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WATER PROTECTORS BOOK LAUNCH IN TAKAKA
WATER PROTECTORS BOOK LAUNCH IN TAKAKA Water Protectors: the Story of the Campaign to Save Te Waikoropup? Springs in poetry and images by Kevin Moran will be launched on Saturday 6 October at 10 am at Takaka Library. This is Kevin’s second book. As you read the 92-page book with its poems, photographs and art […]
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Children’s & Indie Publishing
OneTree House – winner’s of the Children’s Publisher of the Year (Oceania section), Bologna Book Fair/IPA 2018 – join us to talk about publishing for children and the NZ indie publishing scene. OneTree House directors Christine Dale and Jenny Nagle have the combined experience of over 65 years in children’s and educational book publishing – […]
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Baboons On Balloons – Point Chevalier School Book Launch!
Baboons On Balloons – Point Chevalier School Book Launch! Pt Chevalier School is proud to be launching their very own picture book, Baboons On Balloons. Written by an 8 year old student and illustrated by all 671 students, this book is a wildly heartwarming story about resilience. The launch is to be held on Tuesday […]
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A Seasonal Art Book Fair Returns to K Road – October 11
Motivated by the lack of online and offline spaces to buy and sell independent art books in Auckland, Strange Haven follows the wildly successful Winter Art Book Fair with the Spring Art Book Fair. Held on Electric Night of Artweek , the small-but-lively fair will host a select group of artists, galleries and independent […]
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Randell Cottage Writers Residency – deadline
Applications Invited for Randell Cottage Writers Residency Applications are now open for the 2019 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend of $22,000 and six months’ rent free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest colonial buildings Built in Thorndon in 1867, the Cottage has been painstakingly restored and […]
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An evening with James Norcliffe
Join us to hear James Norcliffe, award-winning poet, fiction writer, editor and teacher, and 2018 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writing Fellow, talk about his work and writing career. When: 7.30pm Monday 15 October 2018 Where: Vic Books Pipitea, Rutherford House, 27 Lambton Quay, Wellington, near the train station Entry: Everyone welcome! Koha at the […]
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INVITATION TO A BOOK LAUNCH FROM MARIS O’ROURKE- OCTOBER 6TH TIME OUT BOOKSTORE
our superbaby! by maris o’rourke, illustrated by helen bell and – cutting the ribbon – dr libby limbrick – researcher, children’s literature expert, chair of Storylines. saturday 6th october 2018 4-6pm Time out bookstore, 432 mt eden rd, mt eden village, auckland all welcome! wine, soft drinks, snacks, cake. LAUNCH SPECIAL – Buy one Our […]
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2019 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship – deadline
Applications for the 2019 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship are now open. Now in its 32nd year, the Fellowship is a national literary award offering published New Zealand writers, based both locally and internationally, the opportunity to focus on their craft full-time by providing an annual stipend of $20,000 and tenure at the Sargeson Centre in Auckland. Playwright Carl Bland […]
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Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence – deadline
Writer in Residence The Writer in Residence is an annual appointment to foster New Zealand writing, with support from Creative New Zealand. About the residency The Victoria University of Wellington / Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence appointment is jointly funded by Victoria University of Wellington and Creative New Zealand. It has been created to […]
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2019 CNZ / University of Waikato Writer’s Residency
Writer in Residence Each year the University of Waikato invites applications for the position of Writer in Residence, tenable for twelve months normally from February. The emolument is jointly funded by the University of Waikato and Creative New Zealand, the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa. The position is open to poets, novelists, short story writers, […]
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Words will Work to bring literature to South Auckland
A group of local writers have set up a writers festival especially for South Auckland. The Words Will Work festival will be held in Mangere East on Friday 26 October and Saturday 27 October. The organisers say their aim is to inspire writers to write. They hope to attract a multicultural audience of aspiring writers […]
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LANI WENDT YOUNG – OTAHUHU LIBRARY SEPT 24 10.30am
The New Zealand Society of Authors National Writers Forum and New Zealand Book Council Writers in Schools programme, together with Auckland Libraries, are delighted to invite your students to a very special, one-off event with celebrated author and journalist Lani Wendt Young. Lani’s Telesa series have a strong female voice and school librarians on the […]
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