Our Writers at WORD Christchurch Festival 2024
Airana Ngarewa
Born and raised in Patea, Airana Ngarewa (Ngati Ruanui, Ngarauru, Ngaruahine) writes about Maori affairs for The Spinoff. His writing has also been published by RNZ, NZ Herald, Newsroom and Landfall. He won the short story and poetry competitions at the Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards in 2022.
E kore e ka te rakau rewarewa
E kore e ka te ngakau Ngarewa
EVENTS
In the Frame: Opening WORDs
Wed, 28 AUG 2024: 8:00pm - 9:15pm
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street
Admission: $40 / $36
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RNZ's Māpuna: LIVE
Sat, 31 AUG 2024: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street
Admission: $24 / $20
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The Modern Māori Short Story
Sun, 1 SEPT 2024: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
TSB Space, Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Admission: $24 / $20
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Saraid de Silva
Saraid de Silva is a Sri Lankan Pakeha writer and creative based in Tāmaki Makaurau. She is the co-creator and co-host of Radio New Zealand's Conversations with My Immigrant Parents, a podcast and video series in which immigrant whanau across Aotearoa have frank conversations about love, ancestry, home, food, expectation and acceptance.
EVENTS
Cabinet of Curiosities: Tiny Lectures on the Weird and Wonderful
Thurs, 29 AUG 2024: 8:00pm - 9:15pm
Isaac Theatre Royal
Admission: $25 / $21
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Hidden Narratives: Saraid de Silva and romesh dissanayake
Sun, 1 SEPT 2024: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
TSB Space, Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Admission: $24 / $20
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Catherine Taylor
Catherine Taylor was born in Waikato, Aotearoa New Zealand, and grew up in Sheffield, South Yorkshire. Formerly publisher at The Folio Society and deputy director of English PEN, she is now a freelance writer, critic, and editor. Her essays have appeared in Granta, Aeon, and the collection Trauma: Art and Mental Health (Dodo Ink, 2021). She edited The Book of Sheffield: A City in Short Fiction (Comma Press, 2019), chosen as the 2020 Big City Read by Sheffield Libraries.
EVENTS
In the Frame: Opening WORDs
Wed, 28 AUG 2024: 8:00pm - 9:15pm
The Piano, 156 Armagh Street
Admission: $40 / $36
TICKETS AND MORE INFO
Cabinet of Curiosities: Tiny Lectures on the Weird and Wonderful
Thurs, 29 AUG 2024: 8:00pm - 9:15pm
Isaac Theatre Royal
Admission: $25 / $21
TICKETS AND MORE INFO
The Stirrings – Aotearoa to Sheffield: Catherine Taylor
Sat, 31 AUG 2024: 12:30pm - 1:30pm
Isaac Theatre Royal
Admission: $24 / $20
TICKETS AND MORE INFO
A Home Across the World: Writing Memoirs of Exile and Belonging
Sun, 1 SEPT 2024: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Spark Place, Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
Admission: $55 / $50
