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Poetry set to take centre stage: August 22
Registrations now open for Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2025 Friday 22 August 2025 is set to be a day where words take flight and poetry pulses through the streets, libraries, parks, bookshops, and unexpected corners of Aotearoa. Now in its 28th year, Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day invites communities nationwide to create, share, […]
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NZSA CompleteMS Programme 2025 opens
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that’s ready to take to the next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction, non-fiction… Apply now for the NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme. The NZSA CompleteMS assessment programme is open for applications until 28 May 2025. CompleteMS is for writers who have completed a manuscript through […]
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Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki launches ambitious, wide-ranging 2025 programme
For 26 years Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki has showcased some of the world’s most celebrated storytellers and thinkers. Between 13 – 18 May, tens of thousands of people from all over the country will once again take their pick from a jam-packed programme of over 170 events across a range of venues and […]
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Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki offers a sneak-peek of the 2025 programme
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki is thrilled to reveal the first five names for the 2025 Festival, ahead of the full programme announcement on Wednesday 12 March. Esteemed author and illustrator Gavin Bishop O.N.Z.M. (Tainui, Ngāti Awa) is the Festival’s 2025 Honoured Writer. In his rich career he has published 70 books; written for […]
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Beyond the runway: Alice in Wonderland and the re-enchantment of the adult mind
Wednesday 12 March, 6pm – 8pm, Te Papa, Espresso Café, Level 4 Tickets: $45 (incl a delicious High Tea!) Book now: online at Te Papa. “Kids! Never become complacent” wrote Vivienne Westwood in her introduction to one of her favourite books – Alice in Wonderland: a cry for our age of climate crisis, the rise of the […]
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The 2025 NFFD competition is open!
Send your best 300 words Submissions open through 30 April The 2025 judges for the national competition are the award-winning writers Brannavan Gnanalingam and Vana Manasiadis. The 2025 youth judge is Shilo Kino. How to enter can be found on the NFFD Competition page. More about the 2025 international youth competition later this month. MICRO MADNESS A free competition open to […]
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Summer Writing Seminars University of Auckland
Hone your skills as a writer in this packed programme of in-depth craft seminars led by experienced teachers, including our creative writing staff, award-winning writers Paula Morris and Selina Tusitala Marsh. This year we also offer Sunday workshops for in-depth discussion of student work. Each workshop is limited to eight participants. If you are accepted […]
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Samesame But Different 2025 Festival Programme
The very first Samesame But Different festival in 2016 saw Peter Wells provide a space for LGBTQIA+ writers and readers to come together in a unique way. In 2025 we are celebrating the 10th SSBD festival! As we reflect on ten years of Samesame But Different, this festival is an opportunity to celebrate milestones, remember […]
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The Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest 2025
The Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest is an opportunity for Aotearoa-based LGBTQIA+ authors. The contest runs near the end of each year, and the winners are announced during our festival in February. First prize is $1,000 for the winning story, $500 for the runner-up and $500 for the best writing by a promising young writer […]
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HAMLIT, FEBRUARY 22- 23, 2025
www.hamiltonartsfestival.co.nz/tag/hamlit/ Part of Hamilton Arts Festival -Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa, 21 February-2 March 2025 HamLit is an exciting new series of bookish events taking place in the glorious Hamilton Gardens this coming February. A literary festival within a festival, HamLit will serve up a stimulating smorgasbord of events for readers and writers. A captivating […]
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Charlotte Grimshaw is the NZSA 2025 President of Honour
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Charlotte Grimshaw is the NZSA 2025 President of Honour. This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing, writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. NZSA’s 2025 President of Honour, […]
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Summer Reading Guide
#ReadAotearoa #LoveYourLocal Booksellers Aotearoa NZ and The Coalition for Books have created a suite of social media assets to help promote the books in this year’s New Zealand Summer Reading Guide. TNZ+Summer+Reading_KETE_8+pages The New Zealand Summer Reading Guide is packed with reading recommendations and book gift ideas for Christmas — it’s brought to you […]
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