Lowdown

What: National Poetry Day, Friday, August 24. Where: 130 different events all over New Zealand, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and in Berlin. Now in its 21st year, National Poetry Day events include readings with 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards poetry category finalists Briar Wood and Sue Wootton in Auckland and a workshop with winner Elizabeth Smither in Christchurch. All four 2018 Ockham poets, including Tony Beyer, feature in Phantom Billstickers' countrywide super-size Poetry on Posters campaign.