A
vast astrological murder mystery and award-winning anti-memoirs of Scottish
writer Janice Galloway headline the 2013 season of Writers on Mondays, an
annual literary event series presented by Victoria University’s International
Institute of Modern Letters (IIML).
Wellingtonians
will get a first look at The Luminaries, the extraordinary follow-up to
internationally acclaimed author Eleanor Catton’s much-praised début novel The Rehearsal.
Later
in the series, audiences are invited inside the moving but unsentimentally
rendered childhood and adolescence of Janice Galloway in This is Not About
Me and All Made Up (Scottish Book of the Year, 2012), and
into the dark side of Scotland that’s revealed in her short fiction.
The
series starts on 15 July with novelist Carl Shuker—winner of the 2006 Prize in
Modern Letters—whose return to New Zealand to take up the 2013 Creative New
Zealand/Victoria University Writer-in-Residence position coincides with the
release of his latest book, Anti Lebanon, a cross-genre political
thriller and horror novel set in the Arab Spring.
The
following week, Kate Camp unpacks the suitcase of poems she brought home from
her prestigious Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency.
Next,
two exciting new writers—Emma Martin and Amy Head—offer their take on the art
of contemporary short fiction in conversation with Emily Perkins.
To mark National Poetry Day,
Writers on Mondays present an opportunity to hear some of the Best New
Zealand Poems in the popular annual reading.
On
26 August, Dave Armstrong guides audiences on an expedition into the
blogosphere with Wellington bloggers Danyl McLauchlan and Giovanni Tiso who
have earned themselves hordes of online followers with their respective blogs,
The Dim-Post and Bat, Bean, Beam.
In
September the series looks to the New Zealand literature of the future with a
tour of début poetry collections by three diverse new-generation poets—Ashleigh
Young, Therese Lloyd and Amy Brown.
Damien
Wilkins, Director of IIML, says, “The wonderful combination of new voices and
established writers makes this series a brilliant fixture on the literary
calendar.”
Writers
on Mondays events run from 12.15–1.15pm at The Marae, Level 4, Te Papa, except
for: Short Sharp Script 1 & 2: Circa Theatre, Mon 23 and 30 September, 12.15–1.15pm
The
full 2013 Writers on Mondays programme appears below. The programme can also be
viewed and downloaded here: http://www.victoria.ac.nz/modernletters/about/events/writers-mondays.aspx
Admission
is free, all are welcome.
Writers
on Mondays is presented by Victoria University’s International Institute of
Modern Letters with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, and additional
support from Circa Theatre. Janice Galloway’s visit is jointly funded by the IIML and
the Melbourne Writers’ Festival.
For
further information contact Chris Price, Senior Lecturer, IIML, on 04-463 6854
or chris.price@vuw.ac.nz.
Writers
on Mondays 2013
12.15–1.15
pm, The Marae, Level 4, Te Papa, except for:
·
Short Sharp Script 1&2—Circa Theatre
15
July
The Method Actor: Carl Shuker
‘Brash
and fearless’, is how the New York Times described Carl Shuker’s first novel,
The Method Actors, which won him the 2006 Prize in Modern Letters. His
latest novel, Anti Lebanon, has just been published in the United
States, where Publishers Weekly reviewed it as ‘a haunting and riveting account
of war, loss, and exile’. Shuker is this year’s Creative NZ/ Victoria
University Writing Fellow. Chair: Damien Wilkins.
22
July
Snow White’s Coffin: Kate Camp
May
saw the release of Kate Camp’s fifth poetry collection, Snow White’s Coffin.
Written during her spell as the 2011 Creative New Zealand Berlin resident, the
book renews the spooky and measured lyricism we have come to love in her poems.
The recipient of the 2011 New Zealand Post Book Award joins chair Jane Stafford
to discuss what gets charmed and what gets buried in the work at hand.
29
July
Two Tough Girls: Emma Martin and Amy Head
‘A
short story is a love affair, a novel is a marriage’, writes author Lorrie
Moore, a short story is a photograph; a novel is a film. We welcome Emma Martin
and Amy Head to discuss these important distinctions and share from their
eagerly-awaited debut story collections, Two Girls in a Boat and
Tough. Hear what these exciting new writers think about the craft of
contemporary short story-writing and the perils and delights of a first
publication. Chair: Emily Perkins.
5
August
The Luminaries: Eleanor Catton
Internationally
acclaimed author Eleanor Catton discusses her second, much-anticipated novel, The
Luminaries. Set in Hokitika during the gold rush of 1866, and described as
an ‘astrological murder mystery’, the book draws immediate comparisons to the
vast and macroscopic novels of the 19th century. In conversation with Fergus
Barrowman, Catton will describe the origins, mysteries and fates that led to
this extraordinary new work.
12
August
Best New Zealand Poems 2012
In
honour of National Poetry Day on 16 August, Chris Price introduces a taster of
the poets whose work was chosen by last year’s editor, Ian Wedde, for the
online anthology Best New Zealand Poems 2012. Featuring Sarah Jane
Barnett, James Brown, Zarah Butcher-McGunnigle, Geoff Cochrane, Siobhan Harvey,
Helen Heath, Gregory O’Brien, Harry Ricketts and Ashleigh Young.
19
August
All Made Up: Janice Galloway
Scottish
writer Janice Galloway is celebrated for her work across many forms, including
short stories, novels, prose poetry, collaborations with visual artists and
opera libretti. Most recently her ‘anti-memoirs’, This is Not About Me
and All Made Up, have won wide acclaim, including Scottish Book of the
Year. Her writing is valued for its ‘lethal accuracy’, lyricism and compassion.
A special opportunity to hear this engaging author read from and discuss her
work with Emily Perkins.
26
August
Writing the Unspeakable: Danyl McLauchlan and Giovanni Tiso
In
the age of the blog, how is the written word received, rated, and disseminated?
Does worldwide and instantaneous access to writing put new pressures on the
writer? Danyl McLauchlan and Giovanni Tiso have earned themselves hordes of
online followers with their respective blogs, The Dim-Post and Bat, Bean, Beam
and now McLauchlan has moved into the world of print with his novel Unspeakable
Secrets of the Aro Valley. Join chair, Dave Armstrong, to hear them talk
the tech, speak the unspeakable and more.
2
September
Poetry
and Other Animals: Amy Brown, Therese Lloyd and Ashleigh Young
Three
poets, representing the imaginative range and unique voice of a new generation
in New Zealand poetry, join us to share a sampler of their recent work and
discuss how their poems came to be. Last year saw the release of Therese
Lloyd’s Other Animals and Ashleigh Young’s Magnificent Moon, two
stunning debuts. Amy Brown’s second poetry collection, The Odour of
Sanctity, reinvents a neglected form—the epic. They reflect on three ways
into New Zealand poetry with Harry Ricketts.
9
September
The Next Page (1)
Each
year we preview talent emerging from the Master of Arts Writing for the Page
workshops at the IIML. This week nine writers read from prose and poetry in
progress: Avi Duckor-Jones, Claire Orchard, Deb Potter, Sue Foot, Kate
Kilkenny, Emma Hislop, Jessica Todd, Helena Brow and Linda Bennett are
introduced by Chris Price.
16
September The
Next Page (2)
Another
smorgasbord of new writing from the IIML’s 2013 Master of Arts Page workshops.
Emily Perkins introduces Charmaine Thomson, Raqi Syed, Morgan Bach, Matt
Bialostocki, Gay Buckingham, Kirsten Le Harivel, Rachel Kerr, Kevin O’Donnell,
Viv Smith and Linley Boniface.
23
September
Short/Sharp/Script (1) at CIRCA
How
much drama can you cram into 60 minutes? Find out as actors perform rehearsed
readings of work produced by Master of Arts (Script) students at the IIML. Ken
Duncum introduces snappy dialogue from Jacob Buellens, Christine Cessford, Lisa
Cherrington, Jane Fletcher, and Lou Harness.
30
September
Short/Sharp/Script (2) at CIRCA
Five
more funny, fast and furious mini-dramas by Master of Arts scriptwriters are
delivered fresh and hot. Emma Kinane, Alison McLachlan, Hamish Parkinson,
Maryse Ridler and Colin Rowsell are on show with Ken Duncum, once again cooking
up the most entertaining lunch-hour in Wellington.
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