AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL

2019

SCHOOLS

PROGRAMME

–

16 MAY

WRITERSFESTIVAL.CO.NZ

SUPPORTED BY THE FREEMASONS FOUNDATION

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL

3 – 4

SCHOOLS PROGRAMME INFORMATION

5 – 7

YEARS 5-6 INFO AND BOOKING FORM

8 – 11

YEARS 7-8 INFO AND BOOKING FORM

12 – 19

YEARS 9-13 INFO AND BOOKING FORMS

OUR SUPPORTERS

TRANSPORT FUND APPLICATION FORM

INDEX

OUR 2019 FEATURED WRITERS

Writer, poet and hip-hop artist

Akala (UK)

Journalist

Madeleine Chapman (NZ)

Writer, singer/songwriter and actor

Val Emmich (US)

Author and illustrator

Sally Gardner (UK)

Narrative non-ﬁction author

Joanna Grochowicz (NZ)

Novelist, playwright and scriptwriter

Whiti Hereaka (NZ)

Children’s, YA and sci ﬁ writer

Bren MacDibble aka Cally Black (NZ/AUS)

Copywriter, playwright and writer

Steph Matuku (NZ)

Poet, playwright and ﬁction writer

Courtney Sina Meredith (NZ)

Novelist, short story and ﬂash ﬁction author

Eileen Merriman (NZ)

Historian and author

Vincent O’Malley (NZ)

Graphic artist, comic and book writer

Craig Phillips (AUS/NZ)

Teacher and writer

Fraser Smith (NZ)

Pasiﬁka studies teacher and writer

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith (NZ)

Author, educator and activist

Renée Watson (US)

Journalist and editor

Simon Wilson (NZ)

Poet and performer

Luke Wright (UK)

YA and adult novelist

Markus Zusak (AUS)

In 2019 we are offering four-session programmes for

years 5-6 (14 / 15 / 16 May), years 7-8 (14 May) and

years 9-13 (15 / 16 May).

To assist schools to make the most of their Festival visit,

and in partnership with the National Library, a set of

guides around key titles featuring in the programme

have been created. Check them out on our website at

www.writersfestival.co.nz/schools.

Day attendance (four x 45 minute sessions) is just $12

per student; workshop places (one hour) are $15 per

student; and teachers attend free.

Books are available for purchase at the Festival

Bookshop and writers will be available to sign books in

the breaks.

Funding to support travel costs is available to schools

on application and assessed according to need. The

application form is at the back of the programme.

Tickets must be booked through schools.

Ticketing information, booking forms and transport

fund applications can be found in this programme.

The Festival also continues our investment in youth

education and literacy programmes with the addition

of three new schools in our Writing the Future Project,

taking to twelve the total number of schools which

have been supported to attend the programme.

SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

–

16 MAY 2019

THE AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL, WITH THE GENEROUS SUPPORT OF FREEMASONS FOUNDATION, IS DELIGHTED TO DELIVER

ITS ELEVENTH SCHOOLS PROGRAMME, DESIGNED TO INSPIRE YOUNG WRITERS AND READERS.

SCHOOLS BOOKING INFORMATION

TICKETS

Bookings are only accepted from schools. We are unable to offer individual

access to this programme.

Tickets are sold on a ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served basis and must be booked by the

school via Ticketmaster. All tickets are issued by Ticketmaster.

The Festival ofﬁce DOES NOT process bookings.

Transport fund applications are processed by Auckland Writers Festival.

Cost: $12 per day per student

Workshops: $15 per student per workshop

Teachers free

Note re workshops: Teachers may sit in on workshops as observers at the back of the

room. Students must be signed in and out at the beginning and end of workshops.

Please include students’ years on the Booking Form and attach a list of names for

workshop roll. Bookings are ﬁrst-come ﬁrst-served. Limit of ﬁve students per school

in the ﬁrst instance. Further students can be waitlisted and will be added in order if

there is availability after bookings close.

BOOKING PROCESS

On receipt of your booking form, Ticketmaster will book your seats and email you an

invoice as conﬁrmation of booking. To secure your seats, payment will be required

on receipt of invoice or, if you are applying to the Schools Transport Fund and your

attendance is conditional on being successful with that, as soon as your grant has

been conﬁrmed on Tuesday 12 March.

If you have not received an invoice within one week of submitting your booking

form, please contact the Ticketmaster Schools Programme Booking Line

immediately on (09) 970 9745. Additional tickets may be ordered at a later date,

subject to availability. Seats are non-refundable once paid.

To complete your booking, please ﬁll in the attached Schools Booking Form (NOT

the Transport Fund Form) and:

Scan and email to: groups@ticketmaster.co.nz

Fax to: 09 970 9799

Post to: AWF Schools Booking, Groups Department,

Ticketmaster NZ, PO Box 106 443, Auckland 1143

TRANSPORT FUND APPLICATION

If you need ﬁnancial support to transport your class to the Schools Programme please

apply to our Schools Transport Fund.

Fill in all of the details on the Schools Transport Fund Application Form (attached).

