Going West Books & Literary Weekend 2007 

2007 Going West Festival Literary Weekend - Food for Thought

The Going West Books & Writers Weekend takes place every year in mid-September and focuses on New Zealand and Pacific writers - past and present, established and emerging.

Food for Thought - the 2007 Going West Festival literary weekend - was another literary feast, apt indeed given this year's theme. The menu was wide-ranging and varied including readings, discussion, conversation and performance. Titirangi Tatler described the programme as "a fine balance between the light and the substantial, the sweet and the savoury, the spicy and the mild".

Graham Beattie commented, after his session with Owen Marshall, that what he loves most about Going West "is that there are no competing events, all the action happens in one spot, everyone eats together like a family and then goes back to the full immersion experience," (quoted on Leaf Salon).

Read more of Kathy Hunter's review of the weekend at Leaf Salon.

Thanks to everyone who attended and made 2007 such an edifying and memorable weekend - one not to be missed on the NZ literary calendar. And to the Blerta crew, who played together again for the first time in years, an extra special thanks for ending the festival on such a high note.

Reviews of the Books and Writers Weekend

Read David Larsen's review of Going West in Canvas
Read the write up in Titirangi Tatler
Read the review of Going West's "musical" offerings in Titirangi Tatler

Food for Thought 2007 photo gallery 

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