2023 Programmes
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Event INTRO
Introducing our Curator Pasifika: Moana Navigators
Tue, 16 May 20237:51pm - 7:51pm -
Event INTRO
Introducing our Curator Asia: Root-Seeking
Tue, 16 May 20237:51pm - 7:51pm -
Event Book Launch
Ithaca Bound: Book Launch
Sat, 20 May 20233:30pm - 7:51pm -
Event Book Launch
A Kind of Shelter | Whakaruru-taha
Thu, 18 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 01
Love, Grief and Sweat: Bill Hayes
Tue, 16 May 20237:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 02
Life Beyond The Clock: Jenny Odell
Tue, 16 May 20238:30pm - 9:30pm -
Event 03
Sumptuous Morning Tea
Wed, 17 May 202310:00am - 12:00pm -
Event 04
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2023
Wed, 17 May 20237:00pm - 9:00pm -
Event 05
Adventures in Food: Lunch with William Sitwell
Thu, 18 May 202312:30pm - 2:30pm -
Event 06
But What Can We Do?
Thu, 18 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 07
SOLD OUT - Festival Gala Night True Stories Told Live: In Real Life
Thu, 18 May 20237:00pm - 8:30pm -
Event 08
Te Reo Māori Dr Monty Soutar
Fri, 19 May 20239:15am - 9:45am -
Event 09
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: Gabrielle Zevin
Fri, 19 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 10
Why Do Birds Do That?: Dr Gráinne Cleary
Fri, 19 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 11
Tuatahi
Fri, 19 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 12
Bookclub: The Books That Made Me
Fri, 19 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 13
What the Magpie Says: Catherine Chidgey
Fri, 19 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 14
Evolution of NZ Cuisine: Christall Lowe, David Cohen, Al Brown
Fri, 19 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 15
It’s Not About Hope: Chelsea Watego, Emma Espiner
Fri, 19 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 16
Living Here/Writing There: Alie Benge, Rogelio Guedea, Colleen Maria Lenihan
Fri, 19 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 17
For Such a Time as This: Dr Monty Soutar
Fri, 19 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 18
The YA Crossover Axis: Jason Reynolds, Chloe Gong, Kate De Goldi
Fri, 19 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 19
On Female Friendship: Caroline Barron, Megan Nicol Reed, Josie Shapiro
Fri, 19 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 20
Live Life Dave Letele, Willy De Wit
Fri, 19 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 21
Gaylene’s Take: Gaylene Preston
Fri, 19 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 22
Time to Get Off Social Media?: Jenny Odell, Albert Cho, Gwendoline Smith
Fri, 19 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 23
It’s in the Bones: Katherena Vermette
Fri, 19 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 24
Add Oil: Eda Tang, Alice Canton, Saraid de Silva, Brannavan Gnanalingam, Nathan Joe
Fri, 19 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 25
Something that May Shock and Discredit You: Daniel Lavery
Fri, 19 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 26
Can AI Write a Book? Sarah Daniell, Catherine Chidgey, Toby Walsh, Te Taka Keegan
Fri, 19 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 27
Freedom is in the Finances: Simran Kaur, Frances Cook, Te Kahukura Boynton
Fri, 19 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 28
We Can’t Not Mention it… : Stephanie Johnson, Fiona Farrell
Fri, 19 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 29
Indelible City Louisa Lim
Fri, 19 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 30
The Fix: Scott Bainbridge
Fri, 19 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 31
The Original Influencers: Sue McCauley, Barbara Else
Fri, 19 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 32
STREETSIDE: BRITOMART
Fri, 19 May 20236:15pm - 7:45pm -
