Before & After by Nicola Brown
A moving personal essay by Nicola Brown, commissioned by Ōtepoti Writers Lab. Contains description of sudden death, please proceed with care.
Aotearoa Book Shelf Salon: Elisapeta Heta, Shilo Kino, Becky Manawatu and Rebecca K Reilly with Alice Te Punga Somerville
A fascinating Q & A about books and how they live with us: with Alice Te Punga Somerville (questions) and answers by writers Becky Manawatu, Rebecca K Reilly, Elisapeta Heta and Shilo Kino.
WHAI: A Q & A with writer Nicole Titihuia Hawkins
“One of my hopes for Whai is that it shares a message that we aren't ever just one thing. We are as expansive as Te Moana Nui a Kiwa and beyond.” Nicole Titihuia Hawkins. Read more for a Q & A with the author of the poetry collection, WHAI.
All Those For
The third commission from Ōtepoti Writers Lab is this stunning piece of creative non-fiction from Angela Trolove.
ILLEGIBLE NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN
An essay by Meg Mason in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.
The Oracle at Delphi
An poem by Rebecca Támas in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.
It was important to save our lives and the destination was the last thing on our minds
An essay by Clare Moleta in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.
Blue. Mother. Orange. Go.
An essay by Talia Marshall in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.
Divorce, violence and violets
“I have been called a shrinking violet. But it’s not true. I love the beautiful, regretful, dangerous world. I like being out in it. It suits me.”
Lynn Davidson writes about being unmoored, but finding anchorage in memories, friends, help and nature.
On how to write too much
Find it hard to find the time to write? Author and publisher Murdoch Stephens ponders the predicament and evokes ‘excessive authors’ like Brannavan Gnanalingam, Maggie Nelson and Georges Simenon to help find some solutions.
Theatre Review: Another Mammal by Jo Randerson
Jessie Moss reviews Jo Randerson’s latest play, Another Mammal (Circa Theatre until 29 May 2021).
Extend and Snap: by Lana Lopesi
Lana Lopesi reflects on ten years of art writing and criticism in the latest in the Verb and City Gallery Wellington series ‘Art History is a Mother’.
What’s in a Library?
Musing on the future of Central Library by Verb Director, Claire Mabey.
My Lucky, Unlucky Book by Talia Marshall
Talia Marshall’s personal essay on Ans Westra. The latest in the Verb and City Gallery Wellington series ‘Art History is a Mother’.
Vulnerability, fluorescent islands and resilient teabags – a story by Trish Harris
Vulnerability, fluorescent islands and resilient teabags - a story by Trish Harris. First performed at Verb Festival 2020.
Vulnerability by Alice Mander
On Vulnerability by Alice Mander. First performed at Verb Festival 2020.
Vulnerability in the time of Covid by Robyn Hunt
Vulnerability in the Time of Covid by Robyn Hunt. First performed at Verb Festival 2020.