Early Events
Bird Collector: Alison Glenny in discussion with Pip Adam
Surreal Sisters: Jo Randerson, Khadro Mohamed, Cadence Chung, Sarah Scott and Rebecca Hawkes read poetry responding to the Te Papa Surrealism exhibition
“Go, in the name of the devil, go!”: Verb gala night on the topic of flight.
Saturday 6th November
A Ghost in the Throat: Doireann Ní Ghríofa in conversation with Claire Mabey
Atua Wāhine: Dr Ngahuia Murphy, Ataria Sharman in conversation with Whiti Hereaka at Verb 2021
The Problem with Fairytales: Al Gray, Erin Donohue and Helen Vivienne Fletcher reframe disability in fairytales.
Faking It: Kyle Mewburn in conversation with Jane Arthur
Litcrawl Phase 1: Whiti Hereaka in conversation with Anahera Gildea about her new novel, Kurangaituku
Litcrawl Phase 2: Sweet Mammalian
Sunday 7th November
Things I Learned in Art School: Megan Dunn in conversation with Kim Hill
Women in Clothes: Claire Regnault talks to Jesse Bray Sharpin about her book, Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 – 1910.
Girl of New Zealand: Michelle Erai in conversation with April Henderson about her book, Girl of New Zealand: Colonial Optics in Aotearoa.
Tui, Tui, Tuiā: Renée, Whiti Hereaka, Matariki Williams, Anahera Gildea and Nadine Anne Hura discuss knitting and writing
