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      • Workshop: Self Starters - SOLD OUT
      • Guiding Lights - CANCELLED
      • Crossing Genres
      • Crossing Boundaries – Form & Content in Poetry & Storytelling
      • Escaping the Humdrum
      • Workshop: Lusting for Words – Writing Romance SOLD OUT
      • Navigating the Stars – Māori Creation Myths - SOLD OUT
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      • Love in the Time of Covid – A Chronicle of a Pandemic
      • Workshop: Seeds of Poetry SOLD OUT
      • Magical Rights
      • A New Plaque: Essie Summers
      • Things OK with You?
      • The Language of Flowers
      • Drawing the World
      • NZ Crime – What's Going On?
      • The Books that Made Me
      • Rivers, Riptides & Roads
      • Walking the Heartland
      • Writing Romance in the 21st Century
      • The Wilder Years: Selected Poems
      • Rocketing to Fame
      • Story Time Double Decker Bus
      • The Historical Novel: Germany
      • Mapping Dunedin's Stories
      • A Posse of Poets
      • Decolonisation – Activating Allies
      • Writing for Children
      • Politics of Poetry
      • Girl in the Mirror
      • Placing Fantasy Inside the Real World
    • Guest Bios >
      • Amanda Thomas
      • Angela Wanhalla
      • Annabel Wilson
      • Becky Manawatu
      • Bridget Schaumann
      • Bronwyn Wylie-Gibb
      • Bruce Ansley
      • Catherine Chidgey
      • David Ciccoricco
      • David Eggleton
      • David Elliot
      • Derek Morrison
      • Diane Brown
      • Dougal Rillstone
      • Elizabeth Knox
      • Emma Neale
      • Emma Wood
      • Fiona Farrell
      • Frank Gordon
      • Gareth Ward
      • HG Parry
      • Jacinta Ruru
      • Jared Savage
      • Jasmine OM Taylor
      • Jayne Castel
      • Jessica Thompson Carr
      • Jillian Sullivan
      • Kaitrin McMullan
      • Kathryn van Beek
      • Kirby-Jane Hallum
      • Kyle Mewburn
      • Laura Williamson
      • Liz Breslin
      • Lynn Freeman
      • Majella Cullinane
      • Marcelle Nader-Turner
      • Te Kai a te Rangatira
      • Melissa Boardman
      • Michelle Elvy
      • Mihiata Pirini
      • Nalini Singh
      • Nicola Cummins
      • Phillippa Duffy
      • Rebecca Kiddle
      • Rhian Gallagher
      • Rob Kidd
      • Robyn Belton
      • Roger Hickin
      • Rose Carlyle
      • Sally Peart
      • Shona Riddell
      • Steff Green
      • Steve Braunias
      • Susan Sims
      • Swapna Haddow
      • Vanda Symon
      • Victor Billot
      • Vincent O'Sullivan
      • Witi Ihimaera
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DWRF 2019 Programme


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


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WORKSHOP: Scripting the Storyworld with Emily Duncan
10.00am–12 noon
Dunningham Suite
Dunedin City Library
​$45
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Maurice Shadbolt
12 noon–1.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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WORKSHOP: Writing for Kids with Barbara Else
1.00–3.00pm
Dunningham Suite
Dunedin City Library
​$45

SOLD OUT

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Villains & Grannies
3.30–4.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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Dead People I Have Known: Shayne Carter
6.00–7.00pm
Hanover Hall
​$23/$19/$15
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Poetry at the Savoy
9.00–10.00pm
The Savoy
​$23/$19/$15
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Friday 10 May


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WORKSHOP: Poetry with Chris Tse
10.00am–1.00pm
Dunningham Suite
Dunedin City Library
​$45

SOLD OUT
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Murder with McIlvanney​
12 noon–1.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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Orlando
4.00–5.30pm
Mayfair Theatre
​$40/$30/$20
​(Venue has changed from that in printed programme)
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Poetry's New Something
5.30–6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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Gala Showcase: Distracted
7.00pm for 7.30–9.00pm
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
​$45/$35/$30, includes welcome drink and nibbles. 

SOLD OUT 
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Secondary Schools Programme

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Story Building
John Boyne: How to Write Markus Zusak: Storytelling
10.00am–12 noon
​​Otago Girls' High School
​(Venue has changed from that in printed programme)

SOLD OUT 
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Language: Te Reo,
Hip-Hop & Shakespeare

Stacey & Scotty Morrison:
Te Reo
Akala Presents:
Hip-Hop and Shakespeare
12.30–2.30pm
​King's & Queen's Performing Arts Centre



SOLD OUT
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Q&A
Lizzie Marvelly
1.30–2.30pm
​Otago Girls' High School



SOLD OUT
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Saturday 11 May


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WORKSHOP: The Point of Point of View with Paula Morris
10.00am–12 noon​
Dunedin City Library
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Story-Time Train​​
8.45–11.45am
Dunedin Railway Station
$15 per person; children must be accompanied by an adult at all times
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The Galloping Mind
10.00–11.00am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Vincent O'Sullivan
11.30am–12.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Funny
11.30am–12.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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That F Word
1.00–2.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Scarfie Flats
1.00–2.00pm
Hanover Hall
Free
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Orlando
2.00–3.30pm
Mayfair Theatre
$40/$30/$20
(Venue has changed from that in printed programme)
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Oh Boy
2.30–3.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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Akala: Natives
4.00–5.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Clementine Ford: Boys WIll Be Boys
5.30–6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15

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SOLD OUT

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The War on Truth
5.30–6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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​SOLD OUT
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John Boyne
7.00–8.00pm
Otago Boys' High School Auditorium
$23/$19/$15
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Markus Zusak
8.30–9.30pm
Otago Boys' High School Auditorium
$23/$19/$15
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Sunday 12 May


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Gavin Bishop
10.00–11.00am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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The Te Reo Boom
10.00–11.30am
(including waiata by He Waka Kōtuia)

Otago Boys' High School Auditorium
Free
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History's Scent
11.30am–12.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Cilla McQueen
12 noon–1.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Dear Motherhood
1.30–2.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Toby Morris: Non-Fiction Comics
1.30–2.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Morris Gleitzman: Australian Children's Laureate
3.00–4.00pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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Short, Shorter, Shortest
4.30–5.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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Woman in the Wilderness: Miriam Lancewood
4.30–5.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
$23/$19/$15
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