Newtown Sunday Stroll events are entry by donation (Contactless Paywave fandangles will be at the door). If Covid rears and we are in Level 2, you will need to pre-register for the events you want to see.
1pm, Book Haven, 160 Riddiford St
Witchy Fiction
Join a collective of Wellington writers who are each writing fun witchy novellas with a dash of romance. Featuring Isa Pearl Ritchie, Helen Vivienne Fletcher, Melanie Harding-Shaw, Andi C. Buchanan, Janna Ruth and Elizabeth Heritage.
1pm, Food Court Books, 84 Constable St
Bad Advice for Good People: Dominic Hoey
Bad Advice For Good People is a brand new zine from poet, Dominic Hoey and artist Josh Solomon. Earlier this year the two friends asked the internet what advice they'd want from two dyslexics who failed highschool. They got hundreds of replies: everything from "Can I cut out my stitches at home?" to "How do you orgasm quieter?". Dominic turned them into poems, Josh turned them into art, and now it's a zine you can use to kill flies or start fires. Celebrate the zine and hear some old faves with Dominic Hoey at Food Court’s brand new space!
2pm, Book Hound, 132 Riddiford St
So real
Join novelists Chloe Lane (The Swimmers), Eamonn Marra (2000ft Above Worry Level) and David Coventry (Dance Prone) for a conversation about writing the starkly real to create compelling, moving fiction. Hosted by Ashleigh Young. Curated by Annaleese Jochems.
3pm, Another Chapter, 6 Riddiford St
No Man’s Land
In AJ Fitzwater’s novella No Man’s Land, Dorothea ‘Tea’ Gray joins the World War 2 New Zealand Land Service and is sent to work on a remote farm where she discovers so much more than hard war work. Join AJ and Jessie Bray Sharpin to discuss this moving historical fantasy love story set in the golden plains of North Otago.
4pm, Moon, 167 Riddiford St
Book Launch: Mohamed Hassan
Celebrate the launch of National Anthem with poet Mohamed Hassan. Through navigating the intersection of identity and grief, Hassan’s poems wander through memories of childhood and migration, terrorism and transit, nationalism and depression ultimately in search of an idea of home.
