YARNS IN BARNS
Wairarapa Festival of Reading
Presented by
Hedleys Bookshop
Masterton District Library
Wairarapa Library Service
27 May - 5 June 2016
For a Full Programme have a look here
ENEMY CAMP
Author David Hill talks about his young adult WWII novel Enemy Camp set in Featherston.
Free event
Hill, David
IN BRIEF
David Hill is a reviewer, fiction writer, playwright and children's writer. Born in Napier, he spent fourteen years teaching before writing full-time. His many published books range from studies on poetry, to teenage fiction, for which he has received numerous prizes. His first young adult novel won the 1994 Times Educational Supplement Award for Special Needs. He won the 2002 Children's Literature Foundation Gaelyn Gordon Award for a Much-Loved Book, the 2003 LIANZA Esther Glen Medal, the 2013 NZ Post Junior Fiction Award, and the 2013 LIANZA Librarian’s Choice Award. Hill is available to visit schools through the Writers in Schools programme, as well as lead Professional Development sessions for teachers.