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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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Nicola Legat: Publishing Now
Nicola Legat is a former editor of Metro magazine, publisher for Massey University Press and the chair of the Book Awards Trust. She won the New Zealand Publisher of the Year Award for seven consecutive years. Nicola will draw on all this experience when she joins the Auckland Branch to talk about publishing in New […]
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Peter Porter Poetry Prize – deadline
The $8,500 Peter Porter Poetry Prize is now open! Australian Book Review welcomes entries in the fifteenth Peter Porter Poetry Prize, one of Australia’s most lucrative and respected awards for poetry. The Porter Prize is worth a total of AU$8,500. Entry is open to all poets writing in English, until midnight 3 December 2018. First […]
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Michael King Writers Centre Residency Programme – deadline
Michael King Writers Centre APPLICATION – Writers Residencies 2019 The Michael King Writers’ Centre will offer fourteen supported residencies in 2019 with financial support from Creative New Zealand and the University of Auckland. Recipients will received a stipend, accommodation and the use of a separate writers studio at the centre. Applicants must be a […]
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