Upcoming events
Should I Have Read That? @ Streetside: Britomart, Auckland Writers Festival
Speakeasy featuring Claudia Jardine
Claudia Jardine's Late Night Poetry Hour
Past events
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 for 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
Summer 2023/24
December 9
Secret backyard gig
CHC
February 17
Renegade set at Camp A Low Hum
Wainuiomata, WLG
Spring 2023
September 4
Christchurch Conversations: Public Transport
Featured poet
Tūranga, CHC
September 19
The Physics Room Writing Group
Workshop facilitator
The Physics Room, CHC
September 21
New Zealand Young Writers Festival
The One Work That Defines You
With Sam Brooks, Abby Howells and Janaye Henry
Panellist
Te Whare o Rukutia, DUD
September 22
New Zealand Young Writers Festival
Otago Poetry Slam
Sacrificial Poet
Te Whare o Rukutia, DUD
September 23
New Zealand Young Writers Festival
Should I Have Read That?
With Isla Huia, Sam Brooks, Eamonn Tee, Jennifer Cheuk and Bronwyn Wallace
Curator and emcee
Te Whare o Rukutia, DUD
September 29
National Young Writers Festival (Australia)
Poetic Repetition for Beginners
Workshop facilitator
Newcastle Library, NSW
October 29
Common Ground #08 Spoken Word Sessions
With Joanna Preston and Hannah Everingham
Featured poet
Sherpa Kai, Lyttelton
Winter 2023
May 17 & 18
Auckland Writers Festival
The Poet Laureate Presents: Chris Tse with Claudia Jardine & Amber Esau
Schools Programme Hōtaka Kura
Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, AKL
May 19
Auckland Writers Festival
STREETSIDE: Britomart
No Giants Above 3.5m
Poetry reading in a loading dock, AKL
June 2
Featured poet at Ray Shipley’s Late Night Poetry Hour
Little Andromeda, CHC
June 28
Spoken Heard launch and showcase
Featured poet
Ao Tawhiti, CHC
August 2
Sweet Mammalian Journal 10th Birthday Party
Music set
Meow, WLG
August 3
Author Talk | Claudia Jardine on BITER
With Anna Jackson
Unity Books Wellington
August 18
Emcee for Lambing Season Youth Open Mic Night
Canterbury Poets Collective
Eastside Gallery, CHC
August 25
WORD Christchurch
Unruly Memories
Featured poet
The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora
BITER Tour
April 12
BITER Launch
Scorpio Books
With Josiah Morgan, Isla Huia and Jack van Beynen
Ōtautahi | Christchurch
April 13
AUP New Poets 9 & BITER Double Book Launch
Unity Books
With Sarah Lawrence, harold coutts, Arielle Walker, Rebecca Hawkes and Rhys Feeney
Te Whanganui-a-Tara | Wellington
April 21
University Book Shop
With Liz Breslin, Rushi Vyas, Eliana Gray and Emma Neale
Ōtepoti | Dunedin
April 22
Timaru Booksellers
With Liz Breslin and Eliana Gray
Te Tihi-o-Maru | Timaru
April 23
Rhyme X Reason Brewery
With Liz Breslin and Eliana Gray
Wānaka
Summer 2022/23
November 1
Short Films by Tate Fountain Book Launch
Featured poet
Enjoy Gallery, WLG
November 5
LitCrawl, Verb Wellington
6pm – Sweet Mammalian Poetry Party
Featured poet
Hashigo Zake
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8.30pm – Starling: A New Kind of Animal
Emcee
Bartley & Company Art
November 13
Queenstown Writers Festival
Poetry Jam
With Liz Breslin and Ray Shipley
Featured poet
Te Atamira
November 26
New Zealand Poetry Slam 2022 National Final
Finalist
Ellen Melville Centre, AKL
February 3
Featured poet at Ray Shipley’s Late Night Poetry Hour
Little Andromeda, CHC
March 29
Featured poet at Catalyst Open Mic
Space Academy, CHC
Spring 2022
September 3
WORD Christchurch
Foundation Pop-up Festival
Featured poet
Foundation Café, Tūranga
September 4
WORD Christchurch
Make It, Say It, Do It Now Workshop
Workshop facilitator
TSB Space, Tūranga
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Magazine-In-Residence: takahē launch
Featured poet
Foundation Café, Tūranga
Pride of the South Tour
July 1
Little Andromeda
Featured poet at Ray Shipley’s Late Night Poetry Hour
With Rebecca Hawkes and Jordan Hamel
Ōtautahi | Christchurch
July 2
Grainstore Gallery
With Rebecca Hawkes and Jordan Hamel
Te Oha-a-Maru | Oamaru
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RdC
With Rebecca Hawkes and Jordan Hamel
Ōtepoti | Dunedin
July 3
Hector Black’s
With Liz Breslin, Rebecca Hawkes and Jordan Hamel
Te Tihi-o-Maru | Timaru
Winter 2022
June 18
A MILF in Sheep’s Clothing Tour
Supporting act for Bored Housewives Club
darkroom, CHC
August 25
Spring: Breakdown, Breakthrough
Featured poet
Foundation Café, Tūranga, CHC
August 8
Ōtautahi Christchurch Poetry Slam Heats
Space Academcy, CHC
August 31
Ōtautahi Christchurch Poetry Slam Finals
Space Academcy, CHC
Summer 2022
January 20
Write On Summer School
Workshop facilitator
Hagley Community College, CHC