We’re offering inspiring experiences to Christchurch school students with two FREE sessions to suit all ages. We also have a very special schools matinee of The Savage Coloniser Show.
Teachers, have you registered your students? Email schools@wordchristchurch.co.nz to come along.
Books Alive – for primary and intermediate students
Friday 9 August, Haeata Community College
To register your students please fill in this form.
With finalists of the New Zealand Children and Young Adult Book Awards including writer & illustrator duo Michaela Keeble & Tokerau Brown, New Dawning writer Melanie Dixon, writers Stacy Gregg (The Pony Club Secrets series, Nine Girls) and Rachael King (The Grimmelings), and writer illustrators Steve Mushin (Ultrawild) and Raymond McGrath (DoubleDippers).
Inspiring Minds: Secondary Schools Day with UC
Tuesday 27 August, University of Canterbury
To register your students please get in touch with our Schools Coordinator: Email schools@wordchristchurch.co.nz for more information and to come along.
Our incredible line-up includes
📗 Indigenous author, poet and artist from the Upper Skagit and Nooksack Indian Tribe, Sasha LaPointe (USA)
📘 Award-winning indigenous poet Tayi Tibble (Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Porou), author of poetry collections Rangikura (2024) and Poūkahangatus (2022)
📒 Award-winning novelist Pip Adam, author of Audition (2023), Nothing to See (2020), and The New Animals (2017)
🎇 Recipient of a Christchurch Civic Award, engineer, Muslim community leader and writer Bariz Shah
🎤 Professor of Linguistics and Executive Dean of Arts at UC, Kevin Watson
🏢 Police-turned-booksellers Louise and Gareth Ward, owners of independent bookshop Wardini Books
🗻 Science communicator Ben Kennedy, who, in his own words, loves “learning and teaching about rocks”
🎧 Singer, songwriter, performer and interviewer Anika Moa (Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri)
🏉 expert on Māori sporting practices, indigenous masculinity and the politics of sport in Aotearoa, Phillip Borell (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
The Savage Coloniser Show by Tusiata Avia – Schools Matinee
Thursday 12 September, 11am – 12.15pm, Black Box Theatre, Papa Hou, Rolleston Avenue
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia‘s show based on the book of a strikingly similar name comes home, and we have a very special schools matinee. A must see for Drama and English students and best suited for Year 10+. Tickets are $15 per student, with one free ticket (for teachers) for every 10 students.
We are happy to invoice your school, so simply email us and we’ll get your booking sorted.
Teachers, have you registered your students? Email schools@wordchristchurch.co.nz for more information and to come along.
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