

Fear Factor: Come into my Snake Box
Writers talk about battling the fear demons that get in the way of productivity.

Compound Press Fest
Celebrate indie publisher Compound Press with a mini-fest of Compound’s authors.

This is not how it ends
Jehan Casinader talks with Charlotte Graham-McLay about this moving memoir.



Songwriters
The seventh annual Nick-Bollinger-hosted songwriter session in LitCrawl, with Dominic Hoey (aka Tourettes)


Where Love & Art Meet
Creative couples confess the secrets of living and making stuff together.

How to have an opinion
Writers Nadine Anne Hura, Emily Writes, Emma Espiner and Laura O’Connell Rapira talk about online conversation.

Lie Down & Listen: Death Salon
Marty Smith celebrates the life of her friend Paul, with readings and music.

Creating Chaos
Join HG Parry and Philippa Swan for a conversation about their adventuresome novels.

So Sick of Love Songs
NZ’s POC poets, essayists, and performers riff on the number one human emotion that inspires most music, art, and their own personal writing.



Am I A Human Being
Celebrate Jackson Nieuwland’s poetry collection, I Am A Human Being.

Starling Turns Ten
Celebrate 10 issues with one of Aotearoa’s most vibrant lit journals. Image: Rebecca Hawkes, for issue 10.


Sign of the times/Reading the Signs
Tayi Tibble, Chris Tse and Anahera Gildea analyse astrological lit personalities.


This is not a pipe
Tara Black, Pip Adam and Sam Orchard talk about writing relationships.
High Wire: Lloyd Jones
Acclaimed writer Lloyd Jones shares passages from High Wire with live music by Andrew Laking and Nigel Collins.

The Absolute, Absolute Book
Elizabeth Knox talks about the journey of her hugely successful novel, The Absolute Book.

How to be happy though human
Kate Camp talks about her latest collection with Vancouver-based editor and fellow poet, Kevin Connolly.

Lauris Edmond Poetry Party
Celebrate the 2020 Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for Poetry .

The art of the short
Airini Beautrais and Breton Dukes talk about their brilliant new short story collections.