Writers on Mondays

On Second Thoughts: Four Poets Follow Up

After the excitement of seeing your first book published, what next? Do you reinvent yourself, or return to the furrow you ploughed and make it deeper? What might help the poet who wants to cast their spells in new forms, or just keep the faith and get the poems written in whatever way they can?

Poets Morgan Bach, Hannah Mettner, Bill Nelson, and Claire Orchard talk with Ashleigh Young about the sometimes bumpy road to their latest books, and the detours and new directions they took along the way.

Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Circa Theatre and Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day.

All welcome and it’s free of charge.