Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts — writers events
Thursday 22 Feb:
BOOK LAUNCH The Grimmelings by Rachael King - 6pm, Unity Books
Friday 23 Feb:
Storytime with Sacha Cotter & Josh Morgan - 2pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
The Questions that Matter Most: Jane Smiley - 3pm, The Grand, The Embassy
House on Fire - 6pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Samuel Te Kani’s Tarot Hour - 9pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Saturday 24 Feb:
The Magic of Movement: Writing Workshop - 8am, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
I Made it! Making Books with Michaela Keeble and Tokerau Brown - Ages 6-8 years 9am | Ages 9-12 years, 1.30pm, Capital E
It’s all in the Character: Kids Writing Workshop with Anita Heiss - 10am, Wellington Museum
An Audience with Richard Ford - 10.15am, The Grand, The Embassy
Good Art Friends - 10.45am, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
Paku Manu Ariki Whakatakapōkai - 10.45am, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
Writing the Rainbow - 11.30am, Capital E
An Indigenous Ocean: Damon Salesa - 12pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Hiwa: Contemporary Māori Short Stories - 12.15pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Tom Sainsbury’s Reading Club - 1.30pm, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
How to Read My Poem - 1.30pm, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
Rewi: With Jade Kake and Jeremy Hansen - 1.45pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Do You Still Have Time for Chaos? - 3pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Lioness: Emily Perkins - 3.30pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Rachael King: The Grimmelings - 4.15pm, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
Glorious in Her Skin: Sandra Cisneros in Conversation with Tayi Tibble - 4.15pm, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
Anne Enright: Love’s Weight - 5.30pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Erotic Writing Matters - 5.45pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Help Me, Hera: Live - 7pm, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
The Possibility of a Book - 7pm, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
Stay the Line - 8.30pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Sunday 25 Feb:
Patrick Dewitt: Aging Playfully - 10.15am, The Grand, The Embassy
What if We Had to Spend a While in This Place? - 10.15am, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Te Tiriti Trauma but make it sci-fi: Tīhema Baker - 11.30am, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
Towards Hope: Pip Adam - 11.30am, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
North of 40: Mid-Life Breakthrough - 12pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Articulating the Artist: Ruby Solly with Henrietta Bollinger - 1pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Blazing Nature on the Big Screen - 1.45pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Bird Life: Anna Smaill - 2.15pm, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
First Penned - 2.15pm, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
Words Woven - 3.30pm, The Grand, The Embassy
The Words for Her: Thomasin Sleigh - 3.45pm, The Black Sparrow, The Embassy
Rebecca Priestly: End Times? - 5pm, Deluxe 1, The Embassy
Anita Heiss: This Writer’s Life - 5pm, Deluxe 2, The Embassy
Emma Wehipeihana: Medical Meltdown - 5.30pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Keri & Janet: in the Frame a double-bill film experience - 7.30pm, The Grand, The Embassy
Access tickets available at access@festival.nz