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create. is a festival celebrating literature, arts, the spectacular Mackenzie landscape and the amazing community who live here.

EVENT CANCELLED

Despite the enthusiasm and support for the reCreate festival, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel the remaining author events in 2021.

Fortunately, the art part of our programme can continue. The photo competition boards will be displayed in Twizel, Tekapo and Fairlie over the coming months, and The Sculpture Walk on the Tekapo Domain will run from 4 December through 21 January.

Festival Highlights

Social Media Creatives
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Twizel Event Centre
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Twizel Event Centre, Twizel, New Zealand
Spend your Friday evening with the brightest stars of new media whose recent best selling books are just small milestones in their creative journeys.
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Owen Marshall – Author's Cut
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Lake Tekapo Community Hall
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Lake Tekapo Community Hall, 8 Aorangi Crescent, Lake Tekapo 7999, New Zealand
Owen Marshall will talk to Philip Temple about his latest book Author’s Cut. The master of short-story writing will talk about the stories he selected for this book, including ‘Coming Home in the Dark’.
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Landmarks
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Twizel Event Centre
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Twizel Event Centre, Twizel, New Zealand
Twenty-five years after Timeless Land, Brian Turner, Owen Marshall and Grahame Sydney have published a new selection of paintings, poetry and stories celebrating their connection to the central South Island.
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Gangland
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Twizel Event Centre
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Twizel Event Centre, Twizel, New Zealand
Join investigative journalist Jared Savage as he shines a light into the shady underworld of gangs in a country that is now one of the most lucrative illicit drug markets in the world.
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House of Poetry
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Carnegie's Restaurant & Bar
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Carnegie's Restaurant & Bar, 6 Allandale Road, Fairlie 7925, New Zealand
This event is a highlight for poetry lovers. Renowned New Zealand poets Bill Manhire, Tayi Tible, Rhian Gallagher and local poet Pat White will talk about their poetry and read from their work in this original Carnegie’s library building.
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Opening Ceremony and This Pākehā Life
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Mackenzie Community Centre
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Mackenzie Community Centre, Main Street, Fairlie 7925, New Zealand
The festival will open with a Karakia from the Mackenzie College Kapa Haka group followed by words from Graham Smith, the Mackenzie Mayor. This will be followed directly by our first event of the festival - This Pākehā Life: An Unsettled Memoir with Alison Jones.
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