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The Strange Sagas Short Story and Illustration Competition Prizegiving
The NZSA’s Christchurch Children’s Literature Hub is running a Canterbury-wide short story and illustration competition open to all 6-12 year olds in the area. It’s dyslexia-friendly with great prizes, awesome judges and the winners also win books for their school or home-school library. The prize-giving on 13th May includes a launch, games, dressing up and […]
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Behind the Twisted Wire
Devonport Library Associates and Michael King Writers’ Centre present Behind the Twisted Wire NZ Artists in WWI They will discuss the gradual development of the role of commissioned war artists from the first Gallipolli studies by Horace Moore-Jones to the memorial paintings created by George Butler for the proposed War Memorial in Wellington. Hear about […]
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Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards 2016 Calling for Entries
The Cathay Pacific Travel Media Awards. The supreme winners of the Cathay Pacific Travel Writer of the Year and Cathay Pacific Travel Photographer of the Year awards will each receive double tickets to Madrid travelling with Cathay Pacific. The deadline for entering is Friday 17 June 2016 Winners will be announced at the awards presentation gala evening on Friday, […]
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Thought Horses – Rachel Bush
Rachel Bush’s distinctive, haunting poems acknowledge the consolations and undoings of thought. In Thought Horses we encounter a speaker who – as she is stepping outside, or googling an old friend, or lying awake too early – is sometimes lifted up, and sometimes overtaken by thought. We were saddened by the news of Rachel’s death […]
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Memorandum of Understanding by Bill Nelson
Book launch Memorandum of Understanding by Bill Nelson on Thursday 14 April, 6pm–7.30pm at the Guest Room, Southern Cross Garden Bar. The dogs will find you first. Even under the snow they can smell the fear and sweat and polypropylene socks. Your grandfather can smell it too. He pulls you out by the scruff of […]
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Leaving the Red Zone
Canterbury Poets Bounce Back People talked about quake brain, but the Canterbury earthquakes, despite or because of this, generated amazing bursts of creativity: music, dance, astonishing street art, and poetry. Five years on, the anniversary of the devastating quake of February 22nd is marked by the publication of Leaving the Red Zone – poems from […]
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Behind the Twisted Wire
INVITATION Wily Publications Ltd, Scorpio Books Ltd and The Michael King Writers’ Centre cordially invite you to the launch of Behind the Twisted Wire New Zealand artists in World War I Introduced by Dr Christopher Pugsley Scorpio Books Ltd, BNZ Centre (down the laneway) 120 Hereford Street, Christchurch Tuesday 12 April 2016 6:00-7:30 pm View […]
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We, The Children
Date: Thursday, 7 April, 2016 Time: 5.30pm – 6.45pm Cost: Free Location: Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets Contact Details: Space is limited, so book your spot by emailing events.natlib@dia.govt.nz Second Generation to Holocaust survivors: A Complex Past, A Contemplative Present Writer Edna Shemesh talks about impact that being Second Generation to Holocaust survivors […]
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Oral History Workshops – Abstracting Oral History
ABSTRACTING ORAL HISTORY Saturday and Sunday 25 & 26 June 2016, 8.45am-1pm, both days. The workshop is limited to 8, so register your interest by reply email, then fill out and return this flyer (either scan or photograph and email) at your earliest convenience. The abstract is a comprehensive time-coded summary, which serves as a […]
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The Essentials of Oral History Research Workshops – Day Two
This is day two of a two day course, with one month between them. The workshops are limited to 12, so register your interest by reply email, then fill out and return this flyer (either scan or photograph and email) at your earliest convenience. Total fee for both days is $300 but reduced to $220 […]
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The Essentials of Oral History Research Workshops – Day One
This is day one of a two day course, with one month between them. The workshops are limited to 12, so register your interest by reply email, then fill out and return this flyer (either scan or photograph and email) at your earliest convenience. Total fee for both days is $300 but reduced to $220 […]
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University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence 2017
The University of Otago College of Education/Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence The University of Otago is the only tertiary institute in New Zealand which offers a residency for a children’s writer. Begun by the Dunedin College of Education in 1992, it allows writers to work full time in a compatible environment among colleagues […]
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