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So, You’re Writing Your First Feature…?
5.30pm to 7pm, Wed 18 Nov, Nga Taonga Sound & Vision, 84 Taranaki St, Wellington For our last Wellington Writers’ Room of 2015, we bring you the most popular discussion from our Auckland Writers’ Room series. Writers Briar Grace-Smith, Max Currie and Emily Perkins get together with Ken Duncum to discuss the experience of writing […]
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True Stories Told Live – Waiting
6pm, Sat 14 Nov. City Gallery Wellington Let our master storytellers entertain and inspire you at the New Zealand Book Council’s cabaret-style storytelling event, True Stories Told Live. Susanna Andrew, Emma Barnes, Tracy Farr, Puawai Cairns and Max Rashbrooke will share tales on the theme of waiting. This is unabashed storytelling, totally unscripted, where anything […]
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Poems in the Waiting Room 2016 Poetry Competition
The 2016 poetry competition will be judged by Pat White. 1st prize $175, 2nd prize $150, 3rd prize $125, The UBS Dunedin best unplaced Dunedin poet prize $75 book token. More Deadline 29 February
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The Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2016
Open to residents of Australia and New Zealand, the prize is for short stories up to 3,000 words having an island, or island-resonant, theme. The competition, now entering its seventh year, is run by Forty South Publishing, the largest book publisher in Tasmania and publisher of the prestigious Tasmania 40°South magazine. The winner will receive […]
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William Saroyan International Prize for Writing 2015
Submissions are now being accepted for the seventh William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. This award, given by Stanford University Libraries in partnership with the William Saroyan Foundation, recognizes newly published works of fiction and nonfiction with a $5,000 award for the winner in each category. The prize is designed to encourage new or emerging […]
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NZ Poetry Conference – Discussion and Sinagalong
Sat 14 Nov, 2pm. National Library Shaky Places: 14 New Zealand poems set to music for choirs. Attending: Felicia Edgecombe with keyboard, Rachel McAlpine, Riemke Ensing, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman and possibly Robert Sullivan. More
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Concert: Shaky Places Premiere
Sun 15 Nov 4pm. Sacred Heart Cathedral, Hill Street, Wellington Shaky Places: 14 New Zealand poems set to music for choirs Poets: Jenny Bornholdt, Bub Bridger, Lauris Edmond, Riemke Ensing, Marewa Glover, Dinah Hawken, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman, Sam Hunt, Bill Manhire, Rachel McAlpine, Gregory O’Brien, Robert Sullivan and Brian Turner. Composer: Felicia Edgecombe. Tickets: $20. […]
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Hear Janet Colson and Rudy Castaneda
Hear Janet Colson and Rudy Castaneda 2.30pm Sat 7 Nov. Mahara Gallery 20 Mahara Pl, Waikanae Hear Janet Colson and Rudy Castaneda talk abuot art, contemporary New York, and 1960s California and get a fascinating glimpse into the writing of these two insightful novels from Escalator Press.
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Hear Janet Colson and Rudy Castaneda
Hear Janet Colson and Rudy Castaneda 5.30pm Sat 28 Nov. Wardini Books, 16 Te Mata Road, Havelock North Hear Janet Colson and Rudy Castaneda talk abuot art, contemporary New York, and 1960s California and get a fascinating glimpse into the writing of these two insightful novels from Escalator Press.
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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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