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Pitching, and getting your pitch accepted – online workshop
It’s time for our next online workshop! Do you want to get paid for your writing? As the Editor of The Pantograph Punch, Ataria Sharman receives pitches from writers and press releases from publicists every other day. Come learn from an Editor’s perspective on what makes one pitch stand out over another – what gets […]
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Auckland Branch Celebrates 50 Years
Auckland branch stalwart BERNARD BROWN was there in 1971 when the Auckland branch of the then 50 years old PEN International was established. Here he recalls some of the highlights of the branch over the half century since: It’s 50 years since Keith Sinclair and Maurice Shadbolt decided to launch an Auckland branch of […]
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Author Talk | She’s A Killer by Kirsten McDougall
Unity Books and Victoria University Press invite you to a talk between Kirsten McDougall and Ash Davida Jane about Kirsten’s new novel ‘She’s A Killer’. Registration for this event is required so please register here for a free ticket, as capacity for safe distancing is 50 people. Date & time: Doors will open at 6pm […]
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Courage Day readings – Nelson
Join us and our local Nelson poets on Monday 15 November to mark Courage Day. There will be readings of works by imprisoned writers. Courage Day (also known as The Day of the Imprisoned Writer) recognises writers who defend the right to free speech, and those who suffer oppression and are killed/imprisoned for their work. […]
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Mary-anne Scott Launch for THE TOMO Wednesday Nov 17 5.30 – 7.30
Mary-anne Scott will be launching her new YA novel THE TOMO on Wednesday, Nov 17 – 5.30 – 7.30pm. The launch is at the Clearview Estate, Havelock North
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Courage Day – Day of the Imprisoned Writer – Wellington branch event
Please join us this Courage Day, 15 November, when our guest speaker will be Dominion Post Editor Anna Fifield. Courage Day (also known as The Day of the Imprisoned Writer) recognises writers who defend the right to free speech, and those who suffer oppression and are killed/imprisoned for their work. Our Courage Day event will […]
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2021 Pikihuia Awards ONLINE EVENT Saturday October 30, 1.00pm
Tēnā koe, E ngā mana, e ngā reo maha tēnei rā te tuku mihi atu ki a koutou mai i tata, mai i tawhiti. Me whai aroha ki te motu e noho nei tātou i raro i te urutā Kōwheori nei. E tika ana me mihi ki ngā mate huhua noa kua whiti ki tua […]
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Writers Against National Library Disposals – public meeting
Writers and supporters will gather for a public meeting on November 11 to protest serious concerns about our National Library’s partnership with the Internet Archive. “To find that a great national library like that of New Zealand is collaborating in a scheme to break the cherished copyright laws and give our work away for nothing […]
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Register now for Take Up Space!
Free Zoom spoken word/performance poetry workshops led by Aiwa and Gemishka of arts collective – Creative Creatures. Whether you want to connect with the community, reflect, vent, or take on a new challenge – the workshops aim to provide a safe and fun way to do so. The workshops are for women of colour and […]
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Get that story out of your head and onto the page!
Writers Practice presents: A 2-day online workshop with Mandy Hager on 20 and 27 October from 10am-12pm. Do you have a story you’re burning to tell but don’t know how to tackle it? Whether fiction, memoir or narrative based non-fiction, you’ll learn how to centre a story around a point of view character, tying plot, […]
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Whiti Hereaka, Recipient of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2022
Whiti Hereaka is an award-winning novelist and playwright of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Tainui and Pākehā descent, based in Wellington. She will use the fellowship to complete the research and development for a new novel. Whiti says: ‘I’m not sure if there are enough exclamation marks in the world to express how thrilled I am to be […]
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2021 Michael Gifkins Prize awarded to Tom Baragwanath for Paper Cage
2021 Michael Gifkins Prize awarded to Tom Baragwanath for Paper Cage Tom Baragwanath has been awarded the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for his crime novel Paper Cage. Baragwanath wins a publishing contract with Text and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties. Baragwanath accepted the award during an online event hosted by Text Publishing and the New […]
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