• Nicola Legat: Publishing Now

    Posted on 20 August 2018

    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

    Posted on 15 August 2018

    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

    Posted on 15 August 2018

      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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  • ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD

    Posted on 15 August 2018

     ADAM NZ PLAY AWARD  Submissions are open for the 2019 Adam NZ Play Award. Awards may be given in the following categories: Best Play Best Play by a M?ori Playwright Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright Best Play by a Woman Playwright Plays must not have had a professional production (pending productions, readings, workshops or […]

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  • BROWN INK AND ASIAN INK

    Posted on 15 August 2018

    BROWN INK AND ASIAN INK Submissions are now open for our Brown Ink and Asian Ink development programmes. We’re looking for M?ori, Asian and Pasifika writers with the best new, exciting and original plays. Selected plays will receive a day-long script clinic with a professional director, cast and script advisor. Submissions are open to any New Zealand […]

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  • University Bookshop Otago Summer Writer in Residence – deadline

    Posted on 15 August 2018

    Applications are now open (20 July 2018 – 20 August 2018) for the 2019 University Bookshop Otago Summer Writer in Residence in association with Robert Lord Writers’ Cottage Trust – can you help spread the word? The 2019 residency runs 07 January 2019 – 16 February 2019, and provides an emerging writer with 6 weeks […]

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  • William Taylor Memorial Heartland Short Story competition – deadline

    Posted on 8 August 2018

    Calling all writers The Taumarunui Writers’ Group is calling all writers in New Zealand to enter the William Taylor Memorial Heartland Short Story competition. Entries close on 30 September 2018 so there is time to put your fingers to the keyboard and get creative. Entries may be fiction in any genre and should be no […]

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  • Poetry on the Beach

    Posted on 8 August 2018

    Poetry on the Beach Come and write your own, original poem on the sand at Orewa Beach, and have your poem featured in our drone movie of the event. Poetry on the Beach is a wrap up event for National Poetry Day, and will be held on Saturday 25th August 2018, 11:30am-1:30pm, at Moana Reserve, […]

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  • BESOTTED – A NEW MUSICAL SHOW FOR NELSON

    Posted on 8 August 2018

    BESOTTED – A NEW MUSICAL SHOW FOR NELSON Besotted is a deliciously delusional opera by Top of the South branch member Michelanne Forster. What happens when an opera lover is struck by De Clerambault’s Syndrome, (popularly known as erotomania)? Besotted. A play about delusion, drama, passion, and plumbers. Besotted is a fifty-minute comic opera written to show off the […]

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  • Creative Hub Charity Fund-Raiser

    Posted on 3 August 2018

    Creative Hub Charity Fund-Raiser 6.30pm to 9.30pm, 22 Aug All welcome – tickets on sale now Venue: THE FRESH FACTORY, 6/10 Nikau S, Eden Tce, Auckland / Tamaki Makaurau A fantastic night of great speakers, food and wine, raffles, silent auctions and live auctions with awesome items you help the next generation of story-tellers fro Aotearoa. […]

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  • 2019 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS Copy

    Posted on 3 August 2018

    ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR 2019 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS  The New Zealand Book Awards Trust has announced that submissions are now open for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which promote excellence in and provide recognition for, the best books published annually. Adult books published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 will be considered for the 2019 awards.  There are two submission […]

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  • 2019 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS

    Posted on 3 August 2018

        2 AUGUST 2018   ENTRIES NOW OPEN FOR 2019 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS  The New Zealand Book Awards Trust has announced that submissions are now open for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which promote excellence in and provide recognition for, the best books published annually. Adult books published between 1 January 2018 and 31 December 2018 will be considered for […]

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