A community guide to creative events in the Waikato region
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Documentary on internationally renowned author Dame Joy Cowley following her recollections of trauma and triumph from an astonishing life.
4 AugHamilton
join panellists Julie Legg and Suzanne Miller in conversation with chair Karina McHardy to hear about their journeys with autism, ADHD and OCD.
6 AugHamilton
A Sunday afternoon workshop in which participants will respond to gratitude and grounding prompts through writing and paper craft.
9 AugHamilton
Join other blokes to discuss what you’ve been reading with August focus on authors, facilitated by Wintec Librarian Mark Caunter.
12 AugHamilton
Rachel Clare and Tryphena Cracknell celebrate our native flowering plants with their illustrated talk about their book Aotearoa in Bloom.
13 AugHamilton
Rachel Paris, Megan Nicol Reed & Josie Shapiro in conversation with Tina Shaw about the power of fiction and how they make their stories come alive.
14 AugHamilton
In this workshop with bestselling author Josie Shapiro, we look closely at sentences and how to unlock your prose to build better narrative flow.
15 AugHamilton
Award winning author Dr. David Coventry & one of New Zealand's foremost practitioners of the short story and poem, Dr. Tracey Slaughter.
16 AugHamilton
Get a team together and test your literary knowledge across a variety of genres with quizmasters Cate Prestidge and Gail Pittaway.
20 AugHamilton
Award-winning journalists and former foreign correspondents Charlotte Glennie and Mike McRoberts discuss their memoirs.
21 AugHamilton
Youth and adult speculative fiction writing workshops plus awards gala with panel and guest speaker.
22 AugHamilton
Hear Browsers Bookshop owner Rachel Pope talk about what makes books valuable and collectible. Bring along a book for her to assess.
26 AugHamilton
Year 5 & 6 and year 7 & 8 teams across the Waikato gather to compete for the hotly contested title of 2026 Waikato Book Battle Champions.
28 AugHamilton
Explore poetry's power to address life's issues in this practical workshop.
29 AugHamilton
