Enamoured Books owner Ruby Wallace<\/a>, romantasy writer Ivy Cliffwater, and translator of Korean cosy romances, Shanna Tan, to chat about the various strands of the romance genre and why they\u2019re so hot right now.<\/p>\nDreaming for the ocean within us: Tangata moana writers and desire, 1pm (conversation and performance)<\/p>\n
Guest curator Zech Soakai has crafted a dynamic line-up of Pasifika writers \u2013 including Tusiata Avia, Amber Esau and Danielle Kionasina Dilys Thomson \u2013 for a free-wheeling conversation on how desire fuels and guides them.<\/p>\n
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Author Dominic Hoey.<\/p>\n
No one cares about your writing the way you do, 1.20pm (masterclass)<\/p>\n
\u201cDominic Hoey is such a great teacher,\u201d says Vincent. \u201cThis masterclass will be amazing for anyone interested in writing and publishing and not coming to it through the traditional pathways.\u201d<\/p>\n
To hell and back, 2.10pm (k\u014drero)<\/p>\n
The idea for this event was born from reading serendipity: Vincent was deep in Nikita Gill\u2019s Hekate just as Fineran was absorbed by RF Kuang\u2019s Katabasis. Hell emerged as a clear theme between them and only needed the addition of Aotearoa\u2019s own superstar, Rachel Smythe, to complete it. To the underworld we go!<\/p>\n
Thinking Differently panelists Josh Silver, David A Robertson and Karina McHardy.<\/p>\n
Thinking differently, 2.30pm (k\u014drero)<\/p>\n
Vincent and Fineran are thrilled to be welcoming YA author and former mental health nurse, Josh Silver (UK), and YA writer David A. Robertson (Canada) to Aotearoa to join local author Karina McHardy for a conversation about navigating neurodiversity and mental health. This is an event designed for a multi-generational audience; one for parents, teachers as well as teens and readers and writers of all ages, too.<\/p>\n
Queer the page, 2.50pm (k\u014drero \/ masterclass)<\/p>\n
Vincent is excited for participants to get involved in this playful blend of chat and craft: Hebe Kearney and Nathan Joe will first explain what \u201cqueering the page\u201d means, and does, then they\u2019ll help participants reclaim texts by teaching \u201cblackout poetry\u201d techniques (what can\u2019t the humble ballpoint pen do!).<\/p>\n
Weird girl lit, 3.40pm (k\u014drero)<\/p>\n
Weird girl lit is a trending topic on #booktok \u2013 but what does it really mean? This event brings together international superstars of the genre, Mieko Kawakami (Japan) and Bora Chung (Korea) with Aotearoa\u2019s own Laura Borrowdale and self-described \u201cstrange and unusual\u201d books influencer, Jen Eastwood of Sick Sad Lit, to wrestle with the label.<\/p>\n
Hot Takes, Sharp Lines participants Mr Meaty Boy, Liam Jacobson, Amber Esau and Michael Pedersen.<\/p>\n
Hot takes, sharp lines: a spoken word round table, 4pm (k\u014drero \/ performance)<\/p>\n
Dominic Hoey helped shape up this line up of \u201cpoetry baddies\u201d including Mr Meaty Boy, Liam Jacobson, Amber Esau and Michael Pedersen (Scotland) who will perform poems in rounds, with some spicy commentary in between.<\/p>\n
Dystopia as protest: write the future that\u2019s fighting back, 4.20pm (masterclass)<\/p>\n
How does dystopian fiction pose questions for our present and challenge the systems that oppress us? This is a terrific opportunity for anyone interested in writing for young adults to go deep on the opportunities of the dark with acclaimed British YA author, youth mental health nurse and former actor Josh Silver.<\/p>\n
Love won, love lost, love burned up in flames, 5.10pm<\/p>\n
Plot Twist goes up in flames with this final, fiery event featuring seven sensational authors (incl. Victor Rodger, Elisabeth Easther, SA Cosby, Sashi Perera and more) curated by father-daughter duo Michael and Matariki Bennett, AWF\u2019s programmers at large. \u201cEvery part of the festival has its own gala offering,\u201d says Fineran. \u201cAnd this one will have all the feels.\u201d It\u2019s also free!<\/p>\n
95bFM\u2019s the wire: question time, 5.30pm<\/p>\n
Is there anything better than chewing over the big questions of the day with a bunch of lively, articulate people in the know? Max Harris, Gabriella Brayne and Julie Fairey will join bFM hosts to tackle your burning questions \u2013 from the fuel crisis to which political party will come up with the best arts policies!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Claire Mabey explores Auckland Writers Festival\u2019s latest lit innovation. There\u2019s nothing better than coming across a juicy turn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":390566,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[175478,111,43,139,69,143,202064],"class_list":{"0":"post-390565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-zealand","8":"tag-auckland-writers-festival","9":"tag-new-zealand","10":"tag-news","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz","13":"tag-partners","14":"tag-young-writers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}