With 25 books to his name, British writer Simon Winchester is a maven of popular narrative history, renowned for titles such as The Surgeon of Crowthorne, The Map that Changed the World and most recently Pacific: The Ocean of the Future. 

Writer Gregory O’Brien talks with Winchester about taking on increasingly ambitious topics and marrying research with storytelling.

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Gallery of Ireen Demut event photographs.

Session reviewed in Booksellers New Zealand's We Love Books blog.

Partnered By
New Zealand Listener
Writers Week Supporters
The Lion Foundation
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington City Council
Creative New Zealand
QT Museum Wellington
Thursday 10 Mar
4:30pm
Adult GA
$19.00

Embassy Theatre

1hr

Partnered By
New Zealand Listener
Writers Week Supporters
The Lion Foundation
Victoria University of Wellington
Wellington City Council
Creative New Zealand
QT Museum Wellington

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