Southland Festival of the Arts

It is Southland Festival of the Arts time again, and Invercargill City Libraries have teamed with the Dan Davin Literary Foundation (with support from the Community Trust of Southland and the Invercargill Licensing Trust) to present Readers and Writers Alive! , a literary programme which has something to interest nearly everyone. Pick up a programme from the Library for detailed information and start planning your timetable of events now. Events with Library involvement are highlighted below.

WORKSHOPS:

Writing different worlds with Tim Jones

Saturday 30 April, 10am-2:30pm, Invercargill Public Library Meeting Room, $25.00 (or $40.00 if attending both workshops)

Reading for writing with Joanna Preston

Sunday 1 May, 10am-2pm, Invercargill Public Library Meeting Room, $25.00 (or $40.00 if attending both workshops) Open to adults and secondary students. Numbers are strictly limited and pre-payment is required to secure your place in the workshops. Tickets are available from Information Services on the first floor of the Invercargill Public Library. For further information, pick up a registration form from the Library or contact Rebecca on 027 2252 664 or dandavin@xtra.co.nz or Kirsty on 211 1763.

FOR ADULTS:

Book Lovers’ Dinner with Jenny Pattrick

Thursday 12 May, 7pm, The Cabbage Tree, $40.00 Enjoy a two-course meal at The Cabbage Tree with bestselling New Zealand historical fiction author Jenny Pattrick. Tickets are available from Information Services on the first floor of the Invercargill Public Library.

Poetry in the Stack

Friday 29 April, 6pm, Library Meeting

Room, $5.00 door sales Enjoy an evening of poetry and wine with poets Lynley Dear, Tim Jones, Kay McKenzie Cooke, and Joanna Preston.

Joy Cowley talks about writing for children

Saturday 7 May, 1 : 3 0 pm, L i b r a r y Meeting Room, $5 door sales Lynley Dear talks to Joy Cowley about her career as a writer.

FOR KIDS:

Storytime with Joy Cowley & the Dreamweaver, Liz Miller

Saturday 7 May, 10:30am, Library Meeting Room, gold coin donation

Story & Song: The very important godwit

Friday 13 May, 10:30am, gold coin donation The Pattricks will share the story and songs from their recent picture book.