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NZ Book Week – Napier Hastings
Local Writers Forum Come along to the inaugural Hastings-Napier writers Hub meeting Where: Vidals Winery, St Aubyn St, Hastings, 5.30pm. All writers welcome. Cost: Free
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Trading cards and fancy dress
Wardini Books will be launching their ‘Readers’ Realm’ trading card scheme at 12 noon. To celebrate, they are holding a book character fancy dress competition. Come dressed as your favourite character and receive a trading card and instruction pack. Competition will be judged by author Kat Mereweather.
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Refugees and resettlement in fiction and non-fiction
For 25 years Adrienne Jansen has been writing alongside new settlers in NZ and recording their stories. Join her for a glass of wine as she talks about ethical dilemmas and unforgettable moments in her novel The Score, and her upcoming book about migrant taxi workers, Migrant Journeys. Hosted by Marsden Books, Bridget Williams Books and Escalator Press […]
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‘Exercising the Imagination’
Creative writing workshop with Aaron Topp Suitable for 10 years and up. Writing, mountain biking, letting your brain run wild! Where: Wardini Books, 16 Te Mata Rd, Havelock North, 6–6.30pm. Bookings essential, ph 877 7783. Cost: $5, proceeds to Trail Fund NZ. 15 spaces available.
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Competition for Song, Story and Essay
Open competition – run by Hourglass Literary Magazine for writers who write in English, Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian. Open to authors from the Diaspora. $1000 for the best short story; $1000 for the best essay; $1,000 for the best song. More Deadline is 1 Jan 2016.
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Best New Zealand Poems
Best New Zealand Poems is published annually by the International Institute of Modern Letters, and aims to introduce readers – especially internationally – to leading contemporary New Zealand poets. The poems are chosen to show the vitality and range of current writing. More Deadline for submissions 15 December
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Deborah Challinor Devonport Event
12.30pm Tues 3 Nov, The Esplanade Hotel, Devonport, Auckland New Zealand’s mistress of historical fiction, Deborah Challinor, will speak about her latest book A Tattooed Heart at an exclusive lunch in Devonport in November. Tickets: $45 each includes lunch & wine. Available from Paper Plus Glenfield ph. 441 7084. On-line through eventfinda.co.nz Or from the Michael […]
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Poetry in Performance – Canterbury
6.30pm Wednesday’s till 18 Nov. CPIT Lecture Theatre, 5 Madras St, Christchurch Canterbury Poets Collective. More
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NZ Book Week – Christchurch
NZSA Canterburty Branch with CCC Beca Heritage Week, present the NZ Heritage Book Awards. The books and writing entries finalists are now on display – until Oct 27th Where: in the South Library on Colombo St and the Peterborough St Central Library in Christchurch Cost: Free Find out more here
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Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications Invited For Randell Cottage Writers Residency Applications are now open for the 2017 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend of $22,000 and six months’ rent free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest colonial buildings. Built in Thorndon in 1867, the Cottage has been painstakingly restored and is close […]
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The Wallace Arts Trust Prize” short fiction contest
With the support of the Wallace Foundation Alternative Bindings are awarding the following prizes in 2016 $600 for the Wallace Arts Trust Prize Best Short Story; and $300 for the Wallace Arts Trust Runner-up Short Story. The competition welcomes both emerging and established writers to share their stories based on the theme ‘A Kiwi Romance’ […]
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