Come along to our first ever Winter Poetry Mini Festival this June!

It’s been a rough few months, and we’d like to help battle those winter blues with this free poetry festival! Happening in seven different libraries across two weeks, come and catch amazing performances by local Tāmaki Makaurau poets!

Every library has chosen a theme that celebrates a positive aspect of winter, and a handful of poets at each will read their thematic poetry. Afterwards, the floors will become Open Mics, and we’ll welcome anyone to read, regardless of the theme!

We have many fabulous poets involved in our festival. This includes exciting, emerging voices alongside more established Tāmaki poets.

The poets involved are: 

Amanda Eason / Amanda Joshua / Anuja Mitra / Cypris Afakasi / Dan Goodwin / Divyaa Kumar / Dominic Hoey / Elise Sadlier / Eric Soakai / Grace Shelley / Hebe Kearney / Holly Bercusson / Kate Bodger / Leonie Brunt / Nadine LaHatte / Ngaio Simmons / Piers Davies / Roman Sigley / Tate Fountain / Te Aniwaniwa Paterson / The Titirangi Poets / Zech Soakai / Zephyr Zhang.

Free kai provided; good vibes welcomed; excellent poetry guaranteed.

Liam from 95bFM had a chat with poets Divya Kumar & Hebe Kearney about their Winter Mini Poetry Fest