NZ Poetry Conference & Festival – Auckland 2017

NZ Poetry Conference & Festival – Auckland 2017
10 – 12 November
connection    celebration    creativity    collaboration    community

After big successes in Hawke’s Bay in 2013 and Wellington in 2015, the third NZ Poetry Conference is happening in Auckland this November. The aims are to celebrate NZ’s poetry and its writers, initiate korerorero, offer workshops and reading opportunities and collaborate with the wider arts-loving community. You’ll hear and see a line-up of this country’s acclaimed poets and Poets Laureate. You’ll witness poetry that’s happening here and now. A variety of festival events, mainly in the evenings, is designed to complement the conference. 

Core organising team:
Anita Arlov, Shane Hollands, Bronwen Hughes, Simone Kaho, Rachael Naomi Heimann.
Supporters include:
NZ Society of Authors (PEN Inc) (Auckland branch)
The NZ Poetry Society
AUT Auckland University of Technology
To register please email akpoetryconf2017@gmail.com or write to the address below, including your name, address and phone number.  
You will be emailed an invoice with payment details, and receive regular email updates.
Enrolments
NZ Society of Authors (PEN Inc) and/or NZ Poetry Society members*:
Earlybird to 30 Sept: $160.00 
Non-members Earlybird to 30 Sept: $175.00. 
Address for postal enrolments:
Auckland Poetry Conference and Festival 2017
P O Box 33-353
Takapuna
Auckland 0740
Please direct all inquiries to: akpoetryconf2017@gmail.com
Facebook link: https://www.facebook.com/events/299460997085195/