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3 – 19 SEPTEMBER 2015 G O I N G W E S T F E S T. C O . N Z 2 CONTENTS A message from Maurice Gee ........................................................................................................................4 Welcome: Nicola Strawbridge, Chairperson, Going West Trust.....................................................................5 In Remembrance: Glenn Colquhoun / The Curnow Reader: Harry Ricketts ................................................6 The Sir Graeme Douglas Orator: Stephanie Johnson /[VJUCPF.GIGPFUQHVJG#PEKGPV2ÞMGJÞGlenn Colquhoun West Coast Anthem: Graeme Gash / Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups: Tanya Batt ...................................7 Vintage to Vanguard: Finn McCahon-Jones, Elly van de Wijdeven and Anna Miles ...................................8 6CMG6JCVStephanie Johnson and Harry Ricketts .........................................................................................9 #9CNMQPVJG9KNF5KFGChris Maclean, Shaun Barnett and Geoff Chapple............................................10 What Lies Beneath: Elspeth Sandys and Murray Gray .................................................................................11 Plumbing the Depths: Rachel Barrowman and Geoff Chapple ...................................................................12 6JG8KGYVQ/WFF[%TGGMSean Shadbolt, David Ling, Lucy Treep and Naomi McCleary ......................13 NZ Invents the World: Jon Bridges, David Downs and Wallace Chapman ................................................14 Future Faction: Toby Morris, Damon Keen, Amie Maxwell, Katie O'Neill and Adrian Kinnaird.................15 Poetry Slam.....................................................................................................................................................16 Sister Anzac ....................................................................................................................................................17 Programme at a glance ...........................................................................................................................18, 19 Handmade Histories: Mary Kelleher and Helen Schamroth ........................................................................20 The Poetry of Place: Kerry Hines, Leilani Tamu and Paula Green ................................................................21 Worlds Apart: Greg McGee and David Larsen.............................................................................................22 The People and the Land: Aroha Harris, Melissa Williams and Tainui Stephens ........................................23 5VTKMKPIC%JQTFAnna Smaill and Paula Morris ...........................................................................................24 A Life in Motion: Roger Horrocks and Andrew Clifford ................................................................................25 New Zealand By Design: Garth Falconer and Gordon McLauchlan ...........................................................26 Barefeet and Grass Stains: David Slack and Jim Mora ................................................................................27 Associated Events ....................................................................................................................................28, 29 Koanga Festival @ Te Pou .......................................................................................................................30, 31 Contact Information and Festival Team ......................................................................................................33 3 A MESSAGE FROM MAURICE GEE I’ve been to many writing festivals but none as relaxed and friendly as the Going West. On Ì iÛiÀÞwÀÃÌiÀi>`vÀÞÛiGoing West on the old Henderson railway station I’d used in my 1930s and 40s Westie boyhood and was thrilled that a festival was building from the train trip described in that novel. Twenty years have gone by and the Festival is still here and the friendliness and informality remain – Westie characteristics those. To everyone lucky enough to be attending I say relax and enjoy, that’s what it’s for (with a bit of mental stimulation thrown in) – and raise a glass of wine to Murray and his team who have kept it going for twenty years. Long may it continue. Maurice Gee, 2015 Patron of the Going West Books & Writers Festival 4 WELCOME TO THE GOING WEST BOOKS & WRITERS FESTIVAL 2015 Going West Books & Writers Festival has been proudly holding the literary line in West Auckland for twenty years. In 1996 Murray Gray’s vision to create a literary festival that included a train journey became reality. The train followed the route taken by Maurice Gee as a boy, which he described so eloquently in his novel, Going West, after which the Festival is named. That journey marked the beginning of an annual event which champions the best of New Zealand publishing throughout the country, while always celebrating local writing. Those initial drivers – writers and readers travelling the same route, sharing the literature of the nation over a glass of local wine – carry on two decades later. In their twenty-year tenure, Murray and his partner, the indomitable Naomi McCleary, have held the line, defending the bastions of writing and discourse. Defence of what we consider important, indeed essential, lies at the heart of this year’s Festival theme and is particularly pertinent as we remember the Gallipoli campaign of 100 years ago. Like any living breathing thing the Festival has grown and changed shape over the decades and the team has expanded to include Anna Fomison and Megan Carter – indispensable to the event’s smooth running – and more recently still the welcome addition of Robyn Mason as associate programme director. In this, such an auspicious year for the Festival, it is my very great pleasure to be introducing you to the riches the team has created – the Going West 2015 programme. I encourage you to come and immerse yourself in the ideas and writing of this ‘marvellous year’. Nicola Strawbridge Chairperson, Going West Trust The Going West Trust wishes to acknowledge with gratitude the generous support of Sir Graeme Douglas over the many years of the festival. 5 FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER 7.00pm Mihi / Welcome 7.20pm In Remembrance We pause to honour the courage of New Zealanders who fought and fell in the tragedy of the Gallipoli campaign. Glenn Colquhoun, as our guest of honour, will read from )CNNKRQNKs8KUKQPUCPF4GƃGEVKQPU by Alistair Te Ariki Campbell. Glenn ColquhounÃ>«iÌ>`V `Ài½ÃÜÀÌiÀ°ÃwÀÃÌViVÌ The Art of Walking UprightÜÌ iiÃÃi>V>ÞLiÃÌwÀÃÌL of poetry award at the 2000 Montana Book Awards. Playing God, his third collection, won the poetry section of the same awards in 2003 as well as the reader’s choice award that year. He has written four children’s books and published a book of essays entitled Jumping ship and other essays. He was awarded the Victoria University Prize in Modern Letters in 2004 and a Fulbright scholarship to Harvard University in 2010. In 2012 he was part of the 'Transit of Venus' poetry exchange at the Frankfurt book fair and in 2014 represented New Zealand on the Commonwealth Poets United poetry project which celebrated the Glasgow Commonwealth Games that year. He works as a GP in Horowhenua. 7.30pm The Curnow Reader: Harry Ricketts In memory of Allen Curnow and his generosity towards Going West, we invite a poet of note to read each year from recent work. Curnow’s voice resonates down the years; 'Not I, some child, born in a marvellous year/ Will learn the trick of standing upright here' remains a mantra to express our sense of national identity. The reading offered in Curnow’s name, and with gratitude to the late Jeny Curnow who continued in her support for Going West, is this year delivered by editor, essayist, biographer and poet, *CTT[4KEMGVVU Known for his love of cricket, Kipling and poetry, his latest book of poems, Half Dark]¿>``ÀiÃÃiÃÌ i«i«i>`«>ViÃÌ >Ìw>vi>`Ì i}>«Ã they leave behind'. *CTT[4KEMGVVU is a professor in the English Programme at Victoria 1ÛiÀÃÌÞv7i}Ì>`>ÃÌi>V iÃVÀi>ÌÛiwVÌ>Ì the International Institute of Modern Letters. He has published 30 books. These include literary biographies The Unforgiving Minute: A Life of Rudyard Kipling (1999) and Strange Meetings: the poets of the Great War (2010), personal essays How to Live Elsewhere (2004), and *QYVQ%CVEJC%TKEMGV/CVEJ (2006) and ten collections of poems, most recently Half Dark (2015). He has also co-edited several anthologies of New Zealand poetry, a collection of new essays about WWI, How We Remember: New Zealanders and the First World War (2014) and in 2015 with Gavin McLean The Penguin Book of New Zealand War Writing. 