Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems 2024 | Writers on Mondays

Join editor and poet Nick Ascroft as he introduces a crackling selection of New Zealand poets from his edition of the annual online anthology Ōrongohau | Best New Zealand Poems.

James Brown, Robin Peace, Simon Sweetman, Stacey Teague, Philomena Johnson, Kiri Piahana-Wong, Zephyr Zang, and others will read their work, and poems by the late Fleur Adcock, Vincent O'Sullivan, and Paula Harris will also be celebrated in this warm-up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day.


Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and Te Papa Tongarewa. The 2025 series will run from 12.15—1.15 pm each Monday from 7 July to 29 September at Te Papa Tongarewa 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.

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