Writers on Mondays: Patricia Grace - a life's work

Patricia Grace is an Arts Foundation Icon who has won many national and international awards for her fiction, including the Neustadt International Prize for Literature (widely considered the most prestigious literary prize after the Nobel).

Grace is of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa and Te Ati Awa descent, and is affiliated to Ngāti Porou by marriage. Her recent novel Chappy was a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

Join award-winning writer Briar Grace-Smith for a look into the career of this deeply subtle, moving and subversive writer.

Read or download the full 2016 Writers on Mondays programme.

From mid-July to October each year, the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML), home of Victoria University of Wellington's renowned creative writing programme, runs a series of events highlighting writers active in and around Wellington, as well as guests from overseas.

Events run Monday 12.15 - 1.15pm on The Marae, Level 4, Te Papa with the exception of the Short Sharp Script sessions, which will be held at Circa Theatre. (See the programme for full details.) Sessions are free and all are welcome. Please note that no food may be taken onto the Te Papa Marae.

Writers on Mondays is presented with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, National Poetry Day and Circa Theatre.