Join Unity Books Wellington and Victoria University Press for the launch of Nikki-Lee Birdsey's 'NIGHT AS DAY'.
Golden Bay Live Poets honours Gordon Challis who passed away this year on March 3rd.
Sam Hunt acknowledges him as a major influence; Bill Manhire included his poem 'Walking An Imaginary Dog' in The Best of Best New Zealand Poems; and Robert Bly commends his Spanish translation work.
His poetry has been featured in the NZ Listener, Landfall, the Times Literary Supplement and the Manchester Guardian, among others, as well as being included in many anthologies.
Join us to launch Gordon's last Spanish translation collection of poetry.
Based in Invercargill, the Southland Arts Festival is a month-long celebration of the very best in arts and culture.
Plundering Beauty: A History of Art Crime During War charts the crucial milestones of art crimes spanning two thousand years.
Our Creative Future – How bright does it look?
Tom Hill (Copyright Licensing NZ) gives the rundown on "Our Creative Future – How bright does it look?", following NZ Society of Authors Wellington Branch AGM for 2018.
Join author Jane Tolerton for a talk on her latest book Make Her Praises Heard Afar about the women (doctors, nurses and volunteers) who cared for soldiers in 1915 in Egypt and Malta, and those who worked with the New Zealand War Contingent Association in Britain.
Unity Books Wellington & Massey University Press warmly invite you to the launch of 'Song for Rosaleen' by Pip Desmond.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Hachette NZ for the launch of Nicky Pellegrino's new book 'A Year at Hotel Gondola'.
In this workshop we will let movement free our bodies and words dance on the page. You will learn practical and magical ways to inspire your writing and hone your dance.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Hutt City Libraries, invites booklovers to an event featuring four talented and acclaimed Wellington writers.
2018 Ngaio Marsh Awards entrants Annaleese Jochems, Jennifer Lane, and Kirsten McDougall will discuss how they create memorable characters, craft page-turning plotlines, and infuse their exciting storytelling with real-life issues. Ockham Awards shortlisted author Brannavan Gnanalingam will prosecute the offenders.
Have you always loved writing but want to take it to the next level? This creative writing retreat for beginners will help you tune in - with mind, body and heart - to the source of your creative inspiration and practise some fundamental craft skills. You will get the space and support to create a new piece of work in the form of your choice - fiction, narrative non-fiction or poetry - or polish an existing small project (up to 1,000 words) .
Victoria University Press warmly invites you to the launch of two important new books 'Towards Democratic Renewal' by Geoffrey Palmer and Andrew Butler and 'In Search of Consensus' by Elizabeth McLeay.
Brooklyn Primary School's Readers and Writers event Appetites; an entertaining evening featuring local authors talking about their passions and their writing. The Appetites theme is not restricted to food; it could be the author's hunger for life, poetry, disruptive characters or whatever they choose to speak about.
Fresh off his first tour of the UK, performance poet Ben Fagan is launching his new book 'Some Traveller' at Poetry in Motion's April event.
As part of Anzac commemorations, Frankie McMillan and Kevin Ireland are in conversation to read and discuss poetry relating to war.
Book launch for Tawhirimatea: A Song for Matarki by June Pitman-Hayes and Kat Merewether hosted by Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop and Scholastic New Zealand.
Andrew Dean talks with BWB Texts publisher Tom Rennie about what nostalgia is doing to our contemporary politics at Scorpio Books, Christchurch.
Andrew Dean talks with BWB Texts publisher Tom Rennie about what nostalgia is doing to our contemporary politics at Vic Books, Kelburn.
Retired Belgian judge Dominique Cooreman unearthed an almost forgotten battle in a 12-year quest to bring understanding and closure to the families of the more than 1000 Kiwi men killed in a small hamlet called La Basse-Ville in 1917.
Emily Writes, wildly popular & wildly funny blogger, Spinoff Parents editor, and first-time author, visits Wellington Central Library for a hotly-anticipated event!
Max Harris in conversation with Māmari Stephens, followed by nibbles and drink to celebrate.
Guest speakers include New Zealand award winning author Sarah Laing and fashion historian The Dreamstress, Leimomi Oakes.
Join Katherine Dewar, author of the acclaimed debut novel 'Ruby and the Blue Sky', in a writing workshop to explore climate change through the lens of extreme weather events. FREE event as part of the °TEMP festival of climate science and art.
Join two top Kiwi authors in Tauranga as they plug their acclaimed memoirs Goneville and My Father's Island on a whirlwind bookshop tour.
Join two top Kiwi authors in Rotorua as they plug their acclaimed memoirs Goneville and My Father's Island on a whirlwind bookshop tour.
Join two top Kiwi authors in Napier as they plug their acclaimed memoirs Goneville and My Father's Island on a whirlwind bookshop tour.
Join two top Kiwi authors in Havelock North as they plug their acclaimed memoirs Goneville and My Father's Island on a whirlwind bookshop tour.
The Southern Lakes Festival of Colour is an exciting biennial celebration of the arts.
Join two top Kiwi authors in Wellington as they plug their acclaimed memoirs Goneville and My Father's Island on a whirlwind bookshop tour.
Join two top Kiwi authors in Masterton as they plug their acclaimed memoirs Goneville and My Father's Island on a whirlwind bookshop tour.
