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    • Children’s poetry with Paula Green and children’s songs with Jenny and Laughton Pattrick
    • Comic poetry, with Nick Ascroft, Harry Ricketts, Johanna Aitchison, James Brown and Vivienne Plumb
    • Desert Road, with Fiona Kidman, Ingrid Horrocks and Fergus Barrowman
    • Editors talk with Fergus Barrowman, Harriet Allan, Anna Hodge, Helen Rickerby, Kiri Piahana-Wong
    • Essays and Place, with Ashleigh Young, Ingrid Horrocks, Harry Ricketts, Cherie Lacey, Tim Corballis and Martin Edmond
    • Festival lecture by Elizabeth Knox: ‘On Doubt, Dubiously’
    • Fiction and biography, with Harry Ricketts, Helen Rickerby, Anna Jackson and Thom Conroy
    • Fiction Anthology, with Emily Perkins, Bianca Zander and Nix Whittaker
    • Fiction Writing Workshop with Sue Orr
    • Gala Opening
    • Horse trek with Stacy Gregg
    • Nicky Pellegrino and Jenny Pattrick in conversation
    • Ōhakune stories, with Martin Edmond and Merrilyn George
    • Performance poetry, with Carrie Rudzinski, Ken Arkind, Tusiata Avia, Tulia Thompson and Nick Ascroft
    • Poetry anthology, with Siobhan Harvey, Johanna Aitchison, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Amy Leigh Wicks, Maria McMillan and Ingrid Horrocks
    • Poetry anthology, with Vana Manasiadis, Fiona Kidman, Magnolia Wilson, Hannah Mettner and Helen Reynolds
    • Poetry Slam
    • Poets Who Cycle, with James Brown, Ashleigh Young and Bill Nelson
    • Small Town Shadows, with Tina Shaw, Antony Millen and Elizabeth Knox
    • Waterfall Walk
    • Writers talk: Place as character, with Sue Orr, Bianca Zander and Stacy Gregg
    • Writers talk: Point of view: Bridget van der Zijpp, Paula Green, Tim Corballis
    • Writers talk: Structure: Pip Adam, Emily Perkins and Fiona Farrell
    • Writers Talk: Working with Myth, with Tulia Thompson and Vana Manasiadis
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    • Hannah Mettner
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Ruapehu Writers Festival

Ohakune, 17–20 March 2016

Inaugural Ruapehu Writers Festival wildly successful

Posted on 27 March 2016 by Helen Rickerby

We’re still on a high from the fabulous experience that was the inaugural Ruapehu Writers Festival in Ohakune last weekend.… Read more Inaugural Ruapehu Writers Festival wildly successful

Special free event for kids of all ages

Posted on 13 March 2016 by Helen Rickerby

Don’t miss our special free event featuring children’s poetry with Paula Green, and children’s songs with Jenny and Laughton Pattrick.… Read more Special free event for kids of all ages

Media release: A new writers festival like no other: Ruapehu Writers Festival, Ōhakune, 17–20 March 2016

Posted on 8 February 20169 February 2016 by Helen Rickerby

Tickets are on sale now for the country’s newest, and quirkiest, writers festival, to be held in Ōhakune in March.… Read more Media release: A new writers festival like no other: Ruapehu Writers Festival, Ōhakune, 17–20 March 2016

Vic Books to run Festival book stall

Posted on 5 February 2016 by Helen Rickerby

We’re really delighted that the lovely folks at Vic Books will be running the book stall at the inaugural Ruapehu… Read more Vic Books to run Festival book stall

Only a few days left to get your earlybird season pass

Posted on 3 February 2016 by Helen Rickerby

The bargain-priced earlybird season passes are only available until 5 pm on Waitangi Day, this Saturday 6 February, so don’t… Read more Only a few days left to get your earlybird season pass

Crowdfunding campaign for Festival launched on Boosted

Posted on 22 January 201622 January 2016 by Helen Rickerby

For the next 39 days we’re running a crowdfunding campaign to raise money for the Ruapehu Writers Festival, to make… Read more Crowdfunding campaign for Festival launched on Boosted

Ruapehu Writers Festival tickets on sale now!

Posted on 16 December 201516 December 2015 by Helen Rickerby

  Tickets for the Ruapehu Writers Festival are on sale through Eventfinda now! View all Ruapehu Writers Festival events on… Read more Ruapehu Writers Festival tickets on sale now!

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