Anna and Sophie, Open Book escapees, read poems old and new!

Mingle with the cool kids at the 2023 edition of The Open Book Christmas Party. BBQ, readings by artists who have graced our stage this year, a singalong, happiness, conversation, sunshine. Maybe Santa. Maybe not Santa.

~ come along and be the first to experience new works in development by Leilani Tamu & Poata Alvie McKree

Join us and Paula Morris (Associate Professor, English and Drama, and Director, Master of Creative Writing) at a reading of Hiwa: Contemporary Maori Short Stories. Colleen Maria Lenihan, Pamela Morrow and K.T. Harrison will share their stories with us.

Not one to miss - pencil it into your calendars ✏️🗓️

The mole dentist made his public debut in January, and now he’s back with a new group of friends…

Join us Sunday afternoon for words and music. Free drinks and snacks. Koha entry.

On Sunday 26 March, we're welcoming Sarah Krieg, Michael J. Carden and David Ciurlionis to the store. Poetry will be performed and the ivories of our piano will be played at this musical event.

Our October Ears Wide Open free event is all about students! We're excited to offer several Auckland Uni Stage 3 Poetry students an opportunity to share their work, perhaps for the first time. Come along to support these budding poets. If the weather's nice, we might just host it out in our fabulous garden again! Free drinks and nibbles on as per usual.

Live poetry at its best. Poet and short story writer, Tracey Slaughter will be joined by fellow poets Liam Hinton, Dadon Rowell and Elizabeth Morton for this special afternoon reading.