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SunDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.30pM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
A Grahame Sydney painting is instantly recognisable for its simplicity, its sense of grandeur and its capturing of the unique vistas
of the Otago landscape. Showcasing one of our greatest living painters, the book Grahame Sydney was published in 2014 and includes more than 200 reproductions of his work. He speaks with Auckland Art Gallery Principal Curator Zara Stanhope.
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SARAH BROOM pOETRY pRIzE
SunDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.30pM uppER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
C.K. Stead won in 2014, and this year another $12,000 will go to the poet named winner of the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize. Established in honour of the New Zealand poet, the prize recognises an unpublished collection of poems. From an anticipated 300+ submitters, three finalists chosen by Irish poet Vona Groarke will take to
the stage to read their poems, as will Groarke herself, before the winner is announced. sarahbroom.co.nz
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FOuR FOR FIFTY READInGS SESSIOn
LIFE BEYOnD
SunDAY MAY 17 – 1.30-2.20pM LIMELIGHT ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Four writers who have created fictional worlds of the future read excerpts: Emily St. John Mandel (Station Eleven), Philip Mann (The Disestablishment of Paradise), Anna Smaill (Chimes) and Phillip Temple (MiSTORY ). Introduced by Carole Beu.
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WAYS TO CHAnGE THE WORLD
SunDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00pM ASB THEATRE, AOTEA CEnTRE
What does the world look like in 2015? What have we got right? What have we done wrong? And what can we do about any of it anyway? Four eminent Festival guests calibrate the state of play and give their forecasts as well
as their preferred courses of action.
Join UK scientist Philip Ball, US surgeon Atul Gawande, NZ novelist Charlotte Grimshaw and Chinese journalist Xinran in a thought- provoking rumination. Chaired
by Jesse Mulligan.
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A WRITInG LIFE: REnÉE
SunDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00pM LOWER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Playwright, novelist, poet, memoirist and blogger Renée has documented New Zealand’s social history in the latter part of the twentieth century in acclaimed work including Wednesday To Come and Setting The Table. Of Scots and Ngati Kahungunu descent, Renée blogs weekly, and publishes her new novel – a trilogy – chapter by chapter online. She talks with Stephanie Johnson.
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LETTERS TO VERA
SunDAY MAY 17 – 3.00-4.00pM uppER nzI ROOM, AOTEA CEnTRE
Something for those wanting to jog themselves out of epistolary slumber while reading the work of a Russian colossus. Letters to Véra,
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