Please include a detailed written estimate, or quote if you are hiring transport, and send:

By Post: Auckland Writers Festival,

PO Box 6038, Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141

By Email: schools@writersfestival.co.nz

Transport funds are allocated on a needs basis and we cannot guarantee grants to the

level requested.

The closing date for the Schools Transport Fund is Wednesday 6 March. Receipt of

applications will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an acknowledgement please

contact the Festival on (09) 376 8074. All applicants will be notiﬁed of the success or

otherwise of their application on Tuesday 12 March.

ESSENTIAL DATES

FOR YOUR DIARY

THURSDAY 7 FEBRUARY

When you make your booking with Ticketmaster,

you will be sent an invoice which must either

be paid immediately if no transport assistance

is required, or as soon as your transport fund

application has been approved, in order to

conﬁrm your booking. The programme sells

out quickly so we advise early booking and

payment to avoid disappointment.

WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH

Schools Transport Fund Application Deadline.

TUESDAY 12 MARCH

Schools Transport Fund applicants notiﬁed of

outcome.

WEDNESDAY 7 MAY

Attendance details notiﬁed to all schools.

TUESDAY 14 MAY

Schools Day One – Years 5-6, 7-8

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

Schools Day Two – Years 5-6, 9-13

THURSDAY 16 MAY

Schools Day Three – Years 5-6, 9-13

FRIDAY 7 JUNE

Deadline to claim Transport Fund Grant.

BOOKINGS &

TICKETING ENQUIRIES

TICKETMASTER

09 970 9745, GROUPS@TICKETMASTER.CO.NZ

TRANSPORT

FUND ENQUIRIES

AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL

09 376 8074, SCHOOLS@WRITERSFESTIVAL.CO.NZ

PLEASE NOTE: THE FESTIVAL OFFICE DOES NOT

PROCESS TICKET BOOKINGS.

DAY 1 - TUESDAY 14 MAY – AOTEA CENTRE

PRIMARY – YEARS 5 & 6, 10.00AM-2.40PM (NB: ALSO REPEATED ON WED 15 & THU 16 MAY)

Note: Doors will open at 9.30am and students will be ushered into their venues; the ﬁrst sessions

start promptly at 9.55am.

10.00am – 10.45am Hunua Room Craig Phillips

10.55am – 11.40am Hunua Room Bren MacDibble

11.40am Lunch & Book Signing

12.30pm – 1.15pm Hunua Room Fraser Smith

1.25pm – 2.10pm Hunua Room Sally Gardner

2.10pm Finish & Book Signing

DAY 2 - WEDNESDAY 15 MAY – AOTEA CENTRE

PRIMARY – YEARS 5 & 6, 9.50AM-2.45PM (NB: ALSO REPEATED ON TUE 14 & THU 16 MAY)

Note: Doors will open at 9.30am and students will be ushered into their venues; the ﬁrst sessions

start promptly at 9.45am.

9.50am – 10.35am Waita

kere Room Craig Phillips

10.50am – 11.35am Waita

kere Room Bren MacDibble

11.35am Lunch & Book Signing

12.30pm – 1.15pm Waita

kere Room Fraser Smith

1.30pm – 2.15pm Waita

kere Room Sally Gardner

2.15pm Finish & Book Signing

DAY 3 - THURSDAY 16 MAY – AOTEA CENTRE

PRIMARY – YEARS 5 & 6, 9.50AM-2.45PM (NB: ALSO REPEATED ON TUE 14 & WED 15 MAY)

Note: Doors will open at 9.30am and students will be ushered into their venues; the ﬁrst sessions

start promptly at 9.45am.

9.50am – 10.35am Waita

kere Room Fraser Smith

10.50am – 11.35am Waita

kere Room Sally Gardner

11.35am Lunch & Book Signing

12.30pm – 1.15pm Waita

kere Room Craig Phillips

1.30pm – 2.15pm Waita

kere Room Bren MacDibble

2.15pm Finish & Book Signing

YEARS 5-6

HERE’S THE PLAN

SCHOOLS TRANSPORT

FUND —

APPLICATIONS INVITED

Schools are invited to apply for

grants towards travel costs.

Please see the Schools Transport

Fund Application Form attached,

or download it from the

Festival website.

The deadline for applications is

Wednesday 6 March 2019.

SESSIONS: YEARS 5-6

TUE 14 MAY, WED 15 MAY, THU 16 MAY

MYSTERY AND MAYHEM

SALLY GARDNER

Mr Tiger, Betsy and the Blue Moon is the ﬁrst in an enchanting new

series from award-winning author and illustrator Sally Gardner,

following on from her much-loved “Agatha Christie for kids” Wings

and Co Fairy Detective Agency series. Filled with fairy tale ingredients

and combining magic and fast-paced adventure stories her work is

adored around the world and has been translated into 22 languages.

A beacon of creativity and skill, Sally is dyslexic and the founder of a

dyslexia charity, which champions it as a gift rather than a disability.

She talks about words and wonder and the mystery and mayhem at

the heart of her writing.

