2018 Programmes
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Event 00
THE DIRECTOR'S CUT: IDEAS FOR YOUR FESTIVAL EXPERIENCE
Tue, 1 May 20181:00am - 1:00amA SELECTION CURATED BY OUR FESTIVAL DIRECTOR, ANNE O'BRIEN
Struggling to make your Festival choices out of the myriad of ticketed and free events on offer? Here are some suggestions for making the most of the #OpenBook. -
Event 01
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: JEFF KINNEY
Tue, 1 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 02
OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS 2018
Tue, 15 May 20187:00pm - 8:30pm -
Event 03
THE SKETCHER: CHRIS RIDDELL
Wed, 16 May 20185:00pm - 6:00pm -
Event 04
#WHERETONOW? THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FESTIVAL FORUM
Wed, 16 May 20187:30pm - 9:00pm -
Event 05
EURO LUNCH WITH A. C. GRAYLING (Thu)
Thu, 17 May 201812:00pm - 2:15pm -
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FICTION AND FACTIONS - THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: FIONA FARRELL
Thu, 17 May 20185:00pm - 5:45pm -
Event 07
FESTIVAL GALA NIGHT - TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE: UNDER COVER
Thu, 17 May 20187:00pm - 8:30pm -
Event 08
ON SONG: NADIA REID
Thu, 17 May 20187:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 09
IN THE AFTERLIFE
Thu, 17 May 20188:45pm - 9:45pm -
Event 10
A MAORI WORD A DAY: HEMI KELLY (Fri)
Fri, 18 May 20189:00am - 9:30am -
Event 11
WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE
Fri, 18 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 12
THE CREATIVE BRAIN
Fri, 18 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
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THE ABSENT SEA: CARLOS FRANZ
Fri, 18 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 14
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS
Fri, 18 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 15
DEAR OLIVER: PETER WELLS
Fri, 18 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 16
SUBTERRANEAN WONDERS
Fri, 18 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 17
LEGACIES OF LOSS
Fri, 18 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 18
KNOW YOUR NEIGHBOURS: LORIN CLARKE
Fri, 18 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 19
BECKETT UNCUT: LISA DWAN
Fri, 18 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 20
EUROPEAN CONCERNS
Fri, 18 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 21
WHY I AM A HINDU: SHASHI THAROOR
Fri, 18 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 22
SONG FOR ROSALEEN: PIP DESMOND
Fri, 18 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 23
LOLA RIDGE AND OTHERS: TERESE SVOBODA
Fri, 18 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 24
REFRAMING
Fri, 18 May 20181:00pm - 1:50pm -
Event 25
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST MONGREL: ROWLEY HABIB
Fri, 18 May 20182:00pm - 3:30pm -
Event 26
WRESTLING WITH THE DEVIL: NGUGI WA THIONG’O
Fri, 18 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 27
LOVE AND FAME: SUSIE BOYT
Fri, 18 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 28
ON WAGNER
Fri, 18 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 29
STANDING UPRIGHT HERE
Fri, 18 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 30
MINING A LIFE
Fri, 18 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 31
JANESVILLE: AMY GOLDSTEIN
Fri, 18 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 32
TIGHTROPE: SELINA TUSITALA MARSH
Fri, 18 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 33
CAN WE BE FRANK?
Fri, 18 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 34
LIMBER UP
Fri, 18 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 35
AN INSIDE VIEW
Fri, 18 May 20184:00pm - 4:50pm -
Event 36
DEMOCRACY: A. C. GRAYLING
Fri, 18 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 37
SOUR HEART: JENNY ZHANG
Fri, 18 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 38
HOMAGE TO THE RIVER
Fri, 18 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 39
WE MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE (Fri pm)
Fri, 18 May 20185:30pm - 6:15pm -
Event 40
CALL ON O’CONNELL
Fri, 18 May 20186:00pm - 7:30pm -
Event 41
AN EVENING WITH ROBERT WEBB
Fri, 18 May 20187:00pm - 8:15pm -
Event 42
ON SONG: LAWRENCE ARABIA
Fri, 18 May 20187:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 43
HEY, PIANO BAR LADY!
Fri, 18 May 20187:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 44
BEST BEST SHOWCASE
Fri, 18 May 20188:45pm - 10:15pm -
Event 45
THE GREAT NZ LIT QUIZ
Fri, 18 May 20188:45pm - 10:00pm -
Event 46
A MAORI WORD A DAY: HEMI KELLY (Sat)
Sat, 19 May 20189:00am - 9:30am -
Event 47
COMPLETELY BESIDE OURSELVES: KAREN JOY FOWLER
Sat, 19 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 48
SCOTLAND: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Sat, 19 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 49
FOREIGN WITNESS
Sat, 19 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 50
THE ART OF THE CRITIC
Sat, 19 May 201810:00am - 11:00am -
Event 51
SPEAKERS’ CORNER: PHONEY WARS
Sat, 19 May 201810:00am - 10:30am -
Event 52
WRITERS ON FILM: MAURICE SENDAK
Sat, 19 May 201810:15am - 10:55am -
Event 53
SPEAKERS’ CORNER: THE MIGHTY TOTARA
Sat, 19 May 201811:00am - 11:30am -
Event 54
BIG HISTORY: DAVID CHRISTIAN
Sat, 19 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 55
TOO MUCH: DURGA CHEW-BOSE
Sat, 19 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 56
STAGE WOMEN: LISA DWAN
Sat, 19 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 57
LIFE ON THE ISLAND
Sat, 19 May 201811:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 58
WRITERS ON FILM: MARGARET ATWOOD
Sat, 19 May 201811:45am - 12:35pm -
Event 59
SPEAKERS’ CORNER: WHY DEGREES MATTER
Sat, 19 May 201812:00pm - 12:30pm -
Event 60
TEARS OF RANGI: ANNE SALMOND
Sat, 19 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 61
AFTERGLOW: EILEEN MYLES
Sat, 19 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 62
WHY FICTION?
