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04 SPECIAL EVENT
#WHERETONOW?
THE UNIVERSITY
OF AUCKLAND FESTIVAL FORUM WEDNESDAY MAY 16 – 7.30-9.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
We live in highly charged times. Since Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual harassment, assault and rape by multiple women, the bastion of male privilege has been under sustained attack by the #METOO
and #TIMES UP movements, with a roster of men called out for similar behaviour – not only in Hollywood but in the worlds of politics, media, art, sport, and high-end charity events. Some surprising characters have been netted in the maelstrom
– Margaret Atwood (the author of
the feminist novel The Handmaid’s Tale) for example, faces a feminist backlash over her voicing of concerns over the #METOO campaign. Is it possible to adopt a nuanced stance
in such a climate? And what would that look like? For an analysis of this most extraordinary disruption of traditional male-female relations, and its likely long-term consequences, join Kurdistan poet and leader of the rst gender studies programme in Iraqi Kurdistan Choman Hardi, Ma-ori development and media specialist Ella Henry, US scientist Hope Jahren, and UK writer and comic actor Robert Webb. Convened by Charlotte Graham-McLay.
Earlybird $37.50; Standard $42; Patrons $33.50; Students $20.
THURSDAY 17 MAY
05 SPECIAL EVENT
EURO LUNCH WITH A.C. GRAYLING
THURSDAY MAY 17 – 12.00-2.15PM EURO RESTAURANT
The eloquent British philosopher, humanist and devout secularist A.C. Grayling talks Europe at waterfront restaurant Euro. Over a two-course meal and complimentary glass of wine, the author of The Age
of Genius: The Seventeenth Century
& the Birth of the Modern Mind, and Democracy and Its Crisis, among many other titles, defends his contention that Brexit shouldn’t and won’t eventuate, and crystal gazes besides. Supported by Te Kairanga Wines and Euro.
Standard $120; Patrons $100.
06 FREE EVENT
FICTION AND FACTIONS
THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND FREE PUBLIC LECTURE: FIONA FARRELL THURSDAY MAY 17 – 5.00-5.45PM HEARTLAND FESTIVAL ROOM, AOTEA SQUARE
Fiona Farrell’s most recent novel, Decline and Fall on Savage Street, is often referred to as ‘a political novel’. Twin to her highly regarded non- ction work, The Villa at the Edge of
the Empire, the books form a wide- ranging analysis of the response to the Christchurch earthquakes. In this lecture, Farrell considers in general terms the ‘political novel’. What makes a work of ction ‘political’? Where does imagination stop and journalism begin? What are the special challenges faced by writers creating ction with a contemporary political element?
Free entry.
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