Kia ora Friends,
We're excited to introduce you all to the WORD Book Club — a chance for you and your mates to extend and enrich your WORD Festival experience by combining a six-month mini book club with livestream author sessions from the festival.
Your book club will read a selection of titles by WORD Festival 2022 authors, and receive discounted livestream tickets to their sessions during the festival.
Plus, because livestreams are viewable anywhere and BDS dispatch to book clubs NZ-wide — groups can sign up from anywhere in the country!
We invite you to check out our new website for all the info and to register your club. Spaces are limited so register early to avoid disappointment!
From the teams at BDS and WORD
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Key Info
- Book clubs must contain between three and ten people — because reading is better when done together!
- You can register anytime between now and the Festival which begins on 31 August
- You can choose your start date, but we recommend having a watch party for one of your livestreams to hold your first meeting and hand out your first book!
- You'll meet once a month for six months, reading five books total
- View the complete list of books and livestreams to choose from here on our website, or scroll down for a preview!
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Sara Krasnostein Livestream
How do people find certainty in the absence of knowledge? Live from her home in Melbourne, Sarah speaks with Kim Hill about getting to know the unique individuals in her book, and the complex paths that lead people to believe in UFOs, gods and ghosts.
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About The Believer
Some of the people you will meet believe in things most people don't. Ghosts. UFOs. Heaven and the Devil. The literal creation of the universe in six days. Others believe in things most people would like to. Dying with autonomy. Facing one's own transgressions with an open heart.
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Ruth Shaw (NZ) Livestream
Entitled: Whose Life is it Anyway, Ruth Shaw is joined by Megan Dunn and Clementine Ford with Victor Roger as Chair to discuss the complexities, challenges and joys of writing memoir.
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About The Bookseller at the End of the World
Ruth Shaw weaves together stories of the characters who visit her bookshops, musings about her favourite books, and bittersweet stories from her full and varied life.
But underlining all her wanderings and adventures are some very deep losses and long-held pain. Balancing that out is her beautiful love story with Lance, and her delightful sense of humour
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Nicky Pellegrino (NZ) Livestream
Respected writer Nicky Pellegrino and journalist, mother and author Miriama Kamo join forces for a candid and witty conversation about the realities of menopause.
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About Don't Sweat It
A candid, warm, and witty investigation into the realities of menopause, Nicky shares her own insights into this often-challenging phase of life, and interviews the experts for the latest, credible research on the many options out there to help women make the right choice for themselves
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Plus more books and livestreams to choose from on our website.
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