Sat, 19 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 63
A FOREIGNER ABROAD: XUE YIWEI
Sat, 19 May 20181:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 64
SPEAKERS’ CORNER: INTO THE WOODS
Sat, 19 May 20181:00pm - 1:30pm -
Event 65
WRITERS ON FILM: MARGARET MAHY
Sat, 19 May 20181:15pm - 2:25pm -
Event 66
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST MONGREL: ROWLEY HABIB
Sat, 19 May 20182:00pm - 3:30pm -
Event 67
INGLORIOUS EMPIRES: SHASHI THAROOR
Sat, 19 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 68
FALSE RIVER: PAULA MORRIS
Sat, 19 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 69
STILL LIVES: A.S. KING
Sat, 19 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 70
WRITING THE SUFFRAGE PAST
Sat, 19 May 20182:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 71
ADRIFT
Sat, 19 May 20182:30pm - 3:20pm -
Event 72
THE DRY: JANE HARPER
Sat, 19 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 73
DRAWN OUT: TOM SCOTT
Sat, 19 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 74
CONSIDERING THE WOMEN: CHOMAN HARDI
Sat, 19 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 75
READY OR NOT: DAMON SALESA - THE MICHAEL KING MEMORIAL LECTURE
Sat, 19 May 20184:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 76
OUT OF EMPIRE
Sat, 19 May 20184:00pm - 4:50pm -
Event 77
THE REST IS NOISE: ALEX ROSS
Sat, 19 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 78
LAB GIRL: HOPE JAHREN
Sat, 19 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 79
AFLAME: DUNN & FENSTER
Sat, 19 May 20185:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 80
WE MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE (Sat pm)
Sat, 19 May 20185:30pm - 6:15pm -
Event 81
AN EVENING WITH KARL OVE KNAUSGÅRD
Sat, 19 May 20187:00pm - 8:15pm -
Event 82
SAD GIRLS: LANG LEAV
Sat, 19 May 20187:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 83
ON SONG: MOANA MANIAPOTO
Sat, 19 May 20187:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 84
JOHNSON IN EUROPE
Sat, 19 May 20187:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 85
MY JUDY GARLAND LIFE
Sat, 19 May 20188:30pm - 9:30pm -
Event 86
THE BIG IDEAS OF NEAL STEPHENSON
Sat, 19 May 20188:45pm - 10:00pm -
Event 87
THE ART OF THE COMEDY WRITE
Sat, 19 May 20188:45pm - 9:30pm -
Event 88
FRANKIE FISH: PETER HELLIAR
Sun, 20 May 20189:00am - 9:35am -
Event 89
A MAORI WORD A DAY: HEMI KELLY (Sun)
Sun, 20 May 20189:30am - 10:00am -
Event 90
PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST MONGREL: ROWLEY HABIB
Sun, 20 May 201810:00am - 11:30am -
Event 91
WRITERS ON FILM: VIRAGO PRESS
Sun, 20 May 201810:15am - 11:15am -
Event 92
BRAIN WAVES: DAVID EAGLEMAN
Sun, 20 May 201810:30am - 11:30am -
Event 93
LISA REIHANA: EMISSARIES
Sun, 20 May 201810:30am - 11:30am -
Event 94
THE PASSAGE OF LOVE: ALEX MILLER
Sun, 20 May 201810:30am - 11:30am -
Event 95
THE ART OF THE POEM
Sun, 20 May 201810:30am - 11:30am -
Event 96
ELEMENTAL
Sun, 20 May 201810:30am - 11:20am -
Event 97
WRITERS ON FILM: HONE TUWHARE
Sun, 20 May 201811:45am - 12:35pm -
Event 98
THE EDGE OF EUROPE
Sun, 20 May 201812:00pm - 1:00pm -
Event 99
MOUSTACHES, WHISKERS AND BEARDS
Sun, 20 May 201812:00pm - 1:00pm -
Event 100
PONTI: SHARLENE TEO
Sun, 20 May 201812:00pm - 1:00pm -
Event 101
THE EYES OF THE ARTIST: MADELEINE O’DEA
Sun, 20 May 201812:00pm - 1:00pm -
Event 102
STRANGERS IN A NEW LAND
Sun, 20 May 201812:00pm - 12:50pm -
Event 103
WRITERS ON FILM: AMOS OZ
Sun, 20 May 20181:15pm - 2:30pm -
Event 104
THE WATER WILL COME: JEFF GOODELL
Sun, 20 May 20181:30pm - 2:30pm -
Event 105
THE SCIENCE OF LOVE: MICHELE A’COURT
