THE FESTIVAL HAS STARTED!

THE FESTIVAL HAS STARTED! Last night we had young poets at the Xchange and launched C1's amazing pop up book Let's Take a Walk. Today we welcome hundreds of students to our Inspiring Writers schools day, and really kick things off with the New Regent St Pop-Up Festival, Can Books Change the World* and PechaKucha Night. See you there!     SHIFTING POINTS OF VIEW A number of sessions in the festival this year have been designed to provoke discussion and maybe even change a few minds. They are also the stories behind the news headlines. Here are just a few   EMBRACING DEATH Using the case of Lecretia Seales as a starting point, Caitlin Doughty, Ruth McManus and Seales’ widower Matt Vickers discuss euthanasia and society’s attitudes to death with Cate Brett. More   READ:  an extract from Matt Vickers’ book Lecretia’s Choice READ: Saturday's article in The Press about the forthcoming parliamentary inquiry into euthanasia involving Matt Vickers.     BUSTED: FEMINISM AND POP CULTURE How far has feminism come? Join editor of New York feminist magazine BUST, Debbie Stoller, in conversation with Charlotte Graham. More   LISTEN: to a brilliant interview with Debbie by Kim Hill READ: Debbie Stoller interviews in The Spinoff: “Society doesn’t let women live past 40.”     REIMAGING JOURNALISM Contributors from Freerange Press’s latest release, Don’t Dream It’s Over: Reimagining Journalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, discuss the state of the media today and how journalism might flourish again. More   LISTEN: to a very forthright and honest interview with Paula Penfold, contributor to Don’t Dream It’s Over and WORD panellist on Sunday Mornings with Wallace Chapman.     TRUE CRIME Why do true crime stories hold so much fascination for readers and viewers? Jarrod Gilbert talks to Steve Braunias and Tim McKinnel, the investigator behind the Teina Pora case, about false confessions, and the nature and characteristics of homicide.More   READ & WATCH: The Teina Pora/Malcolm Rewa case is back in the news

WORK/SEX A timely and important discussion in which three writers, Kate Holden, Jodi Sh. Doff and Leigh Hopkinson talk about their experiences working in the sex industry. More   READ: Two of our panellists weigh in on the Chiefs' stripper scandal     *Unfortunately due to flight delays Nadia Hashimi will not be appearing on Can Books Change the World? However she will be appearing on Sunday at 3.30pm as per the programme. Chris Tse has had to cancel due to ill health. We wish him a speedy recovery.     FULL PROGRAMME HERE