ADVENTUROUS

Word
Christchurch Festival 2018

29 August – 2 September 2018

Featuring: Helen Clark, Philip Hoare, Denise Mina, Lloyd Jones, Selina Tusitala Marsh, Hera Lindsay Bird, Diana Wichtel, Tom Scott, Pip Adam, Robin Robertson, Sonya Renee Taylor, Hollie McNish, AJ Finn, Tina Makereti, Shaun Bythell and many more...

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Featuring

A Cabinet of Curiosities: Tiny Lectures on the Weird and Wonderful

Saturday 1 September 4:40 pm

Discover something rich and strange with this series of short and intimate lectures.

Guest Programmer: Tusiata Avia

We are excited to welcome Tusiata Avia to the festival as guest programmer. Read her welcome message, and links to her sessions here.

It’s a Wrap!

Thousands flocked to events in Christchurch to celebrate words in all their forms at the WORD Christchurch Festival. The festival, with a theme of ‘adventurous’, drew a bigger audience than ever before, with attendance well in excess of 15,000, a whopping 25% increase from the previous record set by the 2016 festival.