BOOK FESTIVAL: Songs of Solidarity

Fri, 05 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 am to Sun, 07 Dec, 2025 at 10:00 am UTC+13:00

115 Taranaki Street, Wellington, New Zealand 6011 | Wellington

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BOOK FESTIVAL: Songs of Solidarity
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📅 DAY 1 — Friday, December 5 (Evening)
• Formal opening
• An evening on Palestinian resistance and solidarity, with Justice 4 Palestine, Falastin Tea Collective and many more, with speeches, poetry readings, kai, and music from Nam Chucks, Amira and Welmie
📅 DAY 2 — Saturday, December 6 (11am–12pm)
• Panel discussion: Solidarity with uprisings in the Global South, chaired by Richa Sharma and joined by 4 panellists
• Journaling workshop with Nadine Hura
• Collective bamboo wind chime making workshop with visual artist Jieying Cai, with support from Asian Arts Aotearoa
• Book Launch: "Our Climate Glossary" from Borneo to Aotearoa New Zealand
• An evening of poetry and other words, MCed by Nadia Solomon, featuring Khadro Mohamed, Cam McCausland-Taylor, Ahinata Kaitai-Mullane, Tarns Hood, Joshua Toumu’a and others
📅 DAY 3 — Sunday, December 7 (10am–5pm)
• Kai and Kupu from India, Nepal and Gaza — a screening of writers from Nepal, India and Gaza reading their work
• Children's reading event with Ar-Em Bañas
• Matike Mai — Constitutional transformation wānanga
💸 HOW BOOKS ARE PRICED
The bookstore will operate on a transparent ‘pay-what-you-can’ model to ensure accessibility as well as the sustainability of the project.
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