2025 Festival: October 20–26
Books & Ideas runs until June!

Michael Bennett

Aotearoa/New Zealand

MICHAEL BENNET is the author of the Barry Award nominated Better the Blood and the nonfiction book In Dark Places, both of which won Ngaio Marsh awards. He is also the author of the young adult graphic novel Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas which, along with Better the Blood, was a finalist for the 2019 New Zealand Book Awards.

2025 Reading List: