Friday 16 Aug 2024
6:30 - 8:00 pm
Te Whare Tāpere Iti, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
Free Event, no registration required
Harmony Waikato Spectacular
Poetry Celebration
- Friday 16 Aug 2024
- 6:30 - 8:00 pm
- Te Whare Tāpere Iti, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
- Free Event, no registration required
We're thrilled to announce that The University of Waikato is sponsoring the Poetry Celebration on Friday, 16 August, as part of Hamilton Book Month.
The event will take place in Te Whare Tāpere Iti, Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts.
The amazing Poet Laureate Chris Tse will MC the evening. He will read from his work, launch Tracey Slaughter's latest poetry collection The Girls in the Red House are Singing, and call on our invited local poets to share their work.
In 2022, Chris Tse was named New Zealand’s 13th Poet Laureate. His term has been extended to the end of August 2025. Join Chris as he leads the event, featuring readings from his own work and performances by invited local poets.
This is a free event with no registration required. There will be light refreshments and a cash bar.
This event is sponsored by The University of Waikato and THWUP, and supported by Poppies Hamilton with books available for sale and signing.
Parking is available via Gate 2b, Knighton Road, Hamilton, with the Academy a two-minute walk around the campus lake. At this time of day, parking on campus is free and no ticket is required.