News

Announcing our amazing new programmer…

Seeking a Festival programmer: Enquire within!

Gratitude and exciting changes ahead!

On making a festival in the time of Covid.

In which we announce the full Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021 programme.

In which we announce some special early events for Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021.

Verb Writer’s Residency opens for applications!

We explore Ocular: a creative studio in the heart of Wellington

A post-Festival rundown and announcing The Garden Party.

A lively interview with Terry and Aames from Wellington’s oldest second-hand bookstore, The Ferret.

An inspiring interview with Jenny Neligan, founder and director of Bowen Galleries.

An interview with owner of Another Chapter Bookshop in Newtown, Lorna Bingham. Interview by Maggie Tweedie.

We are so excited to be starting the Verb Community — bringing together curious people who want to see creativity thrive and artists valued.

We are thrilled to be welcoming Auckland writer Himali McInnes to Wellington for the inaugural Verb Wellington Residency with Park Hotel and Katherine Mansfield House & Garden.

Announcing the 2020 Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for Poetry. Discover the winner and read three of her previously unpublished poems.