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that could equally apply to his
other novels including Cloud Street, Dirt Music, The Turning and Breath. Fiction aside, Winton has written on class, hospitals and the “chronically underrated” Western Australian town of Albany. He is in conversation with Jim Mora.
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SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.30-11.30AM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
A shared circumstance, two different takes. New Zealand writers Deborah Shepard and Stephanie de Montalk are both incapacitated with chronic pain. Each is inspired to write: Shepard produces Giving Yourself To Life, a journal of her year; de Montalk works up her academic thesis into How Does
It Hurt?, about the interplay of writing and pain in our literary history. They speak with Greg O’Brien about their explorations and hard won discoveries.
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THE CASE
FOR zEALAnDIA: HAMISH CAMpBELL
SunDAY MAY 17 – 10.30-11.30AM uppER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Geologist Dr Hamish Campbell stakes the claim for Zealandia to be recognised as a new geological continent, roughly 500 million years old and stretching north from New Caledonia, south beyond the Auckland and Campbell islands, west beyond Australia’s Lord Howe Island and east past the Chathams. An illustrated talk about the natural environment of New Zealand and the Pacific.
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FOREnSICS
SunDAY MAY 17 – 11.30-12.20pM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Examinations of the murderous and the criminal abound in these readings by Filipino/Australian poet Ivy Alvarez, NZ novelist Rosetta Allan, Australian writer Helen Garner and NZ author
of Journey To A Hanging, Peter Wells. Introduced by Jose Barbosa.
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THE SkIn OF YEARS: JIM ALLEn
SunDAY MAY 17 – 11.45-12.45pM AuCkLAnD ART GALLERY AuDITORIuM
For more than sixty years the art
of Jim Allen, one of Australasia’s most influential artists and educators, has explored people
and their relationships, inspiring and challenging audiences. Now celebrated in the new book Jim Allen: The Skin of Years, Allen’s ground- breaking practice and extraordinary career are the focus of a conversation with Senior Curator Ron Brownson, accompanied by images of his unique work. Supported by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tämaki.
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CAROL Ann DuFFY
SunDAY MAY 17 – 12.00-1.00pM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
Clever, provocative and fun, the work of UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is the perfect counter to anyone who would deny the allure of poetry. One of the most influential poets of the day, Duffy writes for children and adults alike, champions language and teaches English at Manchester
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