Verb Wellington

(Claire Mabey 2020)[6]In 2023 the festival programmers are Rangimarie Sophie Jolley, Trinity Thompson-Browne, Damien Levi, Rosabel Tan and Chris Tse.

[10] LitCrawl in 2014 included The Bat Show at Arty Bees bookshop with Abby Howells and Daniel Pengelly, Writing Tunes and Playing Poetry at a music shop (Alistair's Music) on Cuba Street with Ebony Lamb and Nick Bollinger and Little Beasties with writer from the Modern Institute of Letters including Damien Wilkins, Helen Heath, and Chris Price.

[12] One event organised by writing group Crip the Lit attended by 200 people was a debate with Mandy Hager, Paula Tesoriero and Henrietta Bollinger on the negative and Trish Harris, Steff Green and Alisha Tyson on the affirmative.

We are all just writers.”[13] In 2019 the festival featured a family programme with a KidsCrawl at Porirua Library and a session at Polhill Reserve with author Robert Vennell, Paul Ward and expert Arihia Latham.

[15] In 2021 an event was A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand with writers Rupa Maitra, Mikee Sto Domingo, Rose Lu and Chris Tse.

Featured writers included Hinemoa Elder, Coco Solid, Albert Cho, Vincent O’Sullivan and Gaylene Preston.

[2] Verb Wellington have a number of writers residencies including a three-week paid writing time with Katherine Mansfield House & Garden that started in 2020.