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Going West 2019
Going West Festival 2019 > PROGRAMME LAUNCH Wednesday 7 August > OPENING NIGHT Friday 6 September > CLOSING EVENT Sunday 15 September Following our festival ‘Spread the Word’ in September last year, we trust you had a great summer reading and relaxing. We spent summer nurturing new ideas. An invigorating Strategic Planning Session lead by Trustee […]
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Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2019
The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival takes place every two years in New Zealand’s UNESCO City of Literature. The wide-ranging programme features fiction, poetry, non-fiction, journalism, theatre and workshops. As a non-profit charitable trust, we are grateful for the vital funding and support we receive from the Dunedin City Council, Creative New Zealand and the […]
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Elyne Mitchell Writing Award 2019
2019 Competition New Beginnings The Elyne Mitchell Writing Award commemorates the celebrated author of the Silver Brumby’s life and work, and has been established to encourage all writers to focus their stories on the Australian rural landscape. 2019 Competition: Up to 2500 words referencing an Australasian rural experience 2019 Theme: ‘New Beginnings‘ Fiction or Non-Fiction Categories, Entry Fees, […]
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Memoir Writing
Memoir Writing Tutor – Maria de Jong For some adults memoir writing can be a therapeutic experience that helps them to heal themselves psychologically. For some women it can be an empowering experience as it gives them the opportunity to tell their story. For others, it can be an enjoyable and reflective process, and an […]
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The Coalition of Books – Auckland and Wellington public, sector meetings
There is a proposed literary sector coalition for books mooted to focus on generic promotion of NZ books and writers – as a new sector organisation, that could support and benefit the work we all do within our own spheres. Some initial brainstorming meetings have taken place with representatives from the Maori Lit Trust, Publishers Association, […]
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Emerging writer wins trans-Tasman mentorship with publisher
The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc), Hachette Australia and Hachette New Zealand are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 NZSA / Hachette Mentor Program. Congratulations to J S Michaels who has been chosen to work on a new draft of her manuscript under Hachette Australia’s guidance, receiving constructive critique on the manuscript from […]
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Auckland Branch Hosts Fiona Sussman
Winner of the 2018 Sunday Star Times NZ Short Story Award, 2017 Ngaio Marsh Award Winner and internationally published novelist, Fiona Sussman began her working life as a family doctor. Come and hear about the journey to a writer’s life of this successful Auckland author in the first of the NZSA Auckland Branch meetings for […]
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Linda Burgess: A Portfolio Career in Writing
Join us for NZSA Wellington Branch’s first event of 2019, at the new (earlier!) start time of 6pm (cash bar and snacks from 5.30pm). Short story writer, script and television writer, novelist and reviewer Linda Burgess will talk about a portfolio career in writing – the advantage of enjoying a variety of writing tasks, and […]
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SARAH BROOM POETRY PRIZE – deadline
SARAH BROOM POETRY PRIZE The Sarah Broom Poetry Prize is one of New Zealand’s most valuable poetry prizes and aims to recognise and financially support new work from an emerging or established New Zealand poet. In 2019, the prize is an award of $10,000. Poets are required to submit six to eight poems (at least […]
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Aesthetica Creative Writing Award – deadline
Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is Open for Entries The Aesthetica Creative Writing Award is an international literary prize that is a hotbed for new talent in Poetry and Short Fiction. The Prize, now in its 13th year, is organised by the art and culture publication, Aesthetica Magazine. Every year, we support both emerging and established […]
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Book launch – Nelson
BOOK LAUNCH IN NELSON You are warmly invited to the launch of Brin Murray’s YA novel Crosstrees, the second book in the critically acclaimed Children of the Furnace series. The launch takes place on Thursday 21 February, 5.30 pm, at Page & Blackmore booksellers, 254 Trafalgar Street, Nelson. Reviews for Crosstrees: ‘A compelling plot and […]
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Funding of up to $7,000 for writers sector women available
Funding of up to $7,000 for writers sector women available Building on the significant developmental momentum achieved in 2018, Women & Leadership Australia is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders across NZ’s writers sector. The campaign is providing women with grants of between $3,000 and $7,000 to enable participation in […]
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