NZ Festival '16
Festivals are fun. There's the standing on a stage in front of an audience of hundreds with the opportunity to talk about your work. There are the sparky, quirky, occasionally hilarious audience questions. There's the acknowledgement that the way you spend your working life is worthwhile. There's the personal contact at the signing table, hearing that your books have touched people, knowing that more readers are soon to discover them (and that the on-site bookshop and your pu
