As we incorporate artificial intelligence, automation and robotics into our lives and even our bodies, we continue to wrestle with what it all means for us as humans. Helen Heath and Dr Jo Cribb are joined by Vincent Heeringa to discuss these issues.
Freshly-minted novelists Annaleese Jochems and Dominic Hoey, and recently published poet Michael Steven, join interviewer Sonya Wilson to tell tales of their first time and the highs and lows of putting their words out into the world.
Going West is honoured to partner with Auckland University Press to host the launch of a new collection of poetry from C.K. Stead, That Derrida Whom I Derided Died: Poems 2013-2017.
Interviewer Steve Braunias talks with C.K. Stead and Charlotte Grimshaw about their recent works, their writing lives, and what it means to be part of a literary family.
Does a city a writer make? Three visiting Wellington poets – Chris Tse, Helen Heath and Anna Jackson – explore what it’s like to live, work and write in the windy city with Paula Green.
The 2018 Curnow Reader is Serie Barford, a remarkable poet with deep ties to West Auckland and a long-standing connection with the Going West Writers Festival.
Celebrate the launch of the going west writers weekend with Curnow Reader Serie Barford, Sir Graeme Douglas Orator Paula Morris, and a breathtaking performance by Tū.
If you think poetry is all about fields of daffodils and iambic pentameters, think again. Here, at the Going West Poetry Slam, poets lay it on the line to see who's got the chops to rise to the top.
Word Up! is an exciting performance competition which gives 13–21 year-olds the opportunity to present their original work
Changing your commuter experience between the Sunnyvale and Fruitvale stations, on National Poetry Day, poets and musicians pop up to make magic through rhythm and verse.
