WRITERS ON MONDAYS

waha / mouth : Hinemoana Baker Join us to hear 2014 Victoria University/Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence Hinemoana Baker in conversation with Chris Price. Baker will talk about and read from her brand new book of poems, waha / mouth, as well as giving us a preview of work in progress, a book about her own experiences of involuntary childlessness and her father's traumatic experiences in a Nelson orphanage. She will discuss how retelling her father's story is a way to acknowledge the painful past, and to move on with grace. Copies of waha / mouth will be available at the event for the special price of $20 (CASH ONLY). Writers on Mondays is presented with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, the New Zealand Centre for Literary Translation, and National Poetry Day. DATE:     Monday 4 August TIME:      12.15-1.15pm VENUE:  The Te Papa Marae, Level 4, Te Papa (please note that no food may be taken onto the Marae).