Intrigue and Intelligence

In The Last Secret Agent television presenter and producer Jude Dobson reveals the extraordinary story of Pippa Latour, a courageous undercover agent who parachuted into Nazi-occupied France in 1944 going on to live a quiet life in New Zealand, telling no-one of her past adventures.

In Unreel Diana Wichtel follows up her bestselling memoir Driving to Treblinka with the sharply funny story of her early obsession with the Golden age of television, and later becoming the NZ Listener’s much-loved television critic while her home life, meanwhile, was unravelling. They discuss life’s many intrigues with broadcaster and novelist Karyn Hay.

Jude Dobson
TV personality and producer Jude Dobson is the author of runaway bestseller The Last Secret Agent written with Pippa Latour. Founder of two television production companies she won the New York Radio Awards Bronze Award in 2023 in the historical documentary category.

Diana Wichtel
Writer and television critic Diana Wichtel is the author of memoir Unreel. Her previous memoir Driving to Treblinka won the Royal Society Te Apārangi Award for General Non-Fiction at the 2018 Ockham NZ Book Awards.

Karyn Hay
Karyn Hay ONZM shot to fame on Radio With Pictures and was awarded the NZ Order of Merit for services to broadcasting and the music industry in 2020. She is the author of three novels including Emerald Budgies, which won the Best First Book Award in the Montana NZ Book Awards in 2001.

Intrigue and Intelligence is part of HamLit 2025 – a captivating literary weekend where authors from around the motu come together with local talent to cultivate sparkling conversations and air fresh ideas in the beautiful environs of the Hamilton Gardens.

Book for three or more shows in a single transaction and receive a 15% discount.

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