Special Guest Poet Emma Neale at the Invercargill Public Library

Name: Special Guest Poet Emma Neale at the Invercargill Public Library
Start: 2025-08-23T08:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-08-23T10:00:00+12:00
Location: 50 Dee Street, Invercargill, New Zealand 9810

Schedule

Sat Aug 23 2025 at 08:00 am to 10:00 am

UTC+12:00

Location

50 Dee Street, Invercargill, New Zealand 9810 | Invercargill, SO

We're thrilled to announce award-winning poet Emma Neale is our special guest for our upcoming Open Mic Night on Saturday 23 August!
Entry is free for this event, so come along and listen to some amazing local talent (and even read some of your own if you would like to!).
Emma will also be hosting a workshop for keen poets on Sunday 24 August.
Entry is $20.00 per person. Sign up via the Dan Davin Foundation: https://www.dandavin.org.nz/workshop-with-emma-neale.html
Emma is the author of six novels, seven collections of poetry, and a collection of short stories. Her sixth novel, Billy Bird (2016) was short-listed for the Acorn Prize at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and long-listed for the Dublin International Literary Award. Emma has received several literary fellowships, residencies and awards, including the Lauris Edmond Memorial Award for a Distinguished Contribution to New Zealand Poetry 2020. Her latest poetry collection, Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit (Otago University Press) won the Peter and Mary Biggs Award for Poetry at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, 2025. The mother of two children, Emma lives in Ōtepoti/Dunedin, where she works as an editor.
Photo credit: LK Creative