6 11 SEPTEMBER FRIDAY 7.50pm The Sir Graeme Douglas Orator: Stephanie Johnson 'Holding the Line' resonates with much of the memorialising that the 100th anniversary of WWI and the Gallipoli campaign has brought to the fore in 2015. These enigmatic yet simple words offer a broad canvas for Stephanie Johnson to explore. Her recently published novel, The Writers’ Festival, may lead her to comment on both creating and being a part of festivals such as this one as we 'hold the line' for the written word. It ÃvÌiÌ >Ì-Ìi« >iÜ>ÃÃÌ>}i>ÌÌ iÛiÀÞwÀÃÌ}7iÃÌÃ>`7ÀÌiÀà Festival in 1996 with her novel, The Heart’s Wild Surf. Stephanie Johnson is an Auckland writer. Her most recent book is The Writers’ Festival, a stand-alone sequel to her 2013 novel The Writing Class. Stephanie has published widely across many genres >` >Ã>ÃÜÀÌÌivÀÌ iÃÌ>}i]ÌiiÛÃ>`w°£n]ÜÌ Peter Wells, she co-founded the highly successful Auckland Writers Festival. 8.20pm ÞÌ Ã>`i}i`ÃvÌ iƂViÌ*ńi ń\Glenn Colquhoun As a younger writer Glenn Colquhoun grew up attending the Going West Festival. The stories he heard there helped to shape in part his consciousness about New Zealand writing and its many characters. He wanted to bring back some pieces of oral poetry in English that were inspired by many of the sessions he sat through. They are his way of saying thank you to Murray for being such passionate champion of the local – and for always seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary. 8.30pm West Coast Anthem: Graeme Gash Singer/songwriter Graeme Gash transforms the poetic into performance in a love song to the the wild west coast of the Waitakere Ranges. Co-founder of 1970s band Waves and sometime children’s book illustrator Graeme Gash is unrepentantly Westie, born and raised on an orchard in Oratia and still there over half a century later. Designer of LÌ Ì iÛiÀÞwÀÃÌ>`Ì iVÕÀÀiÌ}7iÃÌ}Ã] iÃÌ i}À>« V architect for Glengarry Wines (itself with roots in West Auckland), but his true heart resides in music and penning songs about life between the bush and the black sand, just beyond the city lights. 8.45pm Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups: Tanya Batt Tanya Batt has created a unique space in the story telling world. As she weaves old stories into new, she will take us on a journey into a world of fantasy spiced with touches of the erotic and risqué. Not a session for children. Tanya Batt is a confessed story-o-phile and frock-a-holic hailing from the enchanted Island of Waiheke. A word-warbler and story-stitcher, she channelled her childhood propensity for talking and her love of dressing up into a real ‘imaginary job’. Stories have put food on her table and a roof over her head, enabling her to share her work in over 20 countries. A published author and arts educator, her love for the natural world and curiosity for the mysteries of life feed her playful repertoire. Imagined-Worlds.net. Sponsored by Deco Eatery, Lopdell House, Titirangi 9.45pm Supper and drinks 7 SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 8.30am Coffee/tea 9.00am Vintage to Vanguard From the gift shop to the art gallery paua shell jewellery has traversed from 1940s love token to derided tourist souvenir to avant-garde adornment displayed on the walls of the world’s longest running jewellery gallery Fingers. It took an immigrant from the Netherlands, Elly van de Wijdeven with her outsider’s eye, to recognise and record our commercial paua jewellery industry in her book Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery: art souvenir, tourist MKVUEJ-KYKKEQPAuckland’s Fingers jewellery collective recognised the power of paua in their landmark 1981 Paua Dreams exhibition, transforming paua from kitsch to cool. The Fingers jewellers (many from West Auckland) pioneered the use of shell, Li>`ÃÌiVÌi«À>ÀÞiÜiiÀÞÀiyiVÌ}>`}iÕà iÀÌ>}i°Finn McCahon-Jones and co-author Damian Skinner have honoured the Fingers story in Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand. Finn and Elly are in conversation with iÜiiÀÞ>wV>`>`>ÀÌ}>iÀÞ`i>iÀ#PPC/KNGU Finn McCahon-Jones is the Curator of Auckland Stories at the ƂÕV>`ÕÃiÕ/ń>*>i}>À>]Ü iÀi i >ÃÕÃÌ«ii` a major exhibition 6CMW6ÞOCMK#WEMNCPF5VQTKGU. He has held a number of positions at Auckland Museum, including associate curator of Applied Arts and Design. In 2014, with Damian Skinner, he co-authored Fingers: Jewellery for Aotearoa New Zealand: 40 Years of Fingers jewellery gallery and curated a retrospective exhibition of Fingers jewellery at Objectspace gallery. He is a producer and radio DJ on The Kids Show]xL>`ÃÛÛi`ÜÌ ƂÕV>`ÌvÀ«ÀwÌ}>iÀiÃ>` artist-run spaces. Elly van de Wijdeven Ã>>V>`iV>`ÀiÃi>ÀV iÀÌ iwi`v material culture. Along with her interest in paua shell jewellery, she Ã>«À>VÌV}wLÀi>ÀÌÃÌ>`ÜÀÌiÃ>`ëi>à iÜ<i>>` textiles. Elly was a contributor to the $GTI(CUJKQP'PE[ENQRGFKC Vol 7, Australia and New Zealand and in September 2015 published two books on paua jewellery – the richly illustrated Vintage Paua Shell Jewellery and the accompanying ebook New Zealand Paua 5JGNN,GYGNNGT[CEWNVWTCNJKUVQT[. An exhibition of vintage paua shell jewellery curated by Elly will be at Objectspace 12th September – 31st October. Photo: Sait Akkirman Anna Miles is an art dealer and lecturer in Visual Arts at AUT. Deciding she would be more productive as an artists' champion than as a critic she established her gallery in 2003. For eleven years the Anna Miles Gallery was located in High St before relocating to Upper Queen St in 2015. Anna Miles has represented the jeweller Octavia Cook since 2003. CPPCOKNGUICNNGT[EQO 8 12 SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 10.00am Take That! Stephanie Johnson returns to talk with *CTT[4KEMGVVU about ut her new novel, The Writers’ Festival. As both of these writers rs have been involved in literary festivals for many years we anticipate thoughtful, entertaining and witty insights that may, or may not, have relevance to Going West. Free session Stephanie Johnson - See Page 7 Harry Ricketts - See Page 6 10.30am Morning Tea Proud to sponsor the Going West Festival It’s all about team work, experience and success. Bayleys Titirangi – listing and selling successfully in your area. Belinda Henson R Richard Cadness Jeannette Young-Smith Manager Victoria Turner Cameron Hems Robyn Baldock Karlene Ashworth-Dennis Pawel Smuga CALL US! We can add extra value to your sale! Book a FREE 20-minute appointment. 400 Titirangi Road, Titirangi. B 09 817 0101 Bayleys Real Estate Ltd Titirangi. Licensed under the REA Act 2008 9 SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 11.00am A Walk on the Wild Side Photo: Geoff Spearpoint, 2014 A Walk on the Wild Side brings Chris Maclean and Shaun Barnett together with Geoff Chapple in a session that explores and celebrates the unique qualities of the New Zealand landscape and bush. Chris and Shaun have produced Tramping: a New Zealand History, a major work on the magic of our love affair with our rugged landscape. Geoff, founder of the New Zealand-long trail Te Araroa, also knows the back country, and in his new book Terrain: travels through CFGGRNCPFUECRG, walks side by side with geologists to explore the tectonic forces that make up Aotearoa. 5RQPUQTGFD[9CKVGOCVC$CEM%CTG$GFU Since beginning to tramp as a teenager in the Kaweka and Ruahine ranges, Shaun Barnett has tramped the length and breadth of New <i>>`°ƂvÌiÀwÀÃÌÜÀ}vÀÌ ii«>ÀÌiÌv ÃiÀÛ>Ì] he turned to writing and photography, and co-wrote with Rob Brown the Montana Award winning %NCUUKE6TCORKPIKP0GY Zealand. Shaun has written several best-selling guidebooks, edited Wilderness magazine (1999 to 2003) and is currently the editor of the Federated Mountain Clubs’ Bulletin. In 2013 he published, with Rob Brown and Geoff Spearpoint, Shelter HTQOVJG5VQTO6JGUVQT[QH0GY<GCNCPFoU$CEMEQWPVT[ Huts, which won the New Zealand Booksellers’ Choice Award, and in 2014, with Chris Maclean, Tramping: a New Zealand history. 