INTO THE FUTURE

BREN MACDIBBLE

New Zealand-born, Australian-based Bren MacDibble won numerous

awards in both countries for her 2017 novel How to Bee, a story about

family, loyalty, kindness and bravery, set against an all-too-possible

future where climate change has forever changed the way we live.

Her intense and thrilling new work The Dog Runner introduces Ella

and Emery as they travel large distances across a dry, barren and

dangerous landscape. The nomadic Bren, who currently lives in a bus,

shares tales of her writing life and the inspirations that inform these

stories of unsettling future worlds and ravaged environments.

DEEP DARK TALES

CRAIG PHILLIPS

Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts – Ten Tales from the Deep Dark Woods won

the Russell Clark Illustration Award at the 2018 New Zealand Book

Awards and is a treasure trove of illustrated international folktales,

including Snow White and Rose Red, Finn McCool and Thor. Creator

Craig Phillips is internationally renowned for his drawing across

art forms which includes contributing to the ofﬁcial colouring book

of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, and illustrating rock band posters

for Red Hot Chili Peppers and Foo Fighters. He shares lively tales of

mythology and magic, heroes and heroines, with a bit of drawing

thrown in.

THE GREAT OUTDOORS

FRASER SMITH

Set in 1960s rural and coastal New Zealand, Storylines Notable Book

Awatea’s Treasure grew out of a bedtime adventure story told around

a school camp ﬁre on a remote rocky shore in the Far North, and has

now been embraced by readers across the country. Author Fraser

Smith is Principal of Kaitaia’s Oturu School and has also worked as a

ﬁsherman, musician and farmer. His passion for stories that resonate

with New Zealand children, particularly Ma

ori and boy readers,

combined with his love for the sea and the bush, will be to the fore as

he introduces Awatea to a wider audience.

AWF Schools Programme Bookings

Groups Department Ticketmaster NZ

PO Box 106 443 Auckland 1143

By Fax: 09 970 9799

By Email: groups@ticketmaster.co.nz

BOOKING FORM: YEARS 5-6

TUE 14 MAY, WED 15 MAY, THU 16 MAY

TUESDAY 14 MAY

TICKET PRICES: $12 PER DAY PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

Note: The Booking Contact is the person responsible for making the booking. The Trip Supervisor Contact is the person bringing the class whom we may contact

regarding the visit.

School Address

Class/Room Year(s) Decile

Booking Contact Phone (Term Time)

Trip Supervisor Supervisor Mobile

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $12

YEAR(S)

EVENT SPEAKERS

Arrival and seating

Craig Phillips

Bren MacDibble

LUNCH BREAK AND AUTHOR SIGNING

Fraser Smith

Sally Gardner

FINISH AND AUTHOR SIGNING

No.

VENUE

HUNUA

TIME

9.30am

10.00am-10.45am

10.55am-11.40am

11.40am-12.25pm

12.30pm-1.15pm

1.25pm-2.10pm

2.10pm

Total Tue/Wed/Thu

TICKETMASTER Booking Fee

GRAND TOTAL

$ 11.00

Bookings are dealt with in order of receipt. Please do not include payment with your Booking Form. You will be invoiced by Ticketmaster on receipt of your booking.

WEDNESDAY

15 MAY

TICKET PRICES: $12 PER DAY PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

THURSDAY 16 MAY

TICKET PRICES: $12 PER DAY PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $12

YEAR(S)

EVENT SPEAKERS

Arrival and seating

Craig Phillips

Bren MacDibble

LUNCH BREAK AND AUTHOR SIGNING

Fraser Smith

Sally Gardner

FINISH AND AUTHOR SIGNING

No.

VENUE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

TIME

9.30am

9.50am-10.35am

10.50am-11.35am

11.35am-12.25pm

12.30pm-1.15pm

1.30pm-2.15pm

2.15pm

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $12

YEAR(S)

EVENT SPEAKERS

Arrival and seating

Fraser Smith

Sally Gardner

LUNCH BREAK AND AUTHOR SIGNING

Craig Phillips

Bren MacDibble

FINISH AND AUTHOR SIGNING

No.

VENUE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

WAITA

KERE

TIME

9.30am

9.50am-10.35am

10.50am-11.35am

11.35am-12.25pm

12.30pm-1.15pm

1.30pm-2.15pm

2.15pm

* Hunua Room, Level 1, Aotea Centre

* Waita

kere Room, Level 3, Aotea Centre

* Waita

kere Room, Level 3, Aotea Centre

For all booking enquiries please phone 09 970 9745

Please complete all sections of the form and send to:

WORKSHOPS

Hour-long writing workshops are offered each day for intermediate students (maximum

student numbers speciﬁed for each workshop; cost $15 per student). These workshops

provide highly motivated students with a rare opportunity to learn from, and be inspired

by, leading writers. Please note that spaces ﬁll quickly and bookings are on a ﬁrst come,

ﬁrst served basis. An initial limit of ﬁve students per school per workshop will apply.

Additional students can be waitlisted, pending available space once bookings close.

