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Book Launch – The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize winner Susanna Elliffe
You are warmly invited to the launch of patron saints of roadkill by Susanna Elliffe The Prize Winning short story collection by the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize launch. Thursday, 30 July, 5–6.30pm grand foyer, Ōamaru opera house 94 Thames Street rsvp: hello@thecubapress.nz with subject ‘patron saints
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Writing Action, with Paula Morris
Create compelling action with Paula Morris In fiction, scenes are shaped by consciousness (the emotional moment) and action (the dramatic moment). Sometimes, in drafts of novels and stories, we can lose sight of one or the other. This module offers close reading of excerpts from published work to explore how to build and sustain rich, […]
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New work by talented writers win NZSA manuscript assessments
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc announce the writers who will receive manuscript guidance through this year’s CompleteMS programme. Powerful manuscripts crafted by these accomplished writers, have been chosen to be part of this year’s programme. Writers spend months polishing their stories for entry into this competitive […]
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NZSA Wellington presents Panel of Poets
The next event in NZSA Wellington Branch’s 2026 programme is at two/fiftyseven on Tuesday 25 August 2026, starting at 6.00pm: Panel of Poets, in support of 2026 National Poetry Day. In a panel convened and curated by Chris Tse, Helen Rickerby, Anna Jackson and Jackson McCarthy will discuss poetry and books. We hope you can […]
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Book Launch Auckland: Sorry Rock by Thalia Henry
Book Launch: Sorry Rock by Thalia Henry Event details: Saturday, August 8, 2026 5:30 PM 7:00 PM Time Out Bookstore 432 Mount Eden Road, Auckland, 1024, New Zealand About the novel: On the wild west coast of Aotearoa New Zealand, twelve-year-old Ned lives with his mother in a bach above Te Henga’s black sand beach. He […]
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NZSA Northland Short Story Competitions Open for Entries NOW
The 2026 Open Competition, High School Competition and Year 7 & 8 Competition are all open now! 2026 Open Competition Details: Open to NZ residents 17 years and over Stories must be original, not previously published in print or online No AI content Entry fee of $10 per story with a limit of 3 […]
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Perfect Online Pitch: Oratia Books
Perfect Online Pitch has closed for 2026. We aim to run something similar in 2027.
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Perfect Online Pitch: Penguin Random House NZ
Perfect Online Pitch has closed for applications for 2026. We aim to run this again in 2027.
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Perfect Online Pitch: Auckland University Press
Perfect Online Pitch has closed for 2026. We aim to run something similar in 2027.
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Boundless – Artist’s Books Exhibition
This exhibition explores the free interpretation of the book format through Artist’s Books. Artists were asked to consider create a piece as “a medium of artistic expression inspired by the form OR function of a “book” to express ideas, concepts or a narrative.” The FORM of a book includes the attributes that make a book […]
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2026 Te Tauihu Short Story Awards
The annual Te Tauihu Short Story Awards are open to all New Zealand writers aged 16+, celebrating stories written in te reo Māori and English. In 2026, our judges are Renee Kahukura Iosefa (te reo Māori stories) and Ingrid Horrocks (English stories). Celebrating short stories written in English and te reo Māori For the past […]
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Writing Fiction from Life, with Rajorshi Chakraborti
As writers of fiction, no matter how great a role our imaginations play in our storytelling, we’re almost always drawing on the real at the same time, in ways big and small, aware and unseen. But what would a greater alertness to this constant interplay bring to our storytelling, if our everyday self and our writing self […]
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