Wellington Branch

Wellington branch is lively and engaged. Our 350-plus members range from renowned authors and emerging literary stars to aspiring writers, producing all kinds of work: non-fiction, literary through to speculative fiction, work for children and young adults, short stories, flash fiction, poetry and more. We enjoy our close connection with the Wellington Writers Walk. Our region includes the Hutt Valley, Wairarapa and Kāpiti Coast, and we welcome everyone who’s interested in writing and in our local writing community.

Branch Chair: Gigi Fenster
Secretary: Shani Naylor
Treasurer: Tracy Farr
Regional Delegate: Tracy Farr

Meetings and events

We hold in-person and online branch events through the year. Please check out our Facebook page for event news.

Next event: 2024 Book Showcase, Wednesday 11 December

Next in NZSA Wellington Branch’s new, regular series of literary events at The Undercurrent bookshop is our end of year event, and the branch’s annual Book Showcase for 2024. On Wednesday 11 December a fabulous lineup of NZSA members will present, in brief, their new books published in 2024. We’ll announce the lineup in late November – watch our social media, and join us on the night to discover your next great Wellington read!

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And we’re on Instagram now, too @nzsauthorswgtn

Email wellington@nzauthors.org.nz or nzsawellington@gmail.com

Contact Wellington Branch

Banner Image: Wellington Writers Walk.
Quote from Denis Glover (1912-1980)
From ‘Wellington Harbour is a Laundry’ in Come High Water, Dunmore Press, 1977

The harbour is an ironing board;
Flat iron tugs dash smoothing toward
Any shirt of a ship, any pillowslip
Of a freighter they decree
Must be ironed flat as washing from the sea.