• 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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  • HOOPLA 2017 Christchurch

    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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  • HOOPLA 2017 Auckland

    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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  • Koror?reka: The Ballad of Maggie Flynn – Touring

    AOTEAROA BARES ITS EPIC HISTORY THROUGH REAL ACCOUNTS OF NEW ZEALAND HEROINES Red Leap Theatre presents Koror?reka: The Ballad of Maggie Flynn Written by Paolo Rotondo Directed by Julie Nolan “There’s a tale in my bones, fighting to be told” Delving into the lawless outpost of 1800s Russell, Koror?reka – The Ballad of Maggie Flynn […]

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  • Creative New Zealand quick response grant

    Quick Response Grants help New Zealand artists, arts practitioners and arts organisations to create and distribute their work. Decisions take five weeks and typically one in four or five applications gets funded. Online applications open six weeks before the closing date. Amount: Up to $7,500 Closing date: 3 Nov 2017 Find out who got funded recently […]

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  • Bringing out the book in you 2

    Drop-in sessions to consult with Freelance editors Jenny Argante and Shona-Ellen Barnett on any writing project you have in mind, or an actual work in progress, fact or fiction, prose of poetry. SPECIAL GUESTS: Father and daughter team, Tony and Kat Walsh, who together run Oceanbooks, a self-publishing service and online bookshop for Kiwi writers. […]

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  • Bringing out the book in you 1

    Drop-in sessions to consult with Freelance editors Jenny Argante and Shona-Ellen Barnett on any writing project you have in mind, or an actual work in progress, fact or fiction, prose of poetry. SPECIAL GUEST: John Stuart Reynolds, Auckland-based novelist and author of Uncommon Enemy and Robyn Hood, Outlaw Princess and a useful guide on Writing […]

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  • For King and Country

    NZ Pacific Studio in conjunction with The Friends of ANZAC Memorial Bridge . . . invite you to our ANZAC performance. NZ Pacific Studio 2017 ANZAC Bridge Fellow, Christine Yardley, is presenting a concert of songs, music and poetry that inspired courage and bravery in our soldiers who fought in the Great War “FOR KING […]

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  • For King and Country

    NZ Pacific Studio in conjunction with The Friends of ANZAC Memorial Bridge . . . invite you to our ANZAC performance. NZ Pacific Studio 2017 ANZAC Bridge Fellow, Christine Yardley, is presenting a concert of songs, music and poetry that inspired courage and bravery in our soldiers who fought in the Great War “FOR KING […]

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  • LitCrawl Wellington

    LitCrawl is happening again in Wellington, November 10-12, 2017. Welcome to the brand new LitCrawl Extended series! Come to City Gallery, immerse yourself in writers and ideas and make an entire weekend of it. Unless otherwise stated, tickets for Extended sessions are $15, or $18 if you want to give LitCrawl extra support. LitCrawl Extended […]

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