• CREATIVE BAY OF PLENTY – ARCADE ARTS

    ARCADE ARTS Creative Bay of Plenty Arcade Arts is back on Friday 21st of October, this time teaming up with Tauranga Writers to celebrate New Zealand Book Week with this free public event. “Though Tauranga Writers concentrate on words, we believe all the arts should interact, because it’s all creative, isn’t it?” says President Jenny […]

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  • AUTHOR TALK: RUBY AND THE BLUE SKY

    In partnership with University Book Shop Otago and Ruru Press, Dunedin Libraries is pleased to host an evening with Katherine Dewar, author of climate change thriller Ruby and the Blue Sky. In conversation with Ahika Dunedin’s Dr Niki Bould, Katherine talks about the genesis of her first book, a novel about fame, power, sacrifice…and the […]

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  • NZ Book Council Lecture 2016

    The New Zealand Book Council invites you to join us for the 2016 NZ Book Council Lecture: Tala Tusi: The Teller is the Tale in 4 Tales. Delivered by Selina Tusitala Marsh. Where: National Library of New Zealand, 70 Molesworth St, Thorndon, Wellington When: Friday 11 November, 6pm RSVP: This is a free event, but […]

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  • Waikato CLA – Our History Our Voices

    Waikato Children’s Literature Association presents OUR HISTORY OUR VOICES Southwell School, 200 Peachgrove Road, Hamilton Saturday 29th October, 9.30am to 3pm Featured Authors: Anna McKenzie David Hill Bob Kerr This two-page brochure (pdf document) contains: Full programme Registration form Online booking information Details about the featured authors and a display of their book covers Information […]

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  • The D’Arcy Writers’ Grants for  2017

    Applications for the 2017 D’Arcy Writers’ Grants, in association with North & South magazine, for essays of 10,000 to 12,000 words on New Zealand life and culture will close on Friday, October 28. The grants will no longer be residential, but will be increased to $5000 each and the winning essays will be published in […]

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  • NZ Bookshop Day

    NZ Bookshop Day to be held on Saturday, 29 October Quirky events, author readings, competition and fun times for bookshop lovers This year’s NZ Bookshop Day – Your Place, Your Bookshop to be held on Saturday, 29 October promises to be a cracker of a day for all Kiwis who enjoy their local bookshops. Celebrating […]

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  • Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest 2017

    Same Same But Different presents the 2017 Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest. The Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest was first awarded in 2016, replacing a previous contest, begun in 2014 by express. And this year you can choose your own storyline! The Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest gives New Zealand LGBTIQ writers an opportunity to prove […]

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  • Author Talk: Lindsey Dawson

    Author talk: Lindsey Dawson When: Wednesday 12 October, 10.30am – 12pm Where: Orewa Library Cost: Free Head to Orewa Library to hear author Linsdey Dawson chat about her latest book. Dawson’s books Scarlet and Magenta is just right for readers who love New Zealand fiction and heritage. Dawson transports the reader to a raw 1880s […]

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  • Author Talk: Patti Clark

    Author talk: Patti Clark When: Saturday 8 October, 11am – 12.30pm Where: Waitakere Central Library, Henderson, JT Diamond Room, Level 2 Cost: Free Come and hear Patti discuss the motivational secrets she shares in her book: THIS WAY UP: SEVEN TOOLS for UNLEASHING YOUR CREATIVE SELF and TRANSFORMING YOUR LIFE. Patti draws on a deep […]

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  • Writers Make With Music

    WRITERS MAKE WITH MUSIC Sunday 9th October 8.30pm Lyttleton Coffee Company, London Street. Door charge: $0.00 Full-size poster here Roger Hickin Kathleen Gallagher Bill Direen Rebecca Nash Danielle O’Halloran Phil Norton Andrew Coyle + music thereafter

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  • Book Launch – the collected poems of Alistair Te Ariki Campbell

    The Collected Poems of Alistair Te Ariki Campbell Book launch at Unity Books, Thursday 20 October. Victoria University Press warmly invites you to the launch of The Collected Works of Alistair Te Ariki Campbell on Thursday 20 October, 6pm–7.30pm at Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington. About The Collected Works of Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, […]

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  • Picton Poets Launch Anthology

    Picton Poets are publishing their second anthology, Impressions, which marks twenty-one years since the group began. The poems included are by current members of the group and two long-term past members, one of whom is haiku poet Ernest Berry who began the group in 1995. The anthology is illustrated by local artist Caroline della Porta. […]

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