Take an inspiring journey of words on Waiheke Island.
Geraldine O’Sullivan Beere
Creative Director
Opening Gala: $30 pp
Mudbrick Literary Lunch: $85 pp
High Tea at The Boatshed: $50 pp
Bookings essential; no door sales
2011 festival writers and previous Waiheke Book Festival events
Our 2011 Waiheke Book Festival will be held in November on Friday 4th, Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th.
Meet the festival artists, Euan Macleod, recognised painter currently working in Australian with works in many of the most prestigious Australian private and public collections, with his biographer and fellow artist Gregory O’Brien. Enjoy our two festival exhibitions at the gallery. Expect the unexpected at the Gala Opening on Friday evening.
Join us on Saturday for some of New Zealand’s most eminent writers and poets. Don’t miss Lloyd Jones in Conversation discovering the man behind his award-winning writing. Author Laurence Fearnley has just won the 2011 New Zealand fiction award with her award winning fiction, The Hut Builder, creating a new classic of literature with understanding of character and strength of words.
Come to The Owhanake Barn on Korora Road for an afternoon of relaxed Deck Chair readings. Bring your rug and sit on the grass. Kick back, unwind with a glass of wine and rub shoulders with the literati. A smattering of storytellers and book launch, A Messy Affair, by Caroline Lark.
We also have deck chairs and plenty of room inside the iconic 'The Barn' if it’s wet.
Be there on Sunday for a Literary Lunch at Mudbrick with Peta Mathias. Then join us for a sumptuous High Tea and Bubbly Finale at the Boatshed, Waiheke’s nautically chic boutique seaside hotel. Hear from antiquarian book expert Anah Dunsheath and Laurence Fearnley reading from her award winning novel.
Limited numbers: Book now to avoid disappointment.