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Friday 17th May
Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: BOOKS WE LOVE, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD
Dubbed by The Times Literary Supplement “Australia’s literary microphone mistress”, the journalist Ramona Koval has written a book ( By The Book ) in praise of the art of reading....
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Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Venue: ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: FARAWAY LANDS, FICTION, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD
The relationship between language and identity is central to the work of Italian prizewinning novelist, linguist and translator Diego Marani , an employee of the European Commission and the inventor of the mock...
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Date: Friday 17th May 2013
Time: 05:30 p.m. - 06:30 p.m.
Venue: LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: FREE EVENTS, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: FREE
YA writers Libba Bray , Kate De Goldi , Paula Morris and Patrick Ness read from their work, introduced by Oliver Phommavanh.
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Saturday 18th May
Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 01:00 p.m.
Venue: LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: FREE EVENTS, LIFE'S EASY PLEASURES, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: FREE
The Festival introduces a live book valuing event. Bring your literary treasures to the Festival and expert Pam Plumbly , from auction house Art + Object, will provide the lowdown on their provenance and worth....
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Date: Saturday 18th May 2013
Time: 04:00 p.m. - 05:00 p.m.
Venue: LOWER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: LITERARY INTEREST, NON-FICTION
Price: $20 EARLYBIRD $25 STANDARD
“Rich in astonishing anecdote” (Emma Neale), James McNeish’s memoir Touchstones paints a self-portrait of one of New Zealand’s most accomplished writers abroad and at home. McNeish expands...
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Sunday 19th May
Date: Sunday 19th May 2013
Time: 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Venue: UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: FREE EVENTS, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: FREE
Jane Stafford and Mark Williams have knocked off a Herculean task, editing an anthology of New Zealand literature. In discussion with Iain Sharp they conduct a sweep of our writing, reading selections,...
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Date: Sunday 19th May 2013
Time: 02:30 p.m. - 03:30 p.m.
Venue: LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Category: FREE EVENTS, LITERARY INTEREST
Price: FREE
Stephanie Johnson, Ramona Koval, Mary Paul and CK Stead read work that celebrates the inspiration that is writing and literature, introduced by Jane Stafford.
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