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AN EVENING WITH ZADIE SMITH

Wednesday 13th November, 2019 7:00 pm

WORD Christchurch, in association with Penguin Random House New Zealand, is proud to present an evening with Zadie Smith, one of the most critically acclaimed and important literary voices of a generation.

Behrouz Boochani: Writing from Manus Prison

Friday 29th November, 2019 7:00 pm

WORD Christchurch is proud to present a live event of international significance. Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish film-maker, writer and refugee who has documented life inside the Australian detention centre on Manus Island, has been given permission to leave Papua New Guinea for the first time and to enter New Zealand for a special WORD Christchurch event on 29 November.

OMAR MUSA, MICHAEL PEDERSEN, DOMINIC HOEY

Friday 15th November, 2019 8:00 pm

WORD Christchurch is pleased to announce the return of three of the biggest hits of the 2018 festival. Poets Omar Musa (Australia), Michael Pedersen (Scotland) and Dominic Hoey (New Zealand) will once again come together from different parts of the globe to regale you with poetry.

WORD Christchurch welcomes Behrouz Boochani

WORD Christchurch is delighted to be welcoming a multi award-winning international author who has spent the last six years detained by Australian authorities in Papua New Guinea.

AN EVENING WITH ZADIE SMITH

Behrouz Boochani: Writing from Manus Prison

OMAR MUSA, MICHAEL PEDERSEN, DOMINIC HOEY

WORD Christchurch welcomes Behrouz Boochani

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