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      GOING WEST 2015 - SUNDAY
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      GOING WEST 2015 - SUNDAY

      GOING WEST BOOKS & WRITERS FESTIVAL

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      Titirangi Memorial Hall

      500 South Titirangi Road

      Auckland, New Zealand

      When

      Sun 13 Sep 2015

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      Sunday, 13 Sept
      Going West Books & Writers Festival

      8.30am  Coffee/tea
      9.00am  Handmade Histories: Mary Kelleher melds history with exquisite craft into banner books. She joins Helen Schamroth to discuss Kiwiana and the joy of textiles.
      9.30am  The Poetry of Place: Kerry Hines – poetry with pictures, and Leilani Tamu – poetry with passion, share their take on time and place with poet Paula Green.
      10.15am  Morning tea
      10.45am  World's Apart: The Antipodeans explores an intergenerational legacy of love, blood and betrayal. Author Greg McGee in conversation with David Larsen.
      11.45am  The People and the Land: A visual and textual taonga of Tangata and Whenua.  Join Aroha Harris and Meilissa Williams in kōrero with veteran broadcaster, film-maker and teller of stories Tainui Stephens.
      12.45pm  Lunch
      1.45pm  Striking a Chord: Anna Smaill reads from her dystopian debut novel The Chimes and reveals more in conversation with Paula Morris.
      2.45pm  A Life in Motion: Roger Horrocks brings us the joy of kinetic artist Len Lye’s words in conversation with Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Director Andrew Clifford.
      3.45pm  Afternoon tea
      4.15pm  NZ By Design: In Living in Paradox, Garth Falconer explores the dynamic story of this young, vigorous and intriguingly complex country at a time when huge shifts are occurring in the way we live our lives, particularly in the metropolis that is Auckland. He is in conversation with Gordon McLauchlan.
      5.15pm  Bare Feet and Grass Stains: Jim Mora talks to author David Slack about Bullrush! - a generation's introduction to contact sport and a training ground for All Blacks.


      More information can be found on our website www.goingwestfest.co.nz
      and on our facebook page www.facebook.com/GoingWestFest



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