• The Next Page 2

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    Part 2 of the popular Next Page sessions features readings from (in order) Danyl McLauchlan, Preya Gothanayagi,  Melanie Ansell, Jane Cherry, Catarina de Peters Leitão, Tanya Ashcroft, Manon Revuelta, Dave Glynn, Louisa Buchanan, and Janey Thornton. They are introduced by Chris Price.

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  • Axiomatic: Maria Tumarkin

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    Cultural historian and writer Maria Tumarkin moved from the Ukraine to Australia at age 15. Her latest book applies a freewheeling intelligence to five common axioms such as ‘time heals all wounds’, interrogating their accuracy and adequacy in the face of trauma. “Maria Tumarkin’s shape-shifting Axiomatic deploys all the resources of narrative, reportage and essay,” […]

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  • Best New Zealand Poems 2018

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    Best New Zealand Poems is published annually by Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters. Get ready for Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day (on 23 August) by coming along to hear nine of the best read work selected for Best New Zealand Poems 2018—and be sure to visit www.bestnewzealandpoems.org.nz to view the full […]

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  • Electric/Antarctic: Rebecca Priestley and Helen Heath

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    In Are Friends Electric?, 2019 Ockham NZ Book Award for Poetry winner Helen Heath explores the merger of human beings with technology, and asks questions about the potential of a digital afterlife to assuage human desires and griefs. She talks with Royal Society Science Book Prize and the Prime Minister’s Science Communication Prize winner Rebecca […]

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  • Poetry Quintet

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    New York poet Amy Leigh Wicks finds a new home in Kaik?ura in The Dangerous Country of Love and Marriage, and New Zealander Nikki-Lee Birdsey plumbs the fault lines between her lives in America and Aotearoa in Night As Day, while Chicago poet Steven Toussaint composed the deeply musical poems of Lay Studies in the […]

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  • The Next Page 1

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    A wonderful opportunity to hear a fresh mix of prose and poetry by the current cohort of writers in the Master of Arts in Creative Writing Programme at Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters. Caleb Harris, Ash Davida Jane, Elaine Webster, Cris Cucerzan, Rebecca Reilly, Geraldine Warren, Stacey Teague,  Una Cruickshank, Mikee […]

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  • Dig Deeper: Dinah Hawken and Lynn Jenner

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    Dinah Hawken’s urgent yet contemplative poems have been celebrated in Aotearoa since her award-winning début, It Has No Sound and is Blue (1987). In There Is No Harbour, Hawken sets the depth of injustice M?ori have endured in Taranaki against her own family history in search of greater clarity in the present. In her new […]

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  • Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    Got a great film idea but struggling to get it down on paper? Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting is a popular two-day workshop that demystifies the nuts and bolts of screenwriting, taking you step by step through what you need to know to start writing. Perhaps you’re already underway but not sure how you’re doing or what to […]

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  • 2019 Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    New Zealand Pacific Studio invites applications for the three-week 2019 Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship. This opportunity is made possible with the generous sponsorship from individual members of the arts community. The purpose of this Ema Saiko Poetry Fellowship is to encourage the writing of poetry and, in turn, to honour the Japanese poet and painter Ema Saiko (1787-1861). […]

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  • Masterton District Council Fellowships

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    Two creative practitioners working in any medium, and located in New Zealand or abroad, are invited to apply for a three-week supported residency with New Zealand Pacific Studio, Wairarapa. NZ Pacific Studio offers two 3-week ‘Masterton Fellowships’ for two individuals (who can work separately or collaboratively) with thanks to the generous support of the Masterton […]

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  • Posted on 18 July 2019

    GOING WEST WRITERS FESTIVAL 2019 OPENING NIGHT LINE-UP ANNOUNCED Titirangi War Memorial Hall $55.00 ($35 concession) | Bookings iTICKET.co.nz  Bar open from intermission.  7.00pm | MIHI 7.20pm | APIRANA TAYLOR 7.45pm | ELIZABETH KNOX 8.45pm | THE BELLBIRDS  Visit their website for more information.

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  • Writing Life Stories – Presented by Dawn Picken

    Posted on 18 July 2019

    SUNDAY FOCUS SESSION Writing Life Stories Presented by Dawn Picken Local journalist and business writer, Dawn Picken (NZME, NZTE, BOP Times, NZ Herald, Idealogue Magazine), draws on her fifteen years’ experience in TV news to reveal ways to tap into memory to capture a snapshot in time and create engaging and informative stories. The session […]

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