Ed Husain has an interesting past; he is a self-described former Islamic radical, having spent five years between the ages of 16 to 21 immersed in radical Islam. He has become one of those rare individuals to have retracted from his extremist past, to share his narrative and speak out about one of the more…
Witches of Gambaga – A Film By Yaba Badoe: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Gambaga is a town in northern Ghana, formerly capital of the Northern Region of Ghana. It also serves as a sanctuary for women accused of witchcraft in greater Ghana. Witches of Gambaga is a documentary film, directed by Yaba Badoe, that tells the story of the women who have been condemned to live their lives…
For Book Collectors Old and New: WORD Christchurch 2018
Held in The Piano this was a small select audience of self-confessed book lovers, book accumulators and book collectors. The speakers were Shaun Bythell owner of The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland (and author of novel The diary of a bookseller)and Brian Phillips who has after a long career in publishing in New Zealand now sells collectable…
Orphans, Immigrants, and Identity – Lloyd Jones: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
At the lovely Piano venue in Christchurch, Lloyd Jones, one of New Zealand's most successful writers (author of the Man Booker Prize nominated Mr Pip), sat down for a fascinating interview with broadcaster John Campbell. Campbell set up the session with a great introduction. He gave the audience an insight into Jones' latest offering The…
Catherine Chidgey and Paul Cleave: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
It's my first day at the fest and it's a full morning for me with two events one after the other: Catherine Chidgey (Transformations) and Paul Cleave (Crimechurch). Both Kiwi writers and both well known in their respective fields. But how similar/dissimilar are their writing styles? The lights dim, lets find out! They are both…
New Regent Street Pop-up Festival: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
The New Regent Street Pop-up Festival is like the whole of WORD Christchurch distilled into an hour and twenty minutes, and if that sounds intense well, yes, that would be an accurate assessment. In some ways it's like trying to pick something off a menu - how do you know what you'll like the best…
Recent necrology, August 2018
Some well-known people who have died recently Kofi Annan, 1938-2018 Ghanaian diplomat, UN Secretary-General Harlan Ellison, 1934-2018 Science fiction writer Aretha Franklin, 1942-2018 Legendary American singer and songwriter, the Queen of Soul Reinhart Langer, 1921-2018 Renowned botanist V. S. Naipaul, 1932-2018 Caribbean writer and Nobel Laureate Baden Norris, 1927-2018 Author who was the driving force…
125 Years – Are We There Yet?: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Are we there yet? 125 years on from the historic law change that granted New Zealand women the right to vote, an impressive line-up of women gathered in a WORD Christchurch panel at The Piano to discuss this question. Georgina Beyer, Dame Anne Salmond, Sacha McMeeking, Lizzie Marvelly, and Paula Penfold were chaired by the…
Christchurch to Lyttelton suburban Ec electric locomotive undergoing maintenance in the Addington Workshops: Picturing Canterbury
Christchurch to Lyttelton suburban Ec electric locomotive undergoing maintenance in the Addington Workshops [ca. 1960]. Built between 1879-1880, the Addington railway workshops replaced an earlier railway workshop (the first in New Zealand) and continued to operate until December 1990. The New Zealand EC class locomotive was designed by English Electric in 1928 to serve the…
David Neiwert – Alt America: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Two leather chairs, a small table with a bowl of decorative flowers, a rug underneath, all on an otherwise empty stage. David Neiwert and Paul Thomas - of the New Zealand Listener - walk out and take their seats. Thomas introduces the topic and starts the talk with this quote from Neiwert’s book, Alt-America': “America…
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