5WRRQTVGFD[2QVVQP$WTVQP Photo: Miriam Beatson Chris Maclean is a Wellington historian, writer, photographer and publisher, with a keen interest in the outdoors. He has written a number of acclaimed books, including Tararua: the story of a Mountain Range, Wellington: Telling tales, and Kapiti, which won the Montana Award for History and Biography in 2000. Chris has also written two biographies, ,QJP2CUEQGand Stag Spooner: Wild Man from the Bush, and in 2014, with Shaun Barnett, Tramping: a New Zealand history. He is the great-grandson of publisher George Whitcombe, a founder of Whitcombe & Tombs, and keeps the family tradition alive through his own publishing imprint, The Whitcombe Press. Geoff Chapple >ÃÜÀÌÌiÃÝLÃvwVÌ]VÕ`}Ì i people’s protest book 1981: The Tour, on the divisive Springbok Rugby Tour, and Rewi Alley of China. Alley was also the subject of his opera libretto, performed at the 1998 New Zealand International Festival of the Arts, with music by Jack Body. He has written radio drama and television scripts, and co-wrote the screenplay v6ViÌ7>À`½Ã>VV>i`wThe Navigator. His play *CVEJ was a feature of the 2007 Auckland Festival of the Arts. Geoff founded the New Zealand-long tramping track Te Araroa, which opened in 2011. In 2012 he was made >"vwViÀvÌ i iÜ<i>>`"À`iÀviÀÌvÀÃiÀÛViÃÌÌÀ>«}]ÌÕÀÃ>` literature. His latest book is 6GTTCKPVTCXGNUVJTQWIJCFGGRNCPFUECRG(2015). 10 12 SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 12.00pm What Lies Beneath Memoir can be both catharsis and connection, a path to an emotional truth that may be beyond the complex nature of memory. In What Lies Beneath writer Elspeth Sandys reveals, in conversation with Murray Gray, her search for her birth parents, born in part of a need to 'dispel the ancestral darkness' she felt enveloped her. Eloquent, humorous and full of feeling, this is a memoir that will have you re-thinking your own past. Free session Photo: Liz March, 2014 Novelist and playwright, Elspeth Sandys, has published eight novels, two collections of short stories, and written numerous plays for BBC Radio and Radio New Zealand, >ÃÜi>ÃÜÀ}w>`ÌiiÛÃÃVÀ«ÌðiÀÛi]River Lines, was long-listed for the Orange Prize, and her play, Rogues and Vagabonds was selected for the 20th London International Playwriting Festival and shortlisted at the Columbus State Theatre Playwriting Competition. In 2003 her short story collection, Standing in Line, was awarded the Elena Garro (PEN International) Prize in Mexico. In 2012 The Cave of Winds won Best Spoken Feature in the New Zealand Media Awards. Elspeth has held several Writer in Residency Awards in New Zealand, Australia and the UK. In 2006 she was >`i>"vwViÀvÌ i iÜ<i>>`"À`iÀviÀÌvÀÃiÀÛViÃÌÌiÀ>ÌÕÀi°iÀ memoir, What Lies Beneath, was published in 2014. Murray Gray was born in Nelson, grew up in Gisborne and attended university in Wellington and Auckland. He was a primary school teacher for a number of years, worked in the popular music business for a while, and later as a bookseller running Gone West Books in Titirangi. He initiated the Going West Books & Writers Festival in 1996 and has been Programme Director ever since. 12.30pm Lunch WORKSHOP FOR WRITERS Seminar Room, Lopdell House, 418 Titirangi Road Thursday 10th September 1.00pm to 4.00pm ÃÞÕÀÜÀÌ}y>LLÞÀw̶/ ÃÎ ÕÀÜÀà «Ü i« ÞÕiiÀ}âiÞÕÀÜÀÌ}]LÃÌÞÕÀÛiÀL>wÌiÃÃ]>`ÃÌÀ« unnecessary padding from your prose. Author of The Writer's Diet, Helen Sword is a scholar, award-winning teacher and poet. A passionate advocate of creativity and craftsmanship in scholarship, teaching and the arts, Helen received the University of Auckland's 2007 Teaching Excellence Award for Innovation in Teaching. Places are limited and bookings essential.Workshop fee: $30. Book at [email protected]. Further information: 027 3685279 5WRRQTVGFD[#WEMNCPF7PKXGTUKV[2TGUU 11 SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER MAURICE AND MAURICE 1.30pm Plumbing the Depths Maurice Gee, whose novel Going West was the spark that created this Festival 20 years ago is one of our most loved and revered writers. In her long-awaited biography of Gee, Rachel Barrowman explores the life and work of this master novelist whose work has frequently featured West Auckland. She is in conversation with Geoff Chapple, Gee’s cousin, who will contribute an illuminating insight into his writing and its relationship to Gee’s life. Rachel Barrowman is a biographer and historian. She is the author of Mason: The Life of R.A.K. Mason, which won the 2004 Montana New N Zealand Book Award for Biography and Memoir, A Popular Vision: the arts and the left in New Zealand 1930–1950, The Turnbull: a library and its world and 8KEVQTKC7PKXGTUKV[QH9GNNKPIVQP 1899–1999: a history. In 2006 she received one of New Zealand’s most important literary awards, the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers’ Fellowship, to research and write /CWTKEG)GG.KHGCPF9QTM (2015). Geoff Chapple See Page 10 VICTORIA UNIVERSITY PRESS Maurice Gee: Life and Work Rachel Barrowman 9780864739926 hardback $60.00 0DXULFH*HHLVRQHRI1HZ=HDODQG·VJUHDWHVWÀFWLRQZULWHUV+LV work is loved by generations of readers and has earned him many DZDUGV,QWKLVUHYHODWRU\QHZZRUNDFFODLPHGELRJUDSKHU5DFKHO %DUURZPDQLQWHUZHDYHVWKHVWRU\RI*HH·VOLIHZLWKKLVÀFWLRQ illuminating the unassuming ‘man in the grey cardy’ alongside his XQVHWWOLQJVWRULHV,PPDFXODWHO\UHVHDUFKHGZLWKIXOODFFHVVWR KHUVXEMHFWDQGKLVUHFRUGVMaurice Gee: Life and Work offers a IDVFLQDWLQJSRUWUDLWRIDZULWLQJOLIH UNITY BOOKS AUCKLAND 19 High St, Auckland CBD ph (09) 307 0731, fx (09) 373 4883 [email protected], www.unitybooks.co.nz 12 12 SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 2.30pm The View to Muddy Creek /WEJQHO[NKHGRQUUKDN[VQQOWEJJCUDGGPNKXGFKPCUVWFKQ set above a serene New Zealand estuary. This hermit hideout, where I write now, is fringed with spindly mangroves, wreathed with rainforest, and always under siege from loud-mouthed birds. Maurice Shadbolt, From the Edge of the Sky, (1999). To mark the launching of a project, supported by the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, to develop a Writers’ Residency at Arapito Road, Titirangi, we visit the house from which Maurice Shadbolt produced almost the entire canon of his work and talk about the life of this most loved New Zealand writer. Son, Sean Shadbolt, publisher, David Ling and biographer, Lucy Treep will converse with Naomi McCleary who h has h nurtured the dream of a residency in Maurice’s house from the time of Waitakere City’s purchase in 2004 through to the present time. Sponsored by Bayleys Real Estate Team, Titirangi Sean Shadbolt lived at the Titirangi house with Maurice on and off through the 1960s and 70s and again in the early 2000s. He worked as a photographer for 25 years in Auckland on food and recipe books along with other magazine and advertising work. He currently lives in Green Bay, studies Chinese language and teaches English as a Second Language. Raised in West Auckland, David Ling entered publishing in 1974, as an editor at Longman Paul, becoming a director of Heinemann Publishers and of Random Century before setting up his own company, David Ling Publishing, in 1993. / iwÀÃÌL i>ÕV i`Ü>Ã>ÕÀVi Shadbolt’s One of Ben’s and he has continued as Maurice’s publisher iÛiÀÃVi°i >ëÕLà i`>Ü`iÀ>}ivwVÌ>`wVÌ>s well as providing consultancy services and contract book production for a variety of companies and institutions. In 2010 David added a separate children’s picture book imprint, Duck Creek Press. He has been active within a number of book trade organisations and, as a former long-time councillor of the Publishers Association, in 2011 he was awarded Honorary Life Membership for his services to the industry. Architect Lucy Treep has a PhD in English Literature, and three adult children. In 2013 she was engaged, as part of Burgess and Treep Architects, to research the life of the Shadbolt house at Arapito Road, focussing on the time the family lived there. This research was undertaken as part of the conservation plan written to facilitate the establishment of the house as a writer’s residence. The Shadbolt research proved so compelling that Lucy applied for, and was awarded, a Friends of the Turnbull Library Research Grant to write a biography of Maurice Shadbolt. - iÃw`}Ì i- >`LÌL}À>« V>ÀiÃi>ÀV vÕÞ]à V}]Ã>`>`Õ«vÌ}\ other words, enormously enjoyable and rewarding. Naomi McCleary is a co-founder of the Going West Book & Writers Festival and is the Festival Producer. Naomi is an arts advocate for West ƂÕV>`>`Ü>Ã7>Ì>iÀi ÌÞ ÕV½ÃwÀÃÌƂÀÌÃ>>}iÀ°- i oversaw the development of many arts initiatives including a groundbreaking practice of integrating the work of artists into the fabric of urban development, the restoration of Colin McCahon’s French Bay house and the establishment of the McCahon House Artists’ Residency. >Ü>ÃÌ iwÀÃÌÀiV«iÌv>"ÕÌÃÌ>`}`Û`Õ> ÌÀLÕÌƂÜ>À`vÀ Creative New Zealand for her services to the arts within local government. She currently works as a free-lance arts consultant. 3.30pm Afternoon Tea 13 SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 4.00pm NZ Invents the World From the Thermette and the electric fence to DNA, from ingenious and useful devices to reshaped science and new modes of thinking that (eventually) sweep the world, the À>}iv iÜ<i>>`ÛiÌÃ>`Ì iÀyÕiVià staggering. No.8 Re-wired: 202 New Zealand Inventions that Changed the World delves into New Zealand inventions and their inventors, some household names, some yet to LiÜÕÌÃ`iÌ iÀÜwi`Ã]>`ÃiÌ >ÌÃii to have been always with us – who knew that that had to Ì LiÛiÌi`¶Ƃ`Ü iÜÌÜ>Ã>ÜÜ ÛiÌi`̶ƂÕÌ Àà Jon Bridges and David Downs revel in their subject matter, in their book and in conversation with the inventive bar-room broadcaster 9CNNCEG%JCROCP Jon Bridges is a well-known TV presenter and producer, with such credits as +EG68, Who Ate All the Pies? and the panel show Would I Lie to You? For the past six years he has been the producer of New Zealand’s most successful TV comedy show, 7 Days. Jon has written a column for the New Zealand Listener, a popular blog for sVWHHEQP\, a book on cycling in New Zealand, Easy Rider, and another on New Zealand inventions and innovation, No. 8 Rewired, with David Downs. Jon lives in the house he built with his designer wife Gemma, and their recent addition Zeno. A native of Whanganui, David Downs began his working life as an actor, writer and comedian and was the co-founder with Jon Bridges and others of The Classic Comedy & Bar in Auckland. He left this behind to start a second career in IT, which he stuck with for nearly 20 years, including a stint for Microsoft in Asia. David’s strong interest in innovative companies, and his pride in New Zealand, led him back to Aotearoa and his third career at New Zealand Trade & Enterprise, where he helps local businesses develop internationally. David lives in Devonport, Auckland, with his TV producer wife Katherine and his three fast-growing boys Jack, Joshua and Toby. Photo: Liz March, 2014 Wallace Chapman is the host of the popular pub-politics show $CEM$GPEJGU and Radio New Zealand National’s Sunday Morning. He has also presented a 13-part series called The New Old – looking at old trends that have come back into fashion. Wallace has hosted several LATEs at Auckland Museum with a prestigious panel of identities discussing the big issues facing New Zealand society. He is the author of Don’t Just Do Something, Sit There: a manifesto for living the slow life. 14 12 SEPTEMBER SATURDAY 5.00pm Future Faction Damon Keen and Amie Maxwell are the editors of the wickedly good (CEVKQP0GY<GCNCPF%QOKE#PVJQNQI[. Lucy Lawless described Faction’s latest edition High Water as a jolly horror comic.. Eleven comic artists take a look at a possible future in a world shaped by man-made climate change. Poetic, political, profound, each comic artist brings their perspective to this global issue, managing to never be preachy or overly earnest. Three of the artists featured – Damon Keen, Katie O’Neill and Toby Morris – share the stage with Amie Maxwell and are in conversation with cartoonist, comics writer and blogger #FTKCP-KPPCKTF Toby Morris is an illustrator, designer and VV>ÀÌÃÌÜ VÕÀÀiÌÞ`À>ÜÃ>Ì ÞwVÌVVÃiÀià called 6JG2GPEKNUYQTFfor VJGYKTGNGUUEQP\ He has written, drawn and published his own comics since the age of 13 and now juggles comics, illustration work and parenting two young sons. His most recent book is Don’t Puke on Your Dad: a year in the life of a new father and he enjoys drawing concert posters for many New Zealand bands. Cartoonist and graphic designer, Damon Keen is the editor of the New Zealand comic anthology, (CEVKQP, and co-founder of Earth’s End, a boutique graphic novel publishing house. Faction Comics has recently released a special comic collection called High Water, which explores the challenges of climate change for New Zealand. Mild-mannered recruitment manager by day, Amie Maxwell is a huge comic book fan by night and is a co-founder of Faction Comics. Since the anthology’s launch in 2012 she has edited, story-wrangled and collaborated on sales, publicity and expo events, as well as providing strategic leadership on Faction’s direction and brand. Katie O’Neill is a writer and illustrator born and living in Christchurch. Distributing comics mainly through the web, she has built an international audience through social media and blogging. Her stories are predominantly about princesses and girls who aren’t princesses - all of which are available to read online for free at UVTCPIGN[MCVKGEQO. In addition2TKPEGUU2TKPEGUU has appeared in print at comics conventions across America, TCAF in Toronto, MoCCA in NYC and ECCC in Seattle. Her short comics have appeared in the (CEVKQP and High Water anthologies, and she illustrated the series Crystal Cadets for LionForge Comics. Adrian Kinnaird has been involved in the New Zealand comic’s community as a cartoonist, writer and blogger for the past 17 years. He is the author of From Earth’s End: the Best of New Zealand %QOKEUÓä£Î®]Ì iwÀÃÌLÌ«ÀÛ`i>ÛiÀÛiÜvÌ i ÃÌÀÞ of local comic books. In 2014 he co-founded Earth’s End, a boutique publishing house dedicated to bringing more New Zealand graphic novels into print, both locally and around the world. 6.00pm Bar Opens 15 SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2015 POETRY SLAM 7.30pm 8.00pm Register to perform – see below Slam begins This is where the spoken word hits the road in a fast-paced evening of competitive performance poetry with generous cash prizes. With courage to the fore, poets from all backgrounds and beliefs speak from the heart with passion, intelligence and a desire to tell their stories. It is powerful and, above all, immensely entertaining. On Saturday 12 September at 8pm, the annual Going West Poetry Grand Slam takes place at the Titirangi War Memorial Hall. Directed by Doug Poole, assisted by MC Zane Scarborough and guest judges. The Grand Slam Final prizes: First prize $1000 • Second prize $500 • Third prize $300 HEATS 6JTGGƂPCNKUVUHTQOGCEJQHHQWTJGCVUYKNNEQORGVGKPVJG)TCPF(KPCN HEAT 1 HEAT 4 Tuesday 18 August, 6.30pm–9.00pm at Mangere Arts Centre, Corner Bader Drive and Orly Avenue, Mangere. Heat four will take place on the night of the Grand Slam Final, Saturday 12 September. Register for this heat from 7.30pm for an 8pm start. There are a limited number of registrations available for this heat. HEAT 2 Tuesday 1 September, 7.30pm till late at Poetry Live, Thirsty Dog, 469 Karangahape Rd, Ponsonby. HEAT 3 Tuesday 8 September, 6.30pm–9.00pm at Te Pou, 44a Portage Road, New Lynn. (Entrance and parking at rear, off McWhirter Place.) 