Event by Wairarapa Word, Carterton Library and Almo’s Books

Carterton Library, 50 Holloway St, Wairarapa
Duration: 4 hr

3pm – Poetry Reading: Love Actually
Open to the public.
Perhaps every poem is a love poem, including Dr Karlo Mila’s recent political poetry. Karlo will read some favourites and speak to how love poems have propelled her creative practice.

1pm – Creative Workshop: Re-membering ourselves through poetry
Registration required.
How does place shape and create us? In this workshop, we’ll write a poem grounded in place, memory and personal identity. We’ll reach into the past in a multisensory way, generating a poem that we can return to again and again and remember who we are, and why.
Places are limited. For ages 14+.
Bring your laptop/tablet/notebook.
Registration required. Please email: events.waiword@gmail.com.
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Dr Karlo Mila MNZM
Karlo Mila is a New Zealand-born poet of Tongan and Pākehā descent with ancestral connections to Samoa. She founded the leadership programme Mana Moana and has authored three books of poetry: ‘Dream Fish Floating’ won NZSA Jessie Mackay Best First Book of Poetry Award; ‘A Well Written Body’ with Delicia Sampero; and ‘Goddess Muscle’, all with Huia Publishers.
For more about the author: www.karlomila.com

Wairarapa Word
Wairarapa Word has been offering a monthly literary programme since 2012. To receive our e-newsletters, please email: events.waiword@gmail.com

This 2-part programme is presented by Wairarapa Word, with support from Carterton Library, Huia Publishers, Almo’s Books and Wairarapa Events Centre.