SPEAKEASY Writers Fest

Be inspired by the power of words.

4th Wall Theatre, New Plymouth

Taranaki Arts Festival presents its first standalone Writers Fest.

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On behalf of TAFT, our Board, and our festival team, we are delighted to bring to audiences SPEAKEASY Writers Fest, 9-10 July 2022.

Our first standalone readers and writers’ festival, SPEAKEASY, focuses on the strength and depth of contemporary New Zealand literature.

Book lovers will enjoy being part of this intimate experience, held over two days, with awardwinning authors, poets, adventurers, scholars and more.

SPEAKEASY is a mini festival with a smaller audience capacity, programmed to run at the “red” level. We encourage all avid readers to book their tickets early, as limited tickets are available, and settle in for a weekend of ideas and conversations celebrating the written word in fiction and non-fiction forms.

We look forward to bringing this event to New Plymouth and reconnecting with our festival audiences after the challenges that COVID has presented over the last year.

Kevin & Judith Mullin Family Ralph and Wendy Broad Bev Ellice

Contact us Taranaki Arts Festival Trust PO Box 4251, New Plymouth Ph 06 759 8412 events@taft.co.nz taft.co.nz

Charles Wilkinson, TAFT Board of Trustees Chair Suzanne Porter, TAFT Chief Executive

CONTENTS INFO

SHOWS 2

Sponsors

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Patrons

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Welcome

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The Venue

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Schedule/How to Book

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Apply to be a Patron

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Future TAFT Events

8 Grief on the Run Julie Zarifeh 9 What Dogs Want Mat Ward 10 Dancing with the Machine Jo Morgan 11 Ganglands Jared Savage 12 Crazy Love Rosetta Allan 13 I Wish, I Wish Dick van den Berg 14 In Amber’s Wake Christine Leunens 15 After the Tampa Abbas Nazari 16 Before You Knew My Name Jacqueline Bublitz

Trustees Charles Wilkinson (Chair), Marie Pearce, Glenn Brebner, Katie Wolfe, Chris Lynch, Hayden Wano

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Festival Team

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Chief Executive

Suzanne Porter

Artistic & Festival Director

Megan Brown

Marketing Manager

Rebecca Johnson

Business Manager

Tracey Bell

Graphic Designer

Tallulah Robertson

Festival Support

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KIA ORA It is a pleasure to introduce audiences to our first standalone literacy festival, SPEAKEASY Writers Fest.

The SPEAKEASY writers programme was scheduled to run alongside Winter Fest. It felt too soon to take on an extensive ten-day festival programme, with 2022 still presenting disruption and uncertainty.

Arts and connections matter now more than ever, and in true TAFT fashion, we have adapted to ensure that arts can still thrive safely and at any alert level!

SPEAKEASY Writers Fest features some of the most captivating authors in Aotearoa today, both fiction and non-fiction. Over two days, we’re inviting you to push your mind to be observant, to let curiosity take over, and challenge your perceptions with modern literature.

We know that our festival audiences need a doorway that keeps you connected with the world around you, a space to observe hardships enjoy laughter and love, fear, and happiness.

Books allow us to discover and explore these elements of everyday life.

They let us into the lives of others and connect us to the characters as they overcome difficulties and challenges. Their stories give us the courage and confidence to deal with problems we may face during our lifetime.

Our featured authors will take you on a journey with their words as you travel with them across the pages of their books.

We look forward to welcoming you to be part of SPEAKEASY. Inspired by the power of reading, we hope to bring more positivity back to audiences here in New Plymouth.

With that, we leave you with an excerpt from Julie Zarifeh, author of ‘Grief on the Run’ part of the SPEAKEASY programme.

“When we think positively, we tend to behave in more positive ways. We also tend to feel good- or, at the very least, feel better. And that’s how we find our way back, how we dig deep.”

Megan Brown Artistic Director, Taranaki Arts Festival

THE VENUE

https://ww4TH W ALL w.4thwalltheatre.co.nz/ THEATRE Opened in April 2013, the 4th Wall Theatre transformed over two years from the original church into what you see today and is a tribute to the vision and artistic excellence that it represents.

There is plenty of car parking available at the 4th Wall Theatre in the well-lit off-street parking area at the rear of the theatre.

