Writer asks whether his generation's interests are served

Young writer asks whether his generation's interests are being served

27-year-old Andrew Dean’s appearance onyesterday’s Q+A testified to the interest being generated by his BWB Text, Ruth, Roger and Me: Debts and Legacies.

Ruth, Roger and Me is a personal, heartfelt indictment of the impact of the changes wrought upon the author's generation by Ruth Richardson’s 1991 ‘Mother of all Budgets’.

Hailed by the Sunday Star Times as 'the voice of a generation', Dean has attracted attention and accolades from across the political spectrum for his frank and eloquent commentary on the intergenerational inequality that he sees as affecting young New Zealanders’ experiences of education, welfare and the housing market.

Published at the end of April as part of Bridget Williams Books’ Texts series, Ruth, Roger and Me is already into its second print run, reflecting a healthy appetite for big thinking by young New Zealand writers.

The next title in the BWB Texts series is Shamubeel and Selena Eaqub’s Generation Rent, published in early June. In urging us to rethink our approach to New Zealand’s housing crisis, its economist authors develop further the points raised by Andrew Dean regarding rights and access to home ownership in this country.

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