WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival 2014

WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers FestivalWORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival in association with The Press brought local and international literary luminaries to Christchurch. It took place from Wednesday 27 August to Sunday 31 August 2014. The Read Aloud Schools’ Programme was held Thursday 28 August.

Nicky Hager and Maire Leadbeater

Nicky Hager and Maire Leadbeater. WORD Christchurch. Flickr: 2014-08-29-IMG_1716

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Photos from the 2014 WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival.

Tracy Farr: The Novel and the Theremin

Writers and thinkers at the Festival

International

Cover of Shigeru BanCover of We need new names Cover of I am Juliet Cover of Snowden Files Cover of Paradoxical undressing Cover of Delicious Cover of Bellman and Black Cover of The silence of the sea Cover of Dreams of gods and monsters Cover of The InterestingsCover of On Offence

New Zealand

Cover of ANZAC Cover of Purgatory Cover of Passing Through Cover of Bloodclot Cover of Koiwi Koiwi Cover of Wild blackberries Cover of The Commons Cover of Fish like a drink Cover of Bruiser Cover of Civilisation Cover of Ben Brown Cover of How to hear classical musicCover of The Luminaries Cover of The Wandering Mind Cover of The 10pm question Cover of Breton Dukes Cover of The Lives and Loves of Lena Gaunt Cover of The Broken book Cover of The hut builder Cover of Simon Gault Cover of Dirty Politics Cover of While we run Cover of Incomplete works Cover of A history of silence Cover of Wake Cover of The fall of light Cover of Peace, power and Politics Cover of Arms Race Cover of Tragedy at Pike River Cover of Liam Cover of Tina Makereti Cover of Owen Marshall Cover of The virgin and the whale Cover of Nicky Pellegrino Cover of John Pule Cover of Charlotte Randall Cover of Inequality Cover of How we remember Cover of The shaky isles Cover of Birthright Cover of Ad Lib Cover of Dot Smith Cover of A Winter's Day in 1939 Cover of Canterbury Quake

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