NZSA Wellington Presents Megan Dunn and Nadine Hura in conversation

Join us on Monday 14 July with writers Megan Dunn and Nadine Hura in conversation. This is a free event, all welcome, light refreshments provided.

Megan Dunn is the author of three irreverent works of non-fiction: Tinderbox, Things I Learned at Art School and most recently The Mermaid Chronicles.

In 2022 she was the annual Writer in Residence at the International Institute of Modern Letters, based at Victoria University of Wellington, Te Herenga Waka. During her residency she interviewed Lorde and wrote a book about her adventures to meet professional mermaid performers worldwide.

Megan has published columns, reviews, personal essays and features for a wide range of media and chaired literary events with many authors including Olivia Laing and Noelle McCarthy. She was once the visual arts correspondent on Radio New Zealand’s Saturday morning show, with broadcaster Kim Hill. So there. Megan lives in Wellington and is very interested in crocodiles. Find out more about Megan on her website. (Photo credit: Robert Cross)

Nadine Hura (Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi, Pākehā) is a writer whose work connects literature, social policy and environmental justice. She has written extensively for The Spinoff, E-Tangata and other platforms. She is a Māmā, a poet, essayist and a member of the independent publishing collective, Tarakehe Press. Slowing the Sun, published by BWB in 2025, is her first full length collection of essays.

Read an interview with Nadine here, or visit her website. (Photo credit: Ebony Lamb)