Michael Pedersen

Michael Pedersen is a prize-winning Scottish poet, a Robert Louis Stevenson Fellowship winner, John Mather Trust Rising Star of Literature and one of Canongate’s Future 40. He co-founded literary powerhouse Neu! Reekie! and has taken this all over the globe.

Events at Word

Whisky Galore!

Thursday 30 August 7:30 pm

SOLD OUT With Scotland as the featured country, we couldn’t miss the opportunity to drink a few drams of Scotland’s finest, with Robin Robertson, Michael Pedersen, Denise Mina, Shaun Bythell!

Hell Fire Poetry

Friday 31 August 8:00 pm

Escape the cold in Lyttelton’s cosy Hell Fire Club for a flammable evening of words with Auckland’s Dominic ‘Tourettes’ Hoey and Scotland’s Michael Pedersen.

The Neu! Ōtautahi! Incident

Saturday 1 September 7:30 pm

A feast of verse, music and performance, with Michael Pedersen, Hollie McNish, Irvine Welsh, FAFSWAG, Hera Lindsay Bird, Dominic Hoey, Sam Scott, Omar Musa.