16 POETRY SLAM GRAND FINAL Saturday 12 September 2015, Titirangi War Memorial Hall, 8pm. See IQKPIYGUVHGUVEQP\ for more information and for Going West Poetry Slam Rules and Guidelines. Email [email protected], phone 021 144 6619. THEATRE SEASON SISTER ANZAC by Geoff Allen 3 - 6 SEPTEMBER In partnership with the Koanga Festival Directed by Amanda Rees. Starring Donogh Rees, Alex Ellis, Anthea Hill, Gina Timberlake, David Capstick & Jordan Blaikie Sister Anzac premiered in 2014 to enraptured audiences and critical acclaim. In the centenary year of WWI there are many shows and exhibitions honouring the VÕÀ>}i>`Ã>VÀwVivÌ ÃiÜ ÃiÀÛi`]LÕÌÛiÀÞviÜiÝ«ÀiÌ iiÝ«iÀiVi of our women. Sister Anzac is the story of the nurses who went to Gallipoli on the hospital ship Maheno. A poignant and personal story embracing love and the human spirit and celebrating the strength and courage of our New Zealand women amidst the horror of WWI. +ECOGCNQPIYKVJUQOGVTGRKFCVKQPCUOCVVGTUTGNCVKPIVQVJGYCTEQOOGOQTCVKQPU CTGPQVQHRCTVKEWNCTKPVGTGUVVQOG9GNNVJCVoUYJCV+VJQWIJV6JGUJQYDTQWIJV CNKXGVJGGZRGTKGPEGUQHUQOCP[YQOGPVJCVJCXGEQOGDGHQTGOG+VYCUCYKPFQY KPVQCYQTNFVJCVJCURTGXKQWUN[PQVTGUQPCVGFYKVJOG5QGZEKVGFYCU+VJCV+YGPV DCEMVQUGGVJGKPRTQOGPCFGUGUUKQPCPFDTQWIJVHQWTHTKGPFU6JG[YGTGCNN VTCPUƂZGFYKVJQPGGZENCKOKPINCVGTVJCVUJGYQWNFpPGXGTHQTIGVKVq ;QWJCFWUGCVKPIQWVQH[QWTJCPFU.CWIJKPIET[KPIET[KPIECTKPIJWTVKPIsYQY And that beautiful rendition of Pokarekare Ana. VENUE Te Pou Theatre, 44a Portage Rd, New Lynn (Entrance and parking at rear, off McWhirter Place.) TICKETS KVKEMGVEQP\ or phone iTICKET (09) 361 1000 For outside Auckland call 0508 iTICKET 0QDQQMKPIHGGUHQTGXGPVUCV6G2QW (normal credit card transaction fees apply) Full: $32 • Concession: $27 • Group bookings (6 or more): $27 17 FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER RO Mihi/Welcome RO In Remembrance: Glenn Colquhoun RO The Curnow Reader: *CTT[4KEMGVVU RO The Sir Graeme Douglas Orator: Stephanie Johnson RO /[VJUCPF.GIGPFUQHVJG#PEKGPV2ÞMGJÞ Glenn Colquhoun RO West Coast Anthem: Graeme Gash RO Bedtime Stories for Grown Ups: Tanya Batt takes us on a journey into the ancient art of story telling – with a touch of the exotic and risqué. SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER CO Coffee/tea CO Vintage to Vanguard: Elly van de Wijdeven and Finn McCahon-Jones explore vintage and vanguard jewellery of Aotearoa New Zealand, in VÛiÀÃ>ÌÜÌ iÜiiÀÞ>wV>`#PPC/KNGU CO 6CMG6JCVStephanie Johnson shares The Writers’ Festival at our Writers’ Festival with the able assistance of *CTT[4KEMGVVUFree session CO Morning Tea CO #9CNMQPVJG9KNF5KFGChris Maclean, Shaun Barnett and Geoff Chapple in a conversation ranging over tramping and terrain in the unique wilderness of New Zealand. RO What Lies Beneath: Elspeth Sandys shares her voyage into memoir, and its complex relationship with memory, with/WTTC[)TC[Free session RO L unch RO MAURICE AND MAURICE Plumbing the Depths: Rachel Barrowman talks with Geoff Chapple about her recently published biography /CWTKEG)GG.KHGCPF9QTM RO 6JG8KGYVQ/WFF[%TGGM To mark the beginning of a project to establish a writers’ residency at Maurice Shadbolt’s Titirangi home, we visit the house and the lives lived in it with Sean Shadbolt, David Ling and Lucy Treep in conversation with 0CQOK/E%NGCT[ RO Afternoon tea RO NZ Invents the World: Wallace Chapman celebrates with authors Jon Bridges and David Downs Kiwi No. 8 wire inventions that changed the World. 18 RO F uture Faction: Damon Keen, Amie Maxwell, Katie O’Neill and Toby Morris tackle climate change in Faction’s High Water, and in conversation with cartoonist, comics writer and blogger #FTKCP-KPPCKTF RO P oetry Slam: The spoken word hits the road in a fast-paced evening of competitive performance poetry with generous cash prizes. SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER CO Coffee/tea CO Handmade Histories: Mary Kelleher melds history with exquisite craft into banner books. She joins Helen Schamroth to discuss Kiwiana and the joy of textiles. Free session CO The Poetry of Place: Kerry Hines – poetry with pictures, and Leilani Tamu – poetry with passion, share their take on time and place with poet Paula )TGGPFree session CO Morning tea CO Worlds Apart: The Antipodeans explores an intergenerational legacy of love, blood and betrayal. Author Greg McGee in conversation with David .CTUGP CO The People and the Land: Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History is a visual and textual taonga. Join Aroha Harris and Melissa Williams ŦÀiÀ ÜÌ ÛiÌiÀ>LÀ>`V>ÃÌiÀ]w>iÀ>`ÌiiÀvÃÌÀiÃvÌ>}>Ì>>` whenua 6CKPWK5VGRJGPU RO Lunch RO 5VTKMKPIC%JQTFAnna Smaill reads from her dystopian debut novel The Chimes and reveals more in conversation with 2CWNC/QTTKU RO A Life in Motion:4QIGT*QTTQEMUbrings us the joy of kinetic artist Len Lye’s words in conversation with Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery Director #PFTGY%NKHHQTF RO Afternoon tea RO N ew Zealand By Design: In Living in Paradox, Garth Falconer explores the dynamic story of this young, vigorous and intriguingly complex country at a time when huge shifts are occurring in the way we live our lives, particularly in the metropolis that is Auckland. He is in conversation with Gordon /E.CWEJNCP RO B are Feet and Grass Stains: Jim Mora talks to author &CXKF5NCEM about $WNNTWUJ – a generation’s introduction to contact sport and a training ground for All Blacks. 19 SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 8.30am Coffee/Tea 9.00am Handmade Histories 'I’ve never seen anything like it' said Kate De Goldi on Radio New Zealand. Reviewing Mary Kelleher’s children’s book she called it a complete feast for the eye – the apotheosis of Mary’s skills as a fabric artist. Truck driver Bert Williams’ story as a carrier in Banks Peninsula from the 1920s to the 1960s (based on an oral history) is illuminated by Mary through an enchantingly crafted textile collage. The book comes complete with a music CD by Titirangi local David Parker. Suitable for ages 5 to 105, this book takes you on a celebratory romp through local history. Mary converses with textile artist, curator and writer *GNGP5EJCOTQVJFree session Becoming an author and artist at 50 was not what Mary Kelleher thought was in her career path. Time out from work in the rag trade led her to discover her inner storyteller by combining an interest in local and social history with her love of textiles. Her collection of Kiwiana and recycled fabrics forms her palette to tell stories about early New Zealand life. Since 2014 her over-sized mixed-media murals have been the source for her interactive children’s banner books which combine her artwork, stories and lyrics with music by Titirangi local David Parker. 6JG5VQT[QHC0GY<GCNCPF6TWEM&TKXGT and The Mill is Kaiapoi>ÀiÌ iwÀÃÌ>ÃiÀiÃÜ V ÜVÕ`iManukau: the story of a New Zealand harbour based on her commissioned mural book made for Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery. JCPFOCFGJKUVQTKGUEQO Helen Schamroth has worked as an artist, writer, arts consultant and curator. A strong advocate for the arts sector, she has written about art, craft and design for many publications, national and international, and produced arts strategies for Waitakere City, Whangarei District and Nelson-Tasman Region. Helen’s book 100 New Zealand Craft Artists won the 1999 New Zealand Post Illustrative Arts Award and EH McCormick Best First Book Award for VÌ°Óääxà iÜ>Ã>`i>"vwViÀvÌ i iÜ<i>>`"À`iÀviÀÌvÀ services to the arts. 20 13 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 9.30am The Poetry of Place Two poets with clear voices explore place, time, and identity in conversation with poet, reviewer and blogger Paula )TGGPIn our stressed-out, overly-online lives, poetry provides us the opportunity to step outside. Kerry Hines in Young Country, a beautifully made book, with her writing and the deliciously reproduced photographs of New Zealand 19th century photographer William Williams, takes us to another country. Image and poem converse congenially on topics of house and home, street and station, private and public identities. From Aotearoa to Hawai’i, and islands in between, poet Leilani Tamu writes of places and histories, people and events, of inspiration and stupidity, beauty and grotesquery, in her book 6JG#TVQH'ZECXCVKQP. Her writing can be lyrical and satirical, angry and appreciative, personal and detached, and very funny. Free session Kerry Hines is a New Zealand poet, writer and researcher. Her poems have been published in literary journals and in the coauthored Millionaire’s Shortbread. Kerry has presented her work at readings and conferences in the USA, UK, Australia, Iceland and New Zealand. Young Country draws on her PhD in creative writing from Victoria University (2012), as