WRITING PEOPLE & PLACES
Naomi Arnold
Journalist and author Naomi Arnold’s first-ever published magazine story was a Listener travel piece on Thailand and she has made writing about people and place her career ever since, with her most recent book, Northbound, largely written while she walked Te Araroa. In this masterclass, she will provide guidance on how to craft compelling narratives about how places shape people.
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.
Naomi Arnold
Naomi Arnold is an award-winning Nelson journalist who has written for most New Zealand magazines and newspapers including New Zealand Geographic, North & South and The Listener. She occasionally contributes to international outlets including The Guardian and The Washington Post. She started her writing career at the Nelson Mail in 2009, where she wrote features for five years before becoming a freelance writer and author. She has written the critically-acclaimed history of New Zealand astronomy Southern Nights (HarperCollins), World of WearableArt: 30 Designers Tell Their Stories (Potton & Burton), and is co-author of new release Force of Nature, a history of Forest & Bird, with renowned Nelson author David Young (Potton & Burton). Her next book, a memoir about walking the length of New Zealand on Te Araroa, is forthcoming from HarperCollins.
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