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The Press Christchurch Writers' Festival
30 August - 2 September
A springtime celebration of authors and books.
The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival is returning to the garden city after a four-year wait and is bringing its widest ever programme to thrill and entertain audiences. An incredible mix of international and local writing talent will explore their work and a range of issues.
http://www.chchwritersfest.co.nz
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The Press Christchurch Writers' Festival - Festival PassThis ticket is the full The Press Christchurch Writers' Festival experience, allowing you ... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
30 Aug 2012, 4:30pm | |
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London's Burning : John Lanchester and Chris CleaveIn their recent work, two of Britain's 'hottest' writers have captured contemporary London... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
30 Aug 2012, 6:00pm | |
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PechaKucha Night Christchurch 15The 15th PechaKucha Night in Christchurch offers you the chance to enjoy some of the Press... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
30 Aug 2012, 7:30pm | |
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My Mother, My Self: Miriam Frank and Mireille JuchauThe rich and complex relationship between mother and daughter, and emigration as a result ... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 9:30am | |
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An Hour With Chris CleaveChris has been a barman, a long-distance sailor and teacher of marine navigation, an inter... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 11:00am | |
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The Big ChillSince Scott and Shackleton left from Lyttelton for the frozen continent, there has been a ... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 12:30pm | |
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Design of Delight? Positioning New Zealand Product DesignIn this stimulating illustrated session Michael discusses what might distinguish New Zeala... |
The George Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 1:00pm | |
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Workshop: Capturing Quake StoriesLearn how to write your own personal story of New Zealand's biggest ever natural disaster.... |
YMCA Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 1:30pm | |
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An Hour With John BoyneIrish fiction writer John Boyne is the author of seven novels for adults, revolving around... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 2:00pm | |
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Fabulous Fleur: Afternoon Tea with a Restaurant PioneerPioneering restaurateur Fleur Sullivan is a South Island legend. She has been responsible ... |
The George Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 2:30pm | |
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The Secret Life Of the Novel'I'm writing a novel' – it's so easy to say and so hard to do. As all real writers know,... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 3:30pm | |
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Whoops!: Why Everyone owes Everyone and No One Can PayJohn Lanchester is well known for his prize-winning novels 'The Debt to Pleasure', 'Mr Phi... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 5:00pm | |
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Double Happiness: How Bullshit WorksBullshit has always been with us but the proliferation of media in the last century means ... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
31 Aug 2012, 7:00pm | |
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Survivor Poetry: Out-Read-Out- Write-Out-LoudCatalyst presents, in association with The Press Christchurch Writers' Festival 2012, an e... |
Small Geo Dome |
31 Aug 2012, 8:00pm | |
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An Hour with Chris TurneyBritish geologist Professor Chris Turney is "fascinated by what makes our planet tick" and... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 9:30am | |
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An Hour with Emily PerkinsEmily Perkins is the author of four novels, including 'Novel About My Wife', which won the... |
YMCA Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 9:30am | |
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Wish You Weren't Here?"Those faraway places with strange-sounding names/Far away over the sea" says the old song... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 11:00am | |
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Fatal AttractionAcclaimed crime writers Michael Robotham and Ben Sanders, and Julian Novitz, whose new nov... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 12:30pm | |
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Workshop: Discovering the Power of One's Own VoiceIn her latest novel, 'The Oldest Song in the World', Sue Woolfe leads us into an outback A... |
YMCA Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 1:00pm | |
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An Hour with Joanne HarrisJoanne Harris is the author of the Whitbread-shortlisted 'Chocolat' (made into an Oscar-no... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 2:00pm | |
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An Hour with Joanne DraytonThe 1954 Parker–Hulme murder in Christchurch riveted New Zealand and the world. How do y... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 3:30pm | |
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On the SpotAs New York–based correspondent for TVNZ, Tim Wilson covered some of the biggest recent ... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 5:00pm | |
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The Great New Zealand Crime Debate and Ngaio Marsh AwardTwo fiendishly clever and articulate teams debate the proposition that, as Kipling put it,... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
1 Sep 2012, 7:30pm | |
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Why YA?YA – young adult – is a comparatively recent literary genre. Is there a genuine and va... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 9:30am | |
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He Kōrero: Words Between UsThe earliest meetings between Māori and Pākehā in the early 1800s were vividly recorded... |
YMCA Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 9:30am | |
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From Huts to HeavenOnce New Zealand fiction was, perhaps unfairly, regarded as a fairly grim business, domina... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 11:00am | |
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An Hour with Kate GrenvilleKate Grenville is one of Australia's finest writers. Her bestselling novel, 'The Secret R... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 11:00am | |
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We Breathe! We Speak! We Sing!Keri Hulme, Booker Prize-winning author of 'The Bone People', and poet and writer of seven... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 12:30pm | |
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The Stuff of LifeGood stories well told have transformative power. These three authors have all written boo... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 2:00pm | |
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Afghanistan: The Human CostThe so-called 'war on terror' in Afghanistan has become the longest and perhaps the most c... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 3:30pm | |
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Five New Zealand PoetsThe finale of the festival – readings from five of our most celebrated poets, culminatin... |
Geo Dome Christchurch |
2 Sep 2012, 5:00pm | |