It's that time of the year again when we start the search for next year's Ockham Collective. If you've ever thought about getting involved, or even if you haven't, now is the time to get in touch.

The OC’s Catrin Johnnson would like to warmly invite you to join us at the Nix to welcome in the season of Advent in the Swedish way. Expect traditional songs and music, games, laughter and food.

This month the Auckland Bluegrass Club features a performance by You, Me, (Almost) Everybody, which coincidentally is who is welcome to attend. Plus there are our usual Irish, old-timey, ukulele and poetry sessions.

We're not sure quite how he's doing it, but Ockham Collective's improv maestro Matías Avaca is involved in four different performance projects this month. First up is his regular Spanish-language open-mic comedy night.

Aside from our regular busy programme of Irish, Bluegrass, Old-Time and ukulele sessions, we've got a couple of special gigs coming up at the Nix this month: Adam McGrath (The Eastern) and Paper Dragon.

Talia Pua's free whānau-friendly show Friends Exploring Epic Tales is touring Auckland libraries these school holidays. Plus, Amy Mansfield's H.R. The Musical is returning to Q Theatre in early November.

With the spring school holidays fast approaching, the Ockham Collective's Talia Pua is working on a free whānau-friendly show which will tour libraries across Tāmaki Makaurau.

On Friday 13 September one of Britain's greatest baritones, Roderick Williams OBE, will be performing a recital entitled Songs of Home, where he'll be joined by the Ockham Collective's Catrin Johnsson.

Click here for the dates of our regular sessions. This month's free Ockham Lecture at Objectspace on Thursday 5 September is the special opening event for the Pohewa Pāhewa Māori Design Symposium.

When the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra takes flight on their Fairytales and Broomsticks show later this month, the fairytale component will be coming courtesy of the Ockham Collective's Amy Mansfield.

Our two Ockham Collective filmmakers both have short-film news to report. Amarbir Singh has posted his new short online and Anna Duckworth has alerted us to a premiere screening of eight new shorts.

Don't miss the next instalment of the Ockham Lecture Series at Objectspace on Thursday 15 August. Then get stuck into both poetry and pizza at Grey Lynn Library on Thursday 22 August on National Poetry Day.

If you want to learn more about the causes of performance anxiety and some practical techniques to relieve the symptoms, the Let's Talk About Stage Fright workshop at the Nix is for you.

Entries are now open for the Day One Challenge, an opportunity for youth with a flair for moviemaking and storytelling to share a short film and potentially win some cool prizes.

For this month’s get together at Nix, the Auckland Bluegrass Club presents a concert night featuring singer and multi-instrumentalist Michael Young. Doors open at 7pm for a 7.30pm start.

The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards once again delivered a glittering evening of words and wonder at the Aotea Centre last month. The big winner was Emily Perkins, whose novel Lionness took out the fiction prize.

Our own award-winning playwright, Sam Brooks, has a three-night retrospective of readings of his works coming up at Basement Theatre this month - including the winner of the 2024 Adam NZ Play Award, This is My Story of Us.

We're thrilled to finally announce the 12 artists that together form the 2024 Ockham Collective. They come from all corners of Tāmaki Makaurau's creative community: music, theatre, film, literature and the visual arts.

If you missed it earlier this year, H.R. The Musical – written by the Ockham Collective's Amy Mansfield – is returning for the International Comedy Festival, starting at Auckland's Q Theatre.

It's not long now until New Zealand literature's big night. The winners of the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be announced in the usual glittering ceremony on Wednesday 15 May at the Aotea Centre.