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ON THE ICE
SUNDAY MAY 20 – 4.30-5.30PM HEARTLAND FESTIVAL ROOM, AOTEA SQUARE
Expeditions to the coldest reaches
of the planet are part of NZ lore. Pathologist, photographer and mountaineer Mike Gill has written a new biography of Edmund Hillary, his climbing companion for many years; debut writer Joanna Grochowicz has written the acclaimed YA novel Into The White about Robert Scott’s ill-fated expedition to Antarctica,
and researched the expeditions of
the Roald Amundsen and Douglas Mawson. The biographer and novelist discuss the composition of teams who undertake extreme challenges, how they come together, why they fall apart, and the implications when life is in the lap of peril, with Te Radar.
119 FREE EVENT
HOW LUCKY WERE WE?
SUNDAY MAY 20 – 4.30-5.30PM UPPER NZI ROOM, AOTEA CENTRE
Bitingly clever satire delivered with a well-timed drollness marked John Clarke’s work which included the black singleted, gumboot-cladded Fred Dagg, the alternative national anthem We Don’t Know How Lucky We Are, the groundbreaking mockumentary The Games, and weekly skits on the absurdities
of Australian political life with longtime collaborator Bryan Dawe. To mark his death, and the re- publication of his novel The Tournament alongside two writing collections, friends and colleagues Tom Scott and Michael Heyward gather with Clarke’s daughter Lorin Clarke, herself an accomplished writer, to pay tribute to this remarkable man, chaired by Gemma Gracewood.
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