 Events at Going West
Books and Writers Festival 2009
Upcoming events at the Going West Books & Writers
Festival.
Contact us to go onto our festival
database and receive a Going West 2009
brochure in early August 2009.
Events
Exhibitions
Seminars/Workshops
Festival Calender
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Going West
Festival Calender 2009 (Size 961K)
Events
WordUp!
Where: Global Cafe, Henderson
When: Friday 4 September 7pm-10pm
A one-off evening event for young performance
artists aged between 15-18 years. Entries are
invited for original spoken word, stand-up comedy,
singer/song writers, poets and hip hop /rap artists.
The aim is to encourage participation for
inexperienced, first-time and novice performers in
an accommodating and supportive environment.
Details phone (09) 838 4455 or email
info@ceac.org.nz
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Second hand
and rare book market
Where: Titirangi War Memorial Hall, 500 South
Titirangi Rd
When: Saturday 5 September 9am-2pm
Book treasures from the region's finest second-hand
and rare booksellers. A team from Bethunes@Webb's
Rare Books & Auctioneers are on the spot for market
valuations throughout the day, along with
demonstrations and displays. Book browsing is
accompanied by music, with espresso and snacks for
sale.
As Murray Gray says:
In many ways the book market is a reflection of the
people who come and set their stalls for the morning
and hope to sell more than they spend at the other
booksellers.
Some are hard-nosed pro's who honed their skills in
the competitive garage sale/Lion's $1.00 book
markets and some, well they just seem to have too
many books and this might be a good way to clean up
spare room.
But everyone pays the same and it is a truly
transparent open market with willing buyers and
willing sellers.
And none of that cheap discard stuff from dusty
warehouses.
All this enhanced by Bethuenes' guru Francis
McWhannell giving the odds on values and auctioning
unusual and slightly rare items.
Topped off with good sounds and excellent eats.
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Poetry
Slam
Where: Titirangi War Memorial Hall, 500 South
Titirangi Rd
When: Saturday 5 September, 7pm
Price: $10 on the door for both slammers and
audience
Food and cash bar available on the night...
Sixth Annual Going West Poetry Slam
Register on the night (limited entries)
MC Michael Rudd promises the smoothest and fastest
slam yet.
Guest Judges to judge the rounds
Rules are 3 minutes or less, and time starts from
when you first speak.. Also no props, no music and
spoken word only.
The Final will be judged primarily on audience
response.
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Literary
Weekend - By, Buy, Bye The Book
Where: Titirangi War Memorial Hall,
500 South Titirangi Rd
When:
11-13 September
The Going West Books & Writers Literary Weekend
takes place every year in mid-September at the
Titirangi War Memorial Hall. From Friday night until
Sunday night New Zealand's literary talent is
celebrated with readings, discussion, conversation
and performance acknowledging our kiwi arts and
music and our vibrant and colourful multi-cultural
society.
The weekends are thought-provoking and challenging,
entertaining and fascinating as guest speakers
discuss, pay tribute and share their stories,
histories, thoughts and inspiration.
Backgrounding the content is the perennial feature
of the Going West weekend -the sharing of food and
wine and sessions all in one venue where the
audience can mingle with the writers and performers.
The 2009 programme will be available on the Website
at the beginning of August or
contact us to go onto our festival database and
receive a Going West 2009 brochure in early August
2009.
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Storyfest
- Coastlines: Living at the Edge
Where:
Kelston Community Centre,
Great North Rd
When: Saturday 26 September 10am to 4pm
Storyfest is a free annual storytelling event
organised by Waitakere City Council for kids and
their families held at the
Kelston Community
Centre.
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Wordsmiths
When: 17 August - 4 September.
The Going West Books and Writers Wordsmiths
touring programme sends writers into Waitakere
schools each year to connect with students, talk
about their work and show potential directions
students could pursue in their own writing. This
year's line-up includes local writer Michele Powles,
fiction and non-fiction writer John Parker,
journalist Nick Bollinger and poet Courtney
Meredith.
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Exhibitions, Seminars, Workshops
Exhibitions
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Spirit of the People. New Melanesian Art
Where: Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson
When: 14 August - 27 September
Contemporary art from Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New
Caledonia, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Curated by
Giles Peterson, in association with okaioceanikart
Also featuring the first New Zealand screening of Dr
Michael Mel's Il Iamb Nai? Pombral Molga Kundul Al?
Who Is This Person? Black or White? filmed at the De
Young Museum in San Francisco
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Blast! Pat Hanly - the painter and his
protests
Where: Lopdell House, Titirangi
When: 28 August - 11 October
Pat Hanly's colourful anti-nuclear
paintings and Gil Hanly's photography to accompany
the publication of Trish Gribben's children's book.
Also screening will be Claudia Pond-Eyley's
documentary, No Nukes is Good Nukes.
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Seminars/Workshops
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Elements of the Book workshops
Where:
Lopdell House Studio, Titirangi
When: Saturday 29 August, 5, 12, 19 & 26 September
10am-2pm
A series of workshops over five consecutive
Saturdays covering four different elements of book
production: paper making, print, construction and
binding with tutors Beth Serjeant and Elizabeth
Steiner. Fee $80 per workshop or book all five and
save $50. All materials provided
Book at www.lopdell.org.nz/events or phone Kate
Frances on (09) 817 8087 x201 email
info@lopdell.org.nz.
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Poetry Workshop: Our Stories Are Within Us
Where:
Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson
When:
Saturday 5 September 10am - 4pm
Stories are within us and around us. They grow with
a life of their own, connecting us to different
families, communities and worlds. They make us
laugh. They make us cry. They make us human. Join
West Auckland writer Serie Barford on a journey to
explore a variety of poetic texts - spoken word,
visual poetry, written poetry - and create your own
poetry. Fee: $40
Details at www.ceac.org.nz or phone (09) 838 4455 or
email
info@ceac.org.nz
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Artspeak
Where:
Corban Estate Arts Centre, Henderson
When:
Wednesday 16 September 7pm
Price:
Free
West Auckland Samoan poets Selina Tusitala Marsh,
Serie Barford and Doug Poole speak to the Black
Islands; New Melanesian Art exhibition. In
association with okaioceanikart
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