TUESDAY MAY 14 – YEARS 7 & 8

9.40am Courtney Sina Meredith

10.50am Eileen Merriman

12.15pm Craig Phillips

1.25pm Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

(details in programme)

TUESDAY 14 MAY – AOTEA CENTRE

INTERMEDIATE – YEARS 7 & 8, 10.00AM-2.40PM

Note: Doors will open at 9.30am and students will be ushered into their venues; the ﬁrst sessions

start promptly at 9.55am.

10.00am – 10.45am ASB Theatre Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

10.55am – 11.40am ASB Theatre Sally Gardner

11.40am Lunch & Book Signing

12.30pm – 1.15pm ASB Theatre Joanna Grochowicz

1.25pm – 2.10pm ASB Theatre Luke Wright

2.10pm Finish & Book Signing

YEARS 7-8

HERE’S THE PLAN

SCHOOLS TRANSPORT

FUND —

APPLICATIONS INVITED

Schools are invited to apply for

grants towards travel costs.

Please see the Schools Transport

Fund Application Form attached,

or download it from the

Festival website.

The deadline for applications is

Wednesday 6 March 2019.

SESSIONS: YEARS 7-8

TUE 14 MAY

TWISTED TALES

SALLY GARDNER

From the critically acclaimed Tinder, a modern retelling of the Hans

Christian Andersen classic, to Cinderella-inspired I, Coriander, an

historical fantasy set in 1600s London at the time of the Puritan

Commonwealth, award-winning author and illustrator Sally Gardner

continues to write stories that build on the richness of fairy tales

and win fans around the world. A winner of the Carnegie Medal,

the Nestle Gold Medal Award and the Costa Children’s Book Award,

Sally’s own story as a dyslexic who did not read or write until she was

14, is inspirational. She speaks about being a writer and the ways in

which her books are shaped by twisted tales of old.

ANTARCTIC STORIES

JOANNA GROCHOWICZ

Joanna Grochowicz has written two spell-binding books of narrative

non-ﬁction capturing the stories of our Antarctic heroes. Hailed as

“meticulously researched and compellingly told”, her debut novel

Into the White: Scott’s Antarctic Odyssey, was a ﬁnalist in the 2018 New

Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Her second,

Amundsen’s Way, vividly captures the brilliance and ruthlessness of

Roald Amundsen. Joanna shares tales of icy adventure, hardship and

resilience, celebrating the majesty of the great Continent as well as the

daring individuals who battled its elements.

DAWN RAID

PAULINE VAELUAGA SMITH

The novel Dawn Raid features the lively 1976 diary of 13-year-old Soﬁa

as she bears witness to the treatment of Paciﬁc Island overstayers

during a dark era in this country’s history and is written by debut

author Pauline Vaeluaga Smith, winner of the Best First Book Award

in the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Pauline is a lecturer in Pasiﬁka Studies at the University of Otago’s

College of Education and the organiser of Invercargill’s annual

Polyfest. She will share some of the true stories she gathered up whilst

bringing this piece of history to life as a novel, and discuss why the

story matters.

POEMS FOR PLEASURE

LUKE WRIGHT

Poet and performer Luke Wright has been lauded as “one of the

funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation” (Independent).

He writes poems for all ages, capturing the stories of funny and not

so funny things that happen to ordinary people. One of his most well-

known poems for children is Boden and the Library, about a boy who

goes to the ‘boring’ local library to cause trouble, only to discover that

libraries are treasure troves full of wonder that can set you free. Luke

will perform poetry and talk about what it takes to make a poem come

alive on and off the page.

WORKSHOPS: YEARS 7-8

TUE 14 MAY

WAIHOROTIU ROOM – AOTEA CENTRE

MORNING

POETRY FOR FUN

COURTNEY SINA MEREDITH

(MAX 35) – 9.40AM-10.40AM

Join internationally renowned poet, playwright and ﬁction writer

Courtney Sina Meredith for a fun writing workshop that will engage

students to write at least two new poems. Students will be encouraged

to share their work at the end of the session.

COMPELLING CHARACTERS

EILEEN MERRIMAN

(MAX 35) – 10.50AM-11.50AM

YA author Eileen Merriman, who has twice been shortlisted for the

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, will lead

students through a set of practical exercises on creating compelling

characters, explore writing from different points of view and take

questions from the students.

AFTERNOON

COMIC CREATIONS

CRAIG PHILLIPS

(MAX 35) – 12.15PM-1.15PM

Award-winning illustrator and comic book creator Craig Phillips is

a master at developing characters through art. In this workshop he

will explore the basics of graphic character development, providing

students with key skills to enable them to create their own distinctive

and interesting comic creations.

CRITICAL THINKING

PAULINE VAELUAGA SMITH

(MAX 25) – 1.25PM-2.25PM

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith, author of award-winning debut novel

Dawn Raid, will lead a hands-on workshop in which students, using

critical thinking, will work in teams to act out dramatic responses

to content from the book, before each crafting their own descriptive

pieces of writing.

