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NZSA CompleteMS Programme 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 now open for applications. Thirteen successful applicants will receive essential critical feedback on an advanced work, moving it closer to […]
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National Flash Fiction Day competition is open!
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day! So send in your best 300 words – deadline is 15 April, 2022. The judges for the 2022 National Flash Fiction Day competition are the acclaimed Anne Kennedy and Kiri Piahana-Wong. The youth competition […]
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PEN International WWC meeting online – Our Writing, Our Resistance
WWC Annual Meeting Online Our Writing, Our Resistance 7 and 8 March 2022 (13:00 – 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time) The first PEN International WWC meeting for 2022 is due to be hosted in a couple of weeks. The meeting will be spread over two days, and over that time the regular business of the WWC […]
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He whakangungu tuhi pukapuka pikitia
Know an emerging Māori writer with a passion for writing children’s stories? We, the Māori Literature Trust/Te Waka Taki Kōrero, are hosting a workshop on writing Māori language picture books. So join us, and/or share this opportunity with people you know. Ka toro atu ki te ao pukapuka, mai i te kākano o te whakaaro […]
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Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts 2022 revised Writers programme is live!
Aotearoa NZ Festival of the Arts is back! This time with a revised Writers programme that can operate safely and viably under the Red light setting restrictions, and that you can experience wherever you are. Online events Our new online platform gives you access to more than 30 Writers talks, classical music and other performances […]
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Haiku Down Under 2022
poetry from the edge Being held via Zoom from October 7-9, 2022, this new initiative to connect writers from New Zealand, Australia and beyond will use workshops, prompted writing sessions and presentations to celebrate our seasons, people, landscapes and seascapes, vernacular language, and flora and fauna. When: October 7-9, 2022 Where: Online What: Presentations and […]
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Longlists for New Zealand’s premier literary awards revealed
Books exploring politics, fashion, social change, war, contested histories and family relationships sit alongside works celebrating our natural world and the enduring legacies of our activists and artists in the longlists for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Forty poetry, prose and non-fiction titles make up the longlists announced today. Selected from an impressive […]
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Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre Creative Residency Programme 2022
This residency is designed to support three artists practising in a range of artforms to create new work, build connections with each other, and engage with local arts communities and audiences across a 12-week residency from mid-May to mid-August 2022 at Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Arts Centre in Ōtautahi Christchurch, Aotearoa New Zealand. Applications […]
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Introducing the Aotearoa Photobook Awards 2022
The new Aotearoa Photobook Awards are designed to reward outstanding photobooks produced between 21 January 2020 and 17 January 2022 by New Zealand photographers. Finalists will be announced after 29 January 2022 and the Awards presented at the opening of the Photobook/NZ Festival at Te Papa on Friday 4 March. The Awards are run by […]
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The 2022 Kāpiti Writers’ Retreat
25 – 27 February 2022 Waikanae, New Zealand Immerse yourself in writing and conversation this summer. There’s something for everyone – whether you’re new to writing, an established writer, or somewhere in-between. The Kāpiti Writers’ Retreat is happening from 25 -27 February 2022 on the beautiful Kāpiti Coast north of Wellington. This three-day gathering for […]
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Hybrid book launch for Lizzie Harwood’s Polaroid Nights
In today’s global pandemic environment, Lizzie Harwood’s Auckland novel, Polaroid Nights, will launch both in real-life and online tonight – Thursday, 9 December. At Auckland’s XuXu Dumpling Bar, author Lizzie Harwood will read from Polaroid Nights and take part in a Q&A with Auckland hospo icon Krishna Botica. There will be some words from her […]
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WORD wraps up for 2021… but wait there’s more
After another tumultuous year, WORD Christchurch Festival wrapped up. You can read reports from nearly all events by the Christchurch Libraries team, who live-blogged throughout, and a run-down of the Foundation Pop-Up Festival on Flat City Field Notes. Best of all, the complete range of sessions in The Piano and the Town Hall are now available […]
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