Launches, Parades & Festivities at The Women's Bookshop

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Dear Graham BOOK LAUNCHCollaborative and Indigenous Mental Health Therapy Tataihono - Stories of Maori Healing and Psychiatry Thursday 2 February 6pm in the bookshop Please join us to celebrate the international publication of this important New Zealand book that examines a collaboration between traditional Maori healing & clinical psychiatry. Wine, food, music, talking – everyone welcome. BOOK LAUNCH Doctors in DenialThe forgotten women in the ‘unfortunate experiment’ Monday 13 February, 5.30 - 7pm AUT Sir Paul Reeves Building, (Foyer, Level 1), WG Building, 55 Wellesley St Dr. Ron Jones was a junior obstetrician & gynaecologist at the time of Dr. Herb Green’s ‘unfortunate experiment’. In 1984, with two senior doctors, he published the scientific paper that exposed the horrifying truth & led to the Cartwright enquiry. He tells his own story & the story of professional arrogance & the unnecessary suffering of countless women. x Join Otago University Press, the Faculty of Health & Environmental Sciences at AUT, & The Women’s Bookshop to celebrate the publication of this crucial book. PRIDE FESTIVAL Big Gay Out !  Sunday 12 February midday to 7pm, Coyle Park, Pt. Chev. Visit our wonderful bookstall-in-a-tent! Samesame but Different 17-18 February at AUT University City Campus A celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand's top LGBTQI writing talent. Our very own Carole Beu will be hosting the Gala Event on Friday night featuring local & international authors, & she will being doing a live video-link interview with Val McDermid on Saturday morning. Pick up a programme from the bookshop or go to samesamebutdifferentnz.co.nz Pride Parade Saturday 25 February starting from Three Lamps at 7.30pm The Women’s Bookshop & Friends will be marching down Ponsonby Road reading books in the Pride Parade! Come & cheer us on! Free Movie Double Passes We have 5 double passes to give away to the brilliant Toni Erdmann, one of the frontrunners for Best Foreign Film at the Academy Awards. The first 5 people who forward this email (via this link) to a friend will win – but you must be in Auckland to come into the shop to pick up your pass!

x We have a busy & exciting year coming up, with TWO Ladies’ Litera-Teas Sunday 3 September & Sunday 29 October! Wondering what to read next? Check out our Faves & Raves of 2016 Patricia, Tanya, Carole, Andrea, & Zoé  x

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