Sun, 20 May 20181:30pm - 2:30pm -
Event 106
ODE TO URSULA
Sun, 20 May 20181:30pm - 2:30pm -
Event 107
CELLULOID STORIES
Sun, 20 May 20181:30pm - 2:30pm -
Event 108
DISAPPEARANCES
Sun, 20 May 20181:30pm - 2:20pm -
Event 109
WE MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE (Sun pm)
Sun, 20 May 20181:30pm - 2:15pm -
Event 110
MYANMAR TRAGEDY: FRANCIS WADE
Sun, 20 May 20183:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 111
DEAR MURIEL: ALAN TAYLOR
Sun, 20 May 20183:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 112
THE UNKNOWN ANZAC
Sun, 20 May 20183:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 113
CITY STREETS
Sun, 20 May 20183:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 114
GREAT READS
Sun, 20 May 20183:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 115
ALEX ROSS & STROMA
Sun, 20 May 20184:00pm - 6:15pm -
Event 116
DRIVING TO TREBLINKA: DIANA WICHTEL
Sun, 20 May 20184:30pm - 5:30pm -
Event 117
THE HUMANITIES: A. C. GRAYLING
Sun, 20 May 20184:30pm - 5:30pm -
Event 118
ON THE ICE
Sun, 20 May 20184:30pm - 5:30pm -
Event 119
HOW LUCKY WERE WE?
Sun, 20 May 20184:30pm - 5:30pm -
Event 120
2018 HONOURED NEW ZEALAND WRITER: WITI IHIMAERA
Sun, 20 May 20186:00pm - 7:00pm -
Event 121
THE CASE OF THE MISSING EYEBROW (5+)
Sun, 20 May 201810:00am - 10:30am -
Event 122
SECRET WORLD OF BUTTERFLIES (UNDER 5)
Sun, 20 May 201810:10am - 10:30am -
Event 123
DRAGON BROTHERS EXTRAVAGANZA (5+)
Sun, 20 May 201811:00am - 11:30am -
Event 124
STUCK TRUCK (UNDER 5)
Sun, 20 May 201811:10am - 11:30am -
Event 125
EXPLORE! AOTEAROA (5+)
Sun, 20 May 201812:00pm - 12:30pm -
Event 126
OUR LAST TRIP TO THE MARKET (UNDER 5)
Sun, 20 May 201812:10pm - 12:30pm -
Event 127
ALL ABOUT RONA (5+)
Sun, 20 May 20181:00pm - 1:30pm -
Event 128
IT’S MY EGG! (UNDER 5)
Sun, 20 May 20181:10pm - 1:30pm -
Event 129
SPINDERELLA (5+)
Sun, 20 May 20182:00pm - 2:45pm -
Event 130
MAGICAL MAHY MOMENTS (UNDER 5)
Sun, 20 May 20182:00pm - 2:50pm -
Event 131
KATHRYN BURNETT: BEGINNINGS
Fri, 18 May 20189:00am - 10:30am -
Event 132
KAPKA KASSABOVA: THE MAGIC PLACE
Fri, 18 May 201811:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 133
KAREN JOY FOWLER: SHORT STORY PATTERNS
Fri, 18 May 20181:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 134
ALEX MILLER: BEING A NOVELIST
Fri, 18 May 20183:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 135
NEAL STEPHENSON: NARRATIVE DRIVES
Fri, 18 May 20185:00pm - 6:30pm -
Event 136
LUCINDA HAWKSLEY: BIOGRAPHY WRITING
Sat, 19 May 20189:00am - 10:30am -
Event 137
JEFF GOODELL: LONGFORM
Sat, 19 May 201811:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 138
TERESE SVOBODA: SIX WAYS TO DISRUPT YOUR POETRY
Sat, 19 May 20181:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 139
JESSE BLACKADDER: GOING DOWN IN HISTORY
Sat, 19 May 20183:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 140
VICTOR RODGER: FOUR PLAY TOOLS
Sat, 19 May 20185:00pm - 6:30pm -
Event 141
PAULA MORRIS: WORKING THE MOMENT
Sun, 20 May 20189:00am - 10:30am -
Event 142
JESSE BLACKADDER: CAPTURING YOUNG HEARTS
Sun, 20 May 201811:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 143
KATHRYN BURNETT: GET CREATIVE
Sun, 20 May 20181:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 144
DURGA CHEW-BOSE: WALK FIRST
Sun, 20 May 20183:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 145
EURO LUNCH WITH A. C. GRAYLING (Tue)
Tue, 15 May 201812:00pm - 2:15pm -
Event 146
WE MAY HAVE TO CHOOSE (Sat am)
Sat, 19 May 201811:30am - 12:15pm -
Event 147
DRAGON BROTHERS - VISIT THE ISLAND
Sun, 20 May 20188:00am - 5:00pm
