David Eggleton is a poet, writer and critic of Palagi, Rotuman and Tongan descent based in Dunedin. He has published a number of poetry collections and chapbooks, and has also released a number of recordings with his poetry set to music by a variety of musicians and composers. He is the former Editor of Landfall and Landfall Review Online as well as the Phantom Billstickers Cafe Reader. His book The Conch Trumpet won the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Poetry. In 2016, he received the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement in Poetry. His The Wilder Years: Selected Poems, was published by Otago University Press in May 2021. He is the Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2019 - 2022.

Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022 appearance:
Toi Te Kupu, Wednesday 2 November, Rongomaraeroa · Te Marae · Level 4, Te Papa (FREE event)