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AN EVENING WITH SIMON WINCHESTER

Saturday 31st August, 2019 6:30 pm

Simon Winchester, bestselling author of Pacific, The Map That Changed the World and The Surgeon of Crowthorne, joins Kim Hill in conversation about his adventurous life and big ideas, including those in his latest book, Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World.

DERAY MCKESSON: #BLACKLIVESMATTER

Monday 26th August, 2019 7:30 pm

Civil rights activist DeRay Mckesson is one of the leading voices in the Black Lives Matter movement. He discusses his memoir 'The Other Side of Freedom: Race and justice in a divided America' with Victor Rodger as part of the WORD Shifting Points of View season.

FUNNY AS.

Friday 13th September, 2019 8:00 pm

From Billy T. James to Rose Matafeo, Fred Dagg to Flight of the Conchords, New Zealanders have made each other laugh in ways distinctive to these islands. Join comedy producer Paul Horan and writer Philip Matthews, along with key movers and shakers in the New Zealand comedy scene, Madeleine Sami, Justine Smith and David McPhail, to hear the stories and share the laughs.

SHIFTING POINTS OF VIEW

Sunday 18th August, 2019 12:00 am

Spring comes early when WORD Christchurch presents a spectacular line-up of speakers to warm you up and get you thinking, with fifteen events that just may change your mind.

AN EVENING WITH SIMON WINCHESTER

DERAY MCKESSON: #BLACKLIVESMATTER

FUNNY AS.

SHIFTING POINTS OF VIEW

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