Welcome to the eleventh LitCrawl Wellington!
One night. 22 Sessions of live lit.
Wellington’s original crawl since 2014.
Entry to LitCrawl is by donation at the door, $5 suggested.
All LitCrawl events are 45mins.
PHASE ONE : 6:00PM–6:45PM
Cousins in the Car: A Poorhara Road Trip with Michelle Rahurahu
Make sure your seatbelt is on for this road trip through Michelle Rahurahu’s Poorhara, with essa may ranapiri at the wheel.
6:00pm–6:45pm
McLeavey Gallery · 147 Cuba St
Duly Noted: Found Poems from the Notes App
Nick Ascroft and Claudia Jardine attempt to craft a poem from the secrets and shopping lists buried in your notes app.
6:00pm–6:45pm
Undercurrent · 118 Tory St
I Want to Be An Arts Reviewer: Teach me How!
Arts reviewers and writers Matariki Williams, Arihia Latham and Sinead Overbye discuss craft and community with Nadia Solomon.
6:00pm–6:45pm
Garage Project · 7 Furness Ln
Future Jaw-Clap: Daniel Beban with Nick Bollinger
Experimental musician Daniel Beban spins some records and discusses his new book in this session with Nick Bollinger.
6:00pm–6:45pm
Slow Boat Records · 183 Cuba St
Boiling Point: Characters on the brink
Authors of genre-bending novels, romesh dissanayake and Louise Wallace, reveal how their craft turns up the heat on their characters.
6:00pm–6:45pm
The Ferret Bookshop· 175 Cuba St
Bad Diaries Salon
Join four courageous writers as they read from their unpublished diaries. What happens in salon stays in salon, so don’t miss out!
6:00pm–6:45pm
Meow · 9 Edward St
Home Is a Nebulous Place: Saraid de Silva on Amma
The concept of ‘home’ takes many forms. Saraid de Silva and Brannavan Gnanalingam discuss what home means to them.
6:00pm–6:45pm
Te Auaha · 65 Dixon St
PHASE TWO : 7:15PM–8:00PM
I'm disabled ... of course I'm a villain!
Can we find pride in the monstrous, or was ableism the real monster all along? Crip the Lit investigates.
7:15pm–8:00pm
Te Auaha · 65 Dixon St
Reflections from Island to Island: Aotearoa and Scotland
Jenni Fagan (Scotland) and essa may ranapiri reflect on their experience crossing the world and finding themselves on new islands.
7:15pm–8:00pm
Minerva · 237 Cuba St
AAPI and Us: How does Aotearoa fit into the acronym?
Manuia Heinrich and Nicola Andrews discuss Pacific Islanders in publishing and what it means for Aotearoa to be left out of the conversation.
7:15pm–8:00pm
McLeavey Gallery · 147 Cuba St
Sweet Mammalian
Join hot-blooded local journal Sweet Mammalian at the eleventh hour to launch their latest issue and celebrate their steel anniversary.
7:15pm–8:00pm
Bedlam & Squalor · 18 Garrett St
Starling: Shapes in the silence
Births, homecomings and the end of the world: Join us for readings from eight young authors from the pages of Starling.
7:15pm–8:00pm
Bicycle Junction · 1 Marion St
Protest Poetry
We speak our truth, our voices will be heard! Four slam poets speak their minds about the issues facing their generation.
7:15pm–8:00pm
S&M’s Cocktail Bar · 176 Cuba St
My Ancestors’ Wildest Dream: Shilo Kino on All That We Know
Shilo Kino walks backwards into the digital age in her latest book. Meriana Johnsen joins her in conversation.
7:15pm–8:00pm
Meow · 9 Edward St
PHASE THREE : 8:30PM–9:15PM
Better off Read Live with Olive Nuttall
Pip Adam is back with another episode of Better off Read. Join the conversation with author Olive Nuttall live from LitCrawl!
8:30pm–9:15pm
Alistair’s Music · 215 Cuba St
Ageing into the Page
A multi-generational panel shares their experiences reading and writing female characters in midlife and beyond.
8:30pm–9:15pm
Wellington Apothecary · 110a Cuba St
Children’s Writers’ Red Light Reading
An All-Star panel of children’s writers joins Claire Mabey for an adventure through the reading experiences that left impressions on their younger selves.
8:30pm–9:15pm
Bicycle Junction · 1 Marion St
Making noise: Aotearoa music writers
Three Aotearoa music writers share their pinch-me moments; unbelievable encounters with their music idols; and what it’s like reporting on music in 2024.
8:30pm–9:15pm
Flying Nun Records· 173 Cuba St
Portrait of an Artist | Writers at the Canvas
Multi-disciplinary writers multi-task in this session with Rose Lu and Elizabeth Flux. Joined in conversation by Nathan Joe.
8:30pm–9:15pm
Hunters and Collectors · 134 Cuba St
There's Something Gay about the Process of Inhabiting Two Worlds
Ruby Solly, Dani Yorukova and Claudia Jardine talk myth, method and multiplicity in this conversation about heteronormative storytelling.
8:30pm–9:15pm
S&M’s Cocktail Bar · 176 Cuba St
The Life and Opinions of Kartik Popat
Join Brannavan Gnanalingam for a deep dive into his compelling new satire, in which he lampoons the concept of the model minority with a little help from his leading man.
8:30pm–9:15pm
Bedlam & Squalor · 18 Garrett St
Poems to End Colonialism
Threads of resistance from the Middle East to the Pacific bind together for collective liberation. An anti-colonial event facilitated by Te Hā o Ngā Pou as a fundraiser for Palestine.
8:30pm–9:15pm
Meow · 9 Edward St
LitCrawl After (Colonialism) Party
Resistance all the way to dawn and ever more!
A fundraiser for Palestine. Donations also taken on the night.
9:15pm–Late
Meow · 9 Edward St