Blogs about: Christchurch Writers Festival 2008
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David Veart
Last year at The Press Christchurch Writers Festival the programmers had the inspired idea of hosting a three course lunch with each course chosen by a food writer. David Veart got to choose the des… more →
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David Veart
Robyn wrote 6 months ago: Last year at The Press Christchurch Writers Festival the programmers had the inspired idea of hosti … more →
Valley of Grace by Marion Halligan
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keenanj wrote 7 months ago: Last year at the Christchurch Writers festival I went to hear Marion Halligan read from one of her b … more →
When will there be good news?
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keenanj wrote 9 months ago: When will there be good news? I wonder when Kate Atkinson wrote this book that she had any idea that … more →
UNESCO City of Literature
mj wrote 1 year ago: Ooh la la, there’s a new UNESCO City of Literature in the world, which is only the second one … more →
Escape to Asbestos 2 with Jane and Joyce
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joyciescotland wrote 1 year ago: Petropolis Joyce: I haven’t had a good snivel sesh at the end of a novel for a while but Petro … more →
Apologies to Kate Atkinson fans
keenanj wrote 1 year ago: Kate Atkinson As you can tell by the number of posts during the Writers festival, it was pretty busy … more →
Romance is dead: Sex sells
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richard wrote 1 year ago: One of the ironies of The Press Christchurch Writers’ Festival was that the star guest, Robert … more →
Blogging with Donna and other people
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tewp wrote 1 year ago: The last session I went to at the Festival was one where the star blogger of Christchurch City Libra … more →
Festival faves
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Robyn wrote 1 year ago: Bookman Beattie has posted his best of the fest, here’s mine: Festival crush – Arnold Za … more →
It's not about me - or is it?
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Robyn wrote 1 year ago: I know the festival is over but I’m not ready to let go just yet and this was one of my favour … more →
Not another bloody blog
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keenanj wrote 1 year ago: It was a proud moment to see our very own Donna Robertson on the podium on Sunday, looking cool calm … more →
Oranges are not the only prize
keenanj wrote 1 year ago: Author, Tim Lott created a bit of a controversy earlier this year when he questioned the relevence o … more →
Oranges Are Not the Only Prize
Marion wrote 1 year ago: I came being prepared to not enjoy this session as I feared it might degenerate into total focus on … more →
Sunday Festival wrap up (sniff, sniff)
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richard wrote 1 year ago: It’s been a fabulous festival, entertaining, exhilarating and a little exhausting. The organis … more →
Poetry - the eye or the ear?
richard wrote 1 year ago: Poetry and performance are natural partners. Some of the best poetry are lines, snippets or passages … more →
Language and Identity
Lucette wrote 1 year ago: Karlo MilaThe final lunch-time poetry session involved no less than 6 poets who had been brought tog … more →
The Original Branch Manual
Lucette wrote 1 year ago: Catalyst 7: The Original Branch Manual offers 7 poets, 7 artists and 7 musicians in a neatly package … more →
Mark Billingham - The dog's bollocks!
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joyciescotland wrote 1 year ago: Sleepyhead What is wrong with people, why weren’t they at Mark Billingham’s comedy romp … more →
Steve Braunias and his roosters
tewp wrote 1 year ago: Steve Braunias Big crowd this morning for a session with Steve Braunias, well known journalist from … more →
