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Opening Night: Women Changing the World

Opening Night: Women Changing the World

Writers & Readers 08 Mar

We kick off 2018 Writers & Readers on International Women’s Day with a celebration of women, their words and their power to change.

Writers & readers
Fun and Games with Harry Giles

Fun and Games with Harry Giles

Writers & Readers 10 Mar

Performance poet and “doer of many things” Harry Josephine Giles has been described as“the sharpest new tongue in Scotland” and is big on playfulness and participation. Come and join the fun!

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Prison Voices

Prison Voices

Writers & Readers 08 Mar

A unique opportunity to listen to rarely heard voices in this interactive workshop inside Rimutaka Prison.

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Tom Scott Sunday “Roast”

Tom Scott Sunday “Roast”

Festival Club, Writers & Readers 11 Mar

Join an eclectic group of writers and Wellington personalities to fondly and raucously “roast” Tom Scott.

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Photobook New Zealand 2018

Photobook New Zealand 2018

Writers & Readers 07 – 11 Mar

Feast your eyes on the best independent photobook publishing from New Zealand and around the world.

Writers & readers
Radicalism and Tolerance

Radicalism and Tolerance

Writers & Readers 09 Mar

In a time of rising extremism around the world, discover first-hand why former Islamist extremist Maajid Nawaz, political commentator Ali A Rizvi and activist Yasmine Mohammed are on a quest for peace and tolerance. 

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AC Grayling: Modern Minds and Politics

AC Grayling: Modern Minds and Politics

Writers & Readers 10 Mar

Can democracy be saved? Explore its birth, unfolding and the challenges it faces today with British humanist and philosopher AC Grayling. 

Writers & readers
Sarah Glidden & Mimi Pond: Graphically Personal

Sarah Glidden & Mimi Pond: Graphically Personal

Writers & Readers 09 Mar

Join gifted American comics creators Sarah Glidden and Mimi Pond as they show and tell their personal stories – from Middle East exploration to the ’70s Californian sex’n’drugs’n’diner scene.

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Science & Magic

Science & Magic

Writers & Readers 09 Mar

Where does science leave off and magic begin? Explore with three leading lights of speculative fiction: Charlie Jane Anders, Cory Doctorow and Intan Paramaditha.

Writers & readers
Take 5 Pass

Take 5 Pass

Writers & Readers 08 – 11 Mar

Grab your Take 5 Pass for 5 tickets to Writers & Readers events for just $75 (excluding special sessions). You get a 20% discount, plus you'll beat the rush with priority booking from Thursday 1 – Wednesday 7 February 2018.  

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