• Turning the Page: NZSA AGM and Development Weekend

    May 25 – 26 2018 Auckland A chance to meet other members, take part in shaping the direction of NZSA for the year ahead and participate in stimulating and informative workshops, presentations and panel discussions. Hosted this year in Auckland there are a range of events for all. REGISTER HERE  Friday May 25, 6-8.30pm Registration […]

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  • WRITERS AT LUNCHTIME

    WRITERS AT LUNCHTIME The next Writers at Lunchtime meeting takes place on Wednesday 7 August, 11.30 am to 1.30 pm. The guest speaker at 12.30 pm will be Karen Stade, talking about her upcoming book, Driven by the Wind: the Memoir of Captain Henry Rose. The book is based on the memoir of Captain Henry […]

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  • National Writers Forum September 21-23, 2018

      NZSA National Writers Forum Friday September 21 – Sunday September 23, 2018 The National Writers Forum 2018  is the key biennial event run by the NZ Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa, that brings together writers, editors, publishers and practitioners from across the literary arts sector and writing communities to […]

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  • Manawatu Writers Hub Speaker series

    Mary-anne Scott speaks about ‘mixing it up’.

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  • CD Branch AGM

    Branch AGM will be followed by a Branch meeting. All CD Branch members welcome.

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  • Poets at ONEONESIX 

    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

      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

    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?

    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

    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

    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

    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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