* Waihorotiu Room, Level 4, Aotea Centre

WORKSHOPS

Courtney Sina Meredith

Eileen Merriman

Craig Phillips

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

AWF Schools Programme Bookings

Groups Department Ticketmaster NZ

PO Box 106 443 Auckland 1143

By Fax: 09 970 9799

By Email: groups@ticketmaster.co.nz

BOOKING FORM: YEARS 7-8

TUE 14 MAY

TUESDAY 14 MAY

TICKET PRICES: $12 PER DAY PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

Note: The Booking Contact is the person responsible for making the booking. The Trip Supervisor Contact is the person bringing the class whom we may contact

regarding the visit. PLEASE SUPPLY A LIST OF STUDENTS’ NAMES FOR THE WORKSHOP ROLL.

School Address

Class/Room Year(s) Decile

Booking Contact Phone (Term Time)

Trip Supervisor Supervisor Mobile

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $12

YEAR(S)

EVENT SPEAKERS

Arrival and seating

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

Sally Gardner

LUNCH BREAK AND AUTHOR SIGNING

Joanna Grochowicz

Luke Wright

FINISH AND AUTHOR SIGNING

No.

VENUE

ASB

TIME

9.30am

10.00am-10.45am

10.55am-11.40am

11.40am-12.25pm

12.30pm-1.15pm

1.25pm-2.10pm

2.10pm

Total Tue

TICKETMASTER Booking Fee

GRAND TOTAL

$ 11.00

Bookings are dealt with in order of receipt. Please do not include payment with your Booking Form. You will be invoiced by Ticketmaster on receipt of your booking.

WORKSHOP PRICES: $15 PER WORKSHOP PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $15

YEAR(S)

No.

VENUE

WAIHOROTIU

TIME

9.40am-10.40am

10.50am-11.50am

12.15pm-1.15pm

1.25pm-2.25pm

*ASB Theatre, Level 2, Aotea Centre

For all booking enquiries please phone 09 970 9745

Please complete all sections of the form and send to:

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY – AOTEA CENTRE

SECONDARY – YEARS 9–13, 9.50AM-2.45PM

Doors will open at 9.20am for a prompt start at 9.50am. Please note: schools will be seated in order

from the front of the auditorium, rather than in pre-nominated blocks, so early arrival is recommended.

9.50am – 10.35am ASB Theatre Akala

Hunua Room Eileen Merriman

10.50am – 11.35am ASB Theatre Sally Gardner

Hunua Room Whiti Hereaka & Steph Matuku

11.35am Lunch & Book Signing

12.30pm – 1.15pm ASB Theatre Renée Watson

Hunua Room Vincent O’Malley

1.30pm – 2.15pm ASB Theatre Markus Zusak

Hunua Room Luke Wright

2.15pm Finish & Book Signing

THURSDAY 16 MAY – AOTEA CENTRE

SECONDARY – YEARS 9–13, 9.50AM-2.45PM

Doors will open at 9.20am for a prompt start at 9.50am. Please note: schools will be seated in order

from the front of the auditorium, rather than in pre-nominated blocks, so early arrival is recommended.

9.50am – 10.35am ASB Theatre Markus Zusak

Hunua Room Whiti Hereaka & Steph Matuku

10.50am – 11.35am ASB Theatre Akala

Hunua Room Cally Black

11.35am Lunch & Book Signing

12.30pm – 1.15pm ASB Theatre Eileen Merriman

Hunua Room Vincent O’Malley

1.30pm – 2.15pm ASB Theatre Renée Watson

Hunua Room Val Emmich

2.15pm Finish & Book Signing

WORKSHOPS

Hour-long writing workshops are offered each day for intermediate students (maximum

student numbers speciﬁed for each workshop; cost $15 per student). These workshops provide

highly motivated students with a rare opportunity to learn from, and be inspired by, leading

writers. Please note that spaces ﬁll quickly and bookings are on a ﬁrst come, ﬁrst served

basis. An initial limit of ﬁve students per school per workshop will apply. Additional

students can be waitlisted, pending available space once bookings close.

YEARS 9-13

HERE’S THE PLAN

WEDNESDAY MAY 15 – YEARS 9-13

9.40am Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

10.50am Luke Wright

12.15pm Simon Wilson

1.25pm Whiti Hereaka

(details in programme)

THURSDAY MAY 16 – YEARS 9-13

9.40am Eileen Merriman

10.50am Renée Watson

12.15pm Madeleine Chapman,

1.25pm Courtney Sina Meredith

(details in programme)

SCHOOLS TRANSPORT

FUND —

APPLICATIONS INVITED

Schools are invited to apply for

grants towards travel costs.

Please see the Schools Transport

Fund Application Form attached,

or download it from the

Festival website.

The deadline for applications is

Wednesday 6 March 2019.

