Enjoy learning about the ancient craft, see what paper made from our native plants looks like, join the conversation about the sustainable use of native plants and then make paper for next year’s Featherston ...
Kate Mahony’s novel Secrets of the Land was the top pick by Featherston Booktown supporters for a new readers’ choice event. Set in Taranaki, Ireland and Australia, Secrets of the Land is an engrossing story ...
In 2019 Gregory Hill undertook an epic train journey from Wellington to the exact antipodes of his living room, on the edge of the insignificant Spanish town of Alaejos. It took 38,000 kilometres, 33 trains, 19 countries ...
Steve Braunias is an author, columnist, journalist and literary editor of Newsroom. He is also one of the country’s leading writers of satire and his 2021 book Missing Persons won the Ngaio Marsh Award for Best ...
Tāme Iti (Ngāi Tūhoe, Waikato, Te Arawa) is known as many things – activist, artist, actor, author, terrorist and cyclist. He rose to prominence as a member of the protest group Ngā Tamatoa more than 40 years ...
It has been said the New Zealand Wars were more significant in shaping our country than Te Tiriti o Waitangi. This session seeks to explore whether that is true, and to dig deeper into a troubled time in our history. ...
A tribute event to the late Lydia Wevers.
Annemarie Hope-Cross (1968–2022) was a fourth generation photographer who used early photographic processes and antique cameras to produce handmade images that are ...
Joy Cowley says the child in her will never die. In her life-affirming, life-challenging workshop, she will take participants through the stages of life and what they mean, with a focus on what Joy calls “the ...
If anybody in Aotearoa New Zealand deserves the description polymath, it’s Gregory O’Brien. The poet, artist, art curator, and writer of fiction and non-fiction, has this year been longlisted for the ...