Event 33
Dishing it Up: William Sitwell
Fri, 19 May 20237:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 34
Double Pulitzer Prize-Winner: Colson Whitehead
Fri, 19 May 20238:30pm - 9:30pm -
Event 35
Te Reo Māori: Dr Monty Soutar
Sat, 20 May 20239:15am - 9:45am -
Event 36
Straight Up: Ruby Tui
Sat, 20 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 37
The Korean Influence: Albert Cho, Joanna Cho Graci Kim
Sat, 20 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 38
Pasifika Publishing Wayfinders
Sat, 20 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 39
Bookclub: The Books That Made Me
Sat, 20 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 40
The Morality of AI: Toby Walsh
Sat, 20 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 41
Found in the Wild: Helen Lehndorf, Sophie Merkens
Sat, 20 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 42
Screenwaves of the Moana: Halaifonua Finau, Vea Mafile’o, Stallone Vaiaoga-Ioasa
Sat, 20 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 43
Personal Score: Ellen van Neerven
Sat, 20 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 44
Road to the Screen: Colson Whitehead, Eleanor Catton, Lev Grossman
Sat, 20 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 45
Te Motunui Epa: Dr Rachel Buchanan
Sat, 20 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 46
1000 Years Forward/ 1000 Years Back: Kirli Saunders, Hinemoa Elder
Sat, 20 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 47
Poetry and the News: James Norcliffe, Anne Kennedy, Michele Leggott
Sat, 20 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 48
Tapa Navigators: Doron Semu, Tui Emma Gillies, Sulieti Fieme'a Burrows
Sat, 20 May 20231:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 49
The Book of Roads and Kingdoms: Richard Fidler
Sat, 20 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 50
Transmission: Stuart McKenzie, Miranda Harcourt, Tim Spite Sophie Hambleton
Sat, 20 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 51
Te Rautakitahi o Tūhoe ki Ōrākau: Tā Pou Temara KNZM
Sat, 20 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 52
Training Days: Nici Wickes
Sat, 20 May 20232:30pm - 3:15pm -
Event 53
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida: Shehan Karunatilaka
Sat, 20 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 54
The Sitwells, Behind the Façade
Sat, 20 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 55
Writing Past Wrongs: Paul Diamond, Paddy Richardson
Sat, 20 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 56
A Waiata in an Hour: Kings, Rory Noble
Sat, 20 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 57
On Never Giving Up: Bernardine Evaristo
Sat, 20 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 58
When I Put the Guitar Down: Matthew Bannister, Kath Webster, Justin Harwood, Jay Clarkson
Sat, 20 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 59
Katherine Mansfield’s Europe: Redmer Yska
Sat, 20 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 60
When a Powwow is not a Powwow
Sat, 20 May 20235:30pm - 6:30pm -
Event 61
Birnam Wood: Eleanor Catton
Sat, 20 May 20237:00pm - 8:00pm -
Event 62
Turning Katherine’s Poetry into Song
Sat, 20 May 20237:30pm - 8:30pm -
Event 63
Sonnets for Albert: Anthony Joseph
Sat, 20 May 20238:30pm - 9:30pm -
Event 64
Te Reo Māori: Dr Monty Soutar
Sun, 21 May 20239:15am - 9:45am -
Event 65
Dust Child: Dr Quế Mai Nguyễn Phan
Sun, 21 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 66
A History of New Zealand in Ten Objects
Sun, 21 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 67
Young, Queer and Brown: Awa Puna, Manaia Tuwhare-Hoani, Ruby Solly, Matariki Bennett
Sun, 21 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 68
Bookclub: The Books That Made Me
Sun, 21 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 69
The Booker Ride: Eleanor Catton, Bernardine Evaristo, Shehan Karunatilaka
