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Writing as Manaakitanga – WebWorkshop – with Whiti Hereaka
10am to 12pm, Wednesday, 16 September. Story exists in the space between the teller and the audience. Learn how to create space in your writing that is both welcoming and challenging to your reader. Whiti Hereaka is an award-winning novelist and playwright of Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa and Pākehā descent, based in Wellington. She holds […]
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NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2020
$10,000 Opportunity for Writers. Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. This annual Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer to work on a project that shows a high level of literary merit and […]
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The short story: character, setting, voice – WebWorkshop – with Catherine Chidgey
10am to 12.30pm, Wednesday, 2 September. This workshop guides you through a range of bespoke writing exercises in order to generate the raw material for a short story. First you will identify a character and begin to flesh them out through consideration of a central desire as well as a problem or obstacle they must […]
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National Poetry Day 2020 – Poem and Lyric Competition kaipara
National Poetry Day Competitions | 21 August 2020 | National Poetry Day 2020 – Poem and Lyric Competition THE EBB AND FLOW OF THE KAIPARA The Kauri Museum runs the Poem and Lyric Competition for National Poetry Day in two phases. The Adult competition (over 18) and the student competition. The theme for this year […]
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NZSA Auckland Branch Welcomes Author C K Stead in August
What insights for the future can we gain by looking back? How has the perception and role of the writer in society changed over the last 50 years? NZSA Auckland is pleased to host C.K. Stead this August and discuss with him his new memoir, You Have a Lot to Lose, the second volume of […]
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Hamilton Book Month August 2020
Hamilton book month information can be found at their website www.hamiltonbookmonth.com Email address to register hamiltonbookmonth@gmail.com Events include: Poetry Soiree Lit Pub Quiz Local Authors event Flash Fiction workshop Young Adults Writers’ Panel Illustration workshop Romance and Crime panel Know Your Place Promote Yourself as an Author! workshop The Quick and The Dead panel Dominic Hoey […]
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Flying Solo – Anthology of NZ Writing
ALL WRITERS CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS!!! ‘FLYING SOLO’ ANTHOLOGY OF NZ WRITING Are you interested in submitting your work to be considered for inclusion in a themed anthology on the experience of single parenting? * We want to read your take on ‘solo parenting’ ─ whether humorous, enlightening, or challenging ─ in the genre of your […]
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INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING, WITH HELLA BAUER
What is creative writing? How do you start? How do you express your thoughts, stories and memories in writing, without being dull? In this six-week course you will complete exercises, discuss how to connect to the reader and share feedback. You will retrieve long-forgotten memories, make new discoveries, and laugh a lot. To stimulate the […]
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WORDSMITH: Memoir, Fiction & Auto Fiction (fictionalised autobiography/memoir)
Waiheke Island August 2020 This course is an introduction to the art of writing short fiction and/or memoir, suitable for both beginner and more advanced writers. The 5 sessions include exercises as learning tools plus time to workshop ideas with support and guidance. 1 – Introduction. Story arc. Scene, characters, action. Theme. Dialogue. Events as stories, not anecdotes. 2 […]
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Compelling stories by emerging writers awarded 2020 NZSA manuscript assessments
The NZ Society of Authors announce who will receive manuscript guidance in this year’s CompleteMS programme. Thirteen writers with manuscripts ranging through Fantasy, Pasifika futurism, Indie Rock fiction, Young Adult, Biography, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Literary Vignettes, Creative Non-Fiction, and Dramatisation of a Verse Biography have all been chosen to take part in this year’s […]
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Writers get together in Motueka
Following the very successful inaugural get together in March we can, at last, resume proceedings. Our next event is Tuesday 28 July, 5 pm – 6.30 pm at Kylie’s Café, 400d High Street, Motueka. Kylie is kindly opening especially for us again, and will have food and drink available to buy. The guest speaker is […]
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Book Launch in Nelson
Chris Stuart invites you to the launch of her crime novel For Reasons of their Own on Saturday 25 July, 3 pm – 4.30 pm at The Workshop, 32 New Street, Nelson. Can the past ever be left behind? Ask a flawed detective, a former refugee and a government desperate to misuse a dead body […]
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