Schools program

WINNING FORMS: JACKSON, LIANG, ROGER (2022)

Sestina, free verse, dialogue poem? Award-winning playwright Victor Rodger; and poet, short-story writer and playwright Renee Liang are contributors to 'Skinny Dip' – a crash-course in poetic forms which is also a whole lot of fun as New Zealand writers tackle their school days in poetic style. 2022 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellow Dr Anna Jackson’s new book, 'Actions and Travels', is also a brilliant introduction to how poetry works through 100 poems. In this lively Winning Forms session, each writer will argue for the superiority of a particular form, read one of their own poems and a famous poem that both use that form and then - hold it! - the audience will pick the winning form.