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  • launch of climate fiction novel Emergency Weather - Wellington
    The launch will take place on Wednesday 4 October at Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis St, from 6pm - please encourage your friends to come along too!   Here is the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/667791528368999   Please sign up for this if you use Facebook, as it helps us know numbers attending.   Emergency Weather will be available...
  • NZSA Wellington Branch Book Showcase 2023
    Please join us for an exciting evening! Fourteen authors, all Wellington NZSA members, will introduce their newly published books; a wonderful smorgasbord of fiction, adult and young adult, non-fiction and poetry. What: NZSA Wellington Branch Book Showcase 2023 When: Wednesday 18 October, 6.00pm (doors open 5.45pm) Where: Unity Books, 57 Willis Street,...
  • Pens and PJs writing group
    Are you a young (age 18-29) author keen to share your work in a low-pressure environment? Join Pens & PJs on the first Wednesday of each month for some dedicated writing time, kōrero and kai! If you are Wellington based, feel free to show up at Wellington Writers' Studio...
  • Kirikiriroa Hamilton Regional Roadshow 2023
    9AM – 4PM, SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER, TRUST WAIKATO, 4 LITTLE LONDON LANE, HAMILTON Each one-day conference offers local writers access to professional development, masterclasses, workshops and panel discussions taught by experienced writers from across Aotearoa. These events are organised in partnership with local NZSA branches to build collegiality, connection and new...
  • Michael Gifkins Prize Text Prize launch of 2022 winners book: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam - Auckland event
    Come along to the launches of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam. Auckland: October 3, 5.30-7pm. Webb's. 33a Normanby Road Mount Eden, Auckland 1024 Emma Ling Sidnam won the 2022 Gifkins Prizes for her debut novel BACKWATERS. Emma will be in conversation with writer Albert Cho to...
  • NZSA Northland Branch Fund-raising Auction November 2023
    During the month of November, thanks to the generous donations of members and supporters, Northland Branch will hold an online auction, culminating online and in person at our final meeting of the year. (Details of time and venue to follow.) Throughout the month, rolling offerings and bids will be updated and displayed....
  • Author Talk | Anke Richter on Cult Trip
    TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2023, 12.30pm-1.30pm Unity Books Wellington invites you to join us for a lunchtime event with Anke Richter chatting about her book, Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control, published by Harper Collins. Anke will be in conversation with radio presenter and journalist, Susie Ferguson.
  • Book Talk with author Sandra Russell - Auckland
    Book Talk with author Sandra Russell in conversation with fellow psychotherapist Amanda Cox at the Little Book Shop, Remuera,, Sunday 10 Sept 3 pm.  
  • 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries
    Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents...
New Zealanders encouraged to give the gift of reading to children and young people in need this Christmas
Archives: Festivals
  • NZSA President of Honour Witi Ihimaera will deliver the 2023 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture

    Posted on 2 October 2023

    You are invited to hear NZSA President of Honour Witi Ihimaera    deliver the 2023 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture     The NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) appoints a President of Honour each year from the ranks of its revered and senior members. This year, NZSA President of Honour, Witi Ihimaera DCNZM, QSM, will deliver the […]

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  • the inaugural AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition

    Posted on 22 July 2023

    Introducing…  AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition Bring your Sparkling Prose We’re pleased to announce a new competition for a mix of storytelling genres: submit your micros, flash, hybrid work (including poetry and prose combined) or short stories. Win $500 plus publication of your story at AT THE BAY […]

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  • The Coalition for Books annual Winter Hui series – register now

    Posted on 17 July 2023

    The Coalition for Books is hosting four Zoom hui to bring our members and the broader book sector together to discuss current challenges and to promote dialogue about sector needs. The hui are each an hour-long between 27 July – 8 August. More Hui #1 – Thursday July 27th @10.00 am Writers Festivals Post Covid […]

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  • AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

    Posted on 3 June 2023

    02 June 2023 Auckland Writers Festival |Waituhi O Tāmaki is thrilled to announce one of the UK’s leading literary industry talents as its new Artistic Director – ushering in a bold and exciting new era for New Zealand’s largest and most anticipated annual festival of books and ideas. Lyndsey Fineran, Deputy Head of Programming, international programme and […]

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  • Dunedin Writers and Readers announces new team for 2023 event

    Posted on 12 April 2023

    Ōtepoti (Tuesday 11 April) The Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival (DWRF) is starting a new chapter with the recruitment of Kitty Brown (Ngāi Tahu, Waitaha, Kāti Māmoe, Ngāti Kahungunu) as Event Manager, four new Trustees and a fundraising manager. Chair of the Festival Board, Nicola McConnell says, “We’re delighted to welcome Kitty, to the team. […]

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  • NZ’s most-anticipated festival of ideas unveils 2023 programme – a triumphant return of international literary giants and 160 in-person events

    Posted on 23 March 2023

    The Auckland Writers Festival tonight unveiled the full programme for its 23rd Festival, with 160 live events in Auckland over six days, 16 – 21 May 2023. Every year the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki sets the cultural agenda in Aotearoa, as the world’s best writers and thinkers arrive in Auckland for one week […]

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  • Eleanor Catton to tour New Zealand

    Posted on 22 March 2023

      Wednesday 22 March 2023 Birnam Wood wows critics and readers worldwide   Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will appear at events in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch in May this year to present her novel Birnam Wood, which has wowed critics and audiences around the world since its publication in February. Catton, who currently […]

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  • Register events to unleash the power of poetry across Aotearoa 25 August

    Posted on 22 March 2023

    National Poetry Day is scheduled for 25 August 2023, and as its administrators open registrations for events and seed-funding, they are inviting organisers across the motu to join in to unleash the uplifting power of poetry.   Robin McDonnell, CEO of Poetry Day sponsor Phantom Billstickers, says that when company founder Jim Wilson witnessed the […]

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  • Pasifika Festival Feb 2023 The Coalition for Books

    Posted on 20 March 2023

    The Coalition for Books had its first stand at the Pasifika Festival this weekend and has produced its third catalogue for Pasifika Books. Download the new Pasifika catalogue Feb 2023 HERE Thanks to Dorothy Butler Bookshop for all their organisation and support.  

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  • Coalition for Books at Matatini this weekend – Come visit

    Posted on 21 February 2023

    Come visit the Coalition for Books stand – P21 at Matatini this week and weekend. Huia Publishers also have a big stand down by the kai. Te Matatini catalogue HERE  – OUT TODAY!  

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  • UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage comes to Wellington for FREE events

    Posted on 16 February 2023

    Verb Wellington and British Council New Zealand and the Pacific have collaborated to bring UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to Wellington on 11 – 12 March to take part in two free events that focus on the importance of libraries and of literature.   Natasha Beckman (Country Director, British Council New Zealand and the Pacific) […]

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  • New Zealanders encouraged to give the gift of reading to children and young people in need this Christmas

    Posted on 1 November 2022

      Children’s book-gifting charity Kiwi Christmas Books is aiming to deliver a record number of books into the hands of under-privileged kids this Christmas – and they are calling on generous New Zealanders to help them do it. Members of the public can donate books through their local participating bookstore from November 1 or directly […]

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