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Chair’s Overview of Featherston Booktown from September 2023 – July 2024
FEATHERSTON BOOKTOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGM, SUNDAY 28 JULY 2024 Over the last year, the Featherston Booktown Trustees continued to...
Aug 13, 20242 min read
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Dame Suzie D (and Me)
by Christine Ammunson We are excited to have Dame Susan Devoy speaking at our Fish'n'Chip Supper this year - our board member Christine...
Apr 12, 20243 min read
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Chair’s Overview of Featherston Booktown from August 2022 – August 2023
FEATHERSTON BOOKTOWN BOARD OF TRUSTEES AGM, SUNDAY 27 AUGUST 2023 Over the last year, the Featherston Booktown Trustees significantly...
Sep 1, 20235 min read
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VIDEO: Nici & Nicky talk about love, Italy and cooking for one
SATURDAY 19 November 2022 NZ Herald journalist Jie Pang covered Featherston Booktown's A Quiet Kitchen event with authors Nici Wickes and...
Nov 27, 20221 min read
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Help us by filling in a quick survey from Ministry of Culture and Heritage!
THURSDAY 3 November 2022 Could you please take five minutes to fill out a survey form which will show Manatū Taonga/Ministry for Culture...
Nov 3, 20222 min read
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2022 - Featherston Booktown BOT AGM - The Chair's Overview
SUNDAY 11 AUGUST 2022 Kia ora tātou Over the last year, the Featherston Booktown Trustees significantly advanced the strategic trajectory...
Sep 13, 20223 min read
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Featherston Booktown Postpones the May Karukatea Festival Until June
Featherston Booktown Press Release MONDAY 14 MARCH 2022 4:00 PM The popular Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival, originally scheduled...
Mar 14, 20221 min read
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Lydia Wevers - My Life in Art
10 September 2021 We are very sad to share the news that Lydia Wevers, one of our favourite and most generous presenters at many of our...
Sep 10, 20211 min read
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2021 - Featherston Booktown BOT AGM - The Chair's Overview
SUNDAY 22 AUGUST 2021 Kia ora tātou Since last year’s AGM, Featherston Booktown has made significant progress - despite a challenging...
Aug 24, 20216 min read
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Media interest in Do Artists’ Morals Matter panel & the Quiz at Featherston Booktown Karukatea 2021
29 April 2021 Kia ora koutou Featherston Booktown has had a high profile in the media lately - there’s been a huge amount of interest in...
Apr 29, 20212 min read
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The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival adds new Chapters for 2021
New Zealand’s one and only official Booktown has lifted the cover on its latest festival, announcing a literary line-up of 99 presenters...
Mar 31, 20214 min read
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Fantastic Food & Fairs in Featherston over Toast Weekend!
24 September 2020 Sadly, Toast Martinborough has cancelled their homage to food and Wairarapa wine this year, but Featherston is stepping...
Sep 25, 20203 min read
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Featherston Booktown BOT AGM - The Chair's Overview
SUNDAY 30 AUGUST 2020 Kia ora tatou The last year has been an intensely busy but also hugely significant year for Featherston Booktown....
Sep 17, 20206 min read
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Celebrate National Poetry Day in Featherston with Featherston Booktown
Following the successful launch of the ‘Words in Winter’ literary series in June and July, Featherston Booktown’s August events celebrate...
Jul 27, 20203 min read
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Featherston Booktown Brings Peta Mathias to Wairarapa
Featherston Booktown is thrilled to announce the arrival of the ever-popular Peta Mathias to Featherston Booktown. Peta Mathias – cook,...
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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Featherston Booktown Brings Elizabeth Knox to Wairarapa
Featherston Booktown is thrilled to announce that Elizabeth Knox will be coming to Featherston Booktown. On Friday 10 July, newly...
Jun 25, 20202 min read
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"Words in Winter" Series 2020
Featherston Booktown is back! Having been forced to postpone the Featherston Booktown Karukatea 2020 Festival in May, Featherston...
Jun 15, 20203 min read
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Here's what Volunteer Rupert Watson has been up to during lockdown
How are you spending your time during lock-down? Wanted to sort my book midden but instead got lost in it. Have you read any good books...
May 26, 20202 min read
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Here's what Trustee Liz Mellish has been up to during lockdown
How are you spending your time during lock-down? I’m still working, from home in my bubble. I share the bubble with my husband of fifty...
May 21, 20202 min read
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Here is what Volunteer Sarah Hensley is up to
How are you spending your time during lock-down? I am lucky that I can continue my psychology practice with telehealth and Zoom. When I’m...
May 11, 20201 min read
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