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Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award (Otago University Press)
This biennial award is for an original collection of poems, or one long poem, by a New Zealand or Pacific permanent resident or citizen. Individual poems in the collection can have been previously published, but the collection as a whole should be unpublished. Entries are accepted until 31 July of the award year and must […]
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Too Complacent to Hope
We have a busy programme this year starting with this exciting event: Gavin Ellis & Rod Oram in discussion with Guyon Espiner to be held at The Esplanade Hotel in Devonport on Monday, March 20th at 7pm. Tickets are very limited and cost $79. They are available from Paper Plus, Michael King Writers’ Centre and […]
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Manawatu Writers’ Hub: speaker series
The Manawatu Writers Hub meets monthly and features a guest speaker at each event. Watch this space or visit the Branch facebook page for details. All writers, book lovers and friends welcome! Most recent speaker was retired Massey University Professor Emeritus Margaret Tennant, who spoke on matters surrounding research, copyright, contracts, permission to use photographs, […]
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WWI Voices
Inspired by a folder of letters, a notebook and a set of handmade postcards, Anna Mackenzie followed a family story into the trenches and archives of the Great War – and reports back that the First World War ‘won’t let her go’. In this session she will share, in images and words, her journey into […]
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Whanganui Writers gathering
Inaugural meeting of the Whanganui Writers Hub. This came out of a meeting in April with NZSA vice-president and CD Branch delegate Anna Mackenzie and local literary guru Joan Rosier-Jones. Join us at the Rutland Arms at 10am and help set our future path…
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Gisborne Writers Event
Established authors Anna Mackenze (our NC delegate and vice-president of NZSA) and Mary-anne Scott will be speaking about writing, NZSA, CD Branch and more at Muirs Bookshop in Gisborne. This will be an informal gathering for writers of all kinds. Come along and talk about the possibility of setting up a local Writers Hub, specifically […]
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Abstracting Oral History – Wellington
Abstracting Oral History Saturday and Sunday 12 & 13 August 2017 8.45am-1pm Cost: $180 ($140) Limit: 8 This enrolment form has further details of this and the previous two oral history workshops. Please complete and return, either electronically to ATLOutreach@dia.govt.nz (any format) or Post to: Alexander Turnbull Library PO Box 12349, Wellington 6144 The venue […]
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Day Two – Oral History Research – Wellington
The Essentials of Oral History research – This is Day Two of a two day course Day one: Introduction to Oral History Saturday 24 June 2017 8.45am-4.30pm Day Two: Recording Seriously Saturday 22 July 2017 8.45am-4.30pm Participation in day one is a prerequisite Cost: $300 for both days ($220 for full time students or community […]
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BOOK LAUNCH IN WESTPORT
Everyone is welcome to the launch of Carolyn Hawes’ crime novel The Floating Basin at Westport Library on Saturday 18 March, 11 am. The book is set in a fictionalised Westport and features detective Ru Clement. While working on the novel in 2014 Carolyn received a NZSA mentorship with Elizabeth Smither, who provides the following […]
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MELBOURNE ART BOOK FAIR 2017
NGV International | 16–19 March 2017 A never-ending book club, an international symposium on typography, an Australian zine showcase and a Wikipedia edit-a-thon are among the fifty events of the third annual Melbourne Art Book Fair, which will take place at NGV International from 16-19 March 2017. Opening the program for the inaugural Melbourne […]
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Storytelling in Virtual and Augmented Reality
Want to explore the power storytelling in VR, AR and MR? Join renowned Australian artist and filmmaker Lynette Wallworth and Australian multidisciplinary writer/producer Mike Jones for a nationwide series of masterclasses focused on storytelling in an immersive environment. Brought to you by the New Zealand Film Commission‘s GPS 2026 Project – exploring the future of […]
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Writing Extreme Weather with Novelist Katherine Dewar
Creative Writing Workshop – Writing Extreme Weather with Novelist Katherine Dewar 2pm Saturday 7th April Grass by the cafe, Corban Estate Arts Centre, 426 Great North Rd, Henderson, 0612 Join Katherine Dewar, author of debut novel ‘Ruby and the Blue Sky’, in a writing workshop to explore climate change through the lens of extreme weather events. […]
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