Booksellers and libraries, August is the time to show off your poetic flair! We’re inviting you to sign up for The Great NZ Poetry Display-Off – a national challenge to create eye-catching poetry displays in the lead up to Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on Friday 22 August.
By participating you can:
- Celebrate New Zealand poetry and poets
- Drive poetry book sales and borrowing
- Show off your creativity
- Win a prize!
To take part, simply email us and let us know you’re in. We’ll send you a Fact Sheet of useful information and a schedule of suggested local poetry collections and distributor details to get you started.
Order your books, collect together those already on your shelves, then create your Great NZ Poetry display anytime from 18 to 22 August.
The more visibility poetry gets in your space, the more powerful the national celebration becomes. Whether it’s a bold window display, a quiet poetry nook, or a social media poem of the day — it all counts.
Let’s get poetry off the page and into the hearts of our communities. Keep an eye out on our website for the 31 July launch of our official NPD 2025 calendar of events.
