GOING WEST 2017 - Opening Night

Fri 08 Sep

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Prices

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Includes light supper and complimentary glass of wine

ADULT

$30.00

CONCESSION Senior 65+ and Students with ID

$25.00

Timing

Running Time: 2 hours 30 minutes

Payment Options

Credit Card

2.50%

Bank Transfer

$1.50

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Delivery Options

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free

Courier (signature reqd)

$5.00

Courier (rural delivery)

$9.00

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Books and Writers Weekend Opening Night
Friday 9 Sept 7:00pm

Titirangi War Memorial Hall
$30 ($25 concession)
Includes light supper and complimentary glass of wine

7:00pm   Mihi / Welcome

7:20pm   The Curnow Reader: Selina Tusitala Marsh
Poet and scholar Selina Tusitala Marsh Selina will share poems from across her writing life, including reflections on her recent experience as Commonwealth Poet performing at Westminster Abbey before the Queen and readings from her new collection Tightrope.

7:45pm   The Sir Graeme Douglas Orator: Rod Oram
Journalist and commentator Rod Oram draws on his book Three Cities, to explore the changing political, economic and technological times in which we find ourselves. He seeks signs of where our world may be heading, and examines how we must inevitably make fundamental changes in order to survive

8:20pm Intermission: Light supper and a complimentary glass of wine

8:45pm   Small Holes in the Silence
Poet Bill Manhire, composer and pianist Norman Meehan, vocalist Hannah Griffin and saxophonist Blair Latham perform a selection of New Zealand poetry set to music, including works by Hone Tuwhare, Bill Manhire, Alistair Campbell and James K Baxter. A literary musical experience not to be missed.