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India on the canvas: an interview with Jeet Thayil
As he heads to Writers & Readers, Man Booker Prize-shortlisted Jeet Thayil talks about his country’s violence against women, VS Naipaul as God and quoting Fleetwood Mac in his new novel The Book of Chocolate Saints.
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Q&A with Johnathan Howard of The King's Singers
ARTicle spoke to Jonathan Howard of the acclaimed King’s Singers ensemble. They will be joined on stage by our internationally renowned choir Voices New Zealand at Michael Fowler Centre on 10 March.
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Five questions for Mini Pond
Ahead of Writers & Readers, Mimi Pond talks to Guy Somerset about her two fictionalised graphic memoirs of her days as a waitress in a California diner in the 1970s.
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New Zealand Festival Student Ambassadors Announced
The New Zealand Festival has selected 12 motivated secondary school students throughout the greater Wellington region to become Student Ambassadors for the 2018 Festival season.
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Bless the Child: Behind the scenes
Eight lives and three worlds collide in this thought-provoking play written by Hone Kouka and directed by poet and writer Mīria George. Take a behind-the-scenes look at this new work through our video story with the creative team and cast.
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Five questions for Harry Giles
Guy Somerset returns to ARTicle for a chat with Writers & Readers–bound Scottish performer, poet and “general doer of things” about game-making, spoken word and the appeal of a Chill Out Corner away from the crowd.
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Your Festival survival guide
Seasoned New Zealand Festival goer and Culture Club supporter Mary Hancock has some great tips for making the most of your 2018 Festival experience.
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This reading life: Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula will be a guest at 2018 Writers & Readers in Wellington, 8–11 March. Her sessions include a conversation about her writing with Lydia Wevers and a session on word fun for young readers with Nick Earls and Kate De Goldi.
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Taking poetry to new places: Selina Tusitala Marsh
New Zealand’s current Poet Laureate, Pasifika poet-scholar, runner, kick-boxer, Commonwealth Poet (2016) and mother of three Selina Tusitala Marsh is clearly an expert multi-tasker.
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