Featuring the 2019 regional champs from around Aotearoa New Zealand including Ōtautahi's own multiple champ, Ray Shipley and 2019 runner-up Melanie McKerchar.
Saturday 23rd November, doors open 7pm Papa Hou, YMCA 12 Hereford St, Christchurch Central Tickets: $20 / $15
Yes it's that best of all times for us - when we get to announce the launch of the latest volume of the flagship publication from our Republic of Oma Rāpeti Press. That's right, it's the arrival of a brand new, bouncing baby Catalyst - lucky volume 13. And this one carries those rarest of rare Catalyst things - a subtitle! Catalyst 13: Instant Chemistry launching Thursday 25th August in two sessions: 6pm-6.30pm & 6.45-7.15pm at The Last Word, New Regent St
Catalyst 13 features poetry
from our sister city Seattle, China, Bulgaria, Slam Poetry, and some of the
leading poets from New Zealand.
We're excited to be
featured in this year's WORD Christchurch programme in the New Regent Street
Pop-Up Festival. The event will feature:
Lady Poets, Catalyst poets, sci-fi and fantasy, erotica, flash fiction, live
storytelling and more, in a variety of bars, cafés
and shops on the evening of Thursday 25 August. The book launch of Catalyst 13 will run with two sessions at 6pm - 6.30pm & 6.45pm -
7.15pm, at The Last Word.
Yep, we're back with another Road Show and the line up is looking sweet.
We're proud to present as our feature guests renowned slam poets from the USACarrie Rudzinskiand Ken Arkind currently touring NZ. Ably supporting these wandering wordsmiths are Michelle Bolton, Doc Drumheller, Ciaran Fox, Kimberley Holmes and Phoebe Wright.
Catalyst Road Show 3 Thurs 13th June, 8pm The Darkroom(336 St Asaph St) Free+ first 30 peeps get a free chapbook!
We're at a brand new venue for the Road Show (3 gigs, 3 venues so far!) - The Darkroom on St Asaph St, and a lovely venue it is too. We are fortunate to be hosting Ken and Carrie in Christchurch - they are
incredible performers and this show is a must-see if you are at all
interested in spoken word poetry. And thanks to the Darkroom, it's
FREE. Plus the first 30 peeps through the door will get a free copy of the limited edition Catalyst Road Show 3 chapbook. Nice! Check out the back story for Carrie and Ken below...
Ken
Arkind is a National Poetry Slam Champion,
Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Champion, published author, and featured Tedx
Speaer who has performed his work in 49 States, Australia, New Zealand Ireland,
the UK, and at over 150 colleges and universities. He is the Executive Director
and head Brave New Voices coach for The Denver Minor Disturbance Youth Poetry
Project, an independent literary arts organization dedicated to helping
Colorado youth find their voices through the mediums of poetry and performance,
and current Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam Champions. For more about Ken see here.
Carrie
Rudzinski, named “Best Female Poet” and “Best of
The Rest” at her first national poetry competition in 2008, is a full time
performance poet who has performed her work across the United States, New
Zealand, Australia, and India. She
represented the Boston Poetry Slam at the 2010 Individual World Poetry Slam,
twice at the National Poetry Slam (2010/2011), and ranked 14th at the 2011
Women Of The World Poetry Slam. Most recently, she represented Denver’s Mercury
Café at the 2013 Women Of The World Poetry Slam. Her newest collection of work,
The Shotgun Speaks, will be published
in May 2013. For more about Carrie see here.