The 4th Wall is dedicated to enriching cultural life, advancing the theatrical art form and sharing it with the broadest possible audience, making it a great local for SPEAKEASY Writers Fest.

Additional off-street parking is encouraged within the LOGICAMS Ltd car park adjacent to the theatre, regularly monitored by Security.

LOCATION

If you arrange for a taxi to pick you up after the show, we recommend pre-ordering for a shorter wait time.

11 Baring Terrace, Strandon

The 4th Wall Theatre is located at 11 Baring Terrace, Strandon, with the entrance off Devon Street East and approximately 60 metres from the corner on the right.

The theatre houses an air-conditioned 102 seat cabaret table style auditorium and an upstairs Gallery holding 26 in two-seater leather couches.

There is a fully licensed Bar with a wide variety of drink options available during each session.

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PARKING

You may wish to be dropped off and collected after a performance.

https:// www.4thwalltheatre. co.nz/

Contact info@4thwalltheatre.co.nz 0800 484 925

HOW TO BOOK THERE ARE SEVERAL WAYS TO BOOK: Phone box office on 0800 484 925 or email at info@4thwalltheatre.co.nz Visit www.4thwalltheatre.co.nz/whats-on, select the show you wish to attend and click on the ‘BOOK TICKETS’ link to make your online booking.

Payment is secure using a credit card via website through to ticket provider PATRONBASE which will then email receipt and ticket confirmation To secure phone bookings, payment is required at least 48 hours prior to the performance. The 4th Wall accepts all major credit cards, cheques and cash.

4th Wall Theatre are also happy to arrange alternative payment options such as paying via internet banking.

Bookings can also be made through the TAFT website at www.taft.co.nz and the Taranaki Arts Festival Facebook page @TaranakiArstFestival, select the event you wish to attend and click ‘FIND TICKETS’ link to make your booking.

TICKET COLLECTION If you are collecting your tickets from the box office on the night of the performance, please ensure you arrive at the theatre 20 minutes before the performance is due to begin to ensure you have plenty of time. If you wish to collect them prior to that, then attend the box office during our opening hours or phone in advance 0800 484 925

SEAT ALLOCATION When you book online you have two options - “choose seats for me” or “let me choose my seats”.

Most patrons choose their own seats, and you will be seated in that specific seat as per your ticket.

This option only applies to the MAIN (standard) auditorium area.

The Gallery is the upstairs two seat couch option, so it is on a General Admission basis only.

COVID-19 You are no longer required to scan the QR Code for entry or present a Vaccine Pass, however attendees (excluding performers) are strongly encouraged to wear face coverings.

As regulations change this will be updated.

SHOW TIMES Don’t forget to double check what time your performance starts.

Some performance times will differ; therefore, we recommend checking your ticket before your visit.

ACCESSIBILITY If you have particular seating requirements, please let us know when you make your booking and we will find the best seats for you. We will do our best to accommodate all seating requirements and requests.

Level access is available to patrons with mobility restrictions. Wheelchair spaces are available in Row A with prior arrangement.

FOR FURTHER TICKETING SUPPORT CONTACT www.4thwalltheatre.co.nz info@4thwalltheatre.co.nz

BOX OFFICE HOURS Friday 3:30pm - 5:30pm Saturday 10:00am - 2:00pm Or by appointment 0800 484 925 7

Saturday 9

GRIEF ON THE RUN Julie Zarifeh Julie Zarifeh is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She has investigated the psychological factors contributing to ‘broken heart syndrome after the Christchurch earthquakes and has presented at many conferences.

The 2017 deaths of Julie’s husband and son fuelled a passion for resilience psychology as she worked to accept and adjust to the double bereavement.

Julie is now engaged to be married again.

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She loves swimming, running, exploring NZ, and spending time with her two adult children, their partners, grandchildren, extended family, and good friends. She lives in Sumner, Christchurch.

Grief on the Run: How active grieving helped me cope with devastating loss (Allen & Unwin) is her first book. @juliezarifeh_author

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sat 9 July, 10am

60mins, no interval

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Saturday 9

What dogs want Mat Ward Mat Ward is a clinical dog behaviourist who has helped thousands of pets (and their humans!) improve their wellbeing over the past two decades.

