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08/20/2025 | News release | Distributed by Public on 08/19/2025 08:09

Poetry day prelude: Shore words

Get ready for the Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day in the best possible way with Shore Words.

Join our poets Raewyn Alexander, whose work has been published world-wide and enjoyed for decades, award winning Auckland poet and author of several collections, Michael Stevens, and Amy Cotter, a graduate from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London as well as an accomplished spoken word poet who writes and acts for stage and film. MC Stu Bagby will read a selection of poems by the late Kevin Ireland.

Light refreshments served on arrival. Gold coin donation appreciated.

For more on poetry events near you go to poetryday.co.nz

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