• Book Lovers Coffee Club – Meadowbank

    Come along to the Book Lovers Coffee Club, a series of free monthly events that are open to the  public and being held at our retirement villages in Mt Eden, Milford and Meadowbank. Bring a friend, enjoy morning tea and hear the story behind the stories of some of New Zealand’s most talented authors. Elsbeth […]

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  • Book Lovers Coffee Club – Milford

    Come along to the Book Lovers Coffee Club, a series of free monthly events that are open to the  public and being held at our retirement villages in Mt Eden, Milford and Meadowbank. Bring a friend, enjoy morning tea and hear the story behind the stories of some of New Zealand’s most talented authors. Elsbeth […]

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  • Book Lovers Coffee Club – Mt Eden

    Book Lovers Coffee Club  – Calling All Book Lovers Come along to the Book Lovers Coffee Club, a series of free monthly events that are open to the  public and being held at our retirement villages in Mt Eden, Milford and Meadowbank. Bring a friend, enjoy morning tea and hear the story behind the stories […]

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  • Writing For Life

    “Writing For Life” – a 3 hour writing workshop with author Tina Shaw exploring ways to narrate incidents from your past and transform life events. Sunday 3 July at Active Arts, Taupo. Contact miranda.artschool@gmail.com for information.

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    METEOR Literary Salon, Stanza Six

    On Thursday 2nd June we host the Literary Salon, Stanza Six! Settle back in a comfy chair with a free glass of wine and canapés, while enjoying an exchange of ideas with our stimulating speakers: Carrie Rudzinski– Ranked 4th in the world at the 2014 Women of the World Poetry Slam; Angus Gillies – written […]

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  • Auckland Writers Lounge

    Brought to you by the Auckland Branch of the NZ Society of Authors in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o T?maki and with assistance from Creative NZ. Whakarongo mai. Come listen. Venue for all events is the Auckland Art Gallery Auditorium. The Auckland Art Gallery is on the corner of Kitchener and Wellesley St in central Auckland. The […]

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  • VUP Deleted Scenes Launching

    Victoria University Press warmly invites you to the launch of a brilliant new short fiction collection by Tracey Slaughter on Thursday 26 May, 5.30pm at Art Fusion Gallery Level 0, Student Centre, University of Waikato. Tracey will do a short reading and sign books. Refreshments will be served. VUP

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    AUT Visiting Writers Programme: Gregory Kan

    AUT Visiting Writers Programme: Gregory Kan Tuesday 24 May 1-2pm, WT1501 AUT City Campus Join us for the May session of the Visiting Writers Programme, featuring celebrated New Zealand author, Gregory Kan. Hear about his creative writing journey, love for poetry and the recent release of his first poetry collection entitled This Paper Boat. Gregory […]

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  • Close of Flash Fiction STOLEN Theme

    May 31 is the closing date for the Flash Frontier June issue  – the theme is STOLEN. 250 word limit. International submissions accepted. Guest editors – Frankie and Sherrie Flick Full details of everything you need to know On the Flash Frontier website here including submission guidelines If you haven’t tried Flash Fiction, you may […]

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  • Loemis Winter Solstice Feast 2016

    To keep things going over winter, we’ve created a winter solstice feast, featuring readings from three fantastic guest speakers: Elizabeth Knox, Ashleigh Young, and Robert Easting. Plus a cameo from Aurora Four – a fantastic vocal quartet singing rarely heard 14th century Icelandic hymns and another ancient tunes. The feast is banquet style, with multiple courses prepared by London trained chef Sam Watherston… there will be roast chestnuts, tapenades, cured meats, rustic breads, […]

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  • NZ Founders Society Research / Book Award

    Conditions The Award will be of an amount to be determined by the National Executive of the NZ Founders Society from time to time, but will not be less than $1,500 or more than $3,000. The method of payment will be one-third forwarded to the candidate on confirmation of their success, a further one-third after […]

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  • Book Publishing from Concept to Completion – the journey of a self-published book

    Travcom is proud to present three veteran Travcom members who have collaborated on the recently self-published novel My Father’s Ears by Karen Goa.  The trio have agreed to speak to us about how to publish and promote a book, and the steps, milestones (and pitfalls) from conception to self-publishing to radio broadcast. Each of our […]

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