Nic Low

NZ-born, Melbourne & Christchurch-based, Ngāi Tahu-descended writer, artist and organiser of things.

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

After seven years of writing and research and walks, and a baby, and a pandemic- my new book Uprising is done. I'm delighted (and tired!). Come walk with me into the Māori history and myth of The Southern Alps, out with @text_publishing 2 July.

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

Well hello Pōneke mountain people and my beloved whānau, I will be up your way Oct 14th talking Māori mountain exploration & Ngāi Tahu in the Southern Alps with @plainricedinner for the @NZAlpineClub's Wellington Section. It's free and y'all should come https://t.co/UCLiE1numq

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@WritingAnthro @RosemarieNorth @WORDChCh Thanks for coming Pauline! We're super curious about your insights when the time comes - the intersection of contemporary anthropology and contemporary NZ writing and storytelling has our curiousity piqued.

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@kuiniqontrol @SteelyDass @claudiajardine_ @WORDChCh Kā mihi to you and Tokerau for alllllll your ideas and energy and strategy and yes! this past week. Fire. We loved hosting you both and will see you up in Wheke Fortress land one day soon! X WORD

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@ruwanijourno Kia ora Ruwani, in Aotearoa right now. Kōrero mai!

[Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi @ChristchurchLib]

Maatakiwi reports back from an inspiring hui on indigenous storytelling - "I left the wānaka believing the future is ours to write..."
https://t.co/MI9DpKVYrY #WORDchch ^MT

[nicky pellegrino @nickypellegrino]

Such fun being @WORDChCh for the weekend. Particularly loved the chance to see Kim Hill interviewing Chris Finlayson and she didn’t disappoint. When I grow up I want to be Kim Hill

[Anna Scaife @whatelseanna]

What a blast making this wee pukapuka as mag in residence at the fab @WORDChCh. Hua/Manu bulges at its stapled seams with extraordinary gems. Thank you to those who submitted, to the contributors, the @ChristchurchLib team, the @takahemagazine team and @NicLow1 and crew. 1/2

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@whatelseanna @WORDChCh @ChristchurchLib @takahemagazine @chelseahoughton @eloise_pengelly @ReganStokes It's a thing of beauty, Anna. Still not 100% sure how you all managed make a magazine in 4 days!

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@BiggusMilk @ired0mi There will be more for sure Hana, and it'd be ace to have your there - one key kōrero was the need for them to happen often!

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

This makes me happy. @WORDChCh

[te kootahekore ranapiri @ired0mi]

Huge mihi to @NicLow1 for making WORD feel far more Indigenous than a mainstream NZ writers festival ever seems capable of; I wasn't the only Maaori in any event I was a part of which is incredible to me ❤️❤️❤️ also the koorero that got shared at the Indigenous hui... Hell yeah.

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@ired0mi E rere ana te mihi ki a koe e hoa. Thanks for being such a central part of it all.

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@el_stepho @WORDChCh MWF-style. Hectic first weekend, cruisy midweek stuff plus schools, then hectic second weekend. As long as it's hectic.

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

Look at that beautiful cover. The team at takahē, one of the country's best lit journals, have made a limited edition zine, live at @WORDChCh, featuring new writing from festival audiences and guests. Come celebrate its launch this afternoon.

[Takahē Magazine @takahemagazine]

🎊Toot Toot 🎊 @WORDChCh
HUA/MANU LAUNCH:
Sunday, September 4th
4-5pm
Ground floor of Tūranga, next to Foundation Cafe
Free event
Grab yourself a free limited edition copy 🎊🥳🤩 @wordchch
Like and share to go in the draw to win a beautiful takahē tote bag.

[Stacey Morrison @formerlydaniels]

Loved tonight, e mihi tonu ana ki te whānau Hulme 🙌🏼 even got to see Keri's Aranui High school (my old school too) exercise books, her brilliance was already evident at 14 @WORDChCh

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

The Faraway Near is back in business at @WORDChCh 2022. David Mitchell is joining us live from the multiverse right now. On scene setting as a screen writer: "Night, Christchurch, storm. I let the storm designer do the rest."

[WORD Christchurch @WORDChCh]

Our first session for WORD 2022 Te Piki o Tāwhaki is about to start! A very special performance combining kapa haka, taonga pūoro and storytelling which will activate the beautiful space of Tūranga library.
#WordChch

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

Then there are Annie Zaidi's plays, poems and films, and her latest novel, City of Incident, a beautiful humanist portrait of her home city, Mumbai, told through a web of 12 interconnected lives. Missing travel? Like brilliant thinkers? Come! https://t.co/b6fiPF21vU

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

Another Director's Pick from @WORDChCh festival 2022: Indian author @anniezaidi. I toured India by train with her on a roving writers festival called The Bookwallah, and she's an exceptional writer and thinker. Here are a few reasons why... https://t.co/AkRcUroRyc

[Nic Low @NicLow1]

@anniezaidi also wrote the compelling, theatrical novel Prelude to a Riot, asking where street violence comes from. The Guardian: "In this short novel Zaidi goes about assembling a bomb": one which won the 2020 Tata Literature Live! prize for fiction. https://t.co/HvZPmibMQW