We’re sorry to advise that, due to an injury, Elizabeth Knox is no longer able to appear at this event. We will update ticket holders with an update soon.

Tomorrow arrives quickly. A hundred years from now takes its time. Seven writers write a letter to a reader they will never meet, sending their words into the future in the hope they’ll find someone waiting on the other side. Through curiosity and speculation, they contemplate the future, our place within it and who is ahead of us.

Featuring Witi Ihimaera Smiler (Te Whānau A Kai, Te Aitanga A Māhaki, Rongowhakaata, Ngāti Ira, Ngāti Porou), Elizabeth Knox, Tīhema Baker (Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ātiawa ki Whakarongotai, Ngāti Toa Rangatira), Terri Te Tau (Rangitāne, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa), pip adam, Mia Farlane and Shariff Burke.

Expect big ideas, peculiar predictions, reasons to look forward, and a few things we’d rather not leave behind. Hosted by Melody Thomas.

Verb's official Festival Bookseller, Unity Books will be on-site bookselling, and the featured writers will be book signing after the event.

This event is part of the 2026 Verb Readers & Writers Festival. Please see verbwellington.nz for more information.

Many thanks to our generous funders, sponsors and members of Verb Community in supporting Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2026.

Contact the host of Verb Showcase: If This Finds You