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The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Rotorua Library, invites booklovers to a thrilling evening of criminally good conversation with five talented North Island storytellers.Crime writing has come a long way since Dame Ngaio Marsh set one of her popular Inspector Alleyn tales among the bubbling mud and hot pools of our country in 1943, shifting from puzzling entertainments to modern tales delving deeply into people, places, and psychology.
Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel winner Claire Baylis will chair fellow Rotorua author Zoë Rankin, Cambridge author and past Ngaios finalist Nikki Crutchley, and #1 NZ bestselling crime writing duo Gareth & Louise Ward, aka 'the Bookshop Detectives'.
WHEN: Wednesday 6 May 2026
WHERE: Rotorua Library, 1127 Haupapa Street, Rotorua
WHEN: 5.30pm doors open for a 6pm panel discussion
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Entry by koha.
Refreshments provided
McLeods Booksellers will have books for sale at the event.
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Event Venue
1127 Haupapa Street, Rotorua, New Zealand 3010, New Zealand
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