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The home of creative writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Undergraduate courses, MA and PhD. Also: harbour views and baking.

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@antzlapwood.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 7:50 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Great lineup! And I'm looking forward to chatting with Molly Crighton and Damien Levi in phase 3 about... More than Murder 🔪📚

@rezekjoe.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 2:24 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

My heart breaks for mathematicians whose lives and careers are being destroyed by AI — and especially this PhD student, who doesn’t even know he is a poet

Kai Shaikh, a Ph.D. student in mathematics at the University of Toronto, also currently at SLMath, observed that theorems are easy to use as benchmarks, but that they capture little of the wonderment at the heart of math. "Just like a photograph of a mile marker can't provide much of the value of actually going on a hike," he said,
"it would seem to me that proofs without stories, or even stories without struggle or mystery, and first glimpses of strange beasts, are not very meaningful or valuable to us humans."
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@clairemabey.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 3:15 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

VerbCrawl programme is out and it is a banger! www.verbwellington.nz

@thepress.co.nzOct 14, 2026, 3:12 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

WATCH: What’s it like growing up with one of Aotearoa’s most celebrated writers as your parent? Wiremu Grace joins Articulate to talk about family, legacy, expectations, and the opportunities that exist for Māori storytelling across gaming and virtual reality.

@modernletters.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 3:28 AM

So many writers taking pleasure in Carson’s Nobel Prize

@timjonesbooks.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 2:37 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

But wait, there's more! I've now added Sunday's Open Mike poetry and music event at the Office Bar, 124 Riddiford St, Newtown from 4-6pm to the post. The theme is Pōtihia / Vote, and this is everyone's chance to read their political poems! @modernletters.bsky.social #poetry #nzpol

@brannavan.bsky.socialOct 14, 2026, 1:06 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

The good folks at Kete Books have the opening chapter of U.X.O. if you’d like to have a read www.ketebooks.co.nz/articles/ext...

@christchurchlib.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 9:42 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Happy birthday to Katherine Mansfield born on this day in 1888!
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/h... ^MT

@theguardian.comOct 14, 2026, 12:02 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

How to escape our collective paralysis in ‘these uncertain times’

theguardian.comHow to escape our collective paralysis in ‘these uncertain times’Author Natasha Lennard discusses how to disrupt the ‘certainties’ that don’t serve us and how to fight back
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@bucketfountain.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 11:57 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Happy Birthday to the World Famous Bucket Fountain!
wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...

@annakornbluh.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 4:10 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

"Employers are navigating a flood of errors and low-quality work that are sapping employee time, raising privacy and security risks and pushing up costs.

90% of executives say AI efforts have yet to translate to productivity gains."

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

@kayfrances53.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 12:04 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

An honour to be a part of this amazing and important exhibition. I’ve been invited to read a Cilla McQueen poem; one which she wrote for artist Marilynn Webb.

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@modernletters.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 11:22 PM

From world-leading response to COVID 19 to…this???

@abbyletteri.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 6:10 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Such a great weekend at Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival. I attended so many stirring and thought-provoking sessions and capped it all off with my own session (Wild Horses!) alongside Marty Smith. Wonderfully chaired by Catherine Robertson. These local and regional festivals are treasures!

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@newsroom.co.nzOct 12, 2026, 6:29 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Labour's Shanan Halbert promises a 2027 tertiary funding review and debt cuts, but fails to guarantee caps on rising student fees.

@notquitehydepark.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 6:37 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

moving and helpful thread here. that said: how do you demonstrate awareness of something in the physical world if you don't have a body? there's a Richard Powers novel about this problem, a great one...

@foxylustygrover.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 5:15 AMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Wellington suffering death by 1000 cuts #NZPol

@newsroom.co.nzOct 12, 2026, 6:54 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

Comment: How NZ’s historic mobilisation against the nuclear threat in the 1980s contrasts with modern complacency toward the climate crisis

@pipadam.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 7:16 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

i had so much fun at @bookhavennz.bsky.social THANK YOU!!!

@toddwoody.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 6:08 PMReposted by @modernletters.bsky.social

New: AI data centers’ indirect water use - water consumed by power plants to generate electricity for power-hungry server farms - is magnitudes larger than the facilities’ onsite water consumption and is largely undisclosed. Free link. With @mchediak.bsky.social
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

bloomberg.comAI's Water Strain Includes Surging Demand From Electricity UseIt takes a lot of water to generate the power consumed by server farms.
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