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Taking poetry to new places: Selina Tusitala Marsh
New Zealand’s current Poet Laureate, Pasifika poet-scholar, runner, kick-boxer, Commonwealth Poet (2016) and mother of three Selina Tusitala Marsh is clearly an expert multi-tasker.
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This reading life: Ursula Dubosarsky
Ursula will be a guest at 2018 Writers & Readers in Wellington, 8–11 March. Her sessions include a conversation about her writing with Lydia Wevers and a session on word fun for young readers with Nick Earls and Kate De Goldi.
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Your Festival survival guide
Seasoned New Zealand Festival goer and Culture Club supporter Mary Hancock has some great tips for making the most of your 2018 Festival experience.
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The Lost Generation on stage: The Select
In this era of third wave feminism and #MeToo, Ernest Hemingway’s relentless brand of machismo might seem hopelessly antiquated. Or maybe not, argues David O'Donnell, ahead of the celebrated stage adaptation of The Sun Also Rises.
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He Tohu exhibition looks back to the future
He Tohu is a free, permanent exhibition at the National Library in Wellington which hosts three iconic constitutional documents that continue to shape New Zealand, including the Treaty of Waitangi and the Women’s Suffrage Petition.
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Future Playground comes to the Festival
We asked international artists Refik Anadol and Matt Parker what we should expect from the exciting interactive installations they're bringing to Future Playground, a digital wonderland set to delight the whole family this Festival.
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This reading life: RA Spratt
Rachel Spratt is a bestselling Australian author and television writer. She is known for her Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes series of books, and will be a guest at Writers & Readers in Wellington in March.
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My Festival Picks: Meg Williams
Festival Executive Director Meg Williams tells us what she's looking forward to.
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This reading life: Charlie Jane Anders
By her books we will know award winning American writer, editor, performer and 2018 Writers & Readers guest, Charlie Jane Anders.
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