Verb Wellington and Community Groups

Rijula Das Announced as Verb Readers & Writers Festival Programmer 2022

Verb Wellington — Mon, 20 Dec 2021 19:00:44 GMT

Announcing our amazing new programmer…

Festival Programmer: Enquire within . . .

Verb Wellington — Sun, 21 Nov 2021 20:37:00 GMT

Seeking a Festival programmer: Enquire within!

Director’s Message: The little festival that could

Verb Wellington — Tue, 16 Nov 2021 00:00:00 GMT

I am very relieved to be writing this. We did it! Verb Readers & Writers Festival happened and we are now looking back and feeling incredibly lucky. It wasn’t the Festival we planned but what a magical time in our history it turned out to be. Thanks to our incredible audiences it was a near sell out and the atmosphere throughout was one of delighted disbelief giving way to heartwarming connection. I think many of us couldn’t quite believe the festival was real until it was nearly over. We had spent so many months planning, unpinning, re-planning and then planning for the plan to fall over again.

Director’s Message: We interrupt our regular programming …

Verb Wellington — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 01:36:58 GMT

In which we announce the full Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021 programme.

Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021 is released

Verb Wellington — Tue, 21 Sep 2021 00:56:44 GMT

In which we announce the full Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021 programme.

Early Releases: Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2021

Verb Wellington — Thu, 19 Aug 2021 04:53:14 GMT

We are thrilled to announce special, early events that will take place across October ahead of our festival week in November.

Read with us: Book Coven Book Club — Verb Wellington

Verb Wellington — Tue, 27 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT

We have joined forces with the brilliant team at The Pantograph Punch to bring you a book club in celebration of some of the exceptional books that will feature in this year’s coven-themed Verb Readers & Writers Festival. See below for how it works!

Verb Writer’s Residency 2021 — Verb Wellington

Verb Wellington — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:00:00 GMT

Applications for a three-week writer’s residency in Wellington will open this Friday 11 June 2021. The Verb Wellington Writers Residency is open to Aotearoa writers and supported by the Verb Community, Mātātuhi Foundation, Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and Residency patron Professor John Ormiston ONZM in memory of his wife Professor Diana (Dinny) Lennon ONZM (1949-2018).

Meeting Ocular

Verb Wellington — Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:03:14 GMT

By Claire Mabey (Verb Wellington, Director) Creative Studio Ocular NZ have been a beautiful revelation for us here at Verb.

Festivals to bring us together

Verb Wellington — Mon, 23 Nov 2020 23:20:51 GMT

By Claire Mabey (Verb Wellington, Director) Wow.

Meeting The Ferret Bookshop — Verb Wellington

Verb Wellington — Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 GMT

A lively interview with Terry and Aames from Wellington’s oldest second-hand bookstore, The Ferret. In this edition of the ‘Maggie Meets’ profile series for Verb Wellington, I catch up with Terry and Aames who run The Ferret Bookshop. Terry admitted early in the interview that he has a penchant for inefficiency, which allowed me to quickly pigeonhole him into the “second-hand bookshop owner” stereotype. The more I dive into his story the more I realise that the story of The Ferret is not a linear one. The Ferret Bookshop is one of the only Wellington bookshops surviving from the time it was established over 40 years. Since 1979 The Ferret Bookshop has had many homes nested in and around Cuba Street. According to its owner Terry, a couple of people in the book trade founded it, one of them a fellow named Rick who used to sit at the shop desk with a lit cigarette in hand and an ashtray in arm's reach. In 1988 Terry bought the business, which is now situated next to Loretta on Cuba Street.

Meeting Jenny Neligan

Verb Wellington — Tue, 08 Sep 2020 01:00:19 GMT

By Maggie Tweedie Jenny Neligan is director of Bowen Galleries, which has been a Wellington staple for almost four decades.

Meeting Lorna Bingham

Verb Wellington — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 08:08:38 GMT

By Maggie Tweedie On the tail end of Riddiford Street lies Another Chapter Bookshop.

Launching the Verb Community

Verb Wellington — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:43:17 GMT

The Verb Mermaid created by artists Jessica Thompson Carr (The Māori Mermaid).

Announcing the Verb Writers Resident 2020

Verb Wellington — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 23:31:12 GMT

We are thrilled to be offering a new writers residency in Wellington thanks to our partners Katherine Mansfield House & Garden and Park Hotel. We had a lot of applications from across Aotearoa for our first residency experience. It was a real privilege to read through so many incredible applications and gain new insights into what writers are working on and why residencies are so important.We are delighted to announce that our inaugural resident is Auckland writer Himali McInnes. Himali’s application was exceptional and we look forward to welcoming Himali to Wellington later in 2020. About Himali: Himali McInnes is a family doctor who works in a busy Auckland practice and in the prison system. She enjoys writing short stories, essays, articles, flash fiction and mediocre poetry. She has been published locally and internationally, and has either won or been short-listed in several writing competitions. She is an NZSA Mentorship recipient for 2020. Himali is also a maker of messes - through gardening, beekeeping, cooking and chicken farming. She is humbled and so grateful to be a Verb Wellington Residency recipient, as she loves Wellington (best op shops ever) and is very much looking forward to time spent writing at the Katherine Mansfield House & Garden. Read Himali’s brilliant review of Bernadine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other on The Spinoff here.

Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for Poetry Announced

Verb Wellington — Tue, 28 May 2019 15:13:10 GMT

Verb Wellington is proudly supporting the Friends of Lauris Edmond.