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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
October 21, 2015 by Simon Sweetman