Building A City – In Fantasy and Real Life
Many writers labour over the details of their characters and the environs they inhabit. In fantasy, the towns and cities and building can take on any form their imagination allows. In real life, Christchurch city in New Zealand has to juggle the reality of what is...
How to be a writer
A talk by Steve Hely at the Word Festival, Christchurch, 2016. “What I like about books is you can really get into someone’s head. In books you can have inner monologues.” Steve frequently contrasted his work for tv talk shows and comedy shows with...
Adventures in Publishing
A talk by Scott Pack at the Word Festival in Christchurch, 2016. Two months ago Pack received an invite from Rachel King, managed to convince his family (primarily his children) that he was a worthy world-travelling speaker, and finally had a brainwave for the theme...
Being ‘Other’ in New Zealand
Being Chinese / White / Other in New Zealand. Notes on a conversation between Alice Canton and Helene Wong. Held at Word Christchurch Festival on Friday 26 August 2016. Helene emphasised that many of the older Chinese liked the ‘fair go’ attitude in NZ and...Already Published!
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