Upcoming events

Late Night Poetry Hour

Join us for our coveted monthly poetry open mic and performances from two feature poets! To find this month’s feature poets, see Claudia Jardine’s social media accounts or the Facebook event for the show. Click the button below to see the guidelines for the open mic and book tickets.
Dec 6

Past events

Summer 2024/25

December 6
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With C R Green and Ava Rose
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

Spring 2024

September 4
Ōtautahi Christchurch Poetry Slam Heats
Space Academy, CHC

September 20
Make It Make Sense by Lucy Blakiston & Bel Hawkins Book Launch
Chair
Scorpio Books, CHC

September 21
Just Janie & Sig Wilder Sylvia Tour
Poetry set
Scorpio Books, CHC

September 21
Celebrate Hayden
With Goodbye Starlet, Too Woke for Toast and Matt Slaughter
darkroom, CHC

October 4
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Marcus Mackenzie and Dietrich Soakai
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

October 19
Goodbye Starlet Come To Pass
With Goodbye Starlet and Matt Slaughter
Arthur’s Pass Community Centre, Selwyn

October 21
Poetry Writing Workshop on Poetic Repetition
Workshop facilitator
Arthur’s Pass Community Centre, Selwyn

November 1
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Niamh Hollis-Locke and Lee Fraser, and guest emcee Laura Borrowdale
Curator
Little Andromeda, CHC

darkroom Halloween Special
With Horse Hands, Goodbye Starlet, Sentient Mud and The Wendys
darkroom, CHC

November 3
Readers and Writers Akaroa Festival (RAWA)
Patter Into Poetry
Workshop facilitator
Coronation Library, Akaroa

The Best Thing an Artist Can Have… Perspective panel
With Tayi Tibble and Claudia Jardine, chaired by Morrin Rout
Amuri Area School, Akaroa

November 6
Eyegum Wednesdays: Cruelly, Goodbye Starlet and Volumn
San Fran, WLG

November 9
LitCrawl, Verb Wellington
Round 1 – Duly Noted: Found Poems from the Notes App
With Alayne Dick and Claudia Jardine
Undercurrent
Round 3 – There’s something gay about the process of inhabiting two worlds
With Ruby Solly, Dani Yourukova and Claudia Jardine
S&M’s Cocktail Bar

November 20
Human Toys (FR)
With support from Goodbye Starlet
Space Academy, CHC

November 30
New Zealand Poetry Slam 2024 National Final
Finalist
Ellen Melville Centre, AKL

Winter 2024

June 7
Spoken Word Masterclass
Speaking 4 The Planet and Write On School For Young Writers
Workshop facilitator
Christchurch School of Music, CHC

June 14
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Steffi Brightwell, Ben O’Connell and guest emcee Laura Borrowdale
Curator
Little Andromeda, CHC

June 28
as Goodbye Starlet
Secret shearing shed gig
Sheffield

July 3
WORD Christchurch Festival Programme Launch
With Isla Huia and Josiah Morgan
Featured poet
Christchurch Art Gallery Te Puna o Waiwhetū

July 5
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Erik Kennedy and Sara Qasem
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

July 12
Face/Off – Comedy vs. Poetry
Team Poetry: Jor Dansaren (c), Erik Kennedy, Claudia Jardine, Lee Fraser and Jeff Cotton.
Good Times Comedy Club, CHC

August 2
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Ella Borrie and Philip Armstrong
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

August 4
Creative Eventing Session
With Courtney Smith from Lamplight Books
Booksellers Aotearoa 2024 Conference, AKL

August 9
Books Alive (Primary Schools Sessions)
WORD Christchurch & NZ Book Awards Trust
Emcee
Haeata Community Campus

August 16
Goodbye Starlet headline show
With support from SWIPERS and Only You
darkroom, CHC

August 28
Insect Poetry Night
Entomological Society of New Zealand Conference
With Gail Ingram, Robinne Weiss and Robert Hoare (Insect Poet Laureate)
Little Andromeda, CHC

August 30
WORD Christchurch
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Faith Wilson, romesh dissanayake, Airini Beautrais and Robert Sullivan
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

Autumn 2024

March 1
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Josiah Morgan and Ray Shipley
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

March 9
Off Centre Festival
How to Wear Your Heart on Your Zine: Poetry and Zine-making workshops
Workshop facilitator
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, CHC

March 14
Lincoln Library Writing Group
Workshop facilitator
Lincoln Library, Selwyn

March 28
Tūranga Sessions: Claudia Jardine
Author talk
With Poppia Marriott
Tūranga, CHC

April 5
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Rebecca Nash and Koraly Dimitriadis
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

April 6
Poetry Writing Workshop on Poetic Repetition
Workshop facilitator
Arthur’s Pass Community Centre, Selwyn

April 12
Spoken Word Masterclass
Speaking 4 The Planet and Write On School For Young Writers
Workshop facilitator
Tūranga, CHC

May 3
Claudia Jardine’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Stacey Teague and Regan Graham Kupu Stokes
Curator and emcee
Little Andromeda, CHC

May 7
Auckland Writers Festival
STREETSIDE: Britomart
Should I Have Read That?
With Saraid de Silva, Rachael King, Sam Orchard, Nathan Joe, James Wenley, Jess Karamjeet and romesh dissanayake
Curator and emcee
Rocketman, AKL

May 30
Speakeasy
Featured poet
Austin Club, CHC

Summer 2023/24

February 17
Renegade set at Camp A Low Hum
Wainuiomata, WLG

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