Poetry at Piha | The Listening Sand

Free Event
Saturday 30 April, 2pm - 5pm
North Piha Glade and Beach
Registration essential: info@goingwestfest.co.nz

Ready for a unique environmental writing experience? We're once more unleashing real-time poetry creation on the iron sands of Piha. Gather in the glade at North Piha for a delightful poetry workshop with award winning poet and novelist Anne Kennedy, before embarking to the beach to scribe your poetry in the listening sand with David Hilliam Beach Tagger.

Anne Kennedy is a poet, fiction writer, screenplay editor and teacher. Recent books are The Sea Walks into a Wall and The Ice Shelf. Awards and fellowships include the Montana Book Award for Poetry, the University of Iowa International Writers' Program, and the 2021 Prime Minister's Award for Poetry. Anne has taught creative writing at the University of Hawai`i and at Manukau Institute of Technology. She lives in Tamaki Makaurau.

Participation is free. To register your interest email info@goingwestfest.co.nz or message us on Facebook or Instagram.

Get a taste of what’s in store on the day with this video created at last year’s event, Literal/Littoral