I'M CHAIRING EVENTS AT WORD CHCH 2024!
Check out these events (and more) at this year's WORD Festival
I’m very excited to be involved in this year’s WORD Literary Festival in Ōtautahi Christchurch, working as a programmer-at-large alongside Tayi Tibble and Kiran Dass to deliver some Māori lit-related events.
If you’re in town for WORD, would love to see you at any of my three events!
Multidisciplinary Māori Writers
Saturday, 31 August: 12.30 - 1.30pm | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
FREE ENTRY
It is common for Māori writers to create work across a range of mediums, supplementing their writing with art, music, and performance. Exploring the creative processes of artists whose works span mediums, Jordan Tricklebank (Ngāti Maniapoto) is joined by Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku), Isaac Martyn (Ngāti Tūwharetoa,Te Arawa) and Jessica Hinerangi (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngāruahine, Ngāpuhi, Pākehā) to discuss their multidisciplinary approaches to writing and other artforms.
Māori in the City
Sunday, 1 September: 11.00 - 12.00am | Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū
$24 / $20 (SERVICE FEE APPLY) | GET TICKETS HERE
Cities have a contested and complex history in works of Māori literature, featuring memorably in many of our most celebrated works. In stories, cities can be both cold sites of disconnect and vibrant cultural spaces.
Chaired by Jordan Tricklebank (Ngāti Maniapoto), this session brings together Tīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira), Nic Low (Ngāi Tahu), Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu), and Isla Huia (Te Āti Haunui a-Pāpārangi, Uenuku) for kōrero focused on what it means to live and write as Māori in the city.
The Modern Māori Short Story
Sunday, 1 September: 2.30 - 3.30pm | TSB Space, Tūranga, 60 Cathedral Square
$24 / $20 (SERVICE FEES APPLY) | GET TICKETS HERE
The short story has always been at the heart of Māori literature; many of our greatest writers’ most memorable works have aimed to capture lives in just a few pages. That tradition continues today, with a vibrant range of Māori short fiction captivating readers in recent years. Join Tīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira) Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu), whose collection of short stories Ruin and Other Stories won the Hubert Church Prize for Fiction at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, and Airana Ngarewa (Ngāti Ruanui, Ngā Rauru, Ngāruahine) as they discuss the art of the short story with Jordan Tricklebank (Ngāti Maniapoto).
There’s a ton of exciting stuff happening over the whole week, so I encourage you to also check out the full WORD 2024 programme here.
Would love to say hi any subscribers who will be in Ōtautahi for WORD, so feel free to let me know if you’re gonna be there!