Nelson Arts Festival

21 - 31 Oct 2021

Pukapuka Talks

kiss me hardy
  • Free
  • Local

Kiss Me or Kismet?

NMIT
Johnny Cash Room, Arts and Media building (G block), Nile Street

Wed 28 Oct, 6pm

Arrive at 5.30pm for a welcome drink and nibbles. Performances start at 6pm.

Join with us to celebrate the launch of the fourth issue of NMIT’s arts and literary journal, kiss me hardy.
Cliff Fell and John Newton (photo credit: Victoria Birkinshaw)
  • Koha

Escaping the poem

DEVILLE

Tue 27 Oct, 7.30pm

Cliff Fell and John Newton perform parts of their hybrid works, an epic poem and a verse novel.
Annabel Langbein - Photo Credit: Aliscia Young
Limited Tickets
  • $

Annabel Langbein

PIC’S PEANUT BUTTER WORLD

Mon 26 Oct, 5.30pm
Arrive at 5pm for a welcome drink and nibbles. Session starts at 5.30pm.

 

Annabel Langbein discusses her new memoir, Bella, with Nicola Galloway.
Ian Trafford
  • $

Our Grandfathers

SUTER THEATRE

Sun 25 Oct, 3.30pm

Ian Trafford and William Moloney have both written fascinating novels based on their grandfathers' WWI diaries.
Christine Leunens and Alexandra Tidswell
  • $

Historical Fiction

SUTER THEATRE

Sun 25 Oct, 1.30pm

Christine Leunens and Alexandra Tidswell discuss how they work with both research and imagination when creating characters from the past.
Miriam Lancewood
Selling Fast
  • $

Miriam Lancewood: Wild at Heart

SUTER THEATRE

Sun 25 Oct, 11am

Miriam Lancewood talks with Kerry Sunderland about her gripping sequel to the international bestseller, Woman in the Wilderness.
Mandy Hager
Sold Out
  • $

NZSA Writing Workshop with Mandy Hager

THE SUTER ART GALLERY, Mina Arndt Education Room

Sun 25 Oct, 10.30am

Two-hour workshop with award-winning author Mandy Hager.
Rachael Craw, Brin Murray and Robyn Prokop
  • $

Writing Young Adult Fiction

SUTER THEATRE

Sat 24 Oct, 3.30pm

Multi-award winning author of fiction for young adults Mandy Hager in conversation with local YA writers Rachael Craw, Brin Murray and Robyn Prokop.
Not Just for Laughs, Eamonn Marra (Photo Credit: Ebony Lamb) and Lil O'Brien (Photo Credit: Troy Goodall)
  • $

Not Just for Laughs

SUTER THEATRE

Sat 24 Oct, 1.30pm

Eamonn Marra and Lil O'Brien discuss the balance between comedy and tragedy in their debut books.
Sold Out
  • $

Our People, Our Cultures, Our Languages

SUTER THEATRE

Sat 24 Oct, 11am

Panel discussion featuring tangata whenua and recent arrivals.
Behrouz Boochani and Golriz Ghahraman
Sold Out
  • $

Fleeing to Freedom

THEATRE ROYAL

Fri 23 Oct, 5.30pm

Behrouz Boochani and Golriz Ghahraman in conversation with journalist Anke Richter.
Eamonn Marra - Photo Credit: Ebony Lamb
Sold Out
  • Koha

Writing Funny, Writing Sad

NMIT

Thu 22 Oct, 4pm

Comedy writing masterclass with stand-up comedian and novelist Eamonn Marra.
Rachel McAlpine - How to be old
  • Koha

Nelson Live Poets presented by Nelson Arts Festival 

RED16

Tue 20 Oct, 7.30pm

Featuring Rachel McAlpine performing from her new collection of poems, How to Be Old.

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