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It’s a one-of-a-kind literary crawl around the streets of inner-city Wellington. In VerbCrawl, numerous events unfold over the evening in the most unexpected places: bars, fabric stores, galleries, churches, and more. Expect a joyous celebration of writing, conversations, books, and performance. It’s a fast-paced, vivacious festival with a focus on grassroots literary collectives, indie journals, and emerging voices. Many events blend performance and literature, with inventive new formats, making it a night of experimentation and wild provocations.
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This year, you’ll find Dracula queen Noelle McCarthy leading a gothic salon of authors at St Peter’s on Willis Street. Poetry icons Chris Tse and Haro Lee tug on the literary thread at Drapers Fabrics, and a team of top journalists give a post-election debrief.
With twenty-five events over the single evening and tickets just $10 per event, it’s a race to see how many you can visit.
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