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Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Three brilliant novelists discuss their exciting and inventive new novels, writing the weird present, and possible futures.
When | Āhea
Mon 31 Aug 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Where | Ki hea
Rongomaraeroa, the marae, Level 4
Cost | Te utu
Free, with museum entry
Three novelists working in the realm of speculative fiction come together to discuss their new works.
Terri Te Tau’s The Valley of Unlikely Acquaintances brings alive the ngāhere of Wairarapa in a future time. Tim Corballis’s Nova invites readers into a strange and prescient dialogue between humanity and its systems. pip adam’s kluge is a workplace satire about artificial intelligence and the value of a body.
These unique writers will be in conversation with Dougal McNeill on contending with both re-envisioned pasts and our increasingly strange present.
Left: pip adam, photo by Rachel Lynch. Centre: Terri Te Tau, photo courtesy of author. Right: Tim Corballis, photo by Ebony Lamb
Two writers take the horse as the subject of their memoirs, with very different approaches. They discuss writing, and life with, or alongside, horses.
Mon 7 Sep 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
From Mon 6 July
Our exciting programme of events runs all year. Watch song and dance performances, join in with kids activities and cultural days, hear from our experts, and much more.
