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Tauranga Arts Festival
Tauranga Arts Festival is running a series of writing workshops over Labour Weekend – tickets available through the festival website (click on the titles below to access a description of each workshop). Writing for Middle Readers: Kate De Goldi https://www.taurangafestival.co.nz/event/boundary-riding-workshop-320 When: 9.30am-3.30pm; Saturday, October 26 Where: The Terraces, Baycourt Theatre, Durham St, Tauranga Cost: $120. […]
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BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON
BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON The launch of David Briggs’ latest novel, The Claim, will be held at Page & Blackmore bookshop on Trafalgar Street, Nelson, on Thursday 7 November at 5.30 pm. The book was long-listed in 2018 for the New Zealand Michael Gifkins prize for an unpublished novel. It was subsequently published in the […]
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Hawke’s Bay Writers’ Hub
All writers are welcome to join our monthly meet-ups on the last Sunday of the month. We meet at Number 5 Cafe and Larder, 248 State Highway 2, Mangateretere (near Golflands, between Clive and Hastings) 11.30 am to 1.30 pm. Come along to talk about your writing, share tips and network.
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Manawatu Writers’ Hub
The Manawatu Writers’ Hub meets on the second Monday of every month (except January) at Palmerston North Public Library, from 5.30 to 7.30. All NZSA writers and anyone interested are welcome to come along.
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BOOK LAUNCH IN RICHMOND
BOOK LAUNCH IN RICHMOND Everyone is welcome to the launch of Robyn Prokop’s debut novel Taelstone – Stones of the Azuri, Book One on Friday 13 September, 5.30 pm at The Junction, corner of McShane Road & SH60 (next to The Grape Escape). Taelstone tells the story of Ash, a kitchen slave who is swept […]
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Randell Cottage Writers Residency – deadline
Applications Invited For Randell Cottage Writers Residency Applications are now open for the 2020 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend, currently set at $22,000, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest colonial buildings. The Trust is particularly interested in hearing from mid-career and M?ori and Pasifika […]
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2019 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition
Open exclusively to all NZSA members $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize Opens 16 August, closes 4pm, Friday 4 October Brought to you by NZSA Auckland Branch Conditions of entry The competition is open to all NZSA members. All entries must be original and not previously published or broadcast before the competition […]
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NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2019 recipient
Christchurch writer Frankie McMillan is the recipient of the NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2019 Frankie McMillan will use the fellowship to work on a novella. She says: ‘I’m thrilled and enormously grateful to be the recipient of the Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship, 2019 -2020. I intend to put the grant towards the completion of a novella […]
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STORYLINES JANICE MARRIOTT MENTORING AWARD
STORYLINES JANICE MARRIOTT MENTORING AWARD Background The Storylines Janice Marriott Mentoring Award was initiated in 2019.Janice has generously sponsored this special Storylines award, prompted because of her concern to build the quality and number of junior fiction manuscripts that successfully achieve publication. Janice runs a private assessment and mentoring service called Go Write Now, accepting […]
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Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship
Words Change Lives – Coveted Literary Fellowship Opens Applications Winning a writing fellowship changes the course of a writer’s life, opening doors and allowing writers to think and apply their craft. Applications for the 2020 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship are now open. Virginia Woolf advocated for a room of one’s own – and the Grimshaw Sargeson […]
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How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show
How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show Lift Women’s Voices. Burn The Patriarchy Down. How We Survive is a feminist spoken word performance featuring internationally acclaimed poets Olivia Hall and Carrie Rudzinski. This two woman show presents a powerful and honest narrative on what is to be a woman living and surviving in 2019. Coming […]
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Recognizing Michael Morrissey & Riemke Ensing
NZSA Auckland Branch Meeting Friday 6 September at 6.15 pm Recognizing Michael Morrissey & Riemke Ensing for their loyal and valuable contribution to NZSA since 1975. Room WT1211, level 12, AUT Tower, Cnr of Rutland and Wakefield St, City Central. The September meeting will be a special event to join Michael Morrissey and Riemke Ensing […]
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