Writers on Sunday: Rona Winter Series is kicking off tomorrow (Sunday) May 22 at 151 Muritai Road Eastbourne 4.30 pm, with the remarkable Kate de Goldi: fiction writer (for children and adults) and reviewer, and currently working on a history of a pre-eminent collection of children's books owned by Susan Price.
Kate's The 10 PM Question (Longacre)has been a runaway bestseller and won Readers' Choice in the NZ Book Awards and Book of the Year in the Children's Book Awards. I reviewed it here.We'll start the Sunday event with a glass of wine and a chance to chat with Kate, then there's an Open Mic for local writers to share their work, a refill of wine, then Kate will read followed by questions... and more wine...
A similar event held at Rona Gallery last year with Fiona Kidman was both stimulating and fun with a crowd of 50 people.
Here's an extract from my 10 PM Question review....
If you love story read this book. If you love a story which has in its arms myth, fairytale, legend, picture book, adult and childhood classics, read this book. If you have a family member who is different from the people in other families you know, read this book. If you love a book which pulses with the chaos of family life - of life in fact - but at every turn reminds you of the wonder there, read this book. If your family harbours a secret, read this book...
Be there or be square... (Koha $5)
2 comments:
What a wonderful evening and such a celebration of local talent (a play, a poem, a self-published novel, an endearingly lovely local short story about Jim/Gin from the fruit shop)(Question, do I need a semi colon here?)... and all this followed by the super talent of Kate reading not just from The Ten PM Question, but tantalisingly and entertainingly, from her new work. How does she stay so on track with her topic whilst detouring so wildly and interestingly. Such eloquence from both Kate and from you Mary as the Chair - the perfect question about the Russian novels and I expect a write up from you about all the lovely literary semi-colon moments that were explored. Of course, gratitude from us all to Rona Gallery.
A small example of the generosity of the Ponders. I overheard Joanna telling a customer that she must buy Carol Henderson's memoir 'Searching for Grace' and then adding generously..."Or else, if you like, I'll lend you my copy"!
I quickly (laughingly) reminded Joanna that she is a book-seller.
Maggie, lovely of you to come along and then in true generous style write it up afterwards! It was a great evening thanks to people like you and Kate - so much to think about there; I will see what I can do about a write-up. (Note the semi-colon.) Mary x
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