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Days Are Like Grass – Launching
It would be lovely if you could join us for drinks and nibbles at the launch of Sue Younger’s book. Please RSVP Eunoia no later than 12th August. Eunoia Publishing Company
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Red Dust Over Shanghai – Launching
Fascinating, Sort of Empire of the Sun. Tyl is an architect living in Titirangi. He was the son of the German ambassador to Shanghai during the war. As a young teenager those round him faced internment by the Japanese, his father internment by the Americans after the war and then Tyl faced detention during the […]
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Karen Zelas Launching
I am Minerva by Karen Zelas You are invited to the launch. All details above. It would be great to see you there. Please RSVP here. Pre-launch sales here at M?karo Press
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The 2016 Warren Trust Awards for Architectural Writing
The New Zealand Institute of Architects invites entries into its annual essay writing competition. Awards will be made in two categories: Open (architecture practitioners, tertiary students and members of the public); and Secondary School students. The Open category award carries a cash prize of $1500, and the winner of the Secondary category will receive $1000. […]
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Celtic Mythology Short Story Competition
SUBMISSIONS FOR THE 2016 /2017 SHORT STORY COMPETITION WILL BE ACCEPTED FROM 1 SEPTEMBER 2016. Introduction from Brian O’Sullivan With the Celtic Mythology Short Story competition, we’re hoping to collect the best contemporary narratives on Gaelic/Celtic mythology that we can find. Stories from Celtic mythology have been lying dormant in the shadow of “Children’s fairytales” for […]
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CLNZ Contestable Fund
2017 CLNZ Contestable Fund: $75,000 – Ready and waiting for writers and publishers Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) has today opened applications for writers and publishers to apply for funding to support their writing projects from the CLNZ Contestable Fund – of which $75,000 is available in 2017. Each year, a portion of the revenue […]
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Book Week and Bookshop Day – participation form
Book Week – 22 October to 28 October. Bookshop Day – 29 October. By filling out this form you are giving the NZ Society of Authors permission to give your details to Booksellers and Public Libraries so that they can contact you directly if they would like to include you in any events they […]
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Live Live Editing! Application form
“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” ? Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Live Live Editing! application form Delegates are invited to submit the opening paragraph of your novel to be edited live by a panel of top writers, including […]
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In Conversation: Robert Glancy and Fiona Sussman
At the Michael King Writer’s Centre In Conversation: Robert Glancy and Fiona Sussman These two writers from the African continent are now living and writing on Auckland’s North Shore. Robert Glancy was born in Zambia and raised in Malawi. At fourteen he moved from Africa to Edinburgh then went on to study history at Cambridge. […]
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POETRY AT PARKLANDS: THE POET WITHIN
2016 Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2016 hits New Zealand on the 26th of August and the celebration unleashes the power of poetry all around our great nation with more than seventy events and a number of poetry competitions. Parklands Library draws on “the poet within”, within the Christchurch City Libraries that is. That’s right, […]
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Make the Perfect Pitch: pitch to a publisher competition
Open for entries from: 18 July to 22 August Make the Perfect Pitch – Application Form Pitching to publishers, journals and magazines is an art. In this National Writers Forum first, you have the chance to pitch and win a one-on-one session with a publisher during the Forum. Leading publishers and editors from New Zealand will […]
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The 2016 Hawke’s Bay Shorts Competition
Hawke’s Bay Shorts are providing an opportunity for local writers and artists to explore their creativity, with $4500 available in prizes to be won, it’s time to start writing and illustrating. Short Story Competition Enter to win the short story category with a top prize of $1000.00 and automatic inclusion in our forthcoming Anthology. The two […]
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