Off the Page: National Poetry Day Workshop 2026

Landing Press Poetry Workshop

Water - beauty, survival, memory, devastation, growth, protest - this workshop is about water. We will tease out and shape our ideas, look at some forms we might use, and some simple guidelines for editing a poem.

At Landing Press, we would like to consider all poems from this workshop for our next anthology, on the theme of water.

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

When

DATES

Saturday, August 29, 2026 10:30am - 12:30pm

Where

LOCATION

Central Library

Oroua Room

4 The Square, Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui 4410

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