Winter Readings Series 2008 - Wellington, August/September 2008

News from HeadworX

This year's readings celebrate 10 years of HeadworX Publishers in Wellington, and are a tribute to The Beatles' White Album, with Beatles music played at the readings.

We will be announcing this year's winner of the Earl of Seacliff Poetry Prize: Will Leadbeater, who will come down from Auckland to read. This will be a rare chance to see Will Leadbeater read, one of our unsung poets who has been writing away for years.

Wine/juice and books for sale. Venue is the City Gallery Theatre, Civic Square, Wellington.

THE WHITE ALBUM READINGS

AUG 20, Wednesday, 6.30pm-8pm
Reading 1 - Helter Skelter

Mark Pirie
Harry Ricketts
Richard Langston
Rob Hack

Plus launch of Mark Pirie's new books Slips: cricket poems (ESAW) and Bottle of Armour and Trespassing in Dionysia (both Original Books).

MC Niel Wright

AUG 28, Thursday, 6.30pm-8pm
Reading 2 - Revolution

Niel Wright
Helen Rickerby
Evelyn Conlon
Will Leadbeater

MC Harvey Molloy

Plus launch of Helen Rickerby's My Iron Spine (HeadworX)

SEP 3, Wednesday, 6.30pm-8pm
Reading 3 - Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

Michael O'Leary
Gemma Claire
Marilyn Duckworth
Bill Dacker

MC: Nelson Wattie

Plus launch of Michael O'Leary's Paneta Street (HeadworX)