The David Merritt Poetry Experience

2025, David Merritt is touring the country with Bunkerland, his new collection.

A bit about David:

Tour manager for Herbs, one of the original ‘computer geeks’, sports subeditor, Landrover farmer, chicken whisperer, Copyleft advocate… and more significantly, David Merritt has been a poet and a publisher for most of his life.

Don’t miss The David Merritt Poetry Experience!

When

DATES

Thursday, June 12, 2025 10:00am - 4:00pm

Where

LOCATION

Central Library

Non-Fiction Zone, First Floor

4 The Square, Palmerston North, Manawatū-Whanganui 4410

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