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October 17, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival 2018: Check Out The Full Programme

Wellington’s NZ Festival takes place over February/March of 2018 – earlier tonight the full programme was announced – along with theatre, comedy, dance, visual arts – a separate Writers Week and many multi-discipline acts there’s a stunning music line-up. David Byrne, Thundercat, Grizzly Bear, Perfume Genius, Anne Sofie Von Otter, The Staves and Cecile McLorin Salvant w/ […]
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March 13, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival Writers Week: The Kids Are Alright

The Kids Are Alright: Embassy Theatre Saturday, March 12 For this Writers Week event it was Sally Gardner (UK), Cornelia Funke (Germany) and Ted Dawe (NZ) in conversation with Mandy Hager, the subject: YA fiction. A thoughtful hour of panel discussion looked at how YA fiction is for everyone, not just “young adults” – and […]
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March 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival Writers Week: Slam Poetry With Anis Mojgani

Slam Poetry with Anis Mojgani Embassy Theatre Thursday, March 10 Internationally awarded slam poet, Anis Mojgani took to the stage and threw words down hard. That was his talk, his session – just a performance, but it wasn’t just a performance, it was inspiring, it seemed to pick up on similar themes that Miranda July […]
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March 11, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival Writers Week: Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg – Life Online

Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg: Life Online Embassy Theatre Thursday, March 10 For this Writers Week event it was a mismatched session with Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg discussing life online. Mismatched, because Curry – star of her own YouTube videos, Jamie’s World –seemed to have nothing to say, beyond being presumably sponsored by the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Books, Embassy Theatre, Gawker, Jamie Curry, Jamie's World, Journalism, Life Online, Lizzie Marvelly, Mallory Ortberg, NZ Festival Writers Week: Jamie Curry and Mallory Ortberg - Life Online, Online Writing, Q&A, Signing, Slate, Talk, Texts From Jane Eyre, The Hairpin, The Toast, Videos, Wellington, Wgtn, Writers Week, YouTube ·

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March 10, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

NZ Festival Writers Week: Anna Smaill – Where Music Reigns

Anna Smaill: Where Music Reigns Embassy Theatre Thursday, March 10 For this Writers Week event it was Anna Smaill in conversation with Kate De Goldi, discussing Smaill’s novel, The Chimes. Thoughtfully, De Goldi also included discussion of Smaill’s wonderful first book, her volume of poetry, The Violinst in Spring, prompting a reading from it to […]
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October 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

New Zealand Festival: 26 Feb-20 March 2016 (Wellington)

Wellington’s New Zealand Festival saw the launch of its 2016 line-up earlier tonight. Plenty of highlights, so be sure to check the link there for the details – Miranda July will perform a keynote that’s part-lecture/part-performance and will take the audience through her artist-career from struggling enthusiast to short-story writer, filmmaker and novelist. There’s events […]
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