HBRW Festival Programme 2022

SAT 22 & FRI 28 OCT

READERS AND WRITERS

22 & 28-30 OCTOBER

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CREATIVE WORKSHOPS SAT 29 OCT, 11am - 1pm

DOUGLAS LLOYD JENKINS (1), Chair: Richard Cornes (2)

ONLY 12 SPACES

How Does She Do It?

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Douglas Lloyd Jenkins’ first novel is an intense love story and a love song to Auckland’s vanishing past, depicting the myriad complexities of male relationships, the possibilities offered by chance encounters and the exquisite beauty of friendship - and a home - found in unexpected places.

Join Douglas in conversation with Richard Cornes, for this discussion of love and loss, beauty and belonging.

A WORKSHOP WITH NICKY PELLEGRINO

NICKY PELLEGRINO

SAT 22 OCT, 5.30pm

Want to know the secrets of writing a successful novel? Join bestselling author Nicky Pellegrino who will take you through the art of plotting, character and creating a page turning contemporary novel that a wide audience will love to read.

MTG, Century Cinema Early bird: $10 I General: $15

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HDC, Council Chambers Early bird: $25 I General: $30 FRI 28 OCT, 5.30pm SAT 29 OCT, 2 - 4pm

ONLY 20 SPACES

Ready for Action AARON TOPP

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LET’S TALK MENOPAUSE WITH NICKY AND NIKI

HOW TO WRITE A FAST AND FURIOUS STORY WITH AARON TOPP

NICKY PELLEGRINO (3), NIKI BEZZANT (4), Chair: Dr Samantha Newman (5)

Action sports are full of risk and are exciting to watch. They also make for the perfect canvas to tell stories. Aaron Topp shares features from his three Young Adult novels and from other authors to demonstrate the key elements to making award-winning sports stories that will have you at the start line to beginning your own sport-based tale.

Recommended for ages 13 - 18.

Mood changes, hot flushes, insomnia, anxiety, libido, what is perimenopause and how long is it bloody well supposed to go on for? Nicky Pellegrino (Don’t Sweat It) and Niki Bezzant (This Changes Everything) chat with Dr Samantha Newman to give clarity to the confusion and hilarity to the heat. This will be a safe space in which to talk all things menopause, with plenty of time for questions at the end.

HDC, Council Chambers

Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

General: $10

Early bird: $10 I General: $15

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SAT 29 OCT

READERS AND WRITERS 6.

SAT 29 OCT, 10am

SAT 29 OCT 14.

SAT 29 OCT, 5pm

Wawata

Too Much Money

DR HINEMOA ELDER (6), Chair: Erena Tomoana (7)

Today, someone in the wealthiest 1 % – a club of some 40,000 people – has a net worth 68 times that of the average New Zealander. Max Rashbrooke talks to Chris Perley about how wealth inequality is changing Aotearoa New Zealand, reshaping access to housing, education, social connections and power. How is wealth distributed around Aotearoa, should we be worried about it, and what’s to be done?

MAX RASHBROOKE (14), Chair: Chris Perley (15)

MOON DREAMING WITH DR HINEMOA ELDER

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READERS AND WRITERS

Dr Hinemoa Elder shows us how to reclaim intimacy with others, with ourselves and with our planet using the energies of Hina, the Māori moon. Hina has 30 different faces to help illuminate life’s lessons - a different face and a different energy for each day of the month. And with her changing light, new insights are revealed. Here is a chance to connect to the ancient wisdom of the old people, and find a source of strength in our strange modern world.

Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

Early bird: $10 I General: $15

SAT 29 OCT, 12pm

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Vā

Early bird: $10 I General: $15

SAT 29 OCT, 7pm

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A Life Lived in Fiction

STORIES FROM WOMEN OF THE MOANA

CHARLOTTE GRIMSHAW (16), Chair: Catherine Robertson (17)

NAFANUA KERSEL (8), SISILIA ETEUATI (9)

‘It’s material, make a story out of it,’ was the mantra Charlotte Grimshaw grew up with in her literary family. But when her life suddenly turned upside-down, she needed to re-examine the reality of that material. The more she delved into her memories, the more the real characters in her life seemed to object.

