• Poets at ONEONESIX 

    Posted on 10 April 2018

    Thurs 19 APRIL from 5pm  116 Bank St, Whangarei Gold coin entry Featuring Michele Gaulupeau who says about herself “I do love words and literature, but my last professional activity was as an actress, for theatre. I played in Paris, in Corsica, in Lyon, and different places in France. Modern and classical ( Chekhov particularly […]

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  • Fast Fibres Five – Call for submissions

    Posted on 10 April 2018

      Fast Fibres Poetry Collective is producing a fifth collection to display the talents of Northland poets. It will be launched in print and online on National Poetry Day, August 24, 2018. We invite poets with a strong connection to Northland to submit 3 poems, each no longer than 20 lines, plus a two line […]

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  • Poets at ONEONESIX Whangarei – event and Fff call for submissions

    Posted on 5 April 2018

    Poets at ONEONESIX  Thursday 19 APRIL from 5pm  116 Bank Street Whangarei Gold coin entry Featuring Michele Gaulupeau who says about herself “I do love words and literature, but my last professional activity was as an actress, for theatre. I played in Paris, in Corsica, in Lyon, and different places in France. Modern and classical […]

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  • Our Creative Future – How bright does it look?

    Posted on 4 April 2018

    Join NZ Society of Authors Wellington Branch for our 2018 Branch AGM, in our fabulous new Vic Books Pipitea venue. Following the AGM, guest speaker Tom Hill from Copyright Licensing NZ will give us the rundown on important issues facing the creative sector – and the opportunities we can seize. Where: Vic Books, Pipitea campus (Rutherford […]

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  • 2018 National Flash Fiction Day competition

    Posted on 3 April 2018

    The 2018 National Flash Fiction Day competition runs through April 30. Send your best 300-word story * Cash prizes Three categories: Adult, Youth and a Te reo M?ori Prize We are pleased to share insights from this year’s judges. Sue Wootton and Tracey Slaughter (Adult judges) Tim Jones and Patrick Pink (Youth judges) Vaughan Rapatahana […]

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  • Burn Notice – A Workshop with Terese Svoboda

    Posted on 27 March 2018

    10am-2pm, 17 May K?piti Coast Good political poems are nearly as hard to write as a love poem, but passion fuels them both. An increasing disparity between rich and poor, revived racist agendas, a re-definition of torture, seemingly ineradicable war, violence toward immigrants and a discounting of art and culture has created a need for […]

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  • Dance and Write – A Workshop with Ingrid Kolle

    Posted on 27 March 2018

    10am-4pm, 7 April Waikanae Baptist Church, Te Moana Road, Waikanae Do you love to dance, write and express yourself freely or do you freeze at the very thought of it? In this workshop we will let movement free our bodies and words dance on the page. You will learn practical and magical ways to inspire […]

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  • Author Talk: Alistair Paterson

    Posted on 23 March 2018

    Avondale Library is excited to be hosting renowned local author, editor and poet Alistair Paterson to talk about his recently released autobiographical book: Passant : A Journey To Elsewhere Join us to hear Alistair discuss and read passages from his engaging account of growing up against the background of the Great Depression and the Second […]

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  • Best New Zealand Poems 2018 submissions

    Posted on 23 March 2018

    Best New Zealand Poems Best New Zealand Poems—published annually by the International Institute of Modern Letters—aims to introduce readers to leading contemporary New Zealand poets. Welcome from Chris Price Best New Zealand Poems is published annually by the International Institute of Modern Letters, and aims to introduce readers—especially internationally—to leading contemporary New Zealand poets. The poems are […]

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  • Programme Manager vacancy – Auckland Writers Festival

    Posted on 23 March 2018

    PROGRAMME MANAGER VACANCY The Auckland Writers Festival is delighted to invite applications for a new, full-time Programme Manager role as part of our small and committed team in central Auckland. The Festival is one of this country’s pre-eminent cultural events, delivering a six day, 200+ event programme with around 40 international and more than 160 […]

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  • AUTHOR TALK AT MOTUEKA LIBRARY

    Posted on 21 March 2018

    Alan Carter will be at Motueka Library on Tuesday 10 April at 6.30 pm to talk about his latest crime novel Marlborough Man. Nick Chester is working as a sergeant for the Havelock police. If the river isn’t flooded and the land hasn’t slipped, the Marlborough Sounds are paradise – unless you are also hiding […]

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  • Graeme Lay Short Story Competition

    Posted on 16 March 2018

    The 2018 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition The winner will receive $500.00, presented by Graeme Lay and the Graeme Lay Trophy Second and third place will receive a bottle of wine All finalists will receive certificates of merit The winner will have their story read at the AGM Registration night Friday May 25th Conditions of […]

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