ANDY GRIFFITHS TV – STARRING YOU!
Saturday, 17th July 3:00 pmFor Kidsfest, WORD Christchurch is stoked to be bringing Canterbury kids a super-fun event with the co-creator of the mega-selling Treehouse stories, Andy Griffiths!
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BOOK LAUNCH: ATUA BY GAVIN BISHOP
Tuesday, 24th August 5:30 pmPenguin Random House warmly invites you to the launch of Gavin Bishop’s new book Atua: Māori Gods and Legends. Atua explores Aotearoa's most exciting legends from creation to migration. All welcome.
THE GREAT WORD STORY HUNT
Saturday, 28th August 10:30 amThe Great WORD Story Hunt is back, with hidden clues taking you and your family from one end of Tūranga to the other! With James Norcliffe, Maysoon Salama, Joanna Grochowicz, Maria Gill, Sarina Dickson and Hilary Jean Tapper. Adventure awaits! Prizes to be won!
MARGARET MAHY MEMORIAL LECTURE: BEN BROWN
Sunday, 29th August 1:30 pmBen Brown is the inaugural Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador, travelling the nation to nurture young readers. But how do you combine oral storytelling traditions and reading? Ben draws on kā awhi rito, the mature leaves which support the young shoot of a harakeke plant, and his life as a poet and educator, to talk about building children’s imagination and confidence through storytelling in all its forms.
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