Sunday Times bestselling writer, journalist and broadcaster Simon Winchester, OBE, (UK; USA) discusses his latest book The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind, a thought-provoking history, and future, of the wind. Atmospheric scientists are warning that winds – the force at the centre of many dangerous natural events – are expected to steadily increase in the years ahead, strengthening in power, speed, and frequency. Between wind as a malevolent force, and wind as saviour of our planet, lies a world of fascination, history, literature, science, poetry, and engineering which Simon Winchester explores with the curiosity and vigor that are the hallmarks of his bestselling works. Chaired by Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki).
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Simon Winchester is the bestselling author of Atlantic, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, Krakatoa, The Map that Changed the World, The Surgeon of Crowthorne (The Professor and the Madman), The Fracture Zone, Outposts, and Korea among many other titles. In 2006 he was awarded an OBE. He lives in western Massachusetts and New York City.
Lauren Keenan (Te Āti Awa ki Taranaki) is a writer of creative non-fiction, novels, short stories and popular psychology. Lauren was a winner at the 2017 Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers and a finalist in the 2019 awards. She was also a participant in Te Papa Tupu mentoring programme. Her short stories have appeared in Huia Short Stories collections in 2015, 2017 and 2019. In 2020 her book The 52 Week Project: How I Fixed My Life by Trying a New Thing Every Week for a Year was published, and in 2022 her children’s novel Amorangi and Millie’s Trip Through Time was published. It was a finalist in the 2022 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults and longlisted in the ARA Historical Novel Prize. It also won the 2023 Book Lovers Award. Her debut historical fiction novel The Space Between (Penguin Random House, 2024), set against the backdrop of the New Zealand Wars, is a national bestseller. Lauren has a Master of Arts in Taranaki Māori History. Her most recent book is Toitū Te Whenua: Places and People of the New Zealand Wars (Penguin NZ, 2025).
Me aro koe ki te hā o Hineahuone – Pay heed to the dignity of our soils
, Tāwhiri Warehouse
$19.00 – $25.00
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