Sunday, 11 September 2016
Going West Books & Writers Festival

8.30am - Coffee / tea
9.15am - New voices: Renee Liang introduces readings by four migrant women writers from the New Kiwi Women Write workshops: Gloria Poupard-Walbridge, Himali McInnes, Katerina Patitsas and Amèlia Homs Ferrer.
10.00am - Reckoning with women: Barbara Brookes shares the story behind her ground-breaking A History of New Zealand Women with Judith Pringle, looking at the shaping of New Zealand through a female lens.
10.45am - Morning tea
11.15am - In small places... In conversation with Paula Green, Sue Orr and Helen Margaret Waaka look beneath the surface of small town and rural New Zealand, exploring the deep vein of stories to buried there.
12.00pm - The future is unwritten: With seismic shifts altering our journalistic landscape Giovanni Tiso, SImon Wilson, Paula Penfold and Sara Vui-Talitu debate how the media is taking shape in Aotearoa.
1.00pm - Lunch
2.00pm - Navigating the in-between: Poets Serie Barford and Gregory Kan read from their recent work and, with fellow writer Robert Sullivan, take a journey to explore the meaning of place and identity.
2.45pm - Sounds from the South: Flying Nun founder Roger Shepherd joins lifelong music fan John Campbell to share his memories of the label’s early days and the spirit of adventure and independence that took its sound to the world.
3.45pm - A crafty brew: Food and wine connoisseur Jules van Cruysen is joined by the multi-dimensional Te Radar for a live craft beer experience, complete with audience tastings and ratings and a celebratory toast to Going West.

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More information can be found on our website www.goingwestfest.co.nz
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