He established himself as a leading practitioner in Edinburgh, Scotland, and now assists dogs worldwide via online consultations. In the TV series Dogs Might Fly, Mat demonstrated the amazing things that can be achieved with rescue dogs and reward-based training – including teaching a dog to fly a figure of eight in a plane.

In 2021 Mat published “What Dogs Want”, a fun, illustration-filled handbook for dog guardians. @MatWardBehaviourist petbehavioursorted.com

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sat 9 July, 10am

60 mins, no interval

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Saturday 9

DANCING WITH THE MACHINE Jo Morgan Jo Morgan is an adventurer, writer, Unicef goodwill ambassador, philanthropist and grandmother.

The matriarch of the well-known Morgan clan, Jo is married to economist and philanthropist Gareth Morgan and is the mother of four children, including Sam Morgan, the founder of Trade Me. Jo, along with Gareth and friends, has driven a motorbike through more than 110 countries and visited nearly 140 countries. But she would leave her most extraordinary adventures till later in life when she took up climbing in her late fifties.

She set herself a goal of summiting all 24 of New Zealand’s 3000-metre-plus mountain peaks

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with the help of her guide and friend Wolfgang, nicknamed The Machine. They would ascend all but two of them before tragedy struck, killing both Wolfgang and his colleague Martin.

Join Jo for a luncheon at The Nice Hotel as she recounts the remarkable, often hair-raising, and occasionally tragic story of her unconventional life from the pages of Dancing with the Machine.

Includes 2-course lunch, tea, coffee, and drink on arrival at The Nice Hotel. *Drink -choice of house wine, beer, bubbles or soft drink

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

Nice Hotel

Sat 9 July, 12pm

120 mins, no interval

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Saturday 9

Gangland Jared Savage Jared Savage is an award-winning investigative reporter at the New Zealand Herald. Over ten years, Jared has developed a niche in reporting on organised crime, including the 2019 documentary, Fighting the Demon, which delved into New Zealand’s ongoing methamphetamine crisis.

His latest book, Gangland (HarperCollins Publishers NZ, 2020), shines a light on New Zealand’s rising underworld of organised crime and violent gangs. Jared takes

readers behind the headlines opening the door to an invisible world - a world where millions of dollars are made, life is cheap, and allegiances change like the flick of a switch.

Jared’s feature writing has been published in two other books, the 2016 Wisden Almanack (the internationally acclaimed bible for cricket) and A Moral Truth: 150 years of investigative journalism in New Zealand. He has written about education, health, politics, sport and crime and reporting on the natural disasters of the Christchurch earthquakes and the tsunami that devastated Samoa.

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sat 9 July, 2pm

60 mins, no interval

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Saturday 9

crazy love Rosetta Allan Rosetta Allan is a poet, novelist, and short fiction writer. She has released two collections of poetry (Little Rock, 2007 and Over Lunch, 2010) as well as three novels Purgatory (2014), The Unreliable People (2019) and Crazy Love (2021).

Allan lives in Auckland and works as Creative Director and Writer for Creative Exchange NZ. In 2016, Allan was the first New Zealander to take up the St Petersburg Art Residency, located within the Museum of Nonconformist Art in Russia. She was the recipient of a Michael King Writers Centre Summer Residency for

2018. In February 2019, she took up the position of Creative NZ/University of Waikato Writer in Residence in Hamilton for the year.

Longstanding patrons of the arts, Allan and husband James launched their cultural philanthropy organisation, the Crystal Arts Trust, in 2021. Among other philanthropic activities, the Trust has assumed the sponsorship of the Best First Book awards at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. @RosettaAllan @rosetta.allan

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sat 9 July, 4pm

60 mins, no interval

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Sunday 9

I wish, I wish Zirk van den Berg Zirk van den Berg is an Auckland-based novelist writing in Afrikaans and English.

He has been active in Afrikaans since 1989, with seven books hitting the shelves since 2013 – two of them published in both Afrikaans and English simultaneously – and an eighth due for release in 2023.

Ek wens, ek wens, the Afrikaans version of I Wish, I Wish (Cuba Press NZ, 2020) won the prestigious WA Hofmeyr Prize for Literature and the kykNETRapport Prize for Literature and the kykNETRapport Prize for best filmable book in 2020.

