The characters and scenes in this story remain imprinted in my mind's eye. Dacre Stoker's Dracul has not been written like a screenplay but it would make a sumptuously surreal film. Dracul Dracul is written by Bram Stoker's Great Grand-Nephew, Dacre Stoker, in collaboration with J.D. Barker. The authors' note (p.483) asserts that this is the story that was…
I’m possessed by Joe Hill
Heart Shaped Box by Joe Hill has been republished in a 10th anniversary edition. Heart-shaped Box You'd expect someone who grew up inhaling Stephen King stories to emulate him. Millions of us grew up reading King and elements of his stories are part of the soundtracks of our lives. The same can be said of…
Poet Kaveh Akbar is no sheep in wolf’s clothing – WORD Christchurch
Kaveh Akbar is more of a shepherd than a wolf. The internationally acclaimed Iranian-American poet not only produces amazing thought-provoking poetry, but nurtures other poets to achieve their full potential too. So it was a perfect date for us to be hosting him at Tūranga, the flagship of the future. We are all about helping our…
The Great WORD Debate : uproariously entertaining – WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Irreverently silly, relentlessly roasting and just a little bit real, the Great WORD Debaters had a sold out audience in stitches at The Piano Concert Chamber on Saturday night. Blurring those lines again (you know the ones, fact and fiction), the speakers entertained with anecdotes, shaggy dog stories, impressions and some pretty solid arguments. Adventure…
Philip Hoare – Hunting for Moby-Dick and The Sea, The Sea: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Oh ye! Who have your eyeballs vexed and tired Feast them upon the wideness of the sea. (Keats) I love the Sea and books about the Sea. Thrillingly rough and washing up over carparks or velvet-smooth, there is something at once wild and calming about its compelling expanse. Although I swim until March, Philip Hoare…
Go Girls and Boys! Barbara Else instils a love of reading at the Margaret Mahy Memorial Lecture: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Barbara Else, author of Go Girl! - a Who's who of adventurous Kiwi women, (make that a 'Storybook of Epic NZ Women'), written for young readers - shared some of her own magic tricks on inspiring readers young and old. She followed in the footsteps of another author we knew and cherished; the colourful Margaret…
Charlotte Grimshaw: I and I and existentialism: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Blurring the lines between fact and fiction is a way of life for Charlotte Grimshaw. Growing up in father C.K. Stead's orbit, Charlotte's world was one where every facet of life could be fictionalised. Charlotte spoke at WORD Christchurch Festival 2018 with Kate de Goldi about her latest novel, Mazarine, in which she explores the…
Curiosities : Paula Morris and Tina Makereti: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
My next adventure was waiting for me at The Piano; a port in a storm after The Hunt for Moby-Dick at the Christchurch Art Gallery. Curiosity is the seed of adventure. For Paula Morris and Tina Makereti it has led to historically sensitive, lyrical works of fiction based on both fact and social myth. Paula (Ngāti Wai) is…
Desert Woman – Robyn Davidson keynote: WORD Christchurch Festival 2018
Welcomed with a mihi by Corban Te Aika from Ngai Tāhu, we were then invited to fill our boots with adventure by WORD Christchurch literary director Rachael King. The tone was suitably set for our WORD Christchurch Festival journey, beginning with an author who embodies the spirit of adventure: Robyn Davidson. In 1977 Robyn trekked…
Saving the Future: Interview with Ant Sang
Ant Sang is one of New Zealand’s most acclaimed cartoonists and graphic novelists. His best-selling graphic novel, Shaolin Burning, won an Honour Award at the 2012 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards. He'll be appearing in Ant Sang: Dharma Punk with Tracy Farr, Saturday 1 September, as part of WORD Christchurch Festival 2018. Welcome to Christchurch…
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