SESSIONS: YEARS 9-13

WED 15 MAY, THU 16 MAY

AKALA PRESENTS: HIP-HOP SHAKESPEARE

AKALA

Akala is a BAFTA and MOBO award-winning hip-hop artist, social

entrepreneur and bestselling author, as well as the co-founder of The

Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company. In this interactive session which

includes spoken word and a student ‘call and response’, Akala explores

the social, cultural and linguistic parallels between the works of

William Shakespeare and contemporary hip-hop. The talk aims to

encourage young people to develop an alternate view of the arts and

ultimately themselves, by showing how the culture and language of

hip-hop and Shakespeare have the power to transgress race, class and

the iambic pentameter.

IN THE DARK SPACES

CALLY BLACK

In the Dark Spaces won its New Zealand born and Australian-based

author Cally Black (aka Bren MacDibble) the Ampersand Prize, the

Aurealis Award, a Queensland Literary Award and the New Zealand

Book Award for Young Adult Fiction. It’s a genre-smashing hostage

drama which presents its readers with important philosophical

questions within the vividly drawn and immersive alien world Cally

has created. She takes us on a guided tour of the inspirations for In the

Dark Spaces and the ideas she is exploring in her writing which also

extends to books for younger readers.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN: THE NOVEL

VAL EMMICH

Dear Evan Hansen began its life as a Tony-award winning show

before being expanded and shaped into a novel by writer, singer/

songwriter and actor Val Emmich who is also the author of the novel

The Reminders, the creator of more than a dozen albums, and an actor

on shows including 30 Rock and The Big C. Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel

recounts the story of a lonely young man with social anxiety that

inhibits his ability to connect with other people and make friends.

Val will talk about the challenge of taking the musical into book form

and the important messages for young people the story carries, as well

as performing on stage.

Supported by the Embassy of the United States.

BOOKS FOR ALL

SALLY GARDNER

Costa and Carnegie Award winning novelist and illustrator

Sally Gardner believes passionately that YA readers should not be

patronised, but challenged and inspired. Her original style has

produced much loved titles including Maggot Moon, set in 1950s

Britain and exploring courage and friendship amongst the oppressive

forces of Motherland, and new book My Side of the Diamond, a

sci-ﬁ thriller about love. Like her lead Maggot Moon character,

Sally is dyslexic and did not learn to read or write until she was

14 and continues to champion dyslexia through her own charity.

She discusses all this and more with her teenage audience.

WRITING TOGETHER

WHITI HEREAKA AND STEPH MATUKU

Award-winning writer and lawyer Whiti Hereaka’s (Nga

uwharetoa, Te Arawa) third novel Legacy is a thrilling and realistic

story of being in the Great War. Steph Matuku (Nga

ti Tama, Nga

Mutunga, Te A

ti Awa) won a Pikihuia Award for Maori Writers for a

novel extract in 2017 and has just published two books: YA novel

Flight of the Fantail and children’s book Whet

u Toa and the Magician.

Both also write in a number of other forms including for stage and

screen, and in 2018 were brought together by Huia in a writer

mentoring relationship. They come together to talk about their

work, how mentoring works and the ingredients required to become

a better writer.

INVISIBLY BREATHING

EILEEN MERRIMAN

Lauded for her sensitive and graceful handling of teen issues, writer

and doctor Eileen Merriman has produced her third YA novel, Invisibly

Breathing, a moving story about unconventional love, bullying

and being true to yourself. Eileen works full-time as a consultant

haematologist and is also the author of the highly successful YA

novels, Pieces of You and Catch Me When You Fall, both of which were

shortlisted for the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children

and Young Adults. With three YA novels under her belt, Eileen will

talk about tackling big issues and making stories compelling and

characters both likeable and credible.

THE NEW ZEALAND WARS

VINCENT O’MALLEY

“You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your

history,” said former New Zealand Prime Minister Jim Bolger,

and it has become a guiding principle for historian and author

Vincent O’Malley who is committed to taking history to the people,

particularly rangatahi. In his new book The New Zealand Wars he

provides the most up-to-date and authoritative account of this

deﬁning conﬂict for a general readership, with an emphasis on

bringing this history alive for students to give them a platform for

understanding their own identity and the forces that have shaped

them as they set out on their own creative paths.

WATCH US RISE

RENÉE WATSON

Bestselling author, educator and activist Renée Watson believes

passionately in the power of the arts to give voice to lived experience

and to create change. Her “charming and evocative” (New York Times)

writing includes picture books, poetry and YA novels and she was

the recipient of the Coretta Scott King Medal and Newbery Honor for

her novel Piecing Me Together which explores questions of home and

identity, and the intersection of race, class and gender. Her new book

Watch Us Rise, co-written with poet Ellen Hagan, is a stirring and

unputdownable read celebrating the power of girls. She introduces her

powerful and compelling work.

Supported by the Embassy of the United States.

SESSIONS: YEARS 9-13

WED 15 MAY, THU 16 MAY

POETRY PLEASURES

LUKE WRIGHT

Poet and performer Luke Wright has been lauded as “one of the

funniest and most brilliant poets of his generation” (Independent).

He has penned eight one-man stand-up poetry shows, appeared on

festival bills and toured internationally, and is known for compelling

live performance, formal poetic structures, and engagement with the

triumphs and tragedies of ordinary people and national politics. Luke

will present a showcase of his poetry and talk about what it takes to

make a poem come alive on and off the page.

