Avi Duckor-Jones, one of Auckland Libraries’ Bestie Authors, will lead you in a workshop following the end of the book fair at our Indie Writers Festival.
Avi will talk about his journey with his novels (Swim 2018; Max 2024) and the process of his work. Following that will be an in depth writing exercise on creating mood and tone in your writing!
Doors open at 2pm. Tea & Coffee will be available at this time.
This workshop is part of Te Manawa's Indie Writers Festival and Auckland Libraries We Read Auckland, be sure to come and check out the book fair on your way in to the workshop!
About the facilitator
Avi Duckor-Jones trained as a lawyer before gaining his MA in creative writing from Victoria University's International Institute of Modern Letters in 2013. His travel writing has been published with BBC Travel, The NZ Listener and Lonely Planet, among others.
Avi has worked as a writing instructor and trip leader for National Geographic, directed a school in Ghana, and is the winner of the reality television competition Survivor New Zealand. His first book, Swim, won the 2018 Viva la Novella award. He currently lives on Waiheke Island with his wife and two children, where he enjoys open-water distance swimming and works as an English Teacher at Waiheke High School.
This event is presented by Auckland Council Libraries as part of We Read Auckland / Ka Pānui Tātou i Tāmaki Makaurau.
