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 te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington, 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: Maya Cohen-Ronen
Treasurer: Tracy Farr
Regional Delegate: Currently vacant

Meetings and events

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

Upcoming events:

NZSA Wellington presents Wairarapa Open Mic, Thu 17 Sep

NZSA Wellington Branch is back in Wairarapa! Come along to a free and friendly Open Mic at The Last Post (Featherston) from 6.00–7.30pm on Thursday 17 September 2026. Read more …

Next NZSA Wellington Branch event in Pōneke – watch this space

In September, our branch will be supporting NZSA’s 2026 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture with Fleur Beale (details here) – we hope to see you there. Watch this space for news of our upcoming branch events to round the year out.

Connect with NZSA Wellington

Facebook NZSA Wellington Writers

Instagram @nzsauthorswgtn

Email 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.