Books, Bagels & Banter 2025 Speaker Announcement!
🌟 2025 Keynote Speaker Announcement 🌟
We are thrilled to announce this year’s keynote speaker for Books, Bagels & Banter 2025!
OPENING EVENT SPEAKER – FRIDAY 23rd MAY
Kennedy Warne
Co-founder of New Zealand Geographic in 1988 and editor for 15 years, Kennedy has authored over five books. His latest, Soundings: Diving for Stories in the Beckoning Sea, chronicles his underwater adventures as a National Geographic reporter. Kennedy is also the outdoors and environment correspondent for RNZ’s Nine to Noon, presenting the segment Off the Beaten Track. In addition to his work for adults, Kennedy has written two children’s books in collaboration with illustrator Heather Hunt – The Cuckoo and the Warbler and It’s My Egg: And You Can’t Have It. He also contributes to the Māori-Pasifika magazine e-Tangata.
Join us for an evening with Kennedy as he shares his stories and insights.
🎟️ Reserve your place at events.humanitix.com/books-bagels-banter
📅 Friday 23rd May, 6pm
SUNDAY 25th MAY – 9.30am service
Glynn Cardy: Glynn has been a church minister for over 40 years, including Vicar of St Andrew’s from 1993 to 2004. He has written regularly for newspapers and magazines on spirituality and has published three books, including his latest, Pinches of Wisdom, which Glynn will discuss at the 9.30am service on Sunday 25th May.
👉 #BooksBagelsBanter #EpsomEvents #AucklandBookFair #KennedyWarne #BooksAndBagels #NZGeographic #NZAuthor #RNZ
Poll: Do you set New Year’s resolutions?
🎉 2026 is almost here!
We’re curious ... how do you welcome it?
Do you set resolutions, follow special traditions, or just go with the flow?
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10.3% Yes! New Year, New Me
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20.1% Yes - but I rarely stick to them
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69.6% Nah - not for me
Poll: 🗑️ Would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Aucklanders, our weekly rubbish collections are staying after councillors voted to scrap a proposed trial of fortnightly pick-ups.
We want to hear from you: would you be keen to switch to a fortnightly rubbish collection, or do you prefer things as they are?
Keen for the details? Read up about the scrapped collection trial here.
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85.1% Same!
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14.9% Would have liked to try something different
Poll: Is it ok to regift something that you have been given?
🎁 Holiday Gift Chat!
Do you ever regift?
What’s your take on asking for a receipt if a gift doesn’t fit?
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78.7% Yes! It's better to regift what I don't need
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21.3% No. It's the thought and effort that matters
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