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NZIFF Talks: Making The Rehearsal Discussion
Script to Screen and the NZ International Film Festival (NZIFF) present a special discussion with the creative team behind highly anticipated NZ film THE REHEARSAL, which enjoys its world premiere at the festival. THE REHEARSAL marks the return of avant-garde director Alison Maclean to New Zealand. Alison reunited with producers Bridget Ikin and Trevor Haysom, and co-wrote with novelist […]
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The William Taylor Memorial Heartland Short Story Competition
Calling all writers The Taumarunui Writers’ Group is calling all writers in New Zealand to enter the William Taylor Memorial Heartland Short Story competition. Entries close on 30 September 2017 so there is time to put your fingers to the keyboard and get creative. For further information see http://www.taumarunuiwriters.nz/ or phone Helen Reynolds on 07 […]
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The Proverse Poetry Prize
The Proverse poetry prize (in association with the annual International Proverse Prize for unpublished book-length fiction, non-fiction or poetry, established in January 2008) Annual International Competition open to all over eighteen years old. Opening date: 30 June 2016. Closing Date: 31 July 2016 Details: Must be in English, your own work, previously unpublished and no […]
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NZWG Unproduced Script Competition 2016
Entries open now! Click here for more info. New category this year – T.V. Pilot – in addition to Feature Film. $500 first prize in both categories. Presented at the SWANZ Awards 2016
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Author Talk: Kerry Howe
Kerry Howe talks about the Hauraki Gulf Come along and hear renowned historian Kerry Howe talk about his book To the Island: exploring, remembering , imagining the Hauraki Gulf. Kerry’s book captures the diversity and complexity of the Hauraki Gulf’s nature, culture, history and politics, and includes research findings from topics as diverse as archaeology, […]
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Author Talk: Karen Goa
Heritage, heredity and very hairy ears Come along to Birkenhead Library and listen to author Karen Goa speak. Karen is an ex-pat Canadian travel writer and photographer living in Birkenhead. She has had two of her travel books broadcast on Radio New Zealand National and they were very well received. Her latest book is the novel […]
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Author Talk: Peter Bromhead
An evening with Peter Bromhead Come along to Remuera Library to hear Peter Bromhead discuss his latest book Scratching a living. Peter is a well-known cartoonist and illustrator, newspaper columnist and interior designer. Bring a friend, enjoy a glass of wine, and listen to this entertaining author talk about his life and work This event costs $5. […]
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Author Talk: Jeremy Scott
Author, cyclist, survivor Jeremy Scott will be speaking at Howick Library about his 52,000km bicycle ride following the release of his book The long road from a broken heart. As a four-year-old, Jeremy Scott underwent life-changing open heart surgery at Greenlane Hospital in New Zealand. 34 years later and living in London, he decided to quit […]
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Author Talk: JM Green
My Masterchef Good Money Journey Do you like your protagonists humorous, slightly flawed, authentic? Then you will enjoy Stella Hardy. JM Green’s crime novels, Good money and Too easy, both featuring Stella Hardy, shatter stereotypes and are written in a unique fresh voice. In her talk, JM Green will cover the writing process, getting rejected, […]
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Author Talk: Kevin Hall
Hear author Kevin Hall speak in an intimate evening with a true champion. Black Sails White Rabbits: Cancer was the easy part is Kevin Hall’s frank and fierce memoir. He has beaten cancer twice, survived a lethal America’s Cup catamaran crash, is an Olympian, and father of three – all while living with acute manic-depression since 1989. Come along […]
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An Afternoon With Andy Griffiths
Andy Griffiths is one of New Zealand’s most popular children’s authors, best known for The Treehouse series and the JUST! books, created with illustrator Terry Denton. Over the last 20 years, Andy’s books have been New York Times bestsellers, adapted for the stage and television and won more than 50 Australian children’s choice awards. Andy, a […]
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Crime Writing Events at Nelson Library
In association with The Ngaio Marsh Awards, Nelson’s Elma Turner Library is hosting two crime writing-related events in July. On Tuesday 12 July at 1 pm celebrated crime writer Alan Carter will be talking about becoming ‘The Accidental Crime Writer’. Alan won a Ned Kelly Award for his debut crime novel Prime Cut, featuring Chinese-Australian […]
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