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Free museum entry for New Zealanders and people living in New Zealand
Two of Aotearoa New Zealand’s top short fiction writers, Lawrence Patchett and 2026 Acorn Award-winning Ingrid Horrocks, discuss the art of the short story.
When | Āhea
Mon 27 Jul 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Where | Ki hea
Rongomaraeroa, the marae, Level 4
Cost | Te utu
Free, with museum entry
Ingrid Horrocks and Lawrence Patchett discuss their new short story collections.
Ingrid Horrocks’s Acorn Prize-winning book All Her Lives explores the layered selfhood of women across generations in stories of defiance, love, and hope against the backdrop of political crises, from the French Revolution to climate change.
Have This Heart sees Lawrence Patchett apply an unwavering gaze to contemporary men at work, examining privilege and upheaval, parenthood, and patriarchy.
They join fellow award-winning short fiction writer Anthony Lapwood to discuss the art of the short story and writing both private and public lives.
Left: Ingrid Horrocks, photo by Robert Cross. Right: Lawrence Patchett, photo by Janneth Gil
Two novelists discuss their newest books for young readers, and how fiction might show us how to challenge tyranny and have courage.
Mon 10 Aug 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
Acclaimed poet Tusiata Avia asks: what poetry is for, who it is for, and how to make it accessible to more of us?
Mon 3 Aug 2026, 12.15 to 1.15
Event Ngā kaupapa motuhake
The International Institute of Modern Letters presents a series of events highlighting the very latest work of Aotearoa New Zealand writers. A lively and stimulating way to begin the week.
From Mon 6 July