FROM BOOK THIEF TO BRIDGE

MARKUS ZUSAK

Markus Zusak is the author of six books, including international

bestsellers The Book Thief and The Messenger, and recent novel Bridge

of Clay. Translated into more than 40 languages and ﬁrst released in

2005, The Book Thief has sold over 16 million copies, spent a total of

375 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and was adapted into a

major motion picture in 2013. Markus talks about writing and ideas,

the incredible success of The Book Thief and the inﬂuence that book has

had on writing the new novel.

Supported by the Australian High Commission.

SESSIONS: YEARS 9-13

WED 15 MAY, THU 16 MAY

MORNING

CRITICAL THINKING

PAULINE VAELUAGA SMITH

(MAX 25) – 9.40AM-10.40AM

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith, author of award-winning debut novel

Dawn Raid, will lead a hands-on workshop in which students, using

critical thinking, will work in teams to act out dramatic responses to

content from the book, before each crafting their own descriptive

pieces of writing.

POETRY DNA

LUKE WRIGHT

(MAX 35) – 10.50AM-11.50AM

Using a range of exciting and unusual examples, widely acclaimed

UK poet and performer Luke Wright will work with students to break

down the ingredients of poetry, looking at meter, rhyme, form, story-

telling techniques, imagery and metaphor.

AFTERNOON

THE 10 RULES OF WRITE CLUB

SIMON WILSON

(MAX 35) – 12.15PM-1.15PM

All writing is storytelling, all forms of storytelling have the same

rules and the best stories break the rules. Simon Wilson, award-

winning journalist, essayist and critic, and currently senior writer at

The New Zealand Herald, explores the art of non-ﬁction storytelling.

DIALOGUE

WHITI HEREAKA

(MAX 35) – 1.25PM-2.25PM

Learn how to use dialogue and edit to move your story forward and

keep your characters in the reader’s head with novelist, playwright,

screenwriter and lawyer Whiti Hereaka (Nga

ti T

uwharetoa, Te Arawa).

WORKSHOPS: YEARS 9-13

WED 15 MAY

WAIHOROTIU ROOM – AOTEA CENTRE

MORNING

COMPELLING CHARACTERS

EILEEN MERRIMAN

(MAX 35) – 9.40AM-10.40AM

YA author Eileen Merriman, who has twice been shortlisted for the

New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, will lead

students through a set of practical exercises on creating compelling

characters, explore writing from different points of view and take

questions from the students.

POEMS OF HOME

RENÉE WATSON

(MAX 35) – 10.50AM-11.50AM

Renée Watson is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, and

activist. She has taught poetry as a writer-in-residence in schools

and community centres around the world. In this interactive poetry

workshop, participants will write and share poems that celebrate

and critique where they call home, using poetry as a means to truly

connect and see each other.

Supported by the Embassy of the United States.

AFTERNOON

WRITING BIOGRAPHY

MADELEINE CHAPMAN

(MAX 35) – 12.15PM-1.15PM

Madeleine Chapman is a fulltime staff writer at The Spinoff and

author of Steven Adams: My Life My Fight a biography about New

Zealand’s highest paid athlete. Learn about the key things required

for biography: research, interviews, a credible voice, and fair

representation of someone’s life.

THE ART OF SHORT STORY

COURTNEY SINA MEREDITH

(MAX 35) – 1.25PM-2.25PM

Poet, playwright, author of the short story collection Tail of the Taniwha,

longlisted for the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, and one

of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2019 judges, Courtney Sina

Meredith will work with students to create exciting new stories based

on their own experiences.

WORKSHOPS: YEARS 9-13

THU 15 MAY

WAIHOROTIU ROOM – AOTEA CENTRE

WORKSHOPS

Pauline Vaeluaga Smith

Luke Wright

Simon Wilson

Whiti Hereaka

No.

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $12

YEAR(S)

VENUE

ASB

HUNUA

ASB

HUNUA

ASB

HUNUA

ASB

HUNUA

TIME

9.15am

9.50am-10.35am

10.50am-11.35am

11.35am-12.25pm

12.30pm-1.15pm

1.30pm-2.15pm

2.15pm

AWF Schools Programme Bookings

Groups Department Ticketmaster NZ

PO Box 106 443 Auckland 1143

By Fax: 09 970 9799

By Email: groups@ticketmaster.co.nz

BOOKING FORM: YEARS 9-13

WED 15 MAY

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

TICKET PRICES: $12 PER DAY PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

Note: The Booking Contact is the person responsible for making the booking. The Trip Supervisor Contact is the person bringing the class whom we may contact

regarding the visit. PLEASE SUPPLY A LIST OF STUDENTS’ NAMES FOR THE WORKSHOP ROLL.

