CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT LIT AT WORD CHRISTCHURCH AUGUST 27-31

CHILDREN’S AND YOUNG ADULT LIT AT WORD CHRISTCHURCH AUGUST 27-31 There is much to see and enjoy at WORD Christchurch for lovers of children’s books, young and old. Take a look at the feast below and please spread the word through your networks, friends and family. We appreciate your support! THURSDAY 28 AUGUST READ ALOUD SCHOOLS DAY If your school hasn’t yet registered for this fabulous free event for Canterbury school children, make sure they do! Featuring Jackie French, Donovan Bixley and Melinda Szymanik for primary and intermediate, and Dylan Horrocks, Laini Taylor, Anis Mojgani, with a special appearance by young local poet Moana Thompson, for secondary students. Register by emailing admin@wordchristchurch.co.nz before  20 August! SATURDAY 30 AUGUST JACKIE FRENCH: AUSTRALIAN CHILDREN’S LAUREATE Jackie French discusses writing history for a young audience and literacy activism with Kate de Goldi. Free to under 16s. 10-11am $18/$16 under 16 FREE   READ IT AGAIN! Free picture book reading and storytelling for the young ones. Featuring Gavin Bishop, Melinda Szymanik and some surprising guests. 1-2pm  FREE   EXCITING TALES Free junior fiction readings by Melinda Szymanik (A Winters Day in 1939) and local talents Desna Wallace (Canterbury Quake) and James Norcliffe (Felix and the Red Rats). 11.30am - 12.30pm  FREE   CREATING WORLDS Free readings by young adult authors, for everyone, featuring Elizabeth Knox, Laini Taylor, Karen Healey, Tania Roxborogh and Meg Wolitzer. 1-2pm   FREE   THE TRUTH ABOUT WRITING KIDLIT Three New Zealand kidlit writers talk about what it’s really like to write and publish books for children. Free to under 16s. 2.30-3.30pm   $18/$16 under 16 FREE   THE CHANGEOVER: 30 YEARS ON A panel discussion on Margaret Mahy's seminal young adult novel The Changeover, featuring Stuart McKenzie, Elizabeth Knox and Karen Healey, chaired by Bill Nagelkerke. 4-5pm $18/16 under 16 FREE   SUNDAY 31 AUGUST MARGARET MAHY MEMORIAL LECTURE We honour a much-missed local children’s writer by welcoming Elizabeth Knox as presenter of the inaugural Margaret Mahy Lecture, entitled ‘An Unreal House Filled with Real Storms’. 10-11am $18/$16   SUPERNATURALLY This session brings together two huge imaginations: Laini Taylor, American author of the smash-hit Daughter of Smoke & Bone trilogy and Elizabeth Knox is one of New Zealand’s most inventive and exciting writers. They talk fantasy, world-building and writing for young adults with Helen Lowe. 1-2pm $18/$16

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