Your Favourites' Favourites: Chris Hammer and Michael Bennett

In Your Favourites’ Favourites, our most-loved writers introduce one of their favourite authors.

The bestselling Australian writer of Scrublands and Legacy Chris Hammer introduces Māori writer Michael Bennett (Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Whakaue) from across the Tasman. An award-winning screenwriter, director and author, Michael’s non-fiction and crime fiction have won three Ngaio Marsh Awards and his films have been screened at festivals worldwide.

In Carved in Blood, the third book in his Hana Westerman series, the arrival of the constellation Matariki in the night sky sends Hana into a dark underworld she’d rather leave undisturbed.

Uncover the story with Michael in conversation with Chris.