How do reviews work? What makes a great one – a piece of literature in itself? Join Claire Mabey (books editor, The Spinoff) for a workshop to analyse book, film, music, and theatre reviews to discover the secrets to crafting useful, entertaining, and thoughtful conversations about art.
Presented in collaboration with NZ Society of Authors Top of the South branch.
All books will be on sale through our festival bookstore partner, Paper Plus Nelson, both in store at 237 Trafalgar Street Nelson, online, and at our Pukapuka Talks venues – get your copies signed by the authors after their session! If you’re buying online, please select the Nelson store to collect in person.
Claire Mabey is a writer, founder of Verb Wellington, founder of LitCrawl Wellington, and books editor at The Spinoff. She has worked at many arts and book festivals over the past 15 years. Claire is a book reviewer on RNZ and writes a sporadic Substack newsletter called Domestic Animals. Her first novel, The Raven’s Eye Runaways, published by Allen & Unwin, is a middle grade adventure novel about the magic of books, the importance of friendship and the secrets buried deep in families. Claire is mum to Charlie and lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Wellington where she is constantly grateful for the South Coast, the town belt, and the wild and unpredictable weather.