Raymond E Feist in Auckland 19 June

Further to yesterday’s post, there is also going to be a Raymond E Feist event in Auckland.

Don’t miss your chance to meet Raymond E. Feist and hear what it is like to write The Magician’s End, the final book of a series that has occupied his life for more than thirty years.

Entry to this event is free and every person who attends is in with a chance to win an advanced proof signed by Raymond E. Feist himself!

WEDNESDAY 19 JUNE
Whare Room, Auckland City Library,
46 Lorne Street.
Doors open at 6pm.

Raymond E Feist in Wellington 20 June

Repeated from over at the Au Contraire site

Raymond E. Feist is one of the world’s best-selling fantasy authors, and after more than thirty books, his Magician series is coming to an end. Au Contraire, HarperCollins New Zealand, and Arty Bees are proud to bring Mr Feist to New Zealand for this exclusive pre-convention event.

Don’t miss your chance to meet Raymond E. Feist and hear what it is like to write The Magician’s End, the final book of a series that has occupied his life for more than thirty years.

Entry to this exclusive event is free and every person who attends is in with a chance to win an advanced proof signed by Raymond E. Feist himself!

THURSDAY 20 JUNE
Mezzanine Room, Wellington Central Library,
65 Victoria Street.
Doors open at 6pm for 6.30pm start.

Phillip Mann event at Unity Books Wellington

You are warmly invited to a midday event with Phillip Mann.

Phillip Mann will discuss his latest book The Disestablishment of Paradise followed by a reading and Q&A session.

Thursday 30th May – 12 noon – 12.45 pm.
Unity Books
57 Willis Street
Wellington

Phoenix SF Society – May Calendar

Phoenix is a Wellington based SF/F/H club catering to fans of all fandom persuasions. The main meetings are held monthly on the second Wednesday of the month. Other regular events also happen during the month.

Main Meeting – 8th May, 7.30pm – Annual General Meeting. Venue:  Brian Davis Room, Cathedral of St Pauls, Hill Street.

Special Interest Groups:

• Biblio – 13th May, 5.30pm – Discussion group for readers – D4, Featherston Street
• Writers – 18th May, 1.30pm – Writers support group -Miramar
• Board Gaming – 18th May, 6.30pm – Newlands
• PIG – 25th May, 7.30pm – Regular monthly social gathering – Kelson
• Video – 7th Jun, 7.30pm – Tawa

Note that some events are held at the homes of Phoenix members. For privacy reasons, these are not shown in full here. If you wish to attend these events or simply find out more about Phoenix, please email enquiries@phoenix.sf.org.nz.

WHO, ME. in Auckland for NZ Comedy Fest…just this week!

Update on comedy gig:  tickets for Friday and Saturday are on offer.

WHO, ME. in Auckland for NZ Comedy Fest…just this week!

‘WHO, ME.’ Is on at the NZ Comedy Festival (Auckland) this week at The Basement on Greys Ave at 8:30pm from Tuesday 7th to Saturday the 11th.

WHO, ME is about Rob Lloyd’s obsession with the TV show Dr Who and The Doctor is put on trial to see whether he has enhanced or ruined his life.

The link to the NZ Comedy Festival page is here.

Rob has offered 7 FREE doubles passes for Opening Night on Tuesday May 7th and 5 FREE double passes for Wednesday May 8th.   Email me at press@sffanz.org.nz with the day you are interested in.

Please circulate round your networks.

GUFF Delegate in Wellington – Social Gathering

Mihaela Marija Perkovic is a Croatian science fiction fan who is also the GUFF Delegate Downunder for 2013. She has been travelling around Australia, attending Swancon & Conflux, and is arriving in Wellington today hoping to spend some time getting to know local SF fans. We are going to host a get together on Thursday evening (2/5/2013) to welcome her to Wellington and would like to invite you to join us.

To help you decide, a little more that you should know about Mihaela. She is from Croatia – a country of about the same population (4M) as New Zealand. Yet they manage to get 1300+ people to their national convention without turning it into an expo – a con for which Mihaela is the PR manager. She can also talk about the youth outreach programmes she runs there to successfully attract new young fans to their conventions and clubs. Or if you prefer she can talk about how fans have become successful publishers. Mihaela was very well received at Swancon and Conflux where she proved a friendly and chatty delegate. For more info, have a look at her web site (rantalica.com) or on twitter @rantalica.

Details: The venue is Avida – 132 Featherston St – on the corner with Johnston st. (That is the same corner as the Featherston and Leuven – our backup venues). The plan is to meet there after work on Thursday 2nd – say 6pm onwards and have a drink and possibly a meal while we chat.