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The New Zealand Writers Guild (NZWG) is a New Zealand trade union which represents writers in the fields of film, television, radio, theatre, video and multi-media. The guild's name in Māori language is Puni Taatuhi o Aotearoa. It provides services, events, networks, lobbying, and legal advice to writers mostly in the film and television industry.
Our aim is to get as many contemporary New Zealand novelists, short-story writers, and poets online as possible. Saturday 8 June 2019, 10:30 – 4:00 pm NZST; Tūranga, Cathedral Square, Christchurch – Activity Room on level 1 (west end of building) Wikipedians from anywhere in the world are of course welcome to join in remotely.
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly the New Zealand Book Council) is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes to promote books and reading in New Zealand. It was established in 1972 and its programmes have included supporting writers' visits to schools and enabling writers to travel to different areas of New Zealand.
Michèle A'Court (born 1961), comedian, memoirist and non-fiction writer; Avis Acres (1910–1994), artist, writer, illustrator and conservationist; Pip Adam (living), fiction writer and reviewer
A Clear Dawn was launched, co-edited by Paula Morris and Alison Wong this is the first-ever creative writing anthology of Asian New Zealand authors. [15] Alice Te Punga Somerville presented the Michael King Memorial Lecture where she drew upon her book Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook (2020).
The Writers Walk was opened during New Zealand Post Writers and Readers Week, part of the International Festival of the Arts, on 11 March 2002. [9] [10] Stage Two of the Walk was launched on 8 May 2004. [11] Catherine Griffiths was awarded the Terry Stringer Award at the BEST Design Awards in 2002 for her work on the sculptures. [12]
The Michael King Writers Centre is a writing centre on the slope of Takarunga / Mount Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand, which offers residencies to early career and experienced writers. It was established in 2005 in honour of New Zealand historian Michael King .
Initially undergraduate courses were offered, and a master's degree programme (New Zealand's first master's degree in creative writing) was introduced in 1997. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Manhire's courses involved setting writing exercises to allow students to get to know each other's work and become comfortable giving and receiving feedback, followed ...