Trying a new board game can be intimidating, especially faced with a hefty rulebook (and sometimes hefty price) and hundreds of differently coloured pieces. Or maybe you love board games but struggle to find others to play them with you. If either applies to you, why not come along to Tūranga's new weekly board games…
Book launch: All the Other Days by Jack Hartley
It's not often you get to attend the launch of a book written both by a local debut author but also by someone barely into their twenties. Book publishing is a competitive business and the path to publication can be slow and dispiriting (for those that make it there at all), so it's an impressive…
Murderbots, spaceships and other planets
It's been a good year for science fiction, with some great series wrapping up. Don't worry about cliffhangers or long waits between sequels with these recommendations, you can read the whole lot back-to-back if you feel like it! All Systems Red, Artificial Condition, Rogue Protocol and Exit Strategy by Martha Wells You might think a…
Interview with Laurence Fearnley – WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
During the chaos of dashing between WORD sessions, writer and co-editor Laurence Fearnley kindly agreed to sit down with me and answer a few questions about her new anthology To the Mountains and other works. To the Mountains What brought you to writing about mountaineering? My parents used to do a lot of climbing in…
Adventurous Women: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Broadcaster and writer Miriama Kamo introduced the lineup for WORD Christchurch's final session by prefacing with a definition of the topic: adventure (n.) a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful) All four women featured fully fit the description, from extreme endurance to joyous risk-taking while travelling. The only thing I have in common with these…
Embracing Te Reo: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Jeanette King, Hana O'Regan (head manager of Oranga at Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu), lecturer Hēmi Kelly and writer/broadcaster Miriama Kamo gathered early on Sunday morning to kōrero about one of our official languages, te reo Māori. It takes much longer to build something up than to destroy it - Otautahi (Christchurch) knows. Hana O’Regan…
To the Mountains: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Nic Low (writer of an upcoming book described as "a bicultural response to the Southern Alps") opened the session by asking author Laurence Fearnley to read a passage from To the Mountains, her recent anthology of alpine writing co-edited with Paul Hersey. She chose Young, short, and loving it by Rebecca Smith, a short account…
Ant Sang: Dharma Punk — WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Writer and comics fan Tracy Farr questioned Ant on his artistic process, the ideas behind his works, and his progression as a cartoonist.
Juno Dawson: Gender Games: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Much like Juno Dawson's fiction, this talk covered a wide range of topics, from her latest novel Clean — a realistic look at heroin addiction and withdrawal through the lens of its socialite heroine, Lexi Volkov — to her shared love of the Spice Girls with interviewer and fellow Young Adult author Karen Healey, to…
Anne Salmond – Tears of Rangi: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Dame Anne Salmond: anthropologist, professor, environmentalist, writer, eloquent speaker, and still frequently asked to refute the opinions of the same old ex-politicans giving their ill-informed reckons about te ao Māori and its place in New Zealand. A tiresome task for someone who has spent their lifetime learning as much as possible about tikanga Māori and…
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