Nicola Brown 18/12/22 Nicola Brown 18/12/22

Before & After by Nicola Brown

A moving personal essay by Nicola Brown, commissioned by Ōtepoti Writers Lab. Contains description of sudden death, please proceed with care.

Verb Wellington 15/12/21 Verb Wellington 15/12/21

Aotearoa Book Shelf Salon: Elisapeta Heta, Shilo Kino, Becky Manawatu and Rebecca K Reilly with Alice Te Punga Somerville

A fascinating Q & A about books and how they live with us: with Alice Te Punga Somerville (questions) and answers by writers Becky Manawatu, Rebecca K Reilly, Elisapeta Heta and Shilo Kino.

Verb Wellington 9/12/21 Verb Wellington 9/12/21

WHAI: A Q & A with writer Nicole Titihuia Hawkins

“One of my hopes for Whai is that it shares a message that we aren't ever just one thing. We are as expansive as Te Moana Nui a Kiwa and beyond.” Nicole Titihuia Hawkins. Read more for a Q & A with the author of the poetry collection, WHAI.

Angela Trolove 1/12/21 Angela Trolove 1/12/21

All Those For

The third commission from Ōtepoti Writers Lab is this stunning piece of creative non-fiction from Angela Trolove.

Sam George-Allen 26/11/21 Sam George-Allen 26/11/21

Flights

An essay by Sam George-Allen in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.

Meg Mason 26/11/21 Meg Mason 26/11/21

ILLEGIBLE NEW ZEALAND CITIZEN

An essay by Meg Mason in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.

Rebecca Támas 26/11/21 Rebecca Támas 26/11/21

The Oracle at Delphi

An poem by Rebecca Támas in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.

Clare Moleta 26/11/21 Clare Moleta 26/11/21

It was important to save our lives and the destination was the last thing on our minds

An essay by Clare Moleta in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.

Trish Harris 26/11/21 Trish Harris 26/11/21

FLIGHT

An essay by Trish Harris in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.

Talia Marshall 26/11/21 Talia Marshall 26/11/21

Blue. Mother. Orange. Go.

An essay by Talia Marshall in response to the theme of Flight at Verb Readers & Writers Festival Gala Night 2021.

Lynn Davidson 12/08/21 Lynn Davidson 12/08/21

Divorce, violence and violets

“I have been called a shrinking violet. But it’s not true. I love the beautiful, regretful, dangerous world. I like being out in it. It suits me.”
Lynn Davidson writes about being unmoored, but finding anchorage in memories, friends, help and nature.

Murdoch Stephens 10/05/21 Murdoch Stephens 10/05/21

On how to write too much

Find it hard to find the time to write? Author and publisher Murdoch Stephens ponders the predicament and evokes ‘excessive authors’ like Brannavan Gnanalingam, Maggie Nelson and Georges Simenon to help find some solutions.

Jessie Moss 9/05/21 Jessie Moss 9/05/21

Theatre Review: Another Mammal by Jo Randerson

Jessie Moss reviews Jo Randerson’s latest play, Another Mammal (Circa Theatre until 29 May 2021).

Alie Benge 26/04/21 Alie Benge 26/04/21

Shitfight

Wellington writer Alie Benge recalls her time spent in the Australian Army. Originally published in Landfall.

Lana Lopesi 28/03/21 Lana Lopesi 28/03/21

Extend and Snap: by Lana Lopesi

Lana Lopesi reflects on ten years of art writing and criticism in the latest in the Verb and City Gallery Wellington series ‘Art History is a Mother’.