Creative Writing Workshop: BYO....stories

In this creative writing workshop, award winning poet Leonel Alvarado asks: What stories come with us when we move to another place? How do they shape who we now are, and how is that place shaped by them? Is writing poetry a way to make sense of our new life? In BYO… stories, and let’s try to find out together.

Registrations: genny.vella@pncc.govt.nz or 027 292 9965

When

DATES

Sunday, March 22, 2026 10:30am - 12:30pm

Where

LOCATION

Central Library

Oroua Room

4 The Square, Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui 4410

More Info

Limited numbers. Registrations to Genny Vella: genny.vella@pncc.govt.nz or 027 292 9965

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