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MOTUEKA – SELF-PUBLISHING WORKSHOP
As part of Motueka Arts Council programme of winter workshops, Emma Stevens and Ro Cambridge are holding a workshop on self-publishing. If you love to write, this course is for you. Tutors Emma and Ro will walk you through the steps of publishing your own book. Between them, they have experience in writing, editing, book […]
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Fiona Sussman – Book Launch
Join Fiona Sussman for the launch of her latest novel, The Last Time We Spoke. An earlier draft of this work won the Kobo/NZ Authors Publishers prize as Sentenced. Parking is available on the street and in the Milford Mall car-park diagonally opposite the bookshop. Please RSVP by 16th May
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University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor’s International Poetry Prize
About the Prize The University of Canberra has established an international poetry prize. On behalf of the University, this is administered by the International Poetry Studies Institute (IPSI), part of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research in the Faculty of Arts and Design. The prize celebrates the enduring significance of poetry to cultures everywhere in the world, and its ongoing […]
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Taking Flight – submissions open
Hallowell Press invites submissions of text and imagery for a limited edition hardback anthology to be published in 2017, entitled Flightpath. Hallowell Press operates from the shores of Wilson Inlet, on the south coast of Western Australia. Starting in October, millions of migratory birds travel the East Asian-Australasian Flyway to gather here. In March they do […]
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National Poetry Day – Calendar of events
We want to help you make something poetic happen! The 26th of August is National Poetry Day and we are building a nationwide calendar of events to celebrate poetry in New Zealand. Now is your chance to come up with something cool to do and tell us about your plans. National Poetry Day calendar of […]
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Book Night
Kia ora Writers The first-ever Book Night to be held in New Zealand is happening on Tuesday 24 May and we’d love you to be a part of it. Details are in this media release and on our website And you can view our Book Night Poster, which you are welcome to print and circulate […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2016 Great hall, Auckland Town Hall, Tue 10 May 7pm. Tickets from ticket master Sixteen finalists, four winners, the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2016 are at the Festival for the first time and you’re invited. Join the shortlisted nominees as the winners are announced in a knees-up, MC-ed by […]
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The art of war with Jenny Haworth
When: Thursday 12 May, 11am-12pm Where: Pukekohe Library Cost: Free Come and hear novelist, non-fiction writer and journalist Jenny Haworth. She will be talking about two of her books specialising in war art: The Art of War: New Zealand war artists in the field 1939-1946, and Behind the Twisted Wire: New Zealand Artists in World War […]
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Memoir Writing Workshop
When: Saturday 21 May, 1.15pm-3.30pm Where: Manurewa Library Cost: Free Inspired by the Auckland Writers Festival? Want to tell your own story or that of your family or whanau? Not sure how to get started? Here’s a FREE opportunity to learn more about legacy writing with James George, a Nga Puhi author and senior lecturer in creative […]
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Iggy McGovern: Irish Poet
Here’s one for poetry lovers! Iggy McGovern, who gathered Christchurch fans when he appeared at the Christchurch Writers’ Festival a few years back, is coming to town next week. Iggy is Fellow Emeritus of Trinity College Dublin. His poetry publications are The King of Suburbia, Safe House, and A Mystic Dream of 4, a poetic biography […]
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Jane Smiley at Christchurch Art Gallery
Pulitzer-prize winning American author Jane Smiley comes to Christchurch ahead of her appearance at the Auckland Writers Festival. Come and hear Jane in conversation with Morrin Rout about her new novels in the Hundred Year Trilogy, as well as highlights from her glittering career such as Horse Heaven, A Thousand Acres and Thirteen Ways of […]
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Write Your Life
A Poetry Workshop with Amanda Eason Participants use their lives as raw material and are guided through an interactive process with the result that everyone leaves with a fresh piece of poetry that has meaning for them. Where: Piano Bar and Restaurant, Rust Avenue, Whangarei When: Thursday 19 May 5 to 8pm Admission: Koha The […]
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