Lana Lopsesi speaks with Rosabel Tan about her book of essays, Bloody Woman.

Rebecca K Reilly, author of Greta & Valdin, speaks with Claire Mabey about how she wrote one of the best novels of 2021.

Listen and read two toikupu by 2021 Writer in Residence Iona Winter.

Pip Adam talks to Sinead Overbye about her astonishingly original novel, Nothing to See, at Verb Writers Festival 2020.

Lil O’Brien talks about her memoir, Not That I’d Kiss A Girl, with Emily Writes, at Verb Writers Festival 2020.

Murdoch Stephens talked with Behrouz Boochani (No Friend but the Mountains) about how the events of 2020 have impacted on him and on his craft as a writer.

Brannavan Gnanalingam talks with James Nokise about ‘Sprigs’, Brannavan’s powerful novel about toxic masculinity, racism and much more.

One of Aotearoa’s greatest poets, Bill Manhire, talks with Kim Hill (RNZ) about his latest collection, Wow, at Verb Writers Festival 2020.

Sixteen-year old Dara McAnulty talks to Paula Stanly Ward about his award-winning memoir, Diary of a Young Naturalist. Dara beamed in from Northern Ireland for Verb Writers Festival 2020.

Wellingtonian Novelists Murdoch Stephens (Rat King Landlord), Pip Adam (Nothing to See) and Brannavan Gnanalingam (Sprigs) talk to fellow writer, Elizabeth Knox (The Absolute Book), about the City of Wellington as a literary character, setting and inspiration. A live recording of a Verb Writers & Readers Festival 2020.

Chef Monique Fiso’s sumptuous book Hiakai: Modern Māori Cuisine celebrates Kai Māori and the skill, inventiveness and style that has made Monique Fiso a star of Aotearoa’s contemporary food culture. Join Monique and Arihia Latham for a delicious discussion.

Annabel Langbein, much-loved chef and author of Bella: My Life in Food, talks to Beth Brash about her adventurous life.

Anna Fifield (editor of the Dominion Post and author of The Great Successor: The Secret Rise and Rule of Kim Jon Un) talks to Linda Clark at The Garden Party (a new festival brought to you by Verb Wellington and The Spinoff over 20 - 21 Feb 2021 at Wellington Botanic Garden’s Soundshell).

Morgan Godfery hosts an evening with Māori Party Co-Leader/Te Tai Hauāuru Debbie Ngarewa-Packer (Ngati Ruanui, Nga Ruahine, Nga Rauru, Irish).

How do you decide where to put your vote? In a climate of sensational political personalities how do we ensure that policy comes to the fore? Or should we vote based on personality?

Media and Politics: Episode One of our six-part Politics in Pubs series. Featuring Andrea Vance, Neale Jones and Danyl Mclauchlan.

Behrouz Boochani in conversation with Lloyd Jones.

Sit back and listen to authors reading their own prose.

Listening to poetry from eight wonderful Aotearoa poets. Put in your ear buds, or crank up the volume, and enjoy!

Enjoy a conversation between Verb Director Claire Mabey and Artist Bridget Reweti about art and nature, the artist’s relationship with it.