2012
| Day | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| Thursday 30 August | 9.30am |
READ ALOUD SCHOOLS PROGRAMME: Kate De Goldi, Gavin Bishop, Rachael King go to event |
| 4.30pm |
IN SO MANY WORDS: Will Harvie, Lara Strongman, Moata Tamaira, Donna Robertson go to event |
|
| 4.30pm |
BOOK LAUNCH: Karen Zelas/Sugu Pillay go to event |
|
| 6.00pm |
LONDON’S BURNING: John Lanchester, Chris Cleave go to event |
|
| 8.20pm |
PECHAKUCHA CHRISTCHUCH 15 go to event |
|
| 9.15pm |
SHORT SHARP SHOTS – Court Theatre go to event |
|
| Friday 31 August | 9.30am |
MY MOTHER, MY SELF: Miriam Frank, Mireille Juchau go to event |
| 10.00am |
ANNE PERRY: INTERIORS go to event |
|
| 11.00am |
AN HOUR WITH CHRIS CLEAVE go to event |
|
| 11.30am |
ANNE PERRY: INTERIORS go to event |
|
| 12.30pm |
THE BIG CHILL: Chris Turney, Rebecca Priestley, Veronika Meduna go to event |
|
| 1.00pm |
DESIGN OF DELIGHT? POSITIONING NZ PRODUCT DESIGN: Michael Smythe go to event |
|
| 1.00pm |
SPEED DATE AN AUTHOR go to event |
|
| 1.30am |
WORKSHOP: CAPTURING QUAKE STORIES: Amanda Cropp go to event |
|
| 2.00pm |
AN HOUR WITH JOHN BOYNE go to event |
|
| 2.30pm |
FABULOUS FLEUR: AFTERNOON TEA WITH A RESTAURANT PIONEER: Fleur Sullivan go to event |
|
| 3.30pm |
THE SECRET LIFE OF THE NOVEL: Kate Grenville, Sue Woolfe, Emily Perkins go to event |
|
| 5.00pm |
WHOOPS!: WHY EVERYONE OWES EVERYONE AND NO ONE CAN PAY: John Lanchester and Rod Oram go to event |
|
| 7.00pm |
DOUBLE HAPPINESS: HOW BULLSHIT WORKS: Joe Bennett go to event |
|
| 8.00pm |
SURVIVOR POETRY go to event |
|
| Saturday 1 September | 9.30am |
AN HOUR WITH CHRIS TURNEY go to event |
| 9.30am |
AN HOUR WITH EMILY PERKINS go to event |
|
| 11.00am |
WISH YOU WEREN’T HERE?: Patrick Holland, Aaron Smith go to event |
|
| 11.00am |
POETRY FOR LUNCH: Tusiata Avia, Doc Drumheller, Kerrin Sharpe, Karen Zelas, David Eggleton, Ben Brown go to event |
|
| 12.30pm |
FATAL ATTRACTION?: Michael Robotham. Ben Sanders, Julian Novitz go to event |
|
| 1.00pm |
WORKSHOP: DISCOVERING THE POWER OF ONE’S OWN VOICE : Sue Woolfe go to event |
|
| 2.00pm |
AN HOUR WITH JOANNE HARRIS go to event |
|
| 2.00pm |
GROUNDSWELL: STORIES FROM THE QUAKE – Court Theatre go to event |
|
| 3.30pm |
AN HOUR WITH JOANNE DRAYTON go to event |
|
| 5.00pm |
ON THE SPOT: Tim Wilson and Martin van Beynen go to event |
|
| 7.30pm |
CRIME DEBATE AND NGAIO MARSH AWARD: Chris McVeigh, Lianne Dalziel, Michael Robotham Vanda Symon, Ursula Cheer, Jonathan Forsey go to event |
|
| Sunday 2 September | 9.30am |
WHY YA?: John Boyne, Jane Higgins, Helen Lowe go to event |
| 9.30am |
HE KÅŒRERO: WORDS BETWEEN US: Kuni Jenkins go to event |
|
| 11.00am |
AN HOUR WITH KATE GRENVILLE go to event |
|
| 11.00am |
FROM HUTS TO HEAVEN: Carl Nixon, Laurence Fearnley, Tim Wilson go to event |
|
| 12.30pm |
WE BREATHE! WE SPEAK! WE SING! : Keri Hulme, Hinemoana Baker, Gerry Te Kapa Coates go to event |
|
| 12.30pm |
