Upcoming Events and Opportunities – New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa

How to Be a Happy Self-Publisher

NZSA Auckland Branch Meeting | Friday 4 October at 6.15 pm | AUT Tower, Cnr of Rutland and Wakefield St, City Central | Floor 12, Room 1211. Being a Happy Self-Publisher Dave from The CopyPress sees too many self-published authors with boxes of books riddled with errors no one will buy! He is attending...
Nelson: Writers at Lunchtime

The next Writers at Lunchtime meeting takes place on Wednesday 2 October, 11.30 am to 1.30 pm. The guest speaker at 12.30 pm will be Annika Ohlson-Smith. Annika was a founder member of the Top of the South branch of NZSA and has long been a member of the Nelson...
Hawke's Bay Readers & Writers Festival

Hawke's Bay Readers & Writers Festival.
In Conversation: Liz Nugent and Fiona Sussman

Join Ngaio Marsh Awards and Te Manawa for a special evening with two award-winning storytellers. Liz Nugent, a #1 bestselling author who was named Irish Woman of the Year in Literature in 2017, chats to Auckland writer Fiona Sussman about life on and off the page, from dealing with the...
CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants 2019 Awarded

“THE OVERALL QUALITY WAS HIGH AND THE UPPER END OF THE LIST STRONG. WE COULD HAVE EASILY ADDED MANY MORE TO THE SHORTLIST.” – DAVID VEART, 2019 JUDGING PANEL CONVENER The 2019 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Research Grants have been awarded. The...
Tauranga Arts Festival

Tauranga Arts Festival is running a series of writing workshops over Labour Weekend – tickets available through the festival website (click on the titles below to access a description of each workshop). Writing for Middle Readers: Kate De Goldi https://www.taurangafestival.co.nz/event/boundary-riding-workshop-320 When: 9.30am-3.30pm; Saturday, October 26 Where: The Terraces, Baycourt Theatre, Durham St, Tauranga Cost:...
2019 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition

Open exclusively to all NZSA members $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize Opens 16 August, closes 4pm, Friday 4 October Brought to you by NZSA Auckland Branch Conditions of entry The competition is open to all NZSA members. All entries must be original and not previously...
NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2019 recipient

Christchurch writer Frankie McMillan is the recipient of the NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2019 Frankie McMillan will use the fellowship to work on a novella. She says: 'I’m thrilled and enormously grateful to be the recipient of the Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship, 2019 -2020. I intend to put the grant towards...
How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show

How We Survive: A Feminist Poetry Show Lift Women’s Voices. Burn The Patriarchy Down. How We Survive is a feminist spoken word performance featuring internationally acclaimed poets Olivia Hall and Carrie Rudzinski. This two woman show presents a powerful and honest narrative on what is to be a woman living and surviving in...