Poet Dominic Hoey takes a hallucinatory stroll through west Auckland in Waves of Ghosts, one of the poetry films we'll be screening in Titirangi tomorrow night. Tickets are all sold, but keep an eye on goingwestfest.co.nz — we'll be releasing the films for the world soon.

The first two poetry films from Different Out Loud: Edges are now live! Check out Whirlflow, by Amber Esau and Kathleen Mantel; and What I'd Ask the Sand, by Anne Kennedy and Luke McPake. New films will be out over the next 3 Mondays. goingwestfest.co.nz/dol2

Need a little poetry magic on a Thursday? Take a trip to wild west Auckland...

Take a haunted walk out west, with Dominic's Hoey and Studio Butter's Waves of Ghosts. Shot on 16mm film, this dark journey is at once elegant and explosive, nostalgic and urgent. Watch it here: goingwestfest.co.nz/going-west-vid…

In this new visual piece 'Waves of Ghosts', Dominic Hoey (aka Tourettes) takes a hallucinogenic walk through his life in Laingholm and surrounding west Auckland locations. Here's Hoey's backstory by Gareth Shute: audioculture.co.nz/profile/domini…

The final piece in our second season of poetry films is the incredible NGĀKAU by performance poet Michael Moore and filmmaker and taonga pūoro artist Komako-aroha Silver. Watch it here: goingwestfest.co.nz/going-west-vid…

Yay! Four of our films have made it into the NZ programme in the inaugural Aotearoa Poetry Film Festival. YAY! Check out the festival's cool trailer and come to The Lighthouse cinema Cuba St on November 2 & 3. youtube.com/watch?v=HiobgL…

New Plymouth, you can catch the wonderful Whirlflow tonight, as part of the Toi Whenua, Toi Māori at the The Govett-Brewster govettbrewster.com/cinema/film/to… Amber Essau and Kathleen Mantel's blazing poetry film was produced for David West's Different Out Loud film series.

Much aroha to everyone at Pantograph Punch. The Arts in Aotearoa are facing tough times, again. The stories and voices of our place and our people matter now more than ever and the Pantograph Punch has been an intelligent, critical and embracing platform for them.

Very sad to hear that Sir Vincent O'Sullivan has died. Our thoughts are with all of his family and friends. rnz.co.nz/news/national/…

We lost one of our great poets recently, Fleur Adcock. This piece from Newsroom gives some intriguing insights into her life and work — including into life with Maurice Shadbolt, whose former home we are working to establish as a writers residency. newsroom.co.nz/2024/10/22/fle…

Join us next Sunday at Shadbolt House for The Art of the Shortest Story, a hands-on workshop with award-winning flash fiction writer Jack Remiel goingwestfest.co.nz/going-west-new…