HAGLEY WRITERS READINGS go to event |
|
| 2.00pm |
THE STUFF OF LIFE: Joanne Harris, Felicity Price, Nicky Pellegrino go to event |
|
| 2.00pm |
FOR THE CHILDREN OF CHRISTCHURCH: Bronwyn Hayward go to event |
|
| 3.30pm |
AFGHANISTAN: THE HUMAN COST: Marianne Elliott and Nicky Hager go to event |
|
| 3.30pm |
ANNE PERRY: INTERIORS go to event |
|
| 4.00pm |
THE GREAT ART WAR – Court Theatre go to event |
|
| 5.00pm |
FIVE NEW ZEALAND POETS: Cilla McQueen, Bernadette Hall, Riemke Ensing, Harry Ricketts, Ian Wedde go to event |
|
| 6.00pm |
BOOK LAUNCH: Kerrin Sharpe go to event |
|
| From 30 August |
PRESSED LETTERS go to exhibition |
|
| From 30 August |
BIBLIA ABIBLIA go to exhibition |
|
| From 30 August |
KO TAKU KUPU, KO TAU/MY WORD IS YOURS go to exhibition |
2011
The Festival was cancelled following the earthquake in Christchurch, 22 February 2011
The writers who would have attended include:
Lucy Hammonds, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Claire Regnault
Alexa Johnson and Rosemary McLeod
Rod Oram and Bernard Hickey
Neville Peat
Emily Maguire and Felicity Price
David McPhail and Ian Mune
Keri Hulme, Hinemoana Baker, Tahu Potiki, John Huria
Tanya Moir, Jenny Robin Jones, and Kate Foster
Sarah Quigley, Peter Walker and Charlotte Randall
Russell Brown, Kaila Colbin and Mike Yardley
Meg Rosoff and Joanna Irwin
Mary Coughlan
Mary Kisler and Kim Hill
Patrick Evans, Carl Nixon and Laurence Fearnley
Atka Reid and Hana Schofield
Barbara Strauch
Dave Armstrong
Owen Marshall, Harry Ricketts, Tusiata Avia, Ben Brown, James Norcliffe, Helen Lowe
Diana Noonan, Gavin Bishop
2010
The Festival was cancelled following the earthquake in Christchurch, 4 September 2010
The writers who would have attended include:
Jake Alderstein, Joe Bageant, Steve Cole, Clive Hamilton, Karen Healey, Kathleen Jones, Romona Kaval, Simon Kernick, Emily Maguire,
Iggy McGovern, Liam McIlvanney, Richard Newsome, Kirsten Reed, Michale Robotham, Barbara Trapido, Garry Weare, Simon Winchester, Ouyang Yu
Bruce Ansley, Tusiata Avia, Mark Beehre, Graham Beattie,  Alan Bollard, Diana Bridge, Mark Broatch, Ben Brown, Jane Carswell, Paul Cleave, Craig Cliff, Chris Cole-Cately, Neil Cross, John Dickson, Doc Drumeller, Dave Dobbyn, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, David Elworthy, Patrick Evans, Christine Fernyhough, Kate Fraser, Lynn Freeman, Pierre  Furlan, Elizabeth Gordon, Bernadette Hall, Richard Hall, Roger Hall, Kim Hill, David Haywood, Karen Healey, Alexa Johnston, Chris Laidlaw, Jessica Le Bas, Helen Lowe, Bill Manhire, Philip Matthews, Rosemary Mcleod, David  McPhail, Cilla McQueen, Owen Marshall, Paul Millar, Colin Monteath, Chris Moore, Noel Murphy, Carl Nixon, James Norcliffe, Rod Oram, Pauline O’Regan, John Oçonnor, Joanna Orwin, Jeffrey Paparoa-Holman, Alison Parr, Felicity Price, Harry Ricketts, Craig Smith, William Taylor, Gillian Turner, Geoff Walker, Marilyn Waring, Alison Wong, Karen Zelas