• THE 2016 TAKAH? SHORT STORY COMPETITION

    THE 2016 TAKAH? SHORT STORY COMPETITION JUDGED BY ANNA ROGERS CLOSING DATE: 31 MARCH 2016 Results and the winning entry will be posted on website in August 2016. A shortlist of entries will be posted on the website in May 2016. All entries will be considered for future publication. First Prize $250 and publication in takah? […]

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  • Visiting Writers Programme: Rosetta Allan

    Tuesday 8 March WT1501, City Campus The inaugural session of the Visiting Writers Programme features novelist, poet and judge Rosetta Allan, whose first collection has just been published by Penguin Books. The Visiting Writers Programme connects our creative writing students to experienced authors, allowing them to engage in discussions with the author about the production […]

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  • 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize

    Entries are now open for the 2016 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize. The 2016 Jolley Prize is worth a total of $12,500, with a first prize of $7,000 and supplementary prizes of $2,000 and $1,000. The judges will also commend three additional stories, the authors of which will each receive $850. The 2016 Jolley […]

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  • Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2017 Call for Entries

    The 11th Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is now open for entries, presenting an opportunity for emerging and established writers and poets to showcase their work to new international audiences and further their involvement in the literary world. The award is an internationally renowned prize presented by Aesthetica Magazine and judged by literary experts, including Arifa […]

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  • Wairarapa Word

    Wairarapa Word is a monthly literary series founded in 2012. We have hosted writers such as Jenny Bornholdt, Fiona Farrell, Harry Ricketts, Fiona Kidman, and Gregory O’Brien. Sessions held on first Sunday of the month at 3pm. April 3 — Rhondda Greig May 1 — Pat White For information: 06 379 7103 events.waiword@gmail.com Supported by Creative […]

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  • Wairarapa Word

    Wairarapa Word is a monthly literary series founded in 2012. We have hosted writers such as Jenny Bornholdt, Fiona Farrell, Harry Ricketts, Fiona Kidman, and Gregory O’Brien. Sessions held on first Sunday of the month at 3pm. March 6 — Open Mic April 3 — Rhondda Greig May 1 — Pat White For information: 06 379 […]

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  • Book Launch – Auckland

    BEHIND THE TWISTED WIRE by JENNIFER HAWORTH The definitive study of New Zealand’s commissioned war artists and soldier-artists in World War I. International Art Centre, 272 Parnell Road, Auckland 3rd March 2016, 5.30-7.00 pm. Christchurch-based Jenny Haworth is the author of the highly successful The Art of War which focuses on the commissioned war artists of World War II. It […]

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  • Tauranga Writers. ‘Help! I Want to be a Writer’

    Sunday 21st February. 2-4pm. Tauranga Writers. ‘Help! I Want to be a Writer’ at the Alzheimer Society House, 116 13th Avenue. All welcome to attend this friendly & focused session on what to write, how to write it & where to get help. Led by Jenny Argante, editor of Freelance – Writers Helping Writers (estd. […]

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  • WRITERS AT LUNCHTIME IN NELSON

    The next  Writers at Lunchtime meeting on Wednesday 5 October features guest speaker Fay Bolt, who lives in Motueka. Fay will talk about watching birds from behind the lens of her camera and how the photos she took became her first book The Bird Garden. The success of this book then led her to write […]

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  • From Guandong to Aotearoa – ongoing

    NZ Chinese Voices: An Oral History Exhibition by Sue Gee Auckland Libraries Celebrates Chinese New Year J T Diamond Reading Room & Gallery, Waitakere Library, Henderson Six remarkable NZBC (New Zealand Born Chinese) talk about their lives. Born in Eketahuna, Rotorua, Tamaki Makaurau & Manaia, Taranaki, they trace their ancestral roots to Guangdong, South China, previously […]

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  • Au Contraire 2016 – Short Story Competition

    2016 Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Story Award Judge: Phillip Mann Arthur C. Clarke-nominated author of the world-building classic The Disestablishment of Paradise. Pre-judging by award-winning editing team, Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray. Prize: NZ$400, story publication, and a selection of print books to be awarded at Au Contraire 2016 Details: Entry is free, but entrants […]

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  • 2016 Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting

    Busting to write for the big screen but not sure where to start? Come join me for this popular two-day screenwriting workshop and find out! Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting is designed for you. It demystifies the nuts and bolts of screenwriting – in two days you will learn everything you need to know to start writing your screenplay. Got the […]

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