Wai Word hosts writers on the first Sunday of the month, 3-5pm.
The Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture Award was first presented in 1991 to Margaret Mahy in recognition of her contribution to the world of literature for children and young adults.
The seminar is aimed at writers or writer/illustrators who are writing for 0 to 16-year-olds.
The Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day is Storylines' annual celebration of New Zealand's authors, their books and achievements. It is held in Auckland each year on the weekend closest to International Children's Book Day, 2 April - Hans Christian Andersen's birthday.
A one day editing workshop for adults. Bring a piece of your writing to work on.
Upper Hutt Library, Writers Plot bookshop and Cat Connor invite you to celebrate the launch of Cat Connor's 10th byte novel, Qubyte.
Not only is it the 10th book but it's also Cat's tenth year as a published crime novelist (which means Killerbyte is ten!!).
Join literary historian Cheryl Paget on a pilgrimage to Prince Edward Island, Canada, and sites connected with L M Montgomery's and her famous character, Anne of Green Gables.
Join Unity Books & Little Island Press for the launch of 'Samoan Queer Lives'. All welcome!
Join Unity Books & Victoria University Press as Geoff Cochrane discusses his latest poetry collection 'The Black and the White' with fellow author Carl Shuker.
'Because a Woman's Heart is Like a Needle at the Bottom of the Ocean' by Sugar Magnolia Wilson AND 'Under Glass' by Gregory Kan. All welcome!
Join us to hear Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talk about her love of books and the importance of reading and literature at a unique fundraising event for Katherine Mansfield House & Garden.
Unity Books & Otago University Press warmly invite you to the launch of 'Dead Letters: Censorship and Subversion in New Zealand 1914-1920' by Jared Davidson. All welcome!
Unity Books will be joining HarperCollins NZ and Mary Potter hospice as Dr Kathryn Mannix speaks about her book With The End In Mind and her work as a leading palliative care doctor.
Join Unity Books and Victoria University Press for the launch of 'A Mistake' by Carl Shuker.
Whitcombe Press & Unity Books warmly invite you to the launch of 'A Way with Words: A Memoir of Writing & Publishing in New Zealand' by Chris Maclean.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Victoria University Press for the launch of 'Pursuing Peace in Godzone: Christianity and the Peace Tradition in New Zealand ' edited by Geoffrey Troughton & Philip Fountain.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Little Island Press Ltd for the launch of 'So Many Islands: Stories from the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian & Pacific Oceans' edited by Nicholas Laughlin & Nailah Folami Imoja.
Meet New Zealand Book Awards winner Karlo Mila, poet Mere Taito and Commonwealth Writers Prize winner Sia Figiel.
The World of Words is a site-wide programme at WOMAD created to provoke thought and encourage people to learn, listen, and participate.
As part of the Storylines Story Tour that is coming to Canterbury, Zac McCullum is hosting a special night event aimed at parents, teachers and librarians. Fantastic authors Maria Gill, James Russell, Anne Kayes and James Norcliffe will be on a panel discussing how we can encourage children to be more engaged readers.
The event is Wednesday 14 March, from 7-8pm , Halswell School Library at Halswell School in Christchurch.
Otago University Press and the Dunedin Fringe Festival 2018 invite you to celebrate the launch of Walking to Jutland Street, a debut poetry collection by Michael Steven.
Get up close and intimate with local and international stars for four days of fast-tracked, smart conversation from some of the world's best thinkers and talkers.
The Friends of the Turnbull Library (FoTL) have launched an exciting creative writing competition open to all secondary school students in New Zealand and the South Pacific.
The aim is to celebrate the centenary of Alexander Turnbull and his remarkable legacy.
Entry is free and there is more than $2,000 in prize money.
Visit the FoTL website at http://www.turnbullfriends.org.nz/schools-competition for more details and the competition entry form.
What will happen when an awkward outsider dives head first into the perilous seas of a beauty pageant? Miss Congeniality meets Roald Dahl in this amazing adventure full of blood, sweat and tans. Come and get swept away.
Forty books have been selected for the 2018 longlist in the categories of fiction, illustrated non-fiction, general non-fiction, and poetry. Who will make the shortlist?
Otago University Press Otago University Press warmly invites you to celebrate the publication of Disobedient Teaching by Welby Ings.
This is a novel of love, lost memories & rediscovering dreams.
Join us for a Wellington bookwarming to celebrate publication of THE HOPE FAULT, a novel of families and faultlines, by Tracy Farr.
Playwright Sara Clifford is visiting New Zealand in March 2017, with a British Council grant, while she is here she will offer a writing workshop on Sunday 26 March for Twelve Angry NZ Women Writers.
Honey Tarbox, an ordinary Kiwi housewife with ordinary quarter-acre dreams, inexplicably begins speaking Japanese in her sleep. Translated, her sleep-speaking is revealed to be prophetic, and immediately the wheels are set in motion for Honey's fantastic transformation from suburban housewife into media megastar. The Wife Who Spoke Japanese In Her Sleep is an exploration of metamorphosis with a comedic twist.
Launching at Parliament, hosted by the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies (Victoria University of Wellington) with Bridget Williams Books.
See two of the most talked-about writers in the country: Hera Lindsay Bird and Ashleigh Young in Christchurch.
The world of words is a site-wide programme created