GOING WEST BOOKS & WRITERS FESTIVAL
Titirangi Memorial Hall
500 South Titirangi Road
Auckland, New Zealand
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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Titirangi Memorial Hall
500 South Titirangi Road
Auckland, New Zealand
Sun 13 Sep 2015
Sessions vary, see below.
eTicket
Courier (signature reqd)
Courier (rural delivery)
Venue Pickup
Credit Card
Bank Transfer