Peter Wells

Peter Wells is an author and film-maker. His most recent book Journey to a Hanging was longlisted for the 2016 Ockham Book Awards. Peter was born in Auckland in 1950.

‘When I last met Edmund White he had a hot date with a skinny Asian boy in Auckland’

Peter Wells

21 Sep 2016

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‘An insight into the dreams and erotic longings of a young gay man – with a taste for big cock’

What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this: Katherine Mansfield on the Napier-Taupo road

With thanks to Jean Genet and Oscar Wilde – Peter Wells on the early thrill of reading gay authors

Peter Wells

10 Feb 2016

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Peter Wells

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Queer objects: a last word from Peter Wells

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Hello Darkness: the final instalment recording Peter Wells’ life with cancer

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Hello darkness: Peter Wells’ life with cancer, part 3

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Hello darkness: Peter Wells on finding himself in the cancer ward

‘When I last met Edmund White he had a hot date with a skinny Asian boy in Auckland’

‘An insight into the dreams and erotic longings of a young gay man – with a taste for big cock’

What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this: Katherine Mansfield on the Napier-Taupo road

With thanks to Jean Genet and Oscar Wilde – Peter Wells on the early thrill of reading gay authors