• 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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  • Book launch: Tiny owl on the Ramshackle Farm

    Book launch: Tiny owl on the Ramshackle Farm  When: Thursday 15 September, 7.30pm – 8.30pm Where: Devonport Library Cost: Free Tiny owl on the Ramshackle Farm is Lotte Wotherspoon’s latest venture that comes hot on the heels of her highly successful 2015 publication Pukeko dancing on the old dirt track. Wotherspoon delivers another jaunty rhyming story […]

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  • An Evening with Jo Seagar

    When: Monday 5 September, 6.30pm – 8pm Where: Remuera Library Cost: $5.00 Come to Remuera Library to hear celebrated cook Jo Seagar discuss her new book Elbows off the table, please on Monday 5 September at 6:30 pm. Her book promises to show us how to make delicious, effortless recipes along with wise advice on […]

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  • CALLOUT FOR FEATURE FILM IDEAS

    VENDETTA PRODUCTIONS and SOUTH PACIFIC PICTURES wish to develop several feature films for specific audiences We are looking for ideas for dramatic feature films which would appeal to ? Older audiences 55 plus ? Females aged 35 – 54 years We have a particular interest in finding comedic stories but are open to anything fresh […]

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  • Justin Cronin in Christchurch

    Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors, is touring New Zealand this month! In 2010, Justin Cronin’s The Passage was a phenomenon. The unforgettable tale that critics and readers compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, and Margaret Atwood became a runaway bestseller and enchanted […]

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  • Justin Cronin in Dunedin

    Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors, is touring New Zealand this month! In 2010, Justin Cronin’s The Passage was a phenomenon. The unforgettable tale that critics and readers compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, and Margaret Atwood became a runaway bestseller and enchanted […]

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  • JUSTIN CRONIN in Wellington

    Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors, is touring New Zealand this month! In 2010, Justin Cronin’s The Passage was a phenomenon. The unforgettable tale that critics and readers compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, and Margaret Atwood became a runaway bestseller and enchanted […]

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  • JUSTIN CRONIN in Auckland

    Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, The Twelve and The City of Mirrors, is touring New Zealand this month! In 2010, Justin Cronin’s The Passage was a phenomenon. The unforgettable tale that critics and readers compared to the novels of Cormac McCarthy, Michael Crichton, Stephen King, and Margaret Atwood became a runaway bestseller and enchanted […]

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