Tuesday, May 03, 2011

Auckland Writers & Readers Festival - Talk to the Taliban

Random publicist Jennifer Balle was joking with Taliban expert James Fergusson (pic left) last week that it would be nice to have another breaking news story like the insurgents’ mass prison break out, just ahead of his visit Down Under for the Auckland Festival.

With THE WEDDING finally off the media’s agenda, Balle was then busily emailing news crews first thing this week to make sure James was on their radar while he was here in case there was more Afghanistan breaking news. Little did she realise what was about to unfold that afternoon. A big thank you to those clever US Navy Seals from a grateful publicist………..

Talk to the Taliban
James Fergusson in conversation with Sean Plunkett
Friday, 13 May, 4.00-5.00pm

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