Join Dr Hirini Kaa (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Kahungunu and Rongowhakaata), Ian Harris, and writer Danyl Mclauchlan for a conversation about the place for faith at a time of global crisis.
Art writers Arihia Latham (Te Ara Hikoi columnist The Dominion Post) and Maya Neupane (Salient) and Hamish Petersen (HAMSTER) discuss the future they see for art writing.
Join us for the launch to celebrate a lineup of glorious poets whose words are hot off the press in the new issue.
Writers Paula Morris and Gregory Kan have been influenced by the life and writing of Robin Hyde. IMAGE: from the Literary Coven Cards, by Sarah Laing.
LitCrawl Quiz with RNZ’s Rob Kelly replaces Greta & Valdin (cancelled due to COVID travel restrictions… though a podcast is coming!)
Hear from contributors to Atua Wāhine, a collective of wāhine Māori writers and their responses to Atua Wāhine from Papatūānuku to Hineahuone, all the way down to their grandmothers.
Emma Barnes and Johanna Knox talk to Sinead Overbye about dispelling dominant sexual narratives with their writing.
Emily Perkins and Joy Holley talk about their new work, and the appeal of transformation and mystery in fiction as well as in life.
Novelists Jacqueline Bublitz (Before You Knew My Name) and Sally J Morgan (Toto Among the Murderers) talk about their acclaimed first novels with Maggie Tweedie.
Ida Lune join Kirsten Johnstone for the eighth annual songwriters chat at Alistair’s.
Shuffle into your Swanndri, crack open your thermos, chip the ice off your windshield and take a roadtrip through Te Waipounamu.
Five writers share work that reflects where our minds may go when we contemplate the next moments, days, years.
For this year’s coven-themed festival we welcome writers Melody Thomas, Kate Camp, Maeve Hughes and Rebecca K Reilly. Hosted by Tracy Farr.
End your night with something close to the boner… mmmm.
What kind of research is involved in creating a witchy character and magical world?
Launching Minarets 12, a special issue of poetry from Aotearoa and Singapore co-edited by Gregory Kan and Hao-Guang Tse.
