Rachael will be appearing in Taupo on July 31st as part of the Erupt festival. She’ll be talking at the Hilton about the writing life and how she came to write her novels The Sound of Butterflies and Magpie Hall. She may even read from her current work-in-progress. For tickets and more information, go here.

Rachael will be in conversation with author Lloyd Jones in Christchurch on Wednesday July 27 at the Cashmere Club. They’ll be discussing Michael King, Rachael’s father, and his recently released The Silence Beyond: Selected Writings, which Rachael has co-edited and introduced. For more information on the event go here. For more a review of The Silence Beyond, go here.