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this programme in full and on time. However minor changes
may occur due to events beyond our control.
This year we return to the theme of the very first Going
West Festival in 1996; a cold day when a hundred or so brave
souls huddled in a tin shed at the Corban Estate and warmed
to a programme which celebrated our very own writers. No
Kiwi support acts for overseas luminaries; just a line up of
some of our oldest and dearest writers and some of our
rising stars; writers who are now household names. Maurice
Shadbolt, Dick Scott and Kevin Ireland [we described them as
'the grumpy old men' of the writing world] reminisced on
stage and we daringly held a session on the internet and
what the future might hold!
Going West remains the only literary festival in the country
that exclusively celebrates New Zealand writers and we're
sticking to our knitting. Each year there seems to be more
to profile; more stars, more diversity, more challenging
ideas.
In our keynote address this year Chris Price takes on one of
those challenges; the fine line between truth and fiction
and our access to that distinction.
Laurence Fearnley recently described Going West as the
'Sundance to Auckland Writers' Festival's Cannes'. We like
that because, in truth, both festivals are growing and sit
comfortably alongside each other and offer distinctly
different and enriching experiences. Our formula is to
create a weekend which delivers wonderful content served up
in an environment where food, wine, music and warmth are all
part of the menu.
5.15 pm
From distant villages - a Croatian celebration
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