Samesame but different

samesame but different 2020 is going to be out of this world.

Showcasing a diverse range of LGBTQI+ writers writers who push boundaries, explore new territories and create queer and fantastical worlds. Their literary orbits will cover fantasy, science fiction, sex, romance and robots. They even traverse those weird and terrifying realms from childhood to adolescence.

The programme for 2020 will celebrate the writers who are unafraid to change the literary landscape and boldly go where no Queer has gone before.

samesame but different is a celebration of Aotearoa New Zealand’s LGBTQI writing talent, presented from February 12 – 15

Entries are now open for the inaugural Peter Wells Writing Competition. Click here to learn more and enter!

SAMESAME BUT DIFFERENT 2020 PROGRAMME:
Click here for the digital programme

• PRIDE Poetry Speakeasy
  Wednesday 12 February | 5PM – 7PM
• The Sisters Gay Present…
  Thursday 13 February | 6.30PM – 7.30PM
• Opening Night Gala: Out of this World
  Friday 14 February, | 7.30 PM – 9PM
• Kids and Young Adult Books: ‘If you can see it, you can be it’
  Saturday 15 February | 10.30AM – 11.30AM
• Playwrights: Setting New Scenes
  Saturday 15 February | 12PM – 1PM
• Science Fiction/Fantasy: Boldly going where no queer has gone before
  Saturday 15 February | 2PM – 3PM
• Honoured Writer: Victor Rodger
  Saturday 15 February | 3.30PM – 3.30PM
• The Peter Wells Lecture – ‘Learning and Living’: a conversation with Charmaine Pountney
  Saturday 15 February | 5PM – 6PM
  
• Saturday Night Special: Let’s Talk About Sex
  Saturday 15 February | 7PM – 8.30PM