• Fiction Writing Workshop – Taking The Power Back Ellen Melville Centre – Marilyn Waring Room, 2 Freyberg Pl, Auckland   Indie author Michael Botur is delivering a workshop on fiction writing at the Ellen Melville Centre in Auckland’s CBD on Saturday October 13, following the launch of his new short story collection TRUE? Botur said […]

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  • Creative Writing Workshop – From Inspiration To Publication

    Dargaville Town Hall, 37 Hokianga Rd, Dargaville, Kaipara Saturday 6 October 2018 10:00am – 3:00pm My List Share Tweet Share When: Sat 6 Oct 2018, 10:00am–3:00pm  Where:Dargaville Town Hall, 37 Hokianga Rd, Dargaville, Kaipara Restrictions:R15 Ticket Information: Ticket for workshop: $45.00 Door Sales Only Additional fees may apply Website: Creative Writing Workshop – From Inspiration to Publication  From Inspiration To […]

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  • Creative Writing Workshop – From Inspiration To Publication

    Creative Writing Workshop – From Inspiration To Publication Biz Space, 3 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands Saturday 29 September 2018 10:00am – 3:00pm My List Share Tweet Share When: Sat 29 Sep 2018, 10:00am–3:00pm  Where:Biz Space, 3 Cobham Rd, Kerikeri, Bay of Islands Restrictions:R15 Ticket Information: Tickets: $45.00 Buy Tickets – 0212990984 Additional fees may apply Website: Michael Botur Writer […]

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  • 2019 Calibre Essay Prize

    Entry is now open for 2019 Calibre Essay Prize. Founded in 2007 and now worth a total of AU$7,500 the Calibre Prize is one of the world’s leading prizes for a new non-fiction essay. Entry is open to all essayists writing in English. We are seeking essays of between 2,000 and 5,000 words on any […]

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  • NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency – Deadline

    NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency Now Open for Applications Applications are now open for a $5000 research grant and residency for writers wishing to work on a project that will utilise the resources of the Auckland Museum Library as part of the manuscript’s development. The grant also offers the recipient the opportunity […]

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  • Wham Bam Author Jam

    Wham Bam Author Jam will be held at: The Addington Raceway & Events Centre The Silks Lounge Level 2, Metropolitan Stand 75 Jack Hinton Drive ChristchurchNovember 24th, 2018 10am – 4pm More Supporting Wham Bam Author Jam are proud to be supporting the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. A few years ago, my family […]

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  • Between the Lines exhibition of Waikato writers and illustrators

    Waikato authors and illustrators return to Hamilton Central Library From 3 to 28 September 2018, the Between the Lines exhibition of Waikato writers and illustrators will return to Hamilton Central Library. Between the Lines was last staged in the library during 2014. The 2018 exhibition features 13 children’s book authors and illustrators, all of whom […]

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  • Book Launch – Geoff Allen – Auckland

    Makaro press is launching my book of fairytales on Sept 28th at the Depot Art Gallery in Devonport – 6pm What if … When the colonials jumped off their ships to this new land … and the sun had gone down … all the goblins, fairies, witches and mischievous creatures that had caused so much […]

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  • Book Launch of June Pitman-Hayes Kia Ora – Auckland

    ‘June Pitman-Hayes, creator of best-seller childrens’ book ‘T?whirim?tea – A Song For Matariki’ and the voice behind the music of Joy Cowley’s book ‘Hush a Kiwi Lullaby’, and illustrator Minky Stapleton, are launching their new title ‘Kia Ora – You can be a Kiwi too’, at The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop, 1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby, […]

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  • WRITING COURSE IN NELSON

    WRITING COURSE IN NELSON Heather Holmes will be running a writing course on Friday 14 September, 2 – 4 pm, at the Cancer Society, 102 Hardy Street, Nelson, at a cost of $30. All funds raised will go to the Cancer Society.  Heather is the author of What’s In a Name? a light-hearted novel written […]

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  • HOKIANGA BOOK FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 14 & 15

    HOKIANGA BOOK FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 14 & 15   NO.1 PARNELL GALLERY and EREWHON BOOKS, RAWENE   CALLING ALL FAR NORTH WRITERS           ESSAY COMPETITION THEME: Small is Beautiful $500 PRIZE with finalists published in a book of essays entries close September 3rd, winners announced September 15th Entry details available from No.1 Gallery, 09-405 7520, Rawene Library […]

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  • The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship – deadline

    The Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship allows a writer to spend no less than three months in Menton, France, with access to a writing room beneath the terrace of Villa Isola Bella, where Katherine Mansfield did some of her most important writing. The Fellowship has been offered annually from 1970. Previous recipients include Carl Nixon, Kate […]

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