Read with us: Book Coven Book Club
We have joined forces with the brilliant team at The Pantograph Punch to bring you a book club in celebration of some of the exceptional books that will feature in this year’s coven-themed Verb Readers & Writers Festival. See below for how it works!
Book Coven image by Sara Moana
This year’s Verb Readers & Writers Festival has the theme of ‘coven’. The word is evocative of so much, not in the least ideas of community, magic, creation and circles of knowledge. Words can make change in the metaphysical and material worlds and the 2021 festival programme takes inspiration from that particular alchemy. The authors of the books selected for this club all appear in the Festival: each book reveals their astonishing talent and the various combinations of imagination, conviction and craft.
Here’s what you’ll be reading for Book Coven:
Month One (August): Rangikura by Tayi Tibble; Bird Collector by Alison Glenny
Two astounding poetry collections. Startling images, energy and atmosphere.
Month Two (September) Greta & Valdin by Rebecca K Reilly
Only one of the hit novels of 2021. Funny, smart, poignant and punchy.
Month Three (October) Butcherbird by Cassie Hart
A domestic psychological thriller from rising Aotearoa star.
Month Four (November) Isobar Precinct by Angelique Kasmara
A new novel from the publisher’s of Becky Manawatu’s Auē: Isobar Precinct is set in inner-City Auckland and takes the reader on a journey that questions time, memory and our place in the world.
Month Five (December) Against the Grain by Melanie Harding-Shaw
A cosy Witchy novella from the Witchy Fiction collective, this story is the perfect way to round off five months of Aotearoa reading.
How it works:
In a nutshell: You subscribe, books arrive, you read, we all meet up online to chat! You get a beautiful bookmark designed by Sara Moana and discounts to the Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021.
1) To go all in and subscribe to the whole beautiful lot purchase a Full Cauldron sub to get all books delivered to you in one go and have your reading sorted for the rest of 2021.
2) If you’d like to just pick and choose which month you’d like to partake in just purchase the month you’re keen on. Note there is a purchase deadline each month to make sure you get your book before our online meet ups. Month One is here and the deadline for subscribing is 2 August.
3) There are supporter options for each month (for example’s here’s Month One’s supporter option) and also for the Full Cauldron (here’s the Full Cauldron Supporter option). If you do purchase a Supporter option then you’re sending magic our way and The Pantograph’s Punch way so we can keep making things and supporting writers and readers!
4) If cost is prohibitive then we have a limited number of discounted options each month. To inquire please contact The Pantograph Punch.
Here is a handy diagram:
