Full Programme Released - Books & Writers Weekend
Friday 10th September – Sunday 12th September
Books and Writers Weekend
Featuring:
- Prominent anthropologist Dame Anne Salmond
- Fashion curator Angela Lassig and designer Doris De Pont discuss the recently published New Zealand Fashion Design
- Roger Horrocks on New Zealand artist Len Lye
- Poet, musician, writer and cult figure Bill Direen shares his “obsession” with words and music
- Dame Joan Metge discusses her latest book, Tuamaka: The Challenge of Difference in Aotearoa New Zealand
- Chef and historian Perrin Rowland on New Zealand’s long and diverse history of eating out
- Special tributes to poet and short story writer JC Sturm; and writer and commentator Paul Reynolds Plus Paula Green * Max Cryer * Albert Wendt * Paul Millar * Tanya Batt * Jenny Bornholdt * Bee Dawson * Elizabeth Smither * Jeny Curnow
The full programme festival guide has just been released, you can download it by clicking the attachments link below.
Titirangi War Memorial Hall, 500 South Titirangi Rd, Titirangi, Waitakere City, map here
Book at TicketMaster www.ticketmaster.co.nz 0800 111 999 * Service fees apply
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Member Profile
Going West Books & Writers FestivalGoing West Books & Writers is the annual literary festival that takes place in Waitakere, Auckland City each September.
The festival celebrates its 16th anniversary in 2011. Its original inspiration came from the train journey described by Maurice Gee in his novel "Going West". The festival incorporates a variety of word-based events including: a literary weekend that brings writers and performers from around the country to discuss writing and the world of ideas; a NZ theatre season; a poetry slam; second-hand and rare book market; exhibitions; and events for youth.
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![Body English [LEN LYE creative writing collection] with Peter Simpson and Roger Horrocks, Going West Books and Writers Festival 2010](http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/files/imagecache/tiny-square/images/Lye BKS.JPG "Body English [LEN LYE creative writing collection] with Peter Simpson and Roger Horrocks, Going West Books and Writers Festival 2010")
