Rainbow Auckland & AUT Speaker Series

Wednesday, 2 October 2019 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM NZST

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Wednesday, 2 October 2019 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM NZST

Same Same But Different

MCed by Michael Giacon

Featuring previews of work by three of the Festival writers/speakers; Joanne Drayton, essa may ranapiri and Samuel Te Kani
 
Complementary drink upon arrival.
 
 
Venue AUT Conference Centre, WA224, City Campus
 
Date Wednesday 2 October
 
Price Free
 
Registration is essential to secure a seat for you and your guest(s)! 
 
Michael Giacon was born and grew up in Auckland in a large Pakeha-Italian family. His passion is poetry. In 2016 he graduated with a Master in Creative Writing from AUT. That year he was awarded the Kathleen Grattan Prize for a sequence of poems, 'Argento in no man land’, based on a section of the Masters. He is member of AUT’s Out@AUT staff network, on the Board of Same Same but Different, and is part of Isthmus Poets with alumni from the AUT Masters.
 
Joanne Drayton is an acclaimed New Zealand author whose output is globally recognized. Her latest book Hudson & Halls: The Food of Love was the winner of the Royal Society Te Aparangi Award for General Non-Fiction at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards in May 2019.
 
essa may ranapiri (Ngati Raukawa/takatapui; they/them/theirs) is a poet from Kirikiriroa whose debut collection, ransack, has recently been published to acclaim by Victoria University Press.
 
Samuel Te Kani (Ngapuhi) is a part-time generator of erotic science fiction, critical essaying on cinema, the Vice series, Sex with Sam, and opinion pieces ranging from the innocuous to blasphemous, and seriously good times. He originally hails from Northland but currently resides in Auckland on Karangahape Road
 
Please note this event will have a no cost door entry fee for all attendees, members and not members of hosting and interested organisations. Registration is for host catering purposes.

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