The Featherston Booktown Podcast

Episode 12: Dame Susan Devoy

April 18, 2024 Featherston Booktown Season 1 Episode 12
The Featherston Booktown Podcast
Episode 12: Dame Susan Devoy
Show Notes

Dame Susan Elizabeth Anne Devoy is a New Zealand former squash player and senior public servant. As a squash player, she was dominant in the late 1980s and early 1990s, winning the World Open on four occasions. She served as New Zealand's Race Relations Commissioner from 2013 to 2018. Her new book ‘Dame Susy D’ is out now from Allen & Unwin.

Dame Susan is the Guest Speaker for the Fish’n’Chip Supper at the Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival. On this episode, she joins Shane Te Pou and Phil Quin to talk about the new book and her varied career.

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