# Event Details

- **Event Name**: THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 13 Jul, 2026 at 12:15 pm – Mon, 13 Jul, 2026 at 01:15 pm
- **Event Description**: Debut poet Haro Lee’s Watching Television in a Love Motel takes on self, family, and past though the cultural lens of TV. Helen Rickerby’s genre-bending poetic memoir, My Bourgeois Apocalypse, is made with fragments from journals of the ‘weird years’, including the pandemic, while Airini Beautrais’s return to poetry finds her crafting a portrait of an uneasy time in The Salt Quilt, both sharp-witted and self-aware. 

These three innovative poets are joined by Chris Tse for a conversation about bending poetic form to make past and future come alive.   

Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. The 2026 series will run from 12.15—1.15 pm each Monday from 6 July to 28 September at Te Papa and Circa Theatre, with two special evening sessions at Meow. Admission is free and all are welcome. The series is supported by the Letteri family.

The full programme can be viewed here: https://www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletters/about/events/writers-mondays 

Come celebrate Aotearoa writers with us at Writers on Mondays – we look forward to seeing you there.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wellington/the-aliveness-of-things-haro-lee-helen-rickerby-and-airini-beautrais/200030238328103
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 33

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Wellington
- **state**: WG
- **country**: New Zealand
- **location**: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
- **lat**: -41.290230725137
- **long**: 174.78152342554
- **full address**: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Red Gates te Papa, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS being held?
  - **A:** THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS takes place on Mon, 13 Jul, 2026 at 12:15 pm to Mon, 13 Jul, 2026 at 01:15 pm at Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Red Gates te Papa, Te Aro, Wellington 6011, New Zealand, Wellington.
- **Q**: Who is organizing THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS?
  - **A:** THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS is organized by Writers on Mondays.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS is ideal for comedy fans, stand-up enthusiasts, and anyone looking for a dedicated session of curated laughs, professional acts, and sharp wit from seasoned performers. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Wellington, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If THE ALIVENESS OF THINGS: HARO LEE, HELEN RICKERBY, AND AIRINI BEAUTRAIS sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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