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Courage Day 2025 Te Whanganui-a-Tara
Each November, PEN International recognises Day of the Imprisoned Writer. To commemorate this day, the NZSA holds Courage Day, named for the writer James Courage. For Courage Day 2025, NZSA Wellington Branch has curated a diverse evening that crosses genres. The exciting programme features special guest Behrouz Bouchani and a selection of writers reading on […]
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Podcast of Charlotte Grimshaw’s 2025 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture available to listen to now
In her 2025 NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture, Charlotte Grimshaw reports from the frontlines of fiction and memoir, discuss veracity, integrity and clarity in a so-called “post-truth world,” and shares ideas she’s formed about authenticity after a whole life lived in fiction. Grimshaw describes her ongoing quest for answers, including a recent personal discovery of material in […]
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Radio New Zealand – submissions for on-air review to Booksellers NZ
2026 SUBMISSIONS FOR RADIO NEW ZEALAND NINE TO NOON Authors who are publishing books in 2026 and who wish to be considered for potential review on Radio New Zealand National’s Nine to Noon programme should please get in touch with Sarah Taggart at Booksellers Aotearoa NZ. Requests for submissions of February 2006 titles will […]
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Finding your ‘I’, with Pip Desmond
Writing in the first-person ‘I’ voice is common in creative non-fiction, not only in memoir but when writers tackle wider subjects too. At first glance it seems relatively easy to tell a story from our own point of view. There’s no one we know better than ourselves. The facts are already established. Surely all we […]
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Writing Action, with Paula Morris
Create compelling action with Paula Morris In fiction, scenes are shaped by consciousness (the emotional moment) and action (the dramatic moment). Sometimes, in drafts of novels and stories, we can lose sight of one or the other. This module offers close reading of excerpts from published work to explore how to build and sustain rich, […]
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Breton Dukes, winner of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025!
Breton Dukes is awarded the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship for 2025! The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Breton Dukes on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025 to work on a collection of connected short stories. This annual award is made possible by the […]
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National Library 60th Birthday Celebrations
Celebrating 60 years of the Library and 60 years to come of Archives Library New Zealand The National Library Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa is turning 60 and you are all invited! The Library was formed in 1965 when the General Assembly Library, the Alexander Turnbull Library and the National Library Service (comprising the Country […]
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WebWorkshop with Charity Norman
Charity Norman – Who Do You Think You Are? An introduction to characterisation. 5:30pm to 7:30pm, Thurs, 6 November Without characters, there is no story. But how to breathe life into them? In this workshop, we’ll be thinking about ways to create complex, real characters. We’ll share some ideas to help us know them better […]
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Book Tour: The American Boys by Olivia Spooner
Olivia Spooner is going on tour! Join the bestselling author of THE GIRL FROM LONDON and THE SONGBIRDS OF FLORENCE to celebrate the publication of her highly anticipated novel, THE AMERICAN BOYS. A sweeping wartime drama inspired but the arrival of the US troops in Wellington in 1942, this is a novel you don’t want […]
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Randell Cottage Literary Tours – Fundraiser
Randell Cottage Tours take you to the hidden heart of literary Northland. Whangarei, Waipu, Kerikeri, Russell, Hokianga. Meet local NZSA authors along the way. Dame Fiona Kidman will join the tour for some of the journey. 15 -19 March 2026, 4 nights, first class accommodation. For details visit: https://www.randellcottage.co.nz/news | Ph 04 891 1013 E: […]
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Poetry In Performance 2025 Spring Season
Guest readers for 2 October 2025 are Melanie McKerchar, Jake Arthur, and Janet Charman. Guest readers for 9 October 2025 are Lee Fraser, Philip Armstrong, and Gregory Kan. Guest readers for 16 October 2025 are Erik Kennedy, Juanita Hepi, and Anna Jackson. Guest readers for 23 October 2025 are Sara Qasem, Frankie McMillan, and Mikaela […]
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Announcing the winner of the 2025 CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award
$25,000 CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award has been awarded to writer Vincent O’Malley Vincent O’Malley has been awarded the 2025 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc, $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project, with the working title, ‘Whenua: Māori Land Loss […]
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