Love At First Line: A Poetry Dating Show

Chris Tse

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Cabinet of Curiosities: Tiny lectures on the weird and wonderful

Friday, 29 August 7:00 pm

Join host Erin Harrington for a fast-paced, delightfully unhinged evening as six brilliant writers reveal their most unexpected obsessions in this ever-popular tiny lectures session.

Ray Shipley’s Late Night Poetry Hour

Friday, 29 August 9:00 pm

Hosted by the incomparable Ray Shipley, this late-night poetry salon brings together stellar poets and brave open micers for a warm, witty, and wonderfully wordy night in Ōtautahi.

Book (Fight) Club

30 Aug - 31 Aug 2025 7:00 pm

Eight books are welcomed into the literati ThunderDome to fight to the death for our entertainment. But first, we need to discuss them like the civilised consumers of culture that we are with El Jaguar.