{"id":10488,"date":"2019-09-29T09:20:21","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=10488"},"modified":"2019-09-29T09:20:24","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T20:20:24","slug":"going-west-writers-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/10488","title":{"rendered":"Going West Writers Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSarahSkye-DSCF7873-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSarahSkye-DSCF7873-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSarahSkye-DSCF7873-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSarahSkye-DSCF7873-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Robert Vennell, Edin Whitehead, Sarah Ell and Skye Wishart<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 15 September saw an event at the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Arataki Visitors Centre (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz\/parks-recreation\/Pages\/park-details.aspx?Location=204\" target=\"_blank\">Arataki Visitors Centre<\/a> in the Waitakeres which was part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iticket.co.nz\/go-to\/going-west-writers-festival-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Going West Writers Festival (opens in a new tab)\">Going West Writers Festival<\/a>. Sarah Ell chaired a panel comprising the authors of The Meaning of Trees and The Brilliance of Birds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Robert Vennell\u2019s gorgeous book, The Meaning of Trees was released in April this year and built on his <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"blog (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/meaningoftrees.com\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a> which documents fascinating facts about New Zealand native plants. It was great to see him speak about his passion and work. Edin worked with Robert documenting some of his research and his book contains many of Edin\u2019s photographs. It was encouraging to see this young trio of authors collaborating to create such interesting new work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7818-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7818-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7818-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7818-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>The audience at the Arataki Visitors Centre enjoying hearing the stories around the writing of The Brilliance of Birds and the Meaning of Trees<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The forum was also an exciting opportunity for the public to see and purchase The Brilliance of Birds prior to the official release date of 17 September. Edin and Skye have been working on this for well over a year so it was great to actually see the final result of their efforts in the flesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7814-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7814-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7814-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/GoingWestWritersFestival-DSCF7814-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Skye Wishart sharing her experiences in researching and writing the Brilliance of Birds.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After the talk there was the opportunity to get books signed and speak directly with the authors. All in all a great morning. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Brilliance of Birds (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.co.nz\/books\/the-brilliance-of-birds-9780143772156\" target=\"_blank\">The Brilliance of Birds<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"The Meaning of Trees (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.harpercollins.co.nz\/9781775541301\/the-meaning-of-trees\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Meaning of Trees<\/a> can be ordered online via these links.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSkye-DSCF7867-web.jpg?resize=960%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSkye-DSCF7867-web.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSkye-DSCF7867-web.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/RobertEdinSkye-DSCF7867-web.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption>Robert Vennell, Edin Whitehead and Skye Wishart signing copies of their books.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Photos with Fuji XT3 and 18-55mm f2.8-4 or 10-24mm f4 lens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunday 15 September saw an event at the Arataki Visitors Centre in the Waitakeres which was part of the Going West Writers Festival. 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