The book has since been turned into an award-winning play in South Africa. The English version was shortlisted for the 2021 NZ Booklovers Award for Fiction.

Van den Berg moved to New Zealand in 1998 and lives in Auckland with his wife and two children. He makes his living as a freelance writer, mainly of tender documents.

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sun 10 July, 10am

60 mins, no interval

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Sunday 9

In amber’s wake Christine Leunens Christine Leunens novels have been translated into over twenty languages. She has a Master’s degree in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University and a PhD in Creative writing from Victoria University of Wellington.

In Amber’s Wake, her newest novel is currently being adapted into a film by Mimi Polk Gitlin, the producer of the Academy Award-winning film Thelma & Louise.

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Leunens is the author of Primordial Soup, described by The Sunday Times as ‘a remarkable debut novel’; A Can of Sunshine, selected as one of the Best Books of the Year 2013 by the New Zealand Herald; Caging Skies, adapted into the Academy Award-winning film Jojo Rabbit.

Christine Leunens was born in Hartford, Connecticut to European parents, lived in Paris, and then made New Zealand home for her and her family

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sun 10 July, 12pm

60 mins, no interval

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Sunday 9

After the Tampa Abbas Nazari Abbas Nazari fled the Taliban in Afghanistan as a child and was resettled in New Zealand after the Tampa containership rescued his family in 2001, an international story known as the Tampa Affair.

Abbas and his family have thrived since being resettled in New Zealand. In 2019, Abbas was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the United States, where he graduated with a Master’s in Security Studies from Georgetown University, Washington DC.

His memoir, After the Tampa: From Afghanistan to New Zealand (Allen & Unwin, 2021), is a #1 bestseller. Abbas is a sought-after speaker and media commentator, a prominent advocate for refugees, and was recently named a semi-finalist for the 2022 Young New Zealander of the Year.

Abbas will be speaking about his journey, his experiences of thriving in a foreign country, and some lessons learned. @theabbasnazari

WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sun 10 July, 2pm

60 mins, no interval

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Sunday 9

Before you knew my name Jacqueline Bublitz New Zealander Jacqueline ‘Rock’ Bublitz is a writer, feminist, and arachnophobe.

She wrote her much-praised debut novel Before You Knew My Name, after spending a summer in New York, where she hung around morgues and the dark corners of city parks (and the human psyche) far too often.

and writes full-time. Ignoring Hemingway’s advice, much of Before You Knew My Name was edited at her favourite local wine bar. She is now working on her second novel, where she continues to explore the grand themes of love, loss and connection, and the ways we recover from our darkest moments.

Famous Irish writer, Marian Keyes, describes Bublitz’s debut as, “Unusual, beautiful, feminist, gripping, deserves to win prizes. I loved it so much.“

After many years of living and working in Melbourne, Jacqueline returned to her beloved hometown, New Plymouth, where she now lives

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WHERE

WHEN

DURATION

4th Wall Theatre

Sun 10 July, 4pm

60 mins, no interval

https://www.4thwalltheADMISSION atre.co.nz/onat4thwall/ whats-on/jacqueline-bublitz---speak$25 easy-writers-festival.html Service fees apply

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The first Spiegeltent venues were handcrafted from wood and ‘spiegel’ or mirrored glass in the Nineteenth Century and toured through Northern Europe.

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The Theatre Royal is the home to the cabaret fest, where stories are told through sultry cabaret, hilarious comedy and magical theatre, all taking place in the intimate surrounds of a night club setting.

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SCHEDULE 09 JULY Saturday 4th Wall Theatre Events 10am

Grief on the Run Julie Zarifeh

12pm

What Dogs Want Mat Ward

2pm

Ganglands Jared Savage

4pm

Crazy Love Rosetta Allan

Nice Hotel Lunch Event 12pm

Dancing with the Machine Jo Morgon

10 JULY Sunday 4th Wall Theatre Events 10am

I Wish, I Wish Zirk van den Berg

12pm

In Amber’s Wake Christine Leunens

2pm

After the Tampa Abbas Nazari

4pm

Before You Knew My Name Jacqueline Bublitz