Sun, 21 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 70
The Road to Gondwana: Bill Morris
Sun, 21 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 71
Seeing Yellow: Jenna Wee, Meng Foon, Louisa Lim, Rose Lu, Tze Ming Mok
Sun, 21 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 72
Love and Sacrifice – A Writing Life: Barbara Else, Joanne Drayton
Sun, 21 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 73
Words Lost and Found: Pip Williams
Sun, 21 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 74
The Return of a Legendary Book
Sun, 21 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 75
Two-Spirit: Joshua Whitehead, Ellen van Neerven, Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall
Sun, 21 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 76
With Friends and Family Like These... : Sue McCauley, Murdoch Stephens, Fiona Sussman
Sun, 21 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 77
Surrealists in New York: Charles Darwent
Sun, 21 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 78
Dear Prudence: Daniel Lavery
Sun, 21 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 79
Mythbusters – An Ode To Joy: Chris Tse, Cadence Chung, Nadia Freeman, Jiaqiao Liu, Rushi Vyas, Zephyr Zhang
Sun, 21 May 20232:30pm - 3:30pm -
Event 80
Six By Six By 6:66: Jazz Money, Stellar Pritchard, Ruby Solly, Ariana Tikao, Katherena Vermette, Chelsea Watego
Sun, 21 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 81
Poetry and Music Ockham Collective Musicians/2023 Ockhams NZ Book Awards Finalist Poets
Sun, 21 May 20234:00pm - 5:00pm -
Event 82
Honoured Writer True Story: My Mansfield
Sun, 21 May 20235:15pm - 6:15pm -
Event 83
Masterclass M1: Songwriting – Charlotte Yates
Fri, 19 May 20239:00am - 10:30am -
Event 83
SECOND EVENT: THE SITWELLS, BEHIND THE FAÇADE
Sat, 20 May 20238:15pm - 9:15pm -
Event 84
Masterclass M2: The Art of Critiquing – Lev Grossman
Fri, 19 May 202311:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 85
Masterclass M3: Poetry – Anthony Joseph
Fri, 19 May 20231:00pm - 2:00pm -
Event 86
Masterclass M4: Writing Fiction – Shehan Karunatilaka
Fri, 19 May 20233:00pm - 4:00pm -
Event 87
Masterclass M5: Critiquing Art – Charles Darwent
Fri, 19 May 20235:00pm - 6:30pm -
Event 88
Masterclass M6: How to Booktok – Chloe Gong
Sat, 20 May 20239:00am - 10:30am -
Event 89
Masterclass M7: The Art of Noticing – Jenny Odell
Sat, 20 May 202311:00am - 12:30pm -
Event 90
Masterclass M8: Our Stories/Our Heritage – Dr Quế Mai Nguyễn Phan:
Sat, 20 May 20231:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 91
Masterclass M9: Joanne Drayton – Writing the Truth
Sat, 20 May 20233:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 92
Masterclass M10: Turning Your Book Into a Podcast – Stephen Davis
Sat, 20 May 20235:00pm - 6:30pm -
Event 93
Masterclass M11: Overcoming Writer’s Block – Brannavan Gnanalingam
Sun, 21 May 20239:00am - 10:30am -
Event 94
Masterclass M12: Plants as Portals – Helen Lehndorf
Sun, 21 May 202311:00am - 12:30am -
Event 95
Masterclass M13: Writing Junior Fiction – James Norcliffe
Sun, 21 May 20231:00pm - 2:30pm -
Event 96
Masterclass M14: Ghostwriting – Margie Thomson
Sun, 21 May 20233:00pm - 4:30pm -
Event 97
Pukapuka Adventures: Fall in Love with Books - Crazy Cats, Bouncy Rabbits & Cute Friendships
Sat, 20 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 98
Pukapuka Adventures: Hear it in Te Reo - Bilingual stories about Koro, Kuia and Tamariki
Sat, 20 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 99
Pukapuka Adventures: Fantastic Fun - Grizzled Grists, Spooked Cats, Desirable Dogs and Jumping Goats
Sun, 21 May 202310:00am - 11:00am -
Event 100
Pukapuka Adventures: Amazing Wordly Things
Sun, 21 May 202311:30am - 12:30pm -
Event 101
Pukapuka Adventures: Why Do Birds Do That? True Stories of our Feathered Friends
Sun, 21 May 20231:00pm - 1:30pm
