• Michael Gifkins Prize Text Prize launch of 2022 winners book: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam – Auckland event

    Come along to the launches of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam. Auckland: October 3, 5.30-7pm. Webb’s. 33a Normanby Road Mount Eden, Auckland 1024 Emma Ling Sidnam won the 2022 Gifkins Prizes for her debut novel BACKWATERS. Emma will be in conversation with writer Albert Cho to celebrate the launch […]

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  • NZSA Northland Branch Fund-raising Auction November 2023

    During the month of November, thanks to the generous donations of members and supporters, Northland Branch will hold an online auction, culminating online and in person at our final meeting of the year. (Details of time and venue to follow.) Throughout the month, rolling offerings and bids will be updated and displayed. Details of how to participate […]

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  • Author Talk | Anke Richter on Cult Trip

    TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2023, 12.30pm-1.30pm Unity Books Wellington invites you to join us for a lunchtime event with Anke Richter chatting about her book, Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control, published by Harper Collins. Anke will be in conversation with radio presenter and journalist, Susie Ferguson.

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  • Book Talk with author Sandra Russell – Auckland

    Book Talk with author Sandra Russell in conversation with fellow psychotherapist Amanda Cox at the Little Book Shop, Remuera,, Sunday 10 Sept 3 pm.  

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  • Book launch – Dear Tui, a Climate Crisis Novel

    Join Porirua author M. C Ronen at the Wellington region launch of her latest novel, DEAR TUI, a Warning – hard-hitting climate fiction fit for our times. An opportunity to celebrate a local, multi-award-winning author, get to know her writing style and preferences, what motivates her, listen to her read excerpts from DEAR TUI, a […]

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  • 2023 CLNZ Research Grants: Four cash grants awarded to support local writers

    Media Release August 30, 2023 Four cash grants awarded to support local writers The 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in Aotearoa. The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for […]

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  • Meow Gurrrls Poetry Launch

    Meow Gurrrls Poetry Launch 6pm-7pm, Thursday 7 September, Te Awe Library, 29 Brandon Street, Wellington Iconic Wellington poetry collective The Meow Gurrrls are launching their latest poetry collection Famdamily. Join us for an evening of unmissable new poetry from these acclaimed wordsmiths. The evening will feature readings from six of the group, and promises to be […]

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    Michael Gifkins Prize Text Prize launch of 2022 winners book: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam

    Come along to the launches of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam. Wellington: September 27, 5.30-7pm Unity Books, Willis St, Wellington. Emma Ling Sidnam won the 2022 Gifkins Prizes for her debut novel BACKWATERS. Emma will be in conversation with writer Albert Cho to celebrate the launch of her […]

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  • Writers on Mondays: Home and Away: Noelle McCarthy

    WRITERS ON MONDAYS Home and Away: Noelle McCarthy Early in 2020, Noelle McCarthy travelled to Ireland where her mammy, Carol, was dying, then back to New Zealand as borders were slamming shut. Written through the years of the pandemic, Grand is about mothers and daughters, running away and going home, Noelle and Carol. It’s been a best-seller here, […]

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  • Double book launch: Elastic Island Adventures and The Quokka Logic & Baking Book

    Duckling Publishing and The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop invite you to join us to launch two new Elastic Island Adventures books – a novel and a baking book! Both by author Karen McMillan. Book launch at The Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop Sunday 10 September at 3:30pm. Every copy of any of the Elastic Island Adventures […]

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  • Children’s Writers Festival

    Come hear NZ children’s authors John Evan Harris, Yvette Carol and Karen McMillan talk about their books. Copies will be available for sale! Saturday 23rd September from 10am Takapuna Library, Auckland.

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  • Author Talk: Sandra Russell

    Author Talk: Sandra Russell Close to half of us will now experience cancer in our lifetime and although many books are written about living with cancer, the story of the emotional impact is rarely told. The Feeling of Cancer is a psychotherapist’s deeply personal and human exploration of her inner world to reveal cancer’s emotional […]

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