WORD Christchurch Writers & Readers’ Festival 27-31 August
The Christchurch Writers and Readers’ Festival has revamped itself as WORD Christchurch and the very exciting 5-day programme was launched at an event hosted by The Press on Thursday 10 July.
The programme has a number of major strands that should — imho — appeal to a wide cross section. These include:
- Word and Music
- Performance Poetry
- Current international events
- Food
- Literary fiction stars — not least, Booker winner, Eleanor Catton, & fellow finalist, Noviolet Bulawayo
- Fantasy & world-building, including the graphic novel
- Crime
- YA & kids — including a strand of free events
This is ‘huge’ for Christchurch — and an exciting way to leap into spring, so if you haven’t already checked out the programme, you can do so by clicking here:
“leap into spring.” Once again, had to check myself on that date 😉
Sounds like a lot of fun, though!