2025 Tuwhare Poetry Series: Wry Song — A celebration of Emma Neale

The Tuwhare Poet­ry Series invit­ed Emma Neale to be in con­ver­sa­tion with Lyn­ley Edmeades — we want­ed to acknowl­edge the for­mi­da­ble Emma Neale and her stun­ning new poet­ry book, that took out the Ock­hams 2025 Mary and Peter Big­gs Award for Poet­ry. Emma is a much-loved local Otepoti poet­ry leg­end and is known for her lyri­cal bril­liance and wry, inci­sive take on the every­day. This won­der­ful ses­sion was an inti­mate con­ver­sa­tion between two local lit­er­ary women, Emma and Lyn­ley (a Poet, Writer, Aca­d­e­m­ic her­self), explor­ing Emma’s extra­or­di­nary award-win­ning poet­ry col­lec­tion Liar, Liar, Lick, Spit. 

Thank you, Emma and Lyn­ley, what a priv­i­lege to have you both par­tic­i­pate in the 2025 Tuwhare Poet­ry Series.

Nga mihi korua.