning signs of an abusive relationship as suggested by Women’s Refuge. Another audience member was concerned about the implications for feminism, but Eleanor Catton said that as an author, there’s nothing you can do about how your work is perceived by others, you put it out there and from then on people make their own interpretations of it. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EI felt that the panel looked at the book and defended it mainly from an author’s perspective, which is fair enough, as they are authors. It was a very entertaining hour and I was glad to have been there for this fantastic discussion on the publishing phenomenon of 2012. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E-- Angela Kitt"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/6509550726076488442\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/fifty-shades-of-wtf-at-awrf-2013.html#comment-form","title":"4 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/6509550726076488442"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/6509550726076488442"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/fifty-shades-of-wtf-at-awrf-2013.html","title":"Fifty Shades of WTF at AWRF 2013"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-n6-E7XfS35s\/UZnbx7PWI1I\/AAAAAAAAAMI\/hKkrtCWMTiA\/s72-c\/CattonbyRobertCatto.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"4"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2501884760724421053.post-7985238202894105740"},"published":{"$t":"2013-05-21T18:00:00.000+12:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2015-11-22T17:51:07.047+13:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Auckland Writers and Readers Festival"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"AWRF 2013"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Charlotte Grimshaw"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"CK Stead"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"fiction"},{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"Tricia"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"CK Stead and Charlotte Grimshaw at AWRF 2013: \"Our monied world\""},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-NZ\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;\"\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETricia from Collections went to hear a famous father and daughter, both with a talent for fiction and recently published novels with one-word titles.\u003C\/b\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-NZ\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;\"\u003EWhat an interesting session, both humorous and informative. I was not sure what to expect and the smaller \u003Cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003ELower NZI\u003C\/st1:place\u003E room lent itself to creating an intimate living room atmosphere as we were introduced to father and daughter CK Stead and Charlotte Grimshaw by chair Steve Braunias.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Ctable align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;\"\u003E\u003Ctbody\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwljgiTrGqs\/UZnRWvtFvnI\/AAAAAAAAALY\/ccti4bPUdnU\/s1600\/stead-karl-c-marti-friedlander-2010+copy.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" pua=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwljgiTrGqs\/UZnRWvtFvnI\/AAAAAAAAALY\/ccti4bPUdnU\/s200\/stead-karl-c-marti-friedlander-2010+copy.jpg\" width=\"142\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003Ctr\u003E\u003Ctd class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ECK Stead\u003C\/td\u003E\u003C\/tr\u003E\u003C\/tbody\u003E\u003C\/table\u003ECK Stead is one of \u003Cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cst1:country-region w:st=\"on\"\u003ENew Zealand\u003C\/st1:country-region\u003E\u003C\/st1:place\u003E’s finest writers. He publishes across several disciplines, fiction, poetry, short story, essay and criticism. \u003Cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003ECharlotte Grimshaw\u003Cspan class=\"st1\"\u003E is a critically acclaimed fiction writer and an award-winning reviewer.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-NZ\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;\"\u003EThis was the first time they appeared together on the same stage. \u003Cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003ECharlotte\u003C\/st1:place\u003E\u003C\/st1:city\u003E did not want to be seen as using her father's influence to succeed and was committed to gaining recognition through her own literary efforts. She grew up in an inescapable ‘writing’ environment where intellectual debate and involvement in political events were encouraged. She did complete a Law degree and practised as a lawyer before following her own pathway to a career with the written word.\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-NZ\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;\"\u003EWe were informed that it was a pure coincidence that their \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"st1\"\u003Erecently published novels both draw on the worlds of money, politics and contemporary society. \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"st1\"\u003EPublished in 2012, CK Stead’s novel \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2693725\"\u003ERisk\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E is set in \u003Cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003ELondon\u003C\/st1:city\u003E\u003C\/st1:place\u003E in 2002 and looks at the world through the eyes of a recently divorced New Zealander who is working in the world of finance. No stranger to controversy,\u0026nbsp;Stead\u0026nbsp;set his book in an era of decline for the ‘Western’ empire, and\u0026nbsp;focuses on a society\u0026nbsp;where lies, greed and lack of morality prevail.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9niUWwLGDvk\/UZnTRzEs_7I\/AAAAAAAAALo\/GrGN9Dfv1rE\/s1600\/Grimshaw+1.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"clear: right; cssfloat: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" height=\"200\" pua=\"true\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-9niUWwLGDvk\/UZnTRzEs_7I\/AAAAAAAAALo\/GrGN9Dfv1rE\/s200\/Grimshaw+1.jpg\" width=\"130\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cst1:place w:st=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cst1:city w:st=\"on\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"st1\"\u003ECharlotte\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/st1:city\u003E\u003C\/st1:place\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"st1\"\u003E’s novel \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2690470\"\u003ESoon\u003C\/a\u003E,\u003C\/i\u003E also published in 2012, follows the characters of \u003Ci\u003E\u003Ca href=\"http:\/\/search.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/supercity-iii|b2489451\"\u003EThe night book\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/i\u003E which came out in 2010.\u0026nbsp;It\u0026nbsp;focuses on wealth and the political scene, looking at character, morality and the extent to which individuals are responsible for their own actions. In all likelihood we can look forward to another novel following the characters in \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003EThe night book\u003C\/i\u003E and \u003Ci style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\"\u003ESoon.\u003C\/i\u003E \u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-NZ\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;\"\u003EFather and daughter are justifiably proud of each other's achievements and it was a privilege to listen to their collective and individual passion for creating powerful fictional landscapes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan lang=\"EN-NZ\" style=\"mso-ansi-language: EN-NZ;\"\u003E-- Tricia Alexander\u003Co:p\u003E\u003C\/o:p\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/feeds\/7985238202894105740\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/our-monied-world-ck-stead-and-charlotte.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7985238202894105740"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/2501884760724421053\/posts\/default\/7985238202894105740"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/albooksinthecity.blogspot.com\/2013\/05\/our-monied-world-ck-stead-and-charlotte.html","title":"CK Stead and Charlotte Grimshaw at AWRF 2013: \"Our monied world\""}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"Karen Craig"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/18310967522076681423"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"23","height":"32","src":"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-WaLn2rFYxqE\/UNvHlimMvBI\/AAAAAAAAABY\/ceYnAw1lZEk\/s220\/The%2BLibrarian.jpg"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-GwljgiTrGqs\/UZnRWvtFvnI\/AAAAAAAAALY\/ccti4bPUdnU\/s72-c\/stead-karl-c-marti-friedlander-2010+copy.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});