Kōrero / Conversation

Sunday, 6 September — 6:00pm – 8:00pm

Why don't we talk about it? Fehinti Balogun asks this urgent question and offers an invitation in Can I Live?, a vital new digital performance about the climate catastrophe. Followed by a live panel discussion.

Sunday, 6 September — 4:00pm – 5:00pm

In this special conversation Dave will be sharing tales of his career, as well as the stories behind some of his favourite work, and the inspiration of Aotearoa – the people and the place.

Sunday, 6 September — 2:30pm – 3:30pm

In a future shaped by “intelligent machines”, what can remain uniquely human? Tim Corballis and pip adam discuss.

Sunday, 6 September — 2:00pm – 3:00pm

Join wāhine Kāi Tahu Angela Wanhalla, Helen Brown and Cindy Diver in conversation as they discuss their own connection.

Sunday, 6 September — 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Aotearoa has a long-held gothic tradition in our literature, art, film and music. Join fresh voices in a discussion about their craft.

Sunday, 6 September — 10:30am – 11:30am

Two timely books reclaim the stories of pioneering women in Aotearoa history. Our authors uncover the forgotten women – adventurers, entrepreneurs, mountaineers and survivors. The original risky women!

Saturday, 5 September — 8:00pm – 9:00pm

Four writers share a favourite song or book that they adore. Be introduced to new musical and literary gems or gain new ways of looking at old favourites.

Saturday, 5 September — 6:00pm – 7:00pm

With over 35 years in the music industry, Shihad’s Jon Toogood is a legend of local hard rock.

Saturday, 5 September — 4:30pm – 5:30pm

What does it mean to be a modern man? Four writers chat about tackling masculinity.

Saturday, 5 September — 4:00pm – 5:00pm

Award-winning novelists Elizabeth Knox and Charlotte Grimshaw have each written searing memoirs. They chat with fellow memoirist Noelle McCarthy.

Saturday, 5 September — 2:30pm – 3:30pm

Two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s most accomplished forensic investigators come together for a fascinating glimpse into working on crime scenes and disaster zones including the Christchurch earthquakes.

Saturday, 5 September — 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Dominic Hoey (1985) and pip adam (Kluge) discuss and celebrate the importance of seeing working class characters and stories on the page.

Saturday, 5 September — 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Iconic Māori activist, artist and performer Tāme Iti (Ngāi Tūhoe) sits down with Delaney Davidson to share tales from his extraordinary life of resistance, resilience and rangatiratanga.

Saturday, 5 September — 10:30am – 11:30am

Journalist Barry Soper has spent nearly five decades questioning New Zealand's prime ministers. He joins Philip Matthews for a frank conversation about his career.

Saturday, 5 September — 10:30am – 11:30am

Going up against the big guns in the book world, it’s small independent presses who do the hard yards finding and publishing diverse talent.

Saturday, 5 September — 10:00am – 11:00am

Three fabulous writers and booklovers Charlotte Grimshaw, Claire Mabey and Shariff Burke sit down for a chat with Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador Kate De Goldi.

Friday, 4 September — 8:00pm – 9:30pm

Our much-loved storytelling session is back and promises to be as revealing and inspiring as ever. Brilliant wāhine talk about when they took a risk – in love, life or career – and what happened next.

Friday, 4 September — 6:00pm – 7:00pm

The judges for the 2022 Booker Prize praised Shehan Karunatilaka's winning novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida for the ambition of its scope and its hilarious audacity.

Friday, 4 September — 4:00pm – 5:00pm

World-leading Pacific correspondent, Barbara Dreaver and TVNZ’s first Asia correspondent, Charlotte Glennie talk about their powerful memoirs.

Friday, 4 September — 2:00pm – 3:00pm

One of our most celebrated writers returns with a part psychological thriller, part family saga, The Black Monk, Charlotte Grimshaw’s first novel since her sensational memoir The Mirror Book.

Friday, 4 September — 12:30pm – 1:30pm

Taonga are potent connectors travelling across space, time, and generations. Imbued with the whakapapa of our tīpuna, they connect our past, present, and future.

Friday, 4 September — 10:30am – 11:30am

The writer William Trevor said the short story form is defined by “the art of the glimpse.” It should be an explosion of truth. Its strength lies in what it leaves out just as much as what it puts in, if not more.

Friday, 4 September — 10:00am – 11:00am

He Told Us shows how a far-right terrorist escaped detection ahead of Christchurch’s 2019 attack. Terrorism researchers Chris Wilson and Michal Dziwulski uncovered crucial information that official agencies missed.

Thursday, 3 September — 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Celebrated writer and critic Olivia Laing’s The Silver Book is a queer love story and noirish thriller set in stylish 1970s Italy.

Wednesday, 2 September — 6:30pm – 7:30pm

Bring your burning questions and best costumes for an engaging, all-things-romantasy discussion at Tūranga.