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Thursday 17 March 2016
Gala Opening
6.00pm, The Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Free event, all welcome
Friday 18 March:
Fiction Writing Workshop with Sue Orr
9.00–10.30am, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Ōhakune stories, with Martin Edmond and Merrilyn George
11.00am–12.00 noon, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Poetry Anthology, with Siobhan Harvey, Johanna Aitchison, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Amy Leigh Wicks, Maria McMillan and Ingrid Horrocks
12 noon–1.00pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Free event, all welcome
Writers Talk: Place as Character, with Sue Orr, Bianca Zander and Stacy Gregg
2.00–3.00pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Fiction Anthology, with Emily Perkins, Bianca Zander and Nix Whittaker
3.00–4.00pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Free event, all welcome
Desert Road, with Fiona Kidman, Ingrid Horrocks and Fergus Barrowman
4.30–5.30pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Festival Lecture by Elizabeth Knox: ‘On Doubt, Dubiously’
5.30–6.30pm, The Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Poetry Slam
8.00pm, The Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Saturday 19 March:
Writers Talk: Working with Myth, with Tulia Thompson and Vana Manasiadis
10.00–11.00am, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Children’s Poetry with Paula Green and Children’s Songs with Jenny and Laughton Pattrick
11.00am–12 noon, Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Free event, all welcome
Waterfall Walk
11.00am–1.00pm, Waitonga Falls, Ohakune Mountain Road
Free event, all welcome. Free shuttle to and from the Powderhorn Chateau
Horse Trek with Stacy Gregg
1.00–2.00pm, Ruapehu Homestead, Rangataua
Comic Poetry, with Nick Ascroft, Harry Ricketts, Johanna Aitchison, James Brown and Vivienne Plumb
2.00–3.00pm, The Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Editors Talk, with Fergus Barrowman, Harriet Allan, Anna Hodge, Helen Rickerby, Kiri Piahana-Wong
3.00–4.00pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Writers Talk: Structure: Pip Adam, Emily Perkins and Fiona Farrell
4.30–5.30pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Performance Poetry, with Carrie Rudzinski, Ken Arkind, Tulia Thompson and Nick Ascroft
5.30–6.30pm, The Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Nicky Pellegrino and Jenny Pattrick in Conversation
8.00–9.00pm, The Matterhorn, Powderhorn Chateau
Sunday 20 March
Essays and Place, with Ashleigh Young, Ingrid Horrocks, Harry Ricketts, Cherie Lacey, Tim Corballis, and Martin Edmond
9.30–10.30am, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Small Town Shadows, with Tina Shaw, Antony Millen and Elizabeth Knox
11.00am–12 noon, Horopito Hall
Free shuttle from the Powderhorn Chateau
Poets Who Cycle, with James Brown, Ashleigh Young and Bill Nelson
12 noon–1.00pm, Horopito Hall
Free shuttle return to the Powderhorn, or join a guided cycle ride back from Horopito to Ōhakune.
Fiction and Biography, with Harry Ricketts, Helen Rickerby, Anna Jackson and Thom Conroy
2.00–3.00pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Writers Talk: Point of View: Bridget van der Zijpp, Paula Green, Tim Corballis
3.00–4.00pm, Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Poetry Anthology, with Vana Manasiadis, Fiona Kidman, Magnolia Wilson, Hannah Mettner and Helen Reynolds
4.30–5.30: Turoa Room, Powderhorn Chateau
Free event, all welcome
