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Book launch – Dear Tui, a Climate Crisis Novel
Join Porirua author M. C Ronen at the Wellington region launch of her latest novel, DEAR TUI, a Warning – hard-hitting climate fiction fit for our times. An opportunity to celebrate a local, multi-award-winning author, get to know her writing style and preferences, what motivates her, listen to her read excerpts from DEAR TUI, a […]
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2023 CLNZ Research Grants: Four cash grants awarded to support local writers
Media Release August 30, 2023 Four cash grants awarded to support local writers The 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in Aotearoa. The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for […]
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Meow Gurrrls Poetry Launch
Meow Gurrrls Poetry Launch 6pm-7pm, Thursday 7 September, Te Awe Library, 29 Brandon Street, Wellington Iconic Wellington poetry collective The Meow Gurrrls are launching their latest poetry collection Famdamily. Join us for an evening of unmissable new poetry from these acclaimed wordsmiths. The evening will feature readings from six of the group, and promises to be […]
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Michael Gifkins Prize Text Prize launch of 2022 winners book: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam
Come along to the launches of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam. Wellington: September 27, 5.30-7pm Unity Books, Willis St, Wellington. Emma Ling Sidnam won the 2022 Gifkins Prizes for her debut novel BACKWATERS. Emma will be in conversation with writer Albert Cho to celebrate the launch of her […]
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Writers on Mondays: Home and Away: Noelle McCarthy
WRITERS ON MONDAYS Home and Away: Noelle McCarthy Early in 2020, Noelle McCarthy travelled to Ireland where her mammy, Carol, was dying, then back to New Zealand as borders were slamming shut. Written through the years of the pandemic, Grand is about mothers and daughters, running away and going home, Noelle and Carol. It’s been a best-seller here, […]
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Double book launch: Elastic Island Adventures and The Quokka Logic & Baking Book
Duckling Publishing and The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop invite you to join us to launch two new Elastic Island Adventures books – a novel and a baking book! Both by author Karen McMillan. Book launch at The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop Sunday 10 September at 3:30pm. Every copy of any of the Elastic Island Adventures […]
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Children’s Writers Festival
Come hear NZ children’s authors John Evan Harris, Yvette Carol and Karen McMillan talk about their books. Copies will be available for sale! Saturday 23rd September from 10am Takapuna Library, Auckland.
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Author Talk: Sandra Russell
Author Talk: Sandra Russell Close to half of us will now experience cancer in our lifetime and although many books are written about living with cancer, the story of the emotional impact is rarely told. The Feeling of Cancer is a psychotherapist’s deeply personal and human exploration of her inner world to reveal cancer’s emotional […]
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Book launch: Signs of Life by Amy Head
Please join us for the launch of Signs of Life by Amy Head Thursday 24 August, 5:30pm Scorpio Books 120 Hereford Street, Christchurch Central City, Christchurch 8011 Signs of Life will be launched by David Coventry, author of The Invisible Mile and Dance Prone. With thanks to Scorpio Books for their support. ‘Through the rubble […]
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2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Open Now
Entries now open for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa is now inviting submissions for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for adult readers published annually in New […]
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SALON EVENT – POETS ON THE WRITERS WALK
Join us on Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day, Friday 25 August 2023, at City Gallery Wellington for a celebration of poets and poems featured in, and inspired by, Wellington Writers Walk. At this salon event on Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day we’ll announce the winners of our POETS ON THE WRITERS WALK 2023 competition, and […]
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Entries open now: DANZ – The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award
Shining a Spotlight on Diversity in Children’s Literature DANZ – The Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award – has been launched for 2024 to celebrate and lift the voices of marginalised and minority people and communities. In partnership with the Australian School Library Association and the School Library Association of New […]
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