# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Michael Bennett - NZ crime-writer - Author Talk & Signing
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 am
- **Event Description**: Award-winning Aotearoa New Zealand crime writer and screenwriter Michael Bennett (Ngati Pikiao, Ngati Whakaue) will join us to speak about his Hana Westerman Thriller Series.

The third book in this series RETURN TO BLOOD won the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel, where a skeleton in the sand dunes upturns ex-Auckland police detective Hana Westerman’s hometown respite from the tumult of criminal investigations.

This event is part of a mini tour around Wellington region indie bookshops!

RSVP: otaki@booksandco.co.nz
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/otaki/michael-bennett-nz-crime-writer-author-talk-and-signing/200029194016518
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 4

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200029194016518?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=otaki-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Otaki
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: 1/216 Main Highway, Otaki, New Zealand 5512
- **lat**: -40.76187
- **long**: 175.15631
- **full address**: 1/216 Main Highway, Otaki, New Zealand 5512, New Zealand

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Books&Co (https://allevents.in/org/booksandco/22926833)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Wed, 26 Nov, 2025 at 07:00 am
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 1/216 Main Highway, Otaki, New Zealand 5512, New Zealand
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Books&Co
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Michael Bennett - NZ crime-writer - Author Talk & Signing ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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