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DWRF 2017 Programme


​(You can also download a PDF of the programme booklet here.) 
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Tuesday 9 May

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Poets on Place ​
7.00–9.00pm
​Knox Church

$5, door sales only
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Wednesday 10 May

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Psst! Looking for a Writing Group?
12.00–1.00pm
Dunningham Suite
​Dunedin City Library
​Free
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Chain Reaction
5.00–6.30pm
Athenaeum Library
Free

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Manifesto Aotearoa
7.00–8.30pm
Leviathan Hotel
​Free
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Thursday 11 May


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Glenn Colquhoun:
​Oral Poetry & Totems
9.30–10.30am
Dunningham Suite
Dunedin City Library
​$10 per student
​SOLD OUT
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Lunchtime Reading: Rising Stars
12.15–12.45pm
​Athenaeum Library
​Free
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Glenn Colquhoun: Creative Writing Workshop
2.00–4.00pm
Dunningham Suite
Dunedin City Library
​$40
​SOLD OUT

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Word Balm
5.30–6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$22/$18/$12
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Pirate Sessions #1: Songwriters
8.30–9.30pm
Athenaeum Library
Entry by koha
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Friday 10 May


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Schools Performing Arts Workshop
9.30am–4.00pm
Dunningham Suite
Dunedin City Library
​$25 per student
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Stella Duffy Workshop: Getting Going, Getting Done
9.30am–12.30pm
Clarkson Room
​Regent Theatre
​$50
SOLD OUT
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Lunchtime Reading:
​The Birds and the Bees
12.15–12.45pm
​Athenaeum Library
​Free
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Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
1.00–2.30pm
​Fortune Theatre Studio
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Zine Scene
3.30–4.30pm
​Teen Space
Dunedin City Library
​Free
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Robert Lord Plaque Unveiling
4.00–4.30pm
Octagon
​Free
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Gala Showcase: Metamorphosis
6.00pm for 6.30–8.00pm
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
​$39, includes welcome drink and nibbles. SOLD OUT
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Pirate Sessions #2: The End of the World
8.30–9.30pm
​Leviathan Hotel
Entry by koha
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Saturday 13 May


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Tala Tusi: The Teller
​is the Tale 
9.00–10.00am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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The Children's Room Storytime Session: Monsters & Bees
10.00–11.00am
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
Free
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Stella Duffy
10.15–11.15am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Play Reading:
​Victor Rodger, 
​Uma Lava
11.30am–12.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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A Circle of Laureates
12.45–2.45pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$29/$25/$22
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Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
1.00–2.30pm
​Fortune Theatre Studio
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Picturing Words & Wording Pictures
3.00–4.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Crime Time
3.00–4.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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John Lanchester
4.15–5.15pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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How to Have a Beer
5.30–6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Ian Rankin
6.45–7.45pm
Toit
ū Otago Settlers Museum
$25/$22/$18
​SOLD OUT

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Pirate Sessions #3: 
​Found Poetry
8.00–8.45pm
Dog with Two Tails
Entry by koha
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Flying Nun at the Cook
9.00–10.30pm
Captain Cook Hotel (upstairs)
$25/$22/$18
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Sunday 14 May


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Bill Manhire
9.00–10.00am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Hannah Kent
10.15–11.15am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Mother's Day Brunch
​with Emily Writes
11.30am–1.00pm
Scenic Hotel Southern Cross
$45 (includes light brunch and bubbly). Tickets must be booked by 5pm Thursday 11 May for catering purposes.
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Jane Eyre: An Autobiography
1.00–2.30pm
​Fortune Theatre Studio
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It's Personal
1.30–2.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Catherine Chidgey
2.45–3.45pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$22/$18/$12
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Landfall at 70
4.00–5.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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Book Launch: Charles Brasch Journals
5.00–6.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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Major funders:
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Gold sponsors:
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Silver sponsors:
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Bronze sponsors:
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