Words on a Small Island - the Waiheke Book Festival 9-12 October at island venues
Take
a journey with words, writers, films and poetry. An inspiring four
days in the company of award winning authors, non-fiction writers and performance
poets.
During the festival a free project,
the Stream of Words, will encourage
the local community to add their poems about water and island life to the installation in
the courtyard of the new Waiheke
Library. These poetry contributions will
form waterfalls and whirlpools of words following local history about a stream
running on the Artworks site.
Join the workshop with prize-winning
poet and leading creative writing tutor Cliff Fell (right) who will walk the stream
course. Waiheke’s extraordinary
storyteller Tanya Batt adds a children’s session with watery tales.
Enjoy
wine, memoirs & photographic books
along with acclaimed photographer and conservationalist Craig Potton, wine
writer John Saker and the well known
Aucklander, Sir Bob Harvey at the gala lunch at Mudbrick on October 12.
Discover
a treasure trove of new books hot off the press. Maritime adventures include Graeme Lay’s James
Cook’s New World and Bruce Ansley
with the updated version of Johnny Wray’s South Seas Vagabond.
Art followers can join Jeff Thomson at
the festival opening with his exhibition
of work and book celebrating three
decades of his work Corrugations.
Be inspired with tempting books to recline in a deckchair with over
summer.
The programme can be downloaded from the website
www.waihekebookfestival.co.nz
Bookings at Eventfinda. www.waihekebookfestival.co.nz
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