• Abstracting Oral History Course

    Posted on 19 May 2017

    Abstracting Oral History Saturday and Sunday 12 & 13 August 2017 from 8.45am to 1pm $180 ($140) Limit: 8 Please note the Abstracting course if between day one and two of the Essentials of Oral History research workshops – see information on these below – Please complete and return this linked enrolment form or send […]

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  • Writers Lounge – Auckland

    Posted on 17 May 2017

    Writers Lounge 2017 – Session One 19 June – Songwriting – Words and music An hour with Bernie Griffen in conversation with Graham Reid   Bernie Griffen Bio Bernie Griffen’s original music is dubbed roughhouse or psychedelic folk, “… dark, gothic-tinged rock dragged kicking through swampy southern blues and dusty country music plains,” according to […]

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  • Book Launch – Nelson

    Posted on 15 May 2017

    Alan Carter’s latest crime novel, Marlborough Man, will be launched on Wednesday 31 May, 6-7 pm at Volume Bookshop, 15 Church Street, Nelson. Drinks and nibbles provided.  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 […]

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  • Murder in the Library

    Posted on 15 May 2017

    The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Nelson Libraries, invites Top of the South booklovers to a thrilling free event featuring three talented New Zealand crime writers – two of them local. As crime writing has evolved from puzzle-like mysteries to novels delving deeply into people and places, it […]

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  • Storylines National Children’s Writers and Illustrators’ Hui

    Posted on 15 May 2017

    King’s School, Remuera, Auckland, Friday 6 – Sunday 8 October 2017 Interested in honing your writing or illustrating skills for children? Come and be a part of this exciting hui with keynote speakers Brian Falkner, David Hill and Tessa Duder, and a host of acclaimed writers and Illustrators, including Joy Cowley, Gavin Bishop, Donovan Bixley, […]

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  • The International Proverse Poetry Prize 2017

    Posted on 11 May 2017

    The International Proverse Poetry Prize 2017 for single poems submitted in English Open for entry, 7 May 2017! CLOSING DATE: 30 June 2017. Entry is open to all aged 18 and above New, emerging and established writers are all welcome to enter. Topic: Free choice OR “Happiness”. Length: No more than 30 lines (not counting title […]

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  • 1001 Nights…in Auckland

    Posted on 10 May 2017

    1001 Nights…in Auckland Join students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, Otahuhu College and Manurewa High School, at the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival, to hear unique versions of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, set in the students’ own South Auckland neighbourhoods and lives, and featuring music by Siosaia Folau (@theblackfriarsnz). The 1001 Nights Writing Project is […]

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  • Changing Channels

    Posted on 10 May 2017

    Deepen and broaden your ideas of what memoir can be. Date: 10 am-4 pm, Saturday 8 July and 10-4pm, Saturday 15 July Location: Manuka Room, Te Newhanga K?piti Community Centre, Paraparaumu Faculty: Lynn Jenner Cost: $150 for two days of tuition and refreshments To register contact: kirsten@kahini.org Most people who write memoir have to climb over the obstacle of thinking […]

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  • Murder in the Library

    Posted on 10 May 2017

    The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Auckland Libraries, invite South Auckland booklovers to a free event featuring a diverse panel of four talented local crime writers. Date: Weds 24 May Time: 6.15 for a 6.30pm panel discussion Place: ?t?huhu P?taka K?rero Cost: Free! More information here.

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  • Word Cafe Raglan 2017

    Posted on 9 May 2017

    Word Cafe Raglan returns Friday 30 June to Sunday 2 July 2017 Word Café Raglan 2017 is an extravaganza of the written and spoken word. We’ve got poets, story-tellers, activists, explorers, best-selling novelists and inspired novices – all coming together in the celebration of words and books. We hope you join us, and if you […]

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  • Hawke’s Bay Writers’ Hub

    Posted on 9 May 2017

    Come along to air your issues, announce your achievements and ask those burning questions about your writing career.

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  • Book Launch – Maraetai Beach

    Posted on 9 May 2017

    Meet award winning author Carole Brungar at a special Pink Ladies night out at the Maraetai Boat Club, Maraetai Beach, (bottom of the hill), Monday 19th June, at 6.30pm. Carole will talk about writing her latest novel, The Nam Legacy and her trip to Vietnam. The evening will also feature a presentation on Vietnam as […]

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