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Poetry and community

Thanks everyone who participated in our National Poetry Day reading. It was a fantastic night, and we had some great feedback. Comments over supper included: ‘I wasn’t sure what to expect, I don’t normally read poetry, but this was excellent!’; ‘I had no idea we had so many poets with connections to our area’; and […]Read Post ›

Poetry Ngaio reading – this Friday…

Our Poetry Ngaio reading is coming up fast – this Friday (25 August), 7.30-9.30pm, Cummings Park Library. It won’t be a full moon but it will be a great night! As we’ve noted in previous posts, the evening features some of the terrific poets who have associations with Ngaio and Crofton Downs (living or working […]Read Post ›

National Poetry Day, Friday 25 August

Some great National Poetry Day events will be held around Wellington city on Friday 25 August. Readings are planned for various times during the Day – for example, you can begin at the launch of Starling 4 at Vic Books Kelburn, 10.45am; hear readings from the just-published Manifesto Aotearoa: 101 Political Poems (edited by Philip […]Read Post ›

Reading

Our National Poetry Day reading offers a chance to hear poems by writers with connections to Ngaio and Crofton Downs, including Kerry Popplewell, Kate Spencer, John Howell, Janis Freegard, Carmen Downes & more… For further information on Poetry Ngaio nearer the events, please check in again here over the coming weeks.

Coming up – August 2017

Two community events are focusing on poetry in Ngaio and Crofton Downs this August, and if you live, work or play here – or would like to visit! – you’re invited to take part. The first event is an opportunity for people to have a go at writing and sharing poems via a display at […]Read Post ›

Our 2017 activities

 
Write and see (14-28 August) invited people to write poems responding to photos taken in our community, and see what others had written
 
Hear and read (25 August) provided an opportunity to hear poems by writers with connections to Ngaio and Crofton Downs, and to read in open mic, at our Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day reading
 
Both activities held at Cummings Park Library, Ngaio, Wellington

 
 
 
 
 

For more on Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, see poetryday.co.nz

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