Art on the Shore
When: 7 April
Where: Takapuna Library
Cost: Free
Where: Takapuna Library
Cost: Free
Art on the Shore is an exhibition of watercolour
painting in support of the international work of the Red Cross.
Paintings are by artists from the Lake House Arts Centre
and the Auckland Watercolour Society.
All paintings are for sale - cash and
carry.
Join us for refreshments to celebrate the exhibition
opening from 6pm on Monday 7 April. To reserve your place, please email Helen
Woodhouse or phone 09 486 8469.
A celebration
of Michele Leggott
Thursday
10 April, 6pm
Takapuna Library, Level 1
Cost: $2
Takapuna Library, Level 1
Cost: $2
Join
several well-known poets as they celebrate Michele Leggott winning the 2013
NZ Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry.
Michele
was also the inaugural NZ Poet Laureate, and will conclude the event by reading
from her latest collection.
Refreshments
will be available from 6pm before the event begins at 6.30pm.
Books
will be available for purchase and signing, courtesy of Auckland
University Press.
To book
for this event please phone 09 486 8469 or email Helen
Woodhouse.
The Paris of
the East book launch
When: Tuesday 15 April, 6pm Where: Takapuna Library
Cost: Free, but booking is recommended.
The Friends of the Takapuna Library and author Karen
McMillan are pleased to invite you to the book launch of her latest book The Paris
of the East.
The
Paris of the East is a sweeping epic of love and war, courage and survival,
sacrifice and loss. Next magazine
has called the novel "a tender love story which offers a glimpse of hope
for a better future, and reminds us that humanity and kindness ultimately
always prevail."
Come
along and hear Karen talk about her new book and also hear her
unique perspective on the book publishing world from both sides of the fence,
of working in publishing and also being a published author.
Join us
at 6pm for light refreshments, with the talk beginning at 6.30pm.
To book
please phone 09 486 8469 or email Helen
Woodhouse.
Takapuna
writers guided walk and Frank Sargeson open house
When: Monday 28 April, 10.30am - 12.30am Where: Meet at the grass area on the corner of Hauraki Road and Lake Road, Takapuna
Cost: Free
Join Vanessa Seymour from the North Auckland Research Centre
(Takapuna Library) for a guided walk around Hauraki Corner and central
Takapuna, taking in nine locations with literary associations.
Many New
Zealand writers, including Frank Sargeson, Bruce Mason and the Takapuna Lake
poet Susie Mactier lived and worked in and around Takapuna.
The walk
will begin at Hauraki Corner, visit the top end of Takapuna Beach, and finish
at Sargeson House in Esmonde Rd.
After
the conclusion of the walk, you are invited to stay on at Frank Sargeson's
House to hear Grimshaw Sargeson fellow Bianca Zander talk about what ongoing
literary support means for writers.
For
those who wish to visit without going on the walk, the Frank Sargeson House
will remain open until 1pm.
The walk
will accommodate a maximum of 20 people so booking is essential. Please
phone Takapuna Library on 09 486 8466 or email Kirsty Webb
to reserve your place.
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