When the candles flicker, the wind howls and the supernatural starts to seep through the windows, the writers read. Dracula queen, Noelle McCarthy (Stakes), hosts writers Joy Holley (Dream Girl) and Lucy Black (The Spinoff) who will read aloud pieces from their most loved gothic literature, and share what makes these works so fantastically indelible to their lives.

This venue is wheelchair accessible.

This event is part of VerbCrawl, a one-night-only, high-energy literary festival, that takes over the streets of central Pōneke. For more information please head to verbwellington.nz.