Kirsten McDougall

Guest writer

Kirsten McDougall is a Wellington-based writer. Her last novel was She’s a Killer. Photo credit: Ebony Lamb.

L-R: Simon Sweetman, Hinemoana Baker, Helen Rickerby, Jackson McCarthy, Nafanua Purcell Kersel at Verb’s Fever! Poetry Gala (Photo: Kirsten McDougall)

Seven things we learned at Wellington’s Verb festival

A dispatch from the most Wellington of literary festivals.

By Kirsten McDougall | 28th September, 2026