• Verb Readers & Writers Festival Programmer 2022 vacancy

    Posted on 23 November 2021

    Festival Programmer? Verb is looking for a passionate reader with a hankering to formulate conversations and experiences for our Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022. You’ll be working with a wider team of Festival makers to create approximately 55 events that tell a story of the vibrant literary community of which we are a part. […]

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  • Crystal Arts Trust Master of Creative Writing Prize

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    The Crystal Arts Trust Master of Creative Writing Prize is a $10,000 Prize for the MCW student who has completed the highest-quality manuscript most likely to succeed commercially. Please join us and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Robert Greenberg and Director of 
the Master of Creative Writing, Dr Paula Morris for the […]

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  • All in for Arts He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou 2022

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    Update: We’re moving to 1-31 March, 2022! The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi and Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa – with the support of Chartwell Trust and the Lion Foundation – are heading on a road trip, shining a spotlight on creativity in a town near you. After kicking off our inaugural regional tour in […]

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  • Digital Story Tour replaces Northland Story Tour 2021

    Posted on 18 November 2021

    With the cancellation of the kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) Northland Digital Story Tour, Storylines presents a digital Story Tour. Dates are: 22, 23, 24 November; 29 and 30 Nov and 1 December 2021.  One guest will present via live stream each day, with a host. They will make two presentations each day, at 11.00am […]

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  • Courage Day Commemoration (also known as International Day of the Imprisoned Writer) November 15

    Posted on 15 November 2021

    Join the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc to mark Courage Day 2021 (also known as The Day of the Imprisoned Writer) in Aotearoa, New Zealand, today – Monday 15 November – and throughout the week. Courage Day recognises writers who defend the right to free speech, and […]

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  • Verb Readers & Writers Festival is on!

    Posted on 5 November 2021

    Verb had an incredible opening night on Wednesday with A Clear Dawn (celebrating this brilliant anthology) and the Verb Poetry Showcase, in which eleven Pōneke poets blew everyone away with their talent, humour, passion and imagery. And Thursday night, Verb programme at National Library of New Zealand began with ten writers each responding in varied and fascinating ways […]

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  • WORD Christchurch set to go ahead at Level 2 live in venues & streaming online

    Posted on 5 November 2021

    The WORD Christchurch Festival (9–13 November) is set to go ahead next week after it was shut down by lockdown a week before opening its doors in August. Last month it launched its downsized, COVID-safe programme, which delivers smaller, socially distanced events, and uses technology to bring in speakers curtailed by travel restrictions. This week […]

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  • Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced and live online literary panel

    Posted on 4 November 2021

    A prolific writer for young adults, an award-winning poet and one of New Zealand’s most distinguished historians are being honoured in the 2021 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. With interests spanning ecology, resilience and resourcefulness, and the Treaty of Waitangi – Creative New Zealand is pleased to announce this year’s recipients: Poetry: Anne Kennedy – […]

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  • Prestigious Māori literature awards celebrate success online: 2021 Pikihuia Awards Winners Announced 

    Posted on 30 October 2021

    Pikihuia Award Winners 2021 MEDIA RELEASE 2pm, 30 October 2021 The winners of the 2021 Pikihuia Awards, the short story writing awards hosted by the Māori Literature Trust, were announced in an online ceremony streamed on Saturday afternoon. While whānau and supporters of the finalists could not gather at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke as they […]

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  • Take Up Space Spoken Word Poetry performance showcase this Saturday

    Posted on 29 October 2021

    The Take Up Space Spoken Word Poetry performance showcase is on this Saturday from 4-6pm ONLINE. Whether you want to connect with our community, reflect, vent, or take on a new challenge, these workshops aim to provide a safe and fun way to do so. Aiwa and Gemishka of Creative Creatures arts collective led the […]

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  • Uncover Whowunnit: 2021 Ngaio Marsh Awards – online October 30, 7.30pm

    Posted on 27 October 2021

    SATURDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2021 AT 7:30pm  Watch ceremony live on Facebook HERE             The many faces of Dame Ngaio Marsh

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  • TE HĀ O TE KUPU National Māori Writers Hui March 18-20, 2022 – new date!

    Posted on 27 October 2021

    TE HĀ O TE KUPU ~ tāngia ki te whenua ~ Join us at Te Poho o Rāwiri Marae, Tūranga nui a Kiwa (Gisborne) Hui*.  Booking details HERE *Original date 26-28 November 2021. Postponed due to Covid19 restrictions. Te Hā o te Kupu 2022 National Māori Writers Hui March 18-20, 2022 Te Hā o Ngā […]

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