The writers' festival
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The writers' festival
Vintage, 2015
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"Vintage is an imprint of the Penguin Random House group of companies, ... First published by Penguin Random House New Zealand, 2015"--T.p. verso
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Wit, compassion and insight combine in this entertaining novel that explores the politics and human comedy behind writers festivals and the publishing industry. Writers festivals can be hotbeds of literary and romantic intrigue, and the Oceania is up there with the best of them. Rookie director Rae McKay, recently returned from New York, fears she has bitten off more than she can chew. Pressure comes not only from local and international writers but also from the prestigious Opus Book Award, which this year is being hosted by the festival. Add to that high-level diplomatic fallout surrounding a dissident Chinese writer, Rae s slowly disintegrating private life and ongoing dramas involving much loved characters of The Writing Class, and the result is a wise and witty novel that explores the contemporary phenomenon of the public face of the writer. This lively, stand-alone novel is as intelligent, tender and funny as readers found The Writing Class. '...a book that's sophisticated, witty and - best of all - generous in its attitudes to its characters. It's a love letter to reading and writing and things readers and writers share, especially t
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