This groundbreaking work, compiled and edited by award-winning writers Sisilia Eteuati and Lani Wendt Young, is the first of its kind - an anthology of creative fiction from thirty-eight Oceania women writers, including Wahine Māori.

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Sisilia sits down with contributor Nafanua Kersel to talk us through the intrigue, fantasy, humour and magic of these beautiful, strong stories.

In a new take on ‘where do you get your ideas?’ Charlotte Grimshaw tells Catherine Robertson about growing up in a family where everything was mined for material, and how she managed to find the truth within the fiction.

Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

Early bird: $10 I General: $15

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Early bird: $10 I General: $15

SAT 29 OCT, 2pm

Imagining Decolonisation

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CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF MOANA JACKSON MEREANA PITMAN MNZM (10), DR HINEMOA ELDER (11), DR MONTY SOUTAR (12), Chair: Ali Tamainu (13) Decolonisation – the word alone invokes discomfort and unease for many; but the concept plants a seed of hope in others that we can work towards achieving equality for all who live in Aotearoa New Zealand. What really is decolonisation? Why does it matter and what is our part in it? In this kōrerorero, we look at the legacy of Dr Moana Jackson through the voices of others including those he worked with or mentored.

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SUN 30 OCT 18.

READERS AND WRITERS 19.

SUN 30 OCT

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SUN 30 OCT, 2pm

Damn Good Yarns NICKY PELLEGRINO (24), CHARITY NORMAN (25), Chair: Catherine Robertson (26) 25.

SUN 30 OCT, 10am

To the Sea

AARON TOPP (18), KERYN POWELL (19), Chair: Cristina Sanders (20) What is it about the ocean that calls to us? In weaving their stories in and around the sea Aaron and Keryn explore mythology, humankind’s symbiotic relationship with the water, the threats to our existence as the oceans rise and the increasingly urgent need to respond. Skilled seafarer and writer of epic voyages Cristina will captain the ship.

Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

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Functions on Hastings, Toitoi

Early bird: $10 I General: $15

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What are the ingredients to an unputdownable, page turning story?

Romance, drama, tragedy? Yes, but how much is too much and what are the magic measurements that will cook up that perfectly palatable prose? Authors Nicky Pellegrino and Charity Norman are here to impart their bestselling wisdom, ably hosted by fellow chart topping author, Catherine Robertson.

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SUN 30 OCT, 4pm

Launch of Tarquin the Honest Functions on Join Gareth Ward (27) to celebrate the launch of Tarquin the Honest: The Hand Hastings, Toitoi of Glodd, a comic fantasy adventure featuring the universe’s most honest wizard and his sandwich scoffing friend.

FREE

SUN 30 OCT, 12pm

Two Raw Sisters

SIMPLE FANCY WITH MARGO AND ROSA FLANAGAN MARGO FLANAGAN (21), ROSA FLANAGAN (22), Chair: Lizzie Russell (23) Margo and Rosa keep cooking simple yet fancy, and they show you new and inventive ways to make plants the star of the show using familiar, everyday whole food ingredients. Whether you are vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian or a die-hard meat lover, there is something for everyone; all eaters are welcome. Who are the Two Raw Sisters? How have they created their brand? And how have two sisters from Christchurch gone on to have the highest selling cookbook published in NZ last year? Chair Lizzie Russell pulls a seat up to the table and digs in to their story.

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Early bird: $10 I General: $15

SUN 30 OCT, 5pm

Tarquin’s Dungeons & Dragons Multiverse EXTRAVAGANZA Functions on In a Hawke’s Bay, possibly world first, Gareth Ward brings together as many Hastings, Toitoi Dungeon Masters and their teams as will fit into an Opera House to play the largest collaborative game of Dungeons and Dragons the universe has ever seen.

General: $10 All following the same story line, the teams will battle, magic and swindle their way through an epic adventure. Gather your team for the D&D game of a lifetime.

DMs will be provided - just sign up and come along and yes, you can sit with your mates (up to 6 of you at a table).

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