This is the F#$%ing News with Paddy Gower

Yarns in Barns: Wairarapa Festival of Reading’s Gala Night Event is sure to be funny, brutally honest and packed with incredible yarns from a man who has had a huge and varied career in the media. Journalist Paddy Gower has spent decades telling our stories. Now he's telling his.

From his teenage and university years where he learnt to defend himself from cruel bullying about his looks, to the pressure-cooker years he spent in the Press Gallery holding politicians to account, to advocating for the families of the Christchurch terrorist attacks and for sufferers of cystic fibrosis, he has scrapped and fought for the truth and justice for others. This is the F#$%ing News is Paddy Gower, unleashed.

In conversation with Noelle McCarthy: writer, broadcaster and author of the bestselling memoir, Grand.

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Paddy Gower is one of New Zealand's best-known journalists. He spent five years as Newshub's political editor, before becoming its national correspondent, and more recently he's been a documentary maker and host of Paddy Gower Has Issues. He won Best Presenter: News and Current Affairs at the 2023 New Zealand Television Awards.

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This event is part of Yarns in Barns: Wairarapa Festival of Reading which takes place between 12–26th October 2024. This community-led festival features cracking yarns and tall tales for all ages from some of Aotearoa's best writers and storytellers held in an eclectic range of venues across the Wairarapa. View the full festival programme at yarnsinbarns.co.nz

Presented by Hedley's Books, Fraser Books, Masterton District Library and the Wairarapa Library Service.