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Storytelling Secrets – Whangārei
📚 Got a story to tell but not sure where to start? 🎨 Curious about how authors and illustrators bring their ideas to life? Join us for Storytelling Secrets, an inspiring FREE evening with six award-winning authors, poets, an illustrator and storytellers on the Te Tai Tokerau Story Tour 📅 Date: Tuesday 19 August 2025 🕔 Time: 5.00pm 📍 Location: Whangārei Central Library 🎟 Cost: FREE […]
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Why Reading and Story Matter – Kate De Goldi
Motueka Library, 32 Wallace Street, Motueka Wednesday 6 August 2025 4:00pm – 5:00pm Join Aotearoa New Zealand’s third Te Awhi Rito/Reading Ambassador Kate De Goldi at an event celebrating the power of reading. Reading helps young people navigate in an increasingly complex world. But reading for pleasure is declining across every age group in Aotearoa […]
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Generations of poems at Paekākāriki
Live poetry reading in Paekākāriki! Generations of poems at Paekākāriki – Sunday 3 August, 3.30pm, St Peter’s Village Hall Paekākāriki. Come and hear a great range of poets reading their work from Now and then, poems about generations. Poems with tea and coffee and a scone!
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Tips for Presenting At Schools, with Mohamed Hassan
In this module, award-winning writer and poet Mohamed Hassan shares his top tips for effective talks, workshops and presentations to children and young people. This module aimed at writers who are new to school talks or to Writers in Schools but there will be useful tips for all writers, whatever your level of experience. Tips […]
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Susanna Elliffe is winner of the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize!
Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2025 winner The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Susanna Elliffe on winning the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript Relic Party. The prize was created by the NZSA and the Solomon family to fulfil the […]
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WebWorkshop with Tracy Farr
Tracy Farr – Tell it Slant: Truth and lies, and using fact in fiction 5pm to 7pm, Tues, 26 August When writing fiction, Tracy Farr likes to take the truth and – taking her cue from Emily Dickinson – tell it slant. In this workshop we’ll look at how, as writers, we might take elements […]
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Writing and Disrupting Short Fiction w/ Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu)
Thursdays 7.30pm – 9.30pm (NZST/NZDT) 4 September – 6 November 2025 Online $720 AUD or $90 AUD per week for 8 weeks $612 AUD or $76.50 AUD per week (alumni) for 8 weeks Explore the craft of short story-writing in this eight-week course with award-winning author Emma Hislop (Kāi Tahu), learning how to deepen your […]
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Tairāwhiti/Gisborne Māori Writers Hui
Kaituhi Māori’s third hui following Orongomai and Motueka is scheduled for Gisborne October 9-12. Witi Ihimaera will be the convenor of this full three-day hui which will be held coincident with the Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. “The main programme will take place at Poho-o-Rāwiri marae,” says Ihimaera, “but visits are expected to take place to Waituhi, […]
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We Read Auckland Ka Pānui Tātou i Tāmaki Makaurau
Auckland’s month-long reading and writing festival is back! Celebrate the stories of our city with free author events and writing workshops all led by writers from Tāmaki Makaurau. You can also discover new local titles in our Bestie collection – a fast-track way to borrow popular books. Don’t miss out! Grab your free tickets below […]
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(Re)generation next: The Poet Laureate steps down
Date: Wednesday 20 August 2025, 6pm to 8pm Place: Te Ahumairangi (ground floor), National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken St, Thorndon, Wellington Price: Free Aotearoa New Zealand Poet Laureate Chris Tse marks the end of his term in this exciting evening with fellow poets Ken Arkind, Cadence Chung, Gregory O’Brien, Chris Price, and Ruby Solly. […]
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Book Launch: The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds by Gina Butson
Wednesday July 23rd, 6pm in-store at Unity Books Wellington About the event Join us to celebrate the launch of Gina Butson‘s new novel, The Stars Are a Million Glittering Worlds, published by Allen & Unwin. ‘An engrossing plot, fully imagined characters, and beautifully observed settings. Butson gently guides the reader on a journey marked by […]
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Double Book Launch: Wonderland, The Midnight Plane
* Double Book Launch * Readings. Conversation. Book signings. Koha entry. FIONA KIDMAN Fiona Kidman DCNZM, OBE, has written about 35 books of fiction, poetry and memoir – her latest book is ‘The Midnight Plane’. She lives on a clifftop in Hataitai. TRACY FARR Tracy Farr has lived on Miramar Peninsula, where her 3rd novel […]
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