does her essay on William Williams in Early New Zealand Photography: Images and Essays (2011). Leilani Tamu Ã>«iÌ]ÃV>ViÌ>ÌÀ]*>VwV ÃÌÀ>>` former New Zealand diplomat. In 2013 she was the Fulbright Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence at the University of Hawai’i. Leilani was a regular contributor to Auckland’s Metro magazine where she tackled issues as diverse as racism, unemployment, property investment, cyber bullying, youth suicide and motherhood. iÀwÀÃÌLv«iÌÀÞ]6JG#TVQH'ZECXCVKQP (2014) was described by Paula Green as 'an impressive debut that lays poetic roots in the present in order to nourish the past.' Leilani lives in West Auckland with her husband and two children. Paula Green is a reviewer, anthologist, poet, children’s author and blogger. She has published eight poetry collections including several for children. Co-written with Harry Ricketts, her book 99 Ways into New Zealand Poetry was short-listed for the 2010 NZ Post Book Awards. In 2012, she edited Dear Heart: 150 New Zealand Love Poems. She runs two blogs: NZ Poetry Box and NZ Poetry Shelf. Her latest poetry collection is The Baker’s Thumbprint, and she had two children’s books published in 2014 The Letter Box Cat and other poems and A Treasury Of New Zealand Poetry for Children. 10.15am Morning Tea 21 SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 10.45am Worlds Apart Greg McGee has spent some 15 years working on The Antipodeans. Beginning with the return to Venice of an old man determined to confront his past, this story spans three generations of a New Zealand family and their interaction with three families of Northern Italy. From Venice to the South Island of New Zealand, from the assassination of a Gestapo commander in WWII to contemporary real-estate shenanigans in Auckland, from political assassination in the darkest days of the Red Brigade to the vaulting cosmology of particle physics, The Antipodeans is a novel of epic proportions where families from the opposite ends of the earth di discover an intergenerational legacy of love, blood and betrayal. More will be revealed in a conversation with &CXKF.CTUGP5RQPUQTGFD[5QWVJ2CEKƂE2KEVWTGU Greg McGee has written plays and scripts including Foreskin’s Lament, described as 'the great New Zealand play' and the gripping TV miniseries Erebus, The Aftermath. He has published short stories, ëÀÌÃVÕÃ>` >ÃÜÀÌÌiVÀiwVÌÕ`iÀÌ i«ÃiÕ`ÞƂÝ Bosco. In 2012 he published the mega-selling 4KEJKG/E%CYVJGQRGP side. Greg was a founder of the Screenworks TV production company and a past President of the New Zealand Writers’ Guild. His novel The Antipodeans was published in 2015. 5WRRQTVGFD[7RUVCTV2TGUU David Larsen denies that he is a vampire, claiming that all three attempts to drive a stake through his heart were related to his activities as a reviewer. He has never been seen in direct sunlight and is not fond of garlic, but argues that 'stereotypes are meaningless, really, aren’t they.' A noted New Zealand publisher describes him as 'better than the alternatives'. He writes for Metro and the New Zealand Herald. He is not working on a novel. 13 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 11.45am The People and the Land Publisher Bridget Williams has done it again. Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History is a gloriously illustrated, Ü`iÀvÕÞÜÀÌÌi]V«Ài iÃÛi]ÃViÌwV>ÞÃÕ` and unfudged account of the Polynesian people who settled these islands, and their subsequent histories and connections and achievements. Over several years, historians Atholl Anderson, the late Judith Binney and Aroha Harris have given their expertise, knowledge and understanding to write this signal work. Aroha Harris and contributor Melissa WilliamsŦÀiÀÜÌ Tainui Stephens, LÀ>`V>ÃÌiÀ]w>iÀ>`ÌiiÀvÃÌÀiÃvÌ>}>Ì>>`Ü iÕ>° Ü iÕ> Aroha Harris (/i,>À>Ü>] }ń«Õ ®Ã>iLiÀvÌ i7>Ì>} Tribunal and a Senior Lecturer in History at the University of ƂÕV>`°iÀ* ÀiyiVÌà iÀÌiÀiÃÌńÀ ÃÌÀiÃvÌ i twentieth century. Aroha has a background in historical and social research for various government agencies and iwi. Her writing has appeared in a number of journals, and in anthologies of à ÀÌwVÌ>`«iÌÀÞ°Óää{à i«ÕLà i`Ì iL*ĈMQK on political protest in the late twentieth century. She has worked alongside others ÌiÃÌ>Là /i*Õ iÀiŦÀiÀ]Ì i>Ì>ViVÌÛivńÀ ÃÌÀ>Ã>` researchers. Her latest book is Tangata Whenua: An Illustrated History, co-authored with Atholl Anderson and the late Judith Binney, which won the Royal Society of New Zealand 2015 Science Book Prize. Melissa Matutina Williams /i,>À>Ü>] }ńÌ>ÀÕ®Ã>VÌÀLÕÌÀ to Tangata Whenua: an illustrated history and teaches history at the University of Auckland. Her recent book Panguru and the City draws on the oral narratives of the Te Rarawa people who in the `ÌÜiÌiÌ ViÌÕÀÞ]>Ì>ÌiÜ iÌÜ>üÌVÌŦÀiÀ½] }À>Ìi`i>ÞÀÕÀ>ńÀÌÌ iVÌiÃvƂÌi>À> iÜ Zealand. The book challenges how the history of urban migration has previously been told. Melissa Williams’ scholarship has been acknowledged with honours and awards including the Kate Edger Educational Charitable Trust – Dame Joan Metge Post-Doctoral Research Award. She has published and presented in the wi`v`}iÕÃÃÌÕ`iÃƂÌi>À> iÜ<i>>`>`ÌiÀ>Ì>Þ° Tainui Stephens /i,>À>Ü>®Ã>`i«i`iÌw>`ÌiiÛà producer, director, executive producer, writer, and presenter. Over Ì Àii`iV>`ià i >Ã>VVÀÕi`>ÞVÀi`ÌÃÌiiÛÃ>`w] but retains a love of directing. Tainui commenced his career in 1984 with Television New Zealand’s Koha. One of his recent projects was Ì ińÀ>}Õ>}ivi>ÌÕÀiwThe Dead Lands. He is committed ÌÌ iÀivÌ ińÀÃÌÀÞÌiiÀ>`iÀi`>°/>Õ is comfortable working in a wide range of genre and content and is personally attracted to compelling stories that critique and celebrate the human condition. 12.45pm Lunch 23 SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 1.45pm Striking a Chord Anna Smaill >ÃVÀi>Ìi`>ÃiÃ>ÌÜÌ iÀwÀÃÌÛiÆÌ i *WHƂPIVQP2QUVcalled her an amazing rising star. The Chimes, a dystopian novel, has been described as original, inventive, beautifully written, and completely absorbing – 'a mindexpanding literary debut composed of memory, music and imagination'. Anna is in conversation with distinguished novelist 2CWNC/QTTKU Novelist and poet Anna Smaill has a background in English literature and music e performance, beginning on the violin at the age of seven. She completed a PhD at University College London and from 2009 to 2012 was a lecturer in Creative Writing at the 1ÛiÀÃÌÞviÀÌvÀ`à Ài°iÀwÀÃÌLv«iÌÀÞ]The Violinist in Spring (2006), was listed as one of the best books in the New Zealand Listener. Her poems have been widely published in journals and magazines, and in Best New Zealand Poems. Her debut novel The Chimes featured on the UK Independent’s list of publishing highlights for 2015. Anna is currently at work on her second novel. She lives on Wellington’s south coast with her husband and daughter. Paula Morris }ńÌ7>] }ńÌ7 >ÌÕ>®ÃÌ i>ÕÌ ÀvÌ iÃÌÀÞ collection Forbidden Cities (2008); the editor of the Penguin Book of Contemporary New Zealand Short Stories (2009); and the author of eight novels, including RangatiraÓ䣣®]Ì iÜiÀvÌ iwVÌ award at both the 2012 New Zealand Post Book Awards and Nga Õ«Õ"À>ńÀƂÜ>À`ðiÀ>ÌiÃÌLÃ>«iÀÃ>iÃÃ>Þ] On Coming Home (2015). She is the new convenor of the Master of Creative Writing programme at the University of Auckland 24 13 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 2.45pm A Life in Motion Photo: Tony Heim The recognition of Len Lye and his multifarious talents took longer here than in Britain and the United States, but New Zealand now knows and celebrates his work. Roger *QTTQEMU, who has his own take on sight and sound, motion n and music, has been a key part of this recognition. He vÜà Ã`iwÌÛiiÞiL}À>« ÞÌÌiÌ the libretto, the documentary and the exhibitions) with <K\\6JGNKHGCPFCTVQH.GP.[GKPJKUQYPYQTFU. Roger assisted Len Lye in New York, helping him to look after his written material, from which Roger has selected from and edited for this new book. Roger talks with Andrew Clifford, director of the new Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in Titirangi and fellow Trustee of the Len Lye Foundation. 