October, from the Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
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Fake news - The other virus
We’ve all done it, whether deliberately or inadvertently, sharing a comment or post from someone we know and trust that proves to be misguided, or perhaps even malicious. How do we fall down those rabbit holes and whose responsibility is it to monitor and manage the spread of fake news and its harm?
Chief Censor David Shanks and Deputy Director, Equity and Inclusion at Te Pūnaha Matatini, Kate Hannah will discuss the issue of misinformation and disinformation with author and journalist Stephen Davis.
Don’t miss hearing from these experts on Thursday 5 November!
This event has been generously supported by Marks & Worth Lawyers & IP Specialists.
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Give us your hot takes
WORD Christchurch opens next Thursday and Verb Wellington opens on 6 November, both with a stunning line up of New Zealand guests. If you’re there and particularly enjoy any events, let us know which ones and why – we’re deep in programming for May 2021 and we *think* we’re on the right track…
Have you had a look at Kete yet? You’ll find reviews and information about the latest New Zealand books to help guide your reading choices for the next forever.
Still seeking Dunedin's diaspora
We're still on the hunt for Dunedin people living in the other UNESCO Cities of Literature – can you help?
We are looking for Dunedin writers, in any genre - fiction, non-fiction, poetry, theatre, blogging, journalism, academia, you name it - who are currently residing in any of the Cities of Literature (click here for the list).
If you know someone, please ask them to get in touch with us at festivaldirector@dwrf.co.nz.
Literary festivals around the world continue to offer digital events, and it’s well worth dipping into them in your spare time.
The Festival Québec en toutes lettres is spreading poetry across all continents with La grande traversée poétique, a virtual event bringing together 200 poets from 20 countries, streamed continuously from Friday 23 October until 25 October.
Taking place in London and online, the first ever Romanian-British literature festival ‘Romania Rocks’ is on until 13 November and features Romanian authors in conversation with heavy-hitting British counterparts such as novelist David Mitchell in conversation with poet, essayist and novelist Andrei Codrescu, Ian Rankin and O. Chirovici talk crime-writing, and much more.
Filba Festival’s programme is on until Saturday 24 October.
The Toronto International Festival of Authors is scheduled from 22 October until 1 November. Tune into a reading from International Man Booker Prize nominee Shokoofeh Azar, a poetry slam, a conversation on subverting fairy tales and superhero tropes, a conversation with literary heavy-hitter Anne Michaels, a series of readings on the theme of the Dutch phrase ‘Skin Hunger’, and more.
The Aké Arts and Book Festival, with their ‘African Time’ themed events, is on until 25 October.
The Vancouver Writers Fest is on until 25 October.
An off-shoot of the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Kembali 2020 – A Rebuild Bali Festival will take place from 29 October to 8 November, a digital celebration of literature, food, music and more with food demos, workshops and music performances and discussions on the future of dining, how indigenous thinking can save the world, a conversation with Crazy Rich Asians author Kevin Kwan on his latest novel Sex and Vanity, and so much more.
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival will take place as a hybrid festival of 70-plus live and online events from 5 -15 November. Expect urban love poetry, Pulitzer winners, discussions on US-China relations, and Hong Kong writers like Dorothy Tse and Christine Loh.
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