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Under Rough Ridge: A Writer’s Retreat
THE RETREAT What’s worth saving in this life? How do we go about saving what we love, and what is the writer’s role? Come to stay and write in Central Otago in the beautiful Ida Valley this September. Immerse yourself in history and the land. Be inspired to write, and learn new techniques. At the heart […]
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Poetry Workshop with Chris Tse
Chris Tse says, “I stumbled into poetry as a teenager, determined to spill every ounce of my angst about the world out on the page. Not much has changed, except now there’s a chance someone other than my friends will read it. The years of trial and error and working on my craft has taught […]
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Creative Prose Workshop with Paula Morris: The Point of Point of View
Paula Morris is returning to New Zealand from her current Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship in France to give you some tips on how to tackle that tricky ‘point of view’ thing that vexes many a fledgling writer (well, she’s also coming back to do other things too, but that sort of spoils a good hook). […]
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Scripting the Storyworld: Workshop with Emily Duncan
Detective, hostage negotiator and tango dancer: this workshop promises to help you become all three. Emily Duncan, award-winning playwright/dramaturg and 2019 Burns Fellow, explains: “Some of the most fun I’ve had when writing is figuring out character shifts and strategies. The stakes are set as high as you want, and every risk has a pay-off. […]
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Workshop with Barbara Else: Writing for Kids
Fiction writer Barbara Else says, “Writing for children is a double journey. It hopes to create a voice that the young reader can trust. At the same time, for the writer it can be a way of trying again to find the enchanted inner world of being a child, of being new to story.” In […]
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NZSA National AGM 2019
NZSA AGM Dunedin 15 June 2019 Friday 14 June 5.30 – 7.30pm Drinks & welcome at the University Book Shop Saturday 15 June 10.00am NZSA AGM The Dunningham Suite, Dunedin City Library 11.30 – 1.00pm Lunch break 1.00pm – 1.30pm To podcast or youtube – getting your voice out there – Vanda Symon 1.30pm […]
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A Life in Pictures
Eric Veillé & Clotilde Perrin share fascinating insights into the craft of picture-book making and the work of a professional illustrator This is a rare and wonderful opportunity to hear from some world-class illustrators and celebrate the art of the picture book – and for children to get their fingers inky. The illustrators are Clotilde Perrin, whose […]
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Maris O’Rourke: Launch of Zigzags and Leapfrogs
David Ling warmly invites you to join Dr Maris O’Rourke to celebrate the publication of her memoir with Rt. Hon. Sir Lockwood Smith, Auckland Mayor the Hon. Phil Goff and Siobhan Harvey, President of NZSA. Bubbles and snacks! All welcome. Website.
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Recipients have been selected for the NZ Society of Authors Youth Mentorship Programme 2019
Four talented secondary school students have been selected as winners of the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Youth Mentorship Programme 2019. These young writers now have a special opportunity to hone their writing skills and develop their craft under the mentorship of four of New Zealand’s finest professional authors. The 2019 recipients for the NZSA […]
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NZSA TOP OF THE SOUTH BRANCH AGM
NZSA TOP OF THE SOUTH BRANCH AGM Everyone is welcome to the Top of the South branch AGM on Saturday 11 May at 2 pm (doors open 1.45 pm). The venue – the same as last year – is the Hearing House, 354 Trafalgar Square, Nelson, on the west side of the cathedral. The results […]
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Meet NZSA 2019-21 President elect John Cranna
Auckland Branch meeting – Friday, May 3, 2019 at 6:15 PM – 9:15 PM Level 12, Room 1211, 1 Rutland St, Auckland Central, Auckland 1010, New Zealand John Cranna will be NZSA’s next President, once ratified at the AGM in Dunedin 15 June. At this Auckland event he’ll tell members a bit about himself and […]
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The 2019 VOLUME Mapua Literary Festival
A boutique literary festival featuring some of New Zealand’s best writers will be held in Mapua on the weekend of 20-22 September. Organised by VOLUME, the 2018 New Zealand Bookshop of the Year, the festival will continue the series of literary festivals held in Mapua to benefit the Mapua Community Library. ‘The VOLUME Mapua Literary […]
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