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Learn to Write Good creative writing classes
Best Selling author (Iceland, Poor People With Money), poet and playwright Dominic Hoey has been running his Learn to Write Good creative writing classes since 2015, teaching hundreds of students around the country. The courses explore tips and techniques learned from 30 years of writing prose, poetry, theatre and music. Classes are relaxed, with a […]
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NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 – open for applications
Award for fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize celebrates the life and work of the writer Laura Solomon. As set by Laura, the main criteria for the exciting prize is for new writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. Published and unpublished writers are invited to […]
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Courage Day Event – Wellington
NZSA Wellington branch invites you to Courage Day event – 21 November 2022 Courage Day – International Day of the Imprisoned Writer With guest speakers Merhawi Woldemichael. Eritrean/NZ writer and former refugee. Amnesty International and a selection of writers reading letters. Monday 21 November 5.45pm to 7.15pm, St Peter’s, 211 Willis St, Te Aro.
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Courage Day Event – Dunedin
Doors open 5pm (with UBS book table) 5.30 Penelope Todd welcome/ introduction First set of readings (in this order): Carolyn McCurdie David Eggleton Jacinta Ruru Rakibul Hasan Khan Open mic segment — 15-20 minutes of sharing from audience Second set of readings (in this order): Claire Beynon Emma Neale Philip Temple (with closing comments)
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Courage Day Book Launch – Wellington
NZSA member Paul Diamond’s book Downfall will be launched on Courage Day, in Wellington, in association with the Lesbian Gay Archives of NZ (LAGANZ); Chris Brickell’s book of James Courage’s diaries, will also be available at the National Library store during the launch. Where: National Library of NZ, 70 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington When: 6pm […]
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Courage Day/ Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2022 event – Hamilton
“People say that writers are pretty powerless: we don’t have an army, we don’t have a bureaucracy. But if that were true, then why would writers be arrested?… Because the …word is powerful.” — John Ralston Saul Courage Day/ Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2022 An evening of solidarity with imprisoned writers Where: Lady Goodfellow […]
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NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022 – Winners announced
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) and the Canterbury branch of NZSA are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2022 NZSA Heritage Book Awards! With many thanks to our judges, here are the winning books for the 2022 NZSA Heritage Book Awards: Non-Fiction Book Winner: Shifting […]
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Golden Bay Live Poets
Golden Bay Live Poets meet monthly with the open mic sessions known as ‘Acid on the Microphone’ at The Mussel Inn, Onekaka. Their next meeting is on Thursday 20 October at 7.30 pm. The featured guest will be current NZ Poetry Slam Champion Dan Goodwin, fresh from his performance at the World Poetry Slam in Brussels. Open […]
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The Golden Bay Writers Group
The Golden Bay Writers Group meets monthly in Takaka. Meet up to connect, work on writing projects and share feedback in a supportive way. The next meeting will be on Saturday 29 October from 10 am – 12.30 pm at the Takaka Co-housing Project Office, 65a Commercial Street. As you approach the MSD building, coming up the stairs, the […]
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Write here at Motueka – WHAM!
Join Motueka Library’s new writing group, which meets every third Wednesday of every month from 12 noon – 2 pm. The next meeting is on Wednesday 19 October. Let us help stimulate, motivate and promote your writing, so that you can produce, perform and publish. This is about new writing, from new writers, so: dust off […]
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