The Tuwhare Poetry Series: It Won’t be a Lonely Walk

By Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival | Posted: Tuesday Sep 23, 2025

The 2025 Hone Tuwhare Charitable Trust Poetry Series takes its name from one of Tuwhare’s quiet, resonant lines… it won’t be a lonely walk.

• A phrase that carries the promise of walking together in solidarity, evoking a spirit of collective courage, enduring strength and hope. This year we gather poets whose work confronts, consoles and connects. Their words join a long line of voices reminding us that poetry has never been just about words on the page — it’s also about people joining voices and walking together.
  
  Come walk with us. Listen. Speak. Remember. Because it won’t be a lonely walk — not now, not ever.
  
  Don't miss this blistering line up of poetry events in October:

• Laying Siege to Lips - Hone Tuwhare Trust Poetry Series with Apirana Taylor and Victor Rodger

• Wry Song - Hone Tuwhare Trust Poetry Series with Emma Neale and Lynley Edmeades

• Go Tell Your Racist Jokes To Someone Else - Hone Tuwhare Trust Poetry Series with Dominic Hoey, Ati Teepa, Sihle Ntuli, Liz Breslin, Isla Huia, Jessica Hinerangi, Nafanua Purcell Kersel, and host Aaron Hawkins at Woof!

• Bingo! Everyone Smiles - Hone Tuwhare Trust Poetry Series with Liz Breslin, Nafanua Purcell Kersel, Isla Huia, Sihle Ntuli, Jessica Hinerangi, Jasmine Taylor, and host H-J Kilkelly