4QIGT*QTTQEMU is aÜÀÌiÀ]«iÌ>`w>iÀ>`vÕ`i` the Department of Film, Television and Media Studies at the University of Auckland. He has been an editor of literary magazines And, Splash and Parallax, and published poetry, 6JG#WEMNCPF Regional Transit Poetry Line (1982) and The Song of the Ghost in VJG/CEJKPG(2015). He wrote the libretto for the highly successful Len Lye: the opera with music by Eve de Castro-Robinson. Roger worked as Len Lye’s assistant in 1980 and later wrote a biography of Lye which was >w>ÃÌÌ iÓääÓ iÜ<i>>`ƂÜ>À`ðÓä£x i«ÕLà i`Zizz: the life and art of Len Lye. Roger is a Trustee of the Len Lye Foundation. He has been involved in many aspects of the arts and in 2004 was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit. Andrew Clifford is the Director of Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery in Titirangi. As a freelance writer with interests spanning the worlds of contemporary art, performance, new media and music, he has contributed many articles to journals throughout Ì iƂÃ>*>VwVÀi}°ÃiÃÃ>Þà >ÛiLii«ÕLà i`Þ Apple, Len Lye, Sean Kerr, Reuben Paterson and John Reynolds, and a chapter on invented instruments in Home, Land and Sea: 5KVWCVKPI/WUKEKP#QVGCTQC. From 2007 to 2013 he was the Curator at the University of Auckland’s Centre for Art Studies. He is a trustee of the Len Lye Foundation, the Audio Foundation and the arts agency CIRCUIT. 3.45pm Afternoon Tea 33 25 SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 4.15pm New Zealand By Design In his new book Living in Paradox: a history of urban design CETQUUMCKPICVQYPUCPFEKVKGU Garth Falconer discusses the history, nature and process of urban design across New Zealand. He explores the dynamic story of this young, vigorous and intriguingly complex country at a time when huge shifts are occurring in the way we live our lives, particularly in the metropolis that is Auckland. He is in conversation with Gordon /E.CWEJNCP Garth Falconer is a practising landscape architect and d urban b designer. He worked in San Francisco for Peter Walker and Martha Schwartz. In 1988 with three others in a converted garage in Auckland he formed Isthmus Group which grew to be a leading practice nationwide. In 2003 he completed a Master’s degree in Urban Design at Oxford Brookes University (UK). In 2008 he formed Reset Urban Design which seeks to create the ideal landscape architecture and urban design practice with a focus on making better ways of living. Garth is known for his design leadership of collaborative multi-disciplinary teams with a strong public focus. TGUGVWTDCPEQP\ Gordon McLauchlan has been a freelance journalist and writer for more than forty years; has twice been books editor of the New Zealand Herald; wrote a weekly column for the paper for thirty years; served as an investigative reporter for the National Business Review; was presenter of a National Radio programme on books; presented two live television programmes and won the Presenter of the Year award at the 1987 television awards for the magazine programme, Weekend. He has written 16 books of social commentary and history, wrote the original New Zealand questions for Trivial Pursuit and, for two seasons, the questions for the television programme, Sale of the Century. A small museum with big stories to tell... It is inside this house that artist Colin McCahon painted some of his best-known works. Step inside this slice of McCahon’s OLIHWRKHDU¿UVWKDQGVWRULHVRIWKH artist and his life in 1950s Auckland. Open: Wed to Sun 1pm - 4pm 67 Otitori Bay Road, Titirangi Suggested admission koha $5 Visits outside these hours welcome by appointment [email protected] House Museum Phone: 09 817 7200 w w w. m c c a h o n h o u s e . o r g . n z 26 13 SEPTEMBER SUNDAY 5.15pm Bare Feet and Grass Stains $WNNTWUJ#%GNGDTCVKQPQHVJG)TGCV0GY<GCNCPF Game. For those of a certain generation, Bullrush was an introduction to contact sport. There was only one rule – get past the keeper and if you fail you join him in the middle. Sometimes involving up to 30 or 40 kids, it was a playtime game that was measured by scraped knees, torn clothes and grass stains. Jim Mora talks to author &CXKF5NCEM about this training ground for All Blacks. 5WRRQTVGFD[*CTRGT%QNNKPU &CXKF5NCEM is a writer, satirist, public speaker, radio and TV commentator, broadcaster and former speech writer for Prime Ministers Geoffrey Palmer and Jim Bolger. His book Bullshit, $CEMNCUJCPF$NGGFKPI*GCTVUCEQPHWUGFRGTUQPoUIWKFGVQVJG ITGCVTCEGTQY explored the Treaty of Waitangi and race relations issues and its sequel, %KXKN9CT CPF1VJGT1RVKOKUVKE2TGFKEVKQPU) considers various doomsday scenarios in New Zealand politics. He is a regular contributor on Radio New Zealand’s The Panel, a host on Radio Live and is a columnist for Metro magazine and the Sunday Star Times. His latest book published in July 2015 is $WNNTWUJ A Celebration of the Great New Zealand Game. Jim Mora is a broadcaster and host of Radio New Zealand’s The Panel and %JGEMRQKPV Jim has won numerous awards as a television journalist and as a columnist in Metro magazine and the Sunday Star-Times. He has written and narrated a number of TV documentaries and presented various television series. He is the author of several children’s books, and TV animations for children, which have screened in many countries around the world. Jim lives in Auckland with partner Mary Lambie, three children, a cat, and numerous bikes and scooters. 27 ASSOCIATED EVENTS AND PROGRAMMES TE URU WAITAKERE CONTEMPORARY GALLERY 420 Titirangi Rd, Titirangi EXHIBITIONS: A selection of programmes that respond to Going West: The Brain is an exhibition of video work that together functions as a spatial and conceptual diagram of the ways the brain organises information. Seventeen singlechannel video works will explore themes including: landscapes of perception and cognition, tangible thoughts, altered states, phantom limbs, TV brains, dream >ÀV ÛiÃ]iÀÞwiÃ]ÜÀÌ}>`Ì i`L`ÞViVÌ° ÕÀ>Ìi`LÞ>ÀÌÃÌ Christina Read. Exhibition design by artist Paul Cullen. 14 August – 15 November. Work from Fingers’ jeweller Laura Jer in the Curiosity Corner in September. Window Space: Christina Read, 8 August – 8 September; Paul Cullen, 11 September – 11 October EVENTS: +PFKG$QQM(CKT an all-day market in the Learning Centre, Saturday 12 September Award-winning author, Michael Corballis, responds to our exhibition The Brain, Saturday 5 September, 2pm. Look out for the Te Uru monthly Write Night workshops. VGWTWQTIP\ THEATRE SEASON: SISTER ANZAC 3 to 6 September In partnership with the Koanga Festival @ Te Pou Theatre 44a Portage Rd, New Lynn $32 and $27 concession and for groups of six or more. Written by Geoff Allen and directed by Amanda Rees, Sister Anzac is a poignant and personal story embracing love and the human spirit and celebrating the strength and courage of New Zealand women amidst the horror of WWI. See Page 17 POETRY SLAM: FINAL 12 September, 8.00pm Titirangi War Memorial Hall 500 South Titirangi Rd Director: Doug Poole Where the spoken word hits the road in a fast-paced evening of competitive performance poetry with generous cash prizes. See Page 16 28 914&72 Corban Estate Arts Centre 11 September 7.30 Shed 1, Corban Estate Arts Centre 2 Mt Lebanon Lane Henderson Join the audience to experience fresh gifted young voices performing their original work using spoken word, rap and song-writing. Participants, contact CEAC for audition details. For more information, visit EGCEQTIP\ or call (09) 838 4455 TITIRANGI LIBRARY $QQM.CWPEJ Tiberius the Titirangi Mouse Has More Adventures 11 September 1.30 #FWNVU2QGVT[9QTMUJQR Amanda Eason 12 September: 10.00 – 11.50 Telling stories through textiles A display of Te Uru Gallery’s commissioned book mural Manukau Harbour of Stories by fabric artist Mary Kelleher 1 to 11 September /CPWMCW$QQM%JKNFTGPoU9QTMUJQR 12 September (Saturday) 10.00 – 11.30 Student Comic and Cartoon Library .QEMKP 12 September 5.00 – 7.00 WEST AUCKLAND RESEARCH CENTRE EXHIBITION Holding the Line: The Going West Books & Writers Festival 1996 – 2015 3 September – 30 November Relax and inspire your imagination at Tonic spa. Proud to support creativity in the west. KOANGA FESTIVAL 2015 Te Pou Theatre 44a Portage Rd New Lynn Herald in the spring at Te Pou with a three-week long celebration of fresh new stories for the stage. 