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Readings
Lots of poetry coming up next week! First up there’s this on Monday (that I will be reading at if my cold has disappeared by then) NZSA Poetry Reading + Open Mic (warm-up event) Join the New Zealand...
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Courage Day – 16 November 2020 at Vic Books Pipitea
Every year, the New Zealand Society of Authors celebrates Courage Day (the New Zealand name for the Day of the Imprisoned Writer). The official day is 15 November, but this year, the Wellington branch...
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The One That Got Away
A book I really enjoyed reading this year was the Wellington political intrigue novel ‘The One That Got Away’ (Town Belt Press), by “Jennifer Palgrave”. Jennifer Palgrave is the pen-name for Lois Cox...
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Verb Festival & LitCrawl 2021
Thanks to the amazing Claire Mabey, Andrew Laking and the team, another Verb Festival has kicked off in Wellington with some great October events, to be followed by the main festival in early...
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If you missed the Newtown event celebrating A Kind of Shelter Whakaruru-taha, you can watch it here – thanks Wellington City Libraries! There’s also a Writers on Mondays event coming up later this...
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Poetry, Poetry!
It’s National Poetry Day this Friday 25th August 2023 and there’ll be events all over Aotearoa to celebrate: here’s the calendar I’ll be attending the Poets on the Writers Walk Salon here in Te...
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Meow Gurrrls Zine Launch
Famdamily Launch 6pm-7pm, Thursday 7 September, Te Awe Library, 29 Brandon Street, Wellington The Meow Gurrrls – a poetry collective I’m part of – are launching our latest poetry zine Famdamily:...
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A Wild, Wild Book Launch
Many thanks to everyone who joined me last night to release ‘Wild, Wild Women’ into the wild! At The Bay | I Te Kokoru publisher Michelle Elvy – who made this all happen – kicked things off for us and...
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How is the book doing?
A few folk have asked me how ‘Wild, Wild Women’ is doing. Well, I’m pleased to report it’s going swimmingly – a very nice review in the Listener, a very enjoyable interview with Neil Johnstone on...
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Merry Millwood & the New Books Showcase
Two events coming up next week! The first is brought to you by The Cuba Press at the very lovely: Pop-up Millwood Gallery at 97b Customhouse Quay, Wellington (near Pravda Cafe, between Jane Daniels...
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