Food lover? Current affairs whiz? Poetry addict? There's something in our 2010 programme for you.
We've brought together top international and local writers to talk about subjects as diverse as art, war, religion, the novel, and rugby.
Take a look at the list of Festival events by topic (below), or view the programme day by day here.
NZ FICTION
Damien Wilkins & Emily Perkins
An Hour With Alison Wong
An Hour With Charlotte Grimshaw
An Hour With Elizabeth Smither
Paula Morris & Rachael King
Short Takes
FOOD
The Good Word Debate 2010
High Tea with Tui Flower, Lauraine Jacobs, Julie Le Clerc and Julie Biuso
Lunch with Rick Gekoski
ART
Sarah Thornton: Seven Days in the Art World
Dick Frizzell & John Reynolds
An Hour With Marti Friedlander
Gordon H. Brown on Colin McCahon
What Good Are the Arts?
NZ WRITERS
Paul Millar on Bill Pearson
Jennifer Sturm on Anna Kavan
William Taylor: Telling Tales
MEMOIR AND BIOGRAPHY
An Evening With Elizabeth Gilbert
John Carey on William Golding: the Michael King Memorial Lecture
C.K. Stead: South-West of Eden
An Evening With William Dalrymple
Paul Millar: No Fretful Sleeper
Gordon H. Brown: Towards a Promised Land
Rick Gekoski: Outside of a Dog
TERRORISM, WAR, RELIGION
Religion: What is it Good For?
Mike Otterman: Erasing Iraq
Antony Loewenstein: My Israel Question
Forgotten Victims in a Post 9/11 World
An Hour With Adrian Wooldridge
FICTION
An Hour With Colm Toibin
An Hour With Thomas Keneally
An Hour With Lionel Shriver
An Hour With Yiyun Li
An Hour With Jill Dawson
Short Takes
LITERARY GOINGS ON
Lit Crit Mag Eds
John Freeman: Shrinking the World
Ben Naparstek: In Conversation
New Zealand Listener Opening Night
What Good Are the Arts?
Can the Arts Save the Planet?
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POETRY AND SONG
Poetry Live
Poetry Idol
Open Mike: Poets, You're Up
Songwriters Speak: Tama Waipara & Warren Maxwell
An Hour with Charlie Dark
YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Lia Hills: The Beginner's Guide to Living
An Hour With David Levithan
An Hour With Charlie Higson
William Taylor: Telling Tales
FILM, PLAYS, SONGS
Auckland Theatre Company Presents Dave Armstrong's General Ward
Songwriter Speaks: Tama Waipara & Warren Maxwell
Script to Screen
EBOOKS
The Good Word Debate 2010
Read any Good Bytes Lately?
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