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Readers and Writers Festival for the West Coast
Readers and Writers Festival for the West Coast The inaugural Blackball Readers and Writers Festival will be launched at Labour Weekend, running from midday Saturday 20th to Sunday evening. Part of the transition of the Coast from extraction, the festival uses the underground mine as a model to apply to literature. Thus there will be a tunnelling […]
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Divine Muses XV Reading
Divine Muses XV Reading will be held on National Poetry Day, 24 August 2018. The Divine Muses Readings were established by Siobhan Harvey in 2004 to coincide with National Poetry Day. Now in its fifteenth year the evening provides an opportunity to hear leading New Zealand poets read their own poetry. Riemke Ensing – Siobhan Harvey – Dr […]
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Book launch, Tama Pitara by Trish Gray
Nau mai, haere mai! Join Trish Gray for the launch of her new children’s picture book, Tama P?tara (Bug Boy), illustrated by Katherine Hamilton. Tama P?tara is a children’s picture book aimed at readers aged 8 to 10, written in Te Reo M?ori with an English translation plus a glossary. Tama P?tara will be launched at Trentham School Library on Friday […]
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New Zealand Heritage Book & Writing Awards
2018 Competition open Entry is open from 1 July to 20 August Enter here Strength From Struggle – remembering our courageous communities There are four categories Non-fiction book. (prize $1000), judged by Tom Brooking. Novel or collection of short stories (prize $1000), judged by Fiona Farrell who won the fiction award last year. Short prose […]
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Going West
New Zealand’s leading authors, poets, playwrights and musicians offer audiences a fortnight of fresh ideas, future-thinking, language and laughter at the 23rd Going West Writers Festival 1-16 September. The Festival Weekend’s Opening Night, voted By Metro as Best in Auckland last year, features the first New Zealand performance by Tu, the multimedia collaboration of musician Moana Maniapoto and electronic music producer Paddy […]
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Poetry Reading + Open Mic – a Monday warm up event for National Poetry Day
Join New Zealand Society of Authors (Wellington) as we celebrate ahead of Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2018. The event will kick off with readings from poets from our branch: Adrienne Jansen, Janis Freegard, Kerry Hines, Peter Farrell, Reinhold Kittelberger, John Ewen, Trish Harris, Marg Ranger, Keith Johnson and Vivienne Ball. There will also be an open mic on the […]
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From Wellington to the World: Kate Duignan and Rajorshi Chakraborti
From Wellington to the World: Kate Duignan and Rajorshi Chakraborti Kate Duignan’s new novel The New Ships is set in Wellington after the fall of the Twin Towers, and traverses London, Europe and the Indian subcontinent. In Rajorshi Chakraborti’s fifth novel The Man Who Would Not See a man travels from small-town India to Wellington […]
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NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2018
$10,000 Opportunity for Writers. Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. This annual Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer to work on a project that shows a high level of literary merit and […]
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Hamilton Book Month – August 2018
Hamilton Book Month – August 2018 Celebrating NZ authors and their writing, with 20 fiction and nonfiction events covering different genres. Readers from the Waikato and beyond are invited to meet authors and illustrators, listen to them discuss their work, and ask questions. With activities and events for all ages, all month, this is a local celebration you won’t want […]
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Timeless Wisdom International Writing Challenge
Entries are now open for the 2018 Timeless Wisdom International Writing Challenge. This competition brings together writers aged 60 and over from around the world, with a focus on non-fiction short stories which share some of the wisdom that can only be acquired through age. Selected entries will be collated into up to four books according […]
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CLNZ $25,000 Writers’ Award 2018 – deadline
CLNZ $25,000 Writers’ Award 2018 – applications are open. It’s time to unleash the book in you. New Zealand non-fiction writers, including those who write for an education audience, are invited to apply for a grant of $25,000 from Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ). The CLNZ Writers’ Award is offered to writers of any genre […]
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TO THE MOUNTAINS: BOOK EVENT IN NELSON
TO THE MOUNTAINS: BOOK EVENT IN NELSON To the Mountains is a collection of New Zealand alpine writing, selected by Laurence Fearnley and Paul Hersey. Come and hear Paul Hersey in conversation with Top of the South branch member Naomi Arnold on Monday 6 August, 5 – 6.30 pm at Kush Coffee, 5 Church Street, […]
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