{"id":1382,"date":"2016-02-29T12:18:39","date_gmt":"2016-02-28T23:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/?p=1382"},"modified":"2016-02-29T12:18:39","modified_gmt":"2016-02-28T23:18:39","slug":"writers-week-wellington-8-13-march-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/2016\/02\/29\/writers-week-wellington-8-13-march-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Week &#8211; Wellington &#8211; 8-13 March 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers Week is fast approaching. In addition to every other excellent New Zealand Festival happening, from 8\u201413 March you can also get your fill of stimulating discussion in Wellington\u2019s Embassy, BATS and Circa Theatres.<\/p>\n<p>Packing quite some punch is the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-u\/\">Gala Showcase: Fighting Talk<\/a> on Thursday 10 March. Five writers who have never appeared on stage together before will share their personal stories on the theme of &#8216;rapprochement&#8217; {<em>noun<\/em>:\u00a0<em>the development of friendlier relations between countries or groups<\/em>}.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-o\/\">Robert Dessaix<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-b\/\">Mariko Tamaki<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-n\/\">Etgar Keret<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-p\/\">Courtney Sina Meredith<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-x\/\">Sally Gardner<\/a> are coming from all corners of the globe to be in Wellington, and each have a tale of conflict, and possibly also of resolution, to tell.<\/p>\n<p>Writers Week includes sessions on <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-m\/\">running <\/a>and the <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-c\/\">science of endurance<\/a>, to <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-q\/\">genetics <\/a>and <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-a\/\">brain surgery<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-f\/\">\u00a0selling books<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-z\/\">special effects<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-v\/\">slam poetry<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/campaign.festival.co.nz\/t\/i-l-diukutl-kittydilj-yh\/\">magical worlds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Visit the Festival website to see a full list of events: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.festival.co.nz\/2016\/writers-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.festival.co.nz\/2016\/writers-week\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/Writers-Week.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1383\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1383\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/Writers-Week-300x187.jpg\" alt=\"Writers Week\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/Writers-Week-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/Writers-Week-100x62.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/expressivearts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/02\/Writers-Week.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers Week is fast approaching. In addition to every other excellent New Zealand Festival happening, from 8\u201413 March you can also get your fill of stimulating discussion in Wellington\u2019s Embassy, BATS and Circa Theatres. Packing quite some punch is the\u00a0Gala Showcase: Fighting Talk on Thursday 10 March. 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