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      • Workshop: Lusting for Words – Writing Romance
      • Navigating the Stars – Māori Creation Myths
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      • At the Drop of a Hat
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      • Love in the Time of Covid – A Chronicle of a Pandemic
      • Workshop: Seeds of Poetry
      • 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
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      • 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
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      • Melissa Boardman
      • Michelle Elvy
      • 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
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DWRF 2021 Programme

​(You can also download a PDF of the programme booklet here)

Thursday 6 May

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Schools' Programme
9.30am – 11am &
​1pm – 2:30pm
Otago Girls' High School
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​Ngā Kete Mātauranga
Māori Scholars at the Research
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5.30pm – 6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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What Does the Future Hold?
​Gala Showcase


7.30pm – 9.30pm
Toitū Otago Settlers Museum
​$45 & $35 includes welcome drink and nibbles
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Friday 7 May
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Workshop:
Self Starters – A Beginner's Guide to Being a Writer
10.30am – 1pm
Otago Pioneer Women's Hall
​$45
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Guiding Lights: The Extraordinary Lives of Lighthouse Women
CANCELLED
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Crossing Genres
2pm – 3pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Crossing Boundaries – Form & Content in Poetry & Storytelling
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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Escaping the Humdrum
3.30pm – 4.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Workshop:
​Lusting For Words – Writing Romance
5pm – 7pm
Otago Pioneer Women's Hall
​$45
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Navigating the Stars
Māori Creation Myths
5.30pm – 6.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Women, Past & Present –
What Do They Have to Tell Us About the Future?  
7pm – 8.15pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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At the Drop of a Hat –
Poetry, but not as you know it
8.30pm – 10pm
Dog With Two Tails
​$15
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Saturday 8 May

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Workshop:
​Seeds of Poetry
10am – 12pm
Otago Pioneer Women's Hall
​$45
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Love in the Time of COVID –
A Chronicle of a Pandemic 
9:30am – 10.30am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Magical Rights
10.30am – 11.30am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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A New Plaque: Essie Summers
11am
The Dunedin Writers' Walk, Upper Octagon
Free
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 Things OK with You?
12pm – 1pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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The Language of Flowers
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Otago Pioneer Women's Hall
​Free
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Drawing the World
12.30pm – 1.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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NZ Crime – What's Going On? 
1.30pm – 2.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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The Books that Made Me
2pm – 3pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Rivers, Riptides, and Roads
3pm – 4pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Walking the Heartland
4pm – 5pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Writing Romance in the 21st Century
4.30pm – 5.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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The Wilder Years: Selected Poems
5.30pm – 7pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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Rocketing to Fame
6pm – 7pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Sunday 9 May

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Story Time Double Decker Bus
9am – 11.30am
Departs Dunedin Botanic Garden
​Adults $10 & Kids $15
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The Historical Novel: Germany
10am – 11am
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Mapping Dunedin's Stories
11.30am – 12.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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A Posse of Poets
11:30am – 12.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​Free
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Decolonisation – Activating Allies 
1pm – 2pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Writing for Children
1pm – 2pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Free
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Politics of Poetry
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Girl in the Mirror
2.30pm – 3.30pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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Placing Fantasy Inside the Real World
4pm – 5pm
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
​$20 & $15
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