Events: StAnza 2009

One of the events from
StAnza 2009

Poetry Centre Stage

Reading Simon Armitage, Bill Manhire

This event took place on Fri 20 March
The Byre Theatre, Abbey Street – Auditorium

The popular West Yorkshire poet, novelist, essayist, playwright, sometime songwriter and Radio 2 pundit joins New Zealand’s first Te Mata Estate Poet Laureate, the StAnza 2009 poet in residence. A great evening of seriously good poetry from two dynamic and experienced practitioners of the form.

Presented with the support of Creative New Zealand


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