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Launch of LitCrawl 2016
You are warmly invited to the launch of LitCrawl 2016. Date: Sunday 2 October Time: 11am Location: 17 Tory Street RSVP: info@litcrawl.co.nz We will celebrate the third annual LitCrawl in style with brunchtime bubbles, baking and of course, the release of the hottest programme out. Many thanks and see you there, Claire Mabey & Andrew Laking […]
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St Paul St Readings
Wednesday 5 October 5pm – 7pm St Paul St Gallery, Level 1, WM Building, 40 St Paul Street Don’t miss AUT’s inaugural Master’s reading, the St Paul St Readings. Hear from a diverse line-up of budding and established creative writers, reading excerpts of their work. Readers include Robert Sullivan, James George, Michael Giacon, Becky Woodall, […]
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NOHANZ BIENNIAL CONFERENCE
TELL ME MORE : SHARING OUR STORIES ?tautahi Christchurch 21-23 October 2016, Commodore Airport Hotel Registration open until Friday 14th October Thirty years ago a group of committed historians formed the National Oral History Association of New Zealand. Three of those founders – keynote speakers Hugo Manson, Dame Claudia Orange and Jock Phillips – look […]
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SpecFicNZ Flash Fiction / Poetry Competition
FLASH FICTION / POETRY COMPETITION Closes midnight 24th October 2016 Entry is free to members of SpecFicNZ. A fee of NZ$15 per entry applies for non-members. Conditions of Writing Competition: Create an original flash fiction story or poem (not published anywhere else) with the theme: ‘Temperance’ Your piece of writing, including the title, must be […]
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Book launch: Sarah Laing’s Mansfield and Me
My graphic memoir, Mansfield and Me, is going to be published in October, and I am having a book launch! It’s at 6pm, Thursday 6 October, at Unity Books, Wellington. If you are a Facebook user, you can RSVP to the event over here. I hope some of you can make it. I will even draw pictures in […]
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Headland Submission Deadline
Headland welcomes unsolicited submissions, but we do ask you to read these guidelines thoroughly to ensure that you do not spend your energy on preparing a submission that we will be unable to accept. We accept submissions year-round, with rolling deadlines. Our next reading period, for Issue 10, closes on 16 June 2017. We are looking […]
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Beginners Guide to Screenwriting Part 2
FROM KATHRYN BURNETT: I’m thrilled to announce that Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting:Part Two is happening next month! I’m always being asked if there’s a follow-up to my BG2S workshop – and there is! (Read more here…) If you know screenwriting peeps who might be interested, please spread the word. Beginner’s Guide to Screenwriting: Part Two – 15 & 16 Oct (Ak) Earlybird discount closes 30 […]
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A Moment’s Silence – Book Launch
Mary Egan Publishing and Bruce McKenzie books invite you to the launch of “A MOMENT’S SILENCE” by Christopher Abbey. Set against actual events in 1995, New Zealander, Martyn Percival, on holiday in the UK, links an explosion to a renegade IRA operative. He reports his suspicions to an attractive police sergeant in the Cotswolds and […]
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Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2017 – Entries Close
The Commonwealth Short Story Prize 2017 Now Open for Entries Closing date 1 November 2016 www.commonwealthwriters.org One of the flagship projects of Commonwealth Writers, the Commonwealth Short Story Prize is now open for entries, with an international judging panel comprising judges from each of the five Commonwealth regions: Zukiswa Wanner (Africa); Mahesh Rao (Asia); Jacqueline […]
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Call for Poems for NZ edition of Atlanta Review
Live in Aotearoa, New Zealand? Have poems? Selected writers receive publication and copies of Atlanta Review (NZ edition) Your poems Please send 3 poems (max), 70 lines (max) per poem. Poems must not be previously published in print in the USA or Canada (all other countries acceptable) or in online publications.* Poems can either be […]
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Michael King Writers’ Centre Residencies 2017
Applications are now open The Michael King Writers’ Centre invites applications from New Zealand writers for four supported residencies in 2017, with stipends ranging from $8,000 to $30,000. The residencies are at the Michael King Writers’ Centre, based in the Signalman’s House, a heritage villa on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport. The residency programme aims […]
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Domestic life in New Zealand: Alexa Johnston and Dave Veart in Conversation
Domestic life in New Zealand: Alexa Johnston and Dave Veart in conversation When: Saturday 24 September, 2pm – 3pm Where: Central City Library, Whare W?nanga Cost: Free Come along to hear authors Alexa Johnston (Ladies a Plate: Traditional home baking) and Dave Veart (First Catch Your Weka: A Story of New Zealand Cooking) discuss domestic […]
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