• Word Cafe Raglan 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

    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

    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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  • Arsenika – submission deadline

    Arsenika is currently OPEN to flash fiction and poetry submissions. Submissions close on June 15. Our reading periods are as follows: February 1–March 15 for our Spring (April) issue; May 1–June 15 for our Summer (July) issue; August 1–September 15 for our Autumn (October) issue; and November 1–December 15 for our Winter (January) issue. Feel […]

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  • Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival

    The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival has an embarrassment of literary riches lined up for you this May. We’re gathering over 80 writers, illustrators, performers and chairfolk together for 36 events: workshops, panel sessions, poetry readings, theatrical doings, book launches, and those nutritious solo-author immersion sessions where you get to spend an hour leaning against […]

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  • BRUSHED WORDS

    BRUSHED WORDS A collaboration between Hibiscus Coast Writers Inc and Estuary Arts Centre, Orewa. Artwork inspired by Poetry 12 June to 2 July 2017 Artists who work in any medium are invited to select a poem from the list and to create an artwork inspired by this piece of writing. The completed artworks will then […]

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  • Pieces of you – book launch – Auckland

    Book Launch for Pieces of You Public. Hosted by The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop and Penguin Books NZ 29 May at 18:00–20:00 Show Map The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop 1 Jervois Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand 1011

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  • Book launch of First Fox, a short story collection by Auckland writer Leanne Radojkovich

    EVENT 141 THE EMMA PRESS – LEANNE RADOJKOVICH FREE EVENT The Emma Press warmly invites readers to the launch of First Fox, a short story collection by Auckland writer Leanne Radojkovich. All welcome. More TUE, 16 MAY 2017 5:00pm – 6:30pm Mojo Bledisloe House, 24 Wellesly Street West, Auckland CBD

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  • Audience with Nalini Singh

    Audience with Nalini Singh When: May 8, 10.30am Where: Te Matariki Clendon Library, Peaceful room Cost: Free New York Times bestselling author of paranormal romances Come and hear acclaimed international author Nalini Singh at Te Matariki Clendon’s Book Chat. You will be able to ask Nalini about her writing and books and learn how she […]

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  • 10th Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Conference

    Fact and Fiction, Truth and the Real 10th Screenwriting Research Network (SRN) Conference University of Otago in partnership with the New Zealand Writers Guild bring you the SRN 2017. Already ~100 papers have been accepted for presentation over the four days (submit here), with more coming in. From academic to hands-on practical looking at the […]

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  • NZPS Annual International Competition – Closes 31 May

    Open Section – judge Cilla McQueen Prizes: 1st prize NZ$500, 2nd prize NZ$250, 3rd prize NZ$100. No entrant will win more than 1 cash prize. Up to 20 Commendations. Open Junior Section – judge Joanna Preston Prizes: (Open only to entrants who are 17 years of age or younger on 31 May 2017) First Prize: […]

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  • HOOPLA 2017 Wellington

    What’s better than a booklaunch? How about three launches in one? Join M?karo Press on May 11th to celebrate the launch of three new poetry collections: Johanna Emeney’s Family History, Jeffrey Paparoa Holman’s Dylan Junkie and Elizabeth Morton’s Wolf.

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