3 – 19 September See Page 30 In the heart of the village 402a Titiran gi Road,Titiran gi Village Ph : 09 817- 9937 ww w.to n ic sp a .c o .n z 29 KOANGA FESTIVAL @ TE POU THEATRE SEASON Sister ANZAC 3 - 5 September See Page 17 DEVELOPMENT SEASON 6JG)TGCV#OGTKECP5ETGCO By Albert Belz 17 – 19 September, 7pm Tickets $20, book at iTICKET iVKEMGVEQP\ On the evening of October 30th 1938, America thought the world was ending due to a broadcast radio play by Orson Welles based on HG Wells War of the Worlds. Facing their anticipated annihilation by the Martian threat, a small American family in Grover’s Mill, New Jersey, reveal all their secrets to each other; secrets that signal the end of truth, justice and the American dream. In his brand new comedy, award-winning playwright Albert Belz takes us to groundzero of the imagined invasion, where alien fear and paranoia turns the wholesome allAmerican family dream into a nightmare. TE KUPU 7 – 12 SEPTEMBER A week-long programme supporting new stories and storytellers 6JGCVTG#NEJGO[6JG2NC[YTKIJVU%QQMDQQMYKVJ#NDGTV$GN\ 7 - 11 September Whether you’re a beginner or mid-range in your playwriting career, Te Pou Theatre offers you the opportunity to participate in a week-long course of masterclasses presented by award-winning playwright Albert Belz. Belz introduces you to the essential chemistry and formulae that make up the playwright's cookbook. By the end of the week-long masterclass you will have the utensils and basic 30 ÃÌÀÞÀiV«iÃÌLi}Ý}ÞÕÀiÜÜÀ]ÀÌ>``ÃiÀÕÃy>ÛÕÀÞÕÀVÕÀÀiÌ project. Sessions also include Q&A forums where 'no question is a dumb question' with some of Auckland’s leading playwrights, including Victor Rodger, Briar Grace Smith and Gary Henderson – and time for intensive work on writers' own projects. %QUV To book your place in this workshop please contact KPHQ"VGRQWVJGCVTGP\ Albert Belz Award-winning, international playwright Albert Belz has written for theatre, television, print and radio for over a decade. His unique voice has crossed datelines and divides since very early in his career and his plays have been performed around the world in London, New York, Lille, Sydney and Dargaville. Belz currently works at the School of Creative Arts in Manukau as a lecturer in Creative Writing and Stage. 9JCMCTQPIQ/CK#5GTKGUQH0GY2NC[4GCFKPIU / ÀiiiÛi}ÃviÜ«>ÞÃLÞiiÀ}}«>ÞÜÀ} Ìði>ÀÌ i iÀiwÀÃÌ>`à >Ài your feedback with the author. Te Puhi by Cian Elyse White Wednesday 9 September, 7pm Koha entry Te PuhiÃëÀi`LÞÌ i>V iÛiiÌv/iƂÀ>Ü>>`i]>ÕÀii}]Ì iwÀÃÌ ńÀÌLiVÀÜi`Ãà iÜ<i>>`£ÈÓ° Good Behaviour by Liebchen Tamahori Thursday 10 September, 7pm Koha entry Three middle-aged sisters who rarely meet, return to their papa kainga to discuss a matter of pressing importance; what to do about their elderly mother who is showing the irrevocable signs of dementia. +PVQVJGƂTG by Jatinder Singh Friday 11 September, 7pm Koha entry When brothers decide to risk it all to get by in life, lines get blurred when questions arise. Ãv>ÞÀi>Þ>Ì >Ì«ÀÌ>̶Üv>ÀÜÕ`ÞÕ}vÀÞÕÀLÀÌ iÀ¶ÀÞÕÀÃiv¶ 9JCPCW&C[ Saturday 12 September 2015 10am – 4pm Free Entry ƂvÕwi``>ÞViiLÀ>Ì}ÃÌÀÞÌi}vÀ>ÀÕ`Ì i}LiÜÌ Ì i>ÌÀi performances, story readings, face painting, market stalls, children's games and competitions. Nau mai haere mai! See VGRQWVJGCVTGP\ or contact KPHQ"VGRQWVJGCVTGP\ for more details. 31 An exciting, fast-paced and moving set of music and spoken word performances by some of the finest local young wordsmiths. 7:30pm, Friday 11 September, entry by koha Shed 1, Corban Estate Arts Centre Images: Hele Ikimotu, Maddie Tangataevaha, Tain Ducat and Elise Rose Rechtschaffen performing at Word Up! 2014. Photographs by Jennifer Raoult. Featuring guest judge Tourettes Corban Estate Arts Centre www.ceac.org.nz 2 Mt Lebanon Lane, Henderson. This event is supported by: (09) 838 4455 Studio Tour: THE SCULPTORS' STUDIOS See first-hand how the resident artists at Corban Estate Arts Centre create their art. Get in behind the scenes by booking a studio tour. There are over 20 artists working on site in a variety of heritage studio spaces, located in the former winery buildings. In September we are offering a special sculptor’s tour to the studios of acclaimed artists Chiara Corbelletto, David McCracken, Anton Parsons and Martin Selman. Saturday 26 September, 10:30am - 12:00pm $10 per person (includes booklet of the studio artists) Booking is essential - contact [email protected] or (09) 838 4455 Top: Martin Selman Left: Anton Parsons (photographs by Deane-Rose Ngati) Right: Chiara Corbelletto, Tondo, 2015. Courtesy of Bath Street Gallery. Exhibitions and events | Art classes for all ages | Youth arts workshops | Venue hire | Gallery shop | Café Open seven days, 10am – 4:30pm | Visit www.ceac.org.nz to find out more Corban Estate Arts Centre www.ceac.org.nz Follow us on Facebook, 2 Mt Lebanon Lane, Henderson. 32 (09) 838 4455 Twitter or Instagram CEAC is supported by: FESTIVAL TEAM Programme Director Murray Gray CONTACT INFORMATION IQKPIYGUVHGUVEQP\ KPHQ"IQKPIYGUVHGUVEQP\ 0273685279 TICKETS Booking Information KVKEMGVEQP\ or phone iTICKET (09) 361 1000 For outside Auckland call 0508 iTICKET *All Friday Gala night and weekend tickets incur booking fees (normal credit card transaction fees apply) FULL WEEKEND PASS Full: $200* (value $250) Concession: $165* (value $212) Includes: Friday Gala night and supper, Saturday, Sunday, lunches, morning and afternoon teas and all sessions FRIDAY GALA NIGHT Associate Programme Director Robyn Mason Producer Naomi McCleary Associate Producer Megan Carter Marketing Manager Anna Fomison Social Media and Website Manager Megan Carter Publicity Manager Penny Hartill (HartillPR) Graphic Designer Jared Kahi (Kahi Creative) Photography Liz March Gil Hanly Full: $35* Concession: $30* Includes: supper and wine Theatre Production 5VCTM6JGCVTG Director: Amanda Rees DAY PASS (Saturday or Sunday) Poetry Slam Producer: Anna Fomison Director: Doug Poole Full: $90* (value $115) Concession: $70* (value $95) Includes: Lunch, morning and afternoon tea SINGLE SESSION Sound and Recording Davyd Hodge – Soundandlight Full: $15* Concession: $12* Audio and Visual Spyglass SISTER ANZAC Lighting Show Light and Power Full: $32 Concession: $27 Group bookings (6 or more): $27 0QDQQMKPIHGGUHQTGXGPVUCV6G2QW (normal credit card transaction fees apply) Door sales available throughout YGGMGPF9GGMGPFCPFFC[RCUUGUFQ not include the Poetry Slam (Saturday PKIJV4GUGTXCVKQPUHQT)CNCPKIJV 9GGMGPFCPF&C[RCUUGUECPDGOCFG at the Titirangi Pharmacy from 17 August (09) 817 7658 Catering Claire Inwood Amy Wong-Cam Volunteers Jan Coates, Janet Hannan, Lindy Harvey Going West Trust Nicola Strawbridge (Chair) 4QUG;WMKEJ5GTKG$CTHQTF #PPC(QOKUQP/KEM5KPENCKT /CTM'CUVGTDTQQMG 33 Titirangi Specially created for you to enjoy with complete peace of mind Prescription Dispensing Medico Packs Open late night Thursday A Loyalty Club Photocopy / Fax Service Passport Photos Homeopathic Bach Flower Remedies Naturopath available Ph 09 817 7658 • Greater selection of gluten free products • More organic grocery products • A greater variety of international foods • Save more with our new bulk foods range • More instore specials each week BP Park Scenic Reserve Titirangi School ad Kohu Ro R o ad We pride ourselves on giving you the very best service and remain committed to being your Pharmacy of Choice • Extended range of organic meat and produce Atkins on Titirangi Pharmacy Titirangi gi ran Titi Post ad Ro SuperValue Titirangi: 429 Titirangi Road, Auckland. Phone: (09) 817 6859. Open 7am - 9pm, 7 days. Local, convenient & friendly svfrAugust14 34 This Going West Trust event, in association with the Waitakere Ranges Local Board, is made possible by the generous support of: The Going West Books & Writers Festival is sponsored by: WAITEMATA BACKCARE BEDS sleep better - live better The Going West Books & Writers Festival is partnered by: The Going West Books & Writers Festival ticketing agent: 35 GOINGWESTFEST.CO.NZ CONTACT INFORMATION [email protected] 027 368 5279 TICKETS Booking Information KVKEMGVEQP\ or phone iTICKET 09 361 1000 ADDRESSES Titirangi War Memorial Hall, 500 South Titirangi Rd, Titirangi Te Pou Theatre, 44a Portage Road, New Lynn. (Entrance and parking at rear, off McWhirter Place.)
