Word to the Wise - Book Launch Invitation

Lunchtime Event | Word to the Wise: Untangling the Mix-Ups, Misuse & Myths of Language by Mark Broatch | In-store Tuesday 11th September, 12-12:45pm

Join Unity Books Wellington as author Mark Broatch discusses his new book

Word to the Wise: Untangling the Mix-Ups, Misuse & Myths of Language

with fellow author Catherine Robertson.

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Tuesday 11th September, 12-12:45pm
In-store at Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington

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About the book A useful, playful reference to clear up language misuse and mix-ups to help any writer get their word use straight. Even the best wordsmiths can find themselves tripping over words that are commonly misused, mixed up or misspelled. Most of us have suffered the embarrassment of suddenly discovering that they have been using or spelling a word wrong for years, or, in some cases, their entire life. This useful reference untangles the mix-ups and misuses of language so that you can ensure you’ve got the word you’re looking for, whether it’s ‘taught’, ‘taut’, ‘tort’ or ‘torte’. With definitions, examples of how to sharpen up text and improve your writing, lists of useful social media abbreviations and a discussion of unusual plurals, this playful look at the often bizarre and frustrating English language has got you covered. Word to the Wise will help you get your word use straight, whether you’re writing a book, blog, email or text message.
About the authorMark Broatch is a journalist, critic and author, and an unashamed language nerd. After gaining an MA (Hons) in English Literature and Linguistics at one of New Zealand’s top universities he went on to be a senior editor and chief subeditor at three national publications.

Writers on Mondays

WRITERS ON MONDAYS Feel the Heat with Gigi Fenster and Megan Dunn Feverish: A Memoir by Gigi Fenster and Megan Dunn’s Tinderbox take a punk approach to the conventions of autobiography. In an attempt to break free from rationality and make her life a work of art, novelist and writing teacher Fenster decides to induce a fever in herself; the resulting memoir takes in apartheid South Africa and complex family dynamics. Dunn writes about the end of reading and her attempted rewrite of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, which is derailed while she works at failing bookseller chain Borders; the memoir has been described as ‘comic genius’. Novelist Emily Perkins chairs this discussion on writing about the self, books and heat. DATE:   Monday 3 September TIME:    12.15-1.15pm VENUE: Te Marae, Level 4, Te Papa Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and Te Papa Tongarewa. There events are open to the public and free of charge.

NZ Theatre Month

 

NZ Theatre Month will run throughout the whole country during all of September. Its purpose is to celebrate and elevate NZ Theatre.

Part of that is to alert people to the number of books about NZ theatre history and the number of Kiwi plays published here, notably by VUW and Playmarket.

Perfect timing in that Bruce Mason’s play, The End of  Golden Weather has just been reprinted.  

 

For full details on NZ Theatre Month go to www.theatremonth.nz .