Events coming your way from Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature

Posted: Thursday Sep 10, 2015

There is always something new and exciting happening in this great small City.  Below is a selection of events coming up this week and we invite you to visit our online calendar for a complete programme. 

AUTHOR TALK: STEVE BRAUNIAS
17 November 6:15pm — 7:30pm
FREE EVENT
Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library
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Enjoy an evening of conversation as Vanda Symon chats to award-winning New Zealand author, columnist, journalist and editor, Steve Braunias about his latest book “The Scene of the Crime”.
The Scene of the Crime presents twelve extraordinary tales of true crime and punishment in modern New Zealand. In the hands of Steve Braunias these cases become more than just courtroom dramas and sensational headlines. They become a window onto another world, where things go badly wrong and the strangeness of once invisible lives is revealed.
Aucklander Steve Braunias is best known as a columnist, and his weekly satirical diary is a regular feature in the Otago Daily Times. He has one every major writing award in New Zealand.

(join us for a glass of wine from 5.30pm)

AN EVENING WITH GERALDINE BROOKS
Tickets: $15 / $18 available from the University Book Shop, or phone 03 477 6976 

Dunedin Readers & Writers Festival and Hachette NZ are proud to present an evening with acclaimed author Geraldine Brooks.

Australian-born Geraldine Brooksgrew up in Sydney. She worked as a reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald and The Wall Street Journal, where she covered crises in the mideast, Africa and the Balkans. She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in 2006 for her second novel,March. Her novels Caleb’s Crossing andPeople of the Book were New York Times best sellers. Her first novel, Year of Wonders is an an international bestseller, translated into more than 25 languages and currently optioned for a major motion picture starring Andrew Lincoln.

Bar open from 5.30pm, cash only.

TAMARIKI DAY: Hui-A-Iwi
21 November 11am - 3pm
FREE EVENT 
Ground Floor, Dunedin City Library

Inspiring storytellers, amazing musicians, theatre, arts and crafts, facepainting, sausage sizzle and more!
Join us for a fantastic day of celebration of all things Ngāi Tahu.
Special guests include:
• Tahu Mackenzie and the Orokonui Classroom
• Kaitrin McMullan
• Ake Ake Theatre Company
• Amiria Grennell
• Reo Pēpi

We hope to see you there!