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Writers of Māori descent, some of whose writings are related to Māori culture. This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:New Zealand writers . It includes New Zealand writers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
Gray Brechin (September 2, 1947 – ), "Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin" Genea Brice, poet laureate of Vallejo, California; Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 – April 11, 1926), How Plants are Trained to Work for Man
San Diego Writers Festival, April 6, San Diego [125] San Francisco Writers Conference, February 14–17, San Francisco [126] San Francisco Writing Workshop, San Francisco [127] Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel, Florida [128] Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, California [129] Santa Fe Writers Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico
The first private literary award was the biennial Katherine Mansfield Memorial Award, a short-story competition organised by the New Zealand Women Writers' Society and funded by the Bank of New Zealand, which became available in 1959; [91] [92] this award ran until 2015. [93]
Margaret Rose Orbell CNZM (17 July 1935 – 31 July 2006) was a New Zealand author, editor and academic. She was an associate professor of Māori at the University of Canterbury from 1976 to 1994.
Māori society at a local level is particularly visible at the marae. Formerly the central meeting spaces in traditional villages, marae today usually comprise a group of buildings around an open space, that frequently host events such as weddings, funerals, church services and other large gatherings, with traditional protocol and etiquette ...
The Romance Writers of America filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 29, after years of membership decline, money issues, and claims of racism. This organization was a behemoth of romance writing ...
The Maltese Falcon Society is an organization for admirers of Dashiell Hammett, his 1930 novel The Maltese Falcon, and hardboiled mystery books and writers in general. . Founded in San Francisco in 1981, the organization is no longer active in the United States; however, a chapter in Japan has been active continuously sin