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GENERAL EVENT
JANESVILLE: AMY GOLDSTEIN
FRIDAY MAY 18 – 4.00-5.00PM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CENTRE
One of Barack Obama’s top reads of 2017, Janesville: An American Story, traces the lives of workers and their families, and the response of public and private sectors in the wake of General Motors’ decision to close its Wisconsin assembly plant in 2008. Written by Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post journalist Amy Goldstein, it is essential reading for “anyone who wants to understand the economy of the Rust Belt – and
its implications for America’s once- proud middle class” (The Philadelphia Inquirer). The Financial Times McKinsey Book of the Year, Janesville is an intimate human account of post- industrial decline, and a meditation on the future of work. Goldstein discusses the telling of the story with Toby Manhire. Session presented with the assistance of an Embassy of the United States of America Cultural Grant.
GENERAL EVENT
TIGHTROPE: SELINA TUSITALA MARSH
FRIDAY MAY 18 – 4.00-5.00PM LOWER NZI, AOTEA CENTRE
The launch of Selina Tusitala Marsh’s third poetry collection Tightrope, longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, coincided with her taking up the mantle of Poet Laureate – “a wonderful opportunity to extend the poetic page and stage to this nation’s multi-coloured, multi-hued voices”, she said. An extraordinary poet, performer and advocate, Marsh’s work combines a warrior erceness with humour, and explores the delicate and dangerous ways in which we navigate the abyss of forgotten memory. She speaks with Adam Dudding.
GENERAL EVENT
CAN WE BE FRANK?
FRIDAY MAY 18 – 4.00-5.00PM HEARTLAND FESTIVAL ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Three YA writers who refer to health and social issues in their work discuss the complexities of the teenage world, and the need for sensitive handling of subjects when writing for a younger audience. Guardian Fiction Prize winner Alex Wheatle is joined by NZ writers Eileen Merriman and Erin Donohue in conversation with Owen Scott.
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LIMBER UP
FRIDAY MAY 18 – 4.00-5.00PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Last year saw the 50th anniversary of the New Zealand School of Dance, and the 40th anniversary of the ground-breaking contemporary dance company Limbs— both celebrated with book publications. NZSD tutor and former RNZB ballet mistress Turid Revfeim, and dance historian and former Limbs member MarianneSchultz, discuss
the world of dance with journalist Francesca Horsley, who recently co-wrote a biography of dance teacher Boujke van Zon.
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