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BEAuTY OF THE EVERYDAY: kIM THÚY
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.30pM LOWER nzI, AOTEA CEnTRE
Kim Thúy and her family fled Vietnam as boat people, arriving in Canada via a refugee camp when she was ten. With a previous career as a restaurateur and with degrees in law, linguistics and translation, she has now authored two poetic novels: Ru which mirrors her refugee experience and Mãn, a tale of love, homeland and identity. The vivacious and thoughtful Thúy discusses her work and life with Kate De Goldi. Supported by Canada Council for the Arts.
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TInY RuInS
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.30pM uppER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Critically acclaimed band Tiny Ruins was formed as a solo project by singer-songwriter Hollie Fullbrook in 2009 but has now morphed into an ensemble with bassist Cass Basil and drummer Alexander Freer. They released their second album Brightly Painted One in 2014 and have since
toured Australia, the US, Canada and Europe, opening for the likes of Sharon Van Etten, Neil Finn and Calexico. Fullbrook will talk about the craft of song-writing with Julie Hill. Singing is rumoured. Supported by APRA / AMCOS.
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FOuR FOR FIFTY READInGS SESSIOn
LOSS AnD LOVE
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 4.30-5.20pM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Four novelists who have crafted stories of people lost and people loved read from their work: New Zealanders Tracy Farr, Laurence Fearnley and Bridget van der Zijpp are joined by Australian National Living Treasure Tim Winton. Introduced by Graham Beattie.
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THE EnD MATTERS: ATuL GAWAnDE
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 6.00-7.00pM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
Atul Gawande writes profoundly about medicine. He’s a surgeon, author, researcher (with a particular
interest in patient safety and care)
and staff writer for The New Yorker. Being Mortal is his fourth book, and in it he wrestles as a clinician and as a son with dilemmas concerning end-of-life care. In conversation with Middlemore Hospital ICU specialist David Galler, Gawande will prompt us to rethink our relationship with medicine, during our life and, most crucially,
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DOWn AnD DIRTY
SATuRDAY MAY 16 – 6.00-7.00pM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Hilariously exposing lifestyle farming whilst delivering a touching portrait of family, Antonia Murphy has written, according to Eat Pray Love’s Elizabeth Gilbert, an ‘impossible to resist’ memoir. Born and bred in San Francisco, Murphy, her husband and their two children abandon urban living for the high seas, eventually ending up in Whangarei as artisanal farmers. Propelled by funny and feisty prose, Murphy’s memoir Dirty Chick: Adventures of an Unlikely Farmer reveals the anything-but-romantic realities of rural living, the challenges of starting over in a new country, and the ways
in which community sustains them when their son, Silas, is diagnosed with a learning disability. She discusses all in a high-energy session with Kathy Hunter.
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