98. Breton Dukes: Writing Fact into Fiction

Schedule

Sun May 17 2026 at 09:00 am to 11:00 am

UTC13:00

Location

Waihorotiu | Auckland, AU

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All Tickets are Mobile Ticket Only. Mobile Tickets are like Print-at-Home tickets but instead of having to print off the tickets yourself, you can just show the barcode on your mobile phone. It is the easiest way to access tickets to your events. For more information visit Ticketmaster.co.nz/mobileticket Child Policy: Children aged under 1 will be permitted free. Provided they do not occupy a seat. On a family visit to Bokarina, fiction writer Breton Dukes (Party Boy, What Sort of Man) found the seed of a short story. But how do you make the leap from lived experience into exaggeration, invention and actual storytelling? Dukes takes you through his process of writing the story "Bokarina", revealing how he navigated the crucial decisions: what to keep, what to discard, what to heighten, and where truth ends and fiction begins.

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