
About the event
Join us to celebrate the launch of Gina Butson's new novel, The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds, published by Allen & Unwin.
'An engrossing plot, fully imagined characters, and beautifully observed settings. Butson gently guides the reader on a journey marked by pain, secrets and guilt to a place of forgiveness, acceptance and peace. A stunning debut.' - Laurence Fearnley
All welcome!
About the author:
Gina Butson has worked as a lawyer and as an advisor in the public sector. She completed her MA in Creative Writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) in 2023, and her short fiction has been published in Newsroom, Salient and Turbine / Kapohau. Gina won the Salient Creative Writing competition and was Highly Commended in the Sargeson Prize in 2024. She has been awarded a 2026 residency at the Robert Lord Writers Cottage.
Buy the book: The Stars Are A Million Glittering Worlds by Gina Butson
Wednesday July 23rd, 6pm
in-store at Unity Books Wellington
Book Launch: The Stars Are a Million Glittering
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