School Address

Class/Room Year(s) Decile

Booking Contact Phone (Term Time)

Trip Supervisor Supervisor Mobile

Total Wed

TICKETMASTER Booking Fee

GRAND TOTAL

$ 11.00

Bookings are dealt with in order of receipt. Please do not include payment with your Booking Form. You will be invoiced by Ticketmaster on receipt of your booking.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

WORKSHOP PRICES: $15 PER WORKSHOP PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $15

YEAR(S)

EVENT SPEAKERS

Arrival and seating

Akala

Eileen Merriman

Sally Gardner

Whiti Hereaka and Steph Matuku

LUNCH BREAK AND AUTHOR SIGNING

Renée Watson

Vincent O’Malley

Markus Zusak

Luke Wright

FINISH AND AUTHOR SIGNING

No.

VENUE

WAIHOROTIU

TIME

9.40am-10.40am

10.50am-11.50am

12.15pm-1.15pm

1.25pm-2.25pm

* ASB Theatre, Level 2, Aotea Centre

* Hunua Room, Level 1, Aotea Centre

* Waihorotiu Room, Level 4, Aotea Centre

For all booking enquiries please phone 09 970 9745

Please complete all sections of the form and send to:

EVENT SPEAKERS

Arrival and seating

Markus Zusak

Whiti Hereaka and Steph Matuku

Akala

Cally Black

LUNCH BREAK AND AUTHOR SIGNING

Eileen Merriman

Vincent O’Malley

Renée Watson

Val Emmich

FINISH AND AUTHOR SIGNING

No.

WORKSHOPS

Eileen Merriman

Renée Watson

Madeleine Chapman

Courtney Sina Meredith

No.

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $12

YEAR(S)

VENUE

ASB

HUNUA

ASB

HUNUA

ASB

HUNUA

ASB

HUNUA

TIME

9.15am

9.50am-10.35am

10.50am-11.35am

11.35am-12.25pm

12.30pm-1.15pm

1.30pm-2.15pm

2.15pm

AWF Schools Programme Bookings

Groups Department Ticketmaster NZ

PO Box 106 443 Auckland 1143

By Fax: 09 970 9799

By Email: groups@ticketmaster.co.nz

BOOKING FORM: YEARS 9-13

THU 16 MAY

THURSDAY 16 MAY

TICKET PRICES: $12 PER DAY PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

Note: The Booking Contact is the person responsible for making the booking. The Trip Supervisor Contact is the person bringing the class whom we may contact

regarding the visit. PLEASE SUPPLY A LIST OF STUDENTS’ NAMES FOR THE WORKSHOP ROLL.

School Address

Class/Room Year(s) Decile

Booking Contact Phone (Term Time)

Trip Supervisor Supervisor Mobile

Total Thu

TICKETMASTER Booking Fee

GRAND TOTAL

$ 11.00

Bookings are dealt with in order of receipt. Please do not include payment with your Booking Form. You will be invoiced by Ticketmaster on receipt of your booking.

THURSDAY 16 MAY

WORKSHOP PRICES: $15 PER WORKSHOP PER STUDENT. TEACHERS: FREE.

NO. TEACHERS

Total Teachers

(Free)

NO. STUDENTS

Total Students

@ $15

YEAR(S)

VENUE

WAIHOROTIU

TIME

9.40am-10.40am

10.50am-11.50am

12.15pm-1.15pm

1.25pm-2.25pm

* ASB Theatre, Level 2, Aotea Centre

* Hunua Room, Level 1, Aotea Centre

* Waihorotiu Room, Level 4, Aotea Centre

For all booking enquiries please phone 09 970 9745

Please complete all sections of the form and send to:

FUNDING AND DONOR PARTNERS

MAJOR GRANT PARTNERS

The 2019 Schools Programme is made

possible through the generous support of:

SCHOOLS PROGRAMME GOLD PARTNER

Adrian Burr

TRANSPORT FUND APPLICATION FORM

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH

NOTICE OF OUTCOME OF APPLICATION: TUESDAY 12 MARCH

Please circle method of transport: Hired Bus Public Transport Other, please specify:

Is there anything else we should know?

HAVE YOU ATTACHED AN ESTIMATE OR QUOTE?

School

Address

Booking Contact

Trip Supervisor

Have you already booked your tickets with TICKETMASTER?

What is the total cost of travel for the bookings?

How much money are you requesting from the Transport Fund?

How many individual students do you intend to bring?

Class/Room

Year(s)

Decile

Phone (Term Time)

Supervisor Mobile

YES NO

No.

YES NO

Ofﬁce Use Only: Transport Fund Applicant

Date Received / / 19

Response Sent / / 19

Travel Reimbursement Amount

Invoices for Transport Grants

to be received by Friday 8 June

Invoice for Grant Received

Invoice Paid $

No.

/ / 19

Please complete all sections of the form and send, along with a copy of your transportation quote, to:

Transport Fund: Auckland Writers Festival

PO Box 6038

Wellesley Street, Auckland 1141

By Email: schools@writersfestival.co.nz

Applications are assessed on a needs basis. Successful applicants will be required to submit an invoice by 7 June in order to receive their funds. If you wish to apply

for help towards the cost of transport, please complete the details above.