Booktown | Bookten Gala Night: Ten Out of Ten

For 10 years, Featherston Booktown has featured the best of this country’s literary talent. Our gala night birthday party gathered 10 of the hundreds of writers who’ve yarned and shared with us so generously. Each one read from work – published or unpublished – that they think best expresses them and what they want to say to the world. Anything goes!The 10 out of 10 were: Noelle McCarthy • Chris Tse • Carl Shuker • Shayne P Carter (Ngāti Tūwharetoa) • Dame Fiona Kidman • Victor Rodger • Roger Steele • Lars Mytting • Marilyn Waring • Selina Tusitala Marsh. Chaired by Featherston Booktown’s Peter Biggs.Recorded at the 2025 Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival.https://www.booktown.org.nz/