Writers on Mondays: Poetry – What's it for? Tusiata Avia
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia asks: what poetry is for, who it is for, and how to make it accessible to more of us?
Mon 3 Aug 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
Writers on Mondays: Sacrifice and Rebellion – Claire Mabey and Rachael King
Two novelists discuss their newest books for young readers, and how fiction might show us how to challenge tyranny and have courage.
When | Āhea
Mon 10 Aug 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Where | Ki hea
Rongomaraeroa, the marae, Level 4
Cost | Te utu
Free, with museum entry
Two new novels for young people take readers into imaginary worlds where tyranny holds an iron grip.
Claire Mabey’s The Raven’s Eye Rebellion returns her fans to the medieval world of Wyle, where reading and writing are forbidden.
Rachael King’s folk horror fantasy Song of the Saltings unfolds on the isolated isle of Brack, where a creature that haunts the salt marshes demands an annual sacrifice.
Join these two beloved authors in conversation with Elizabeth Knox, as they discuss these stories of courage and resistance.
Left: Claire Mabey. Photo by Ebony Lamb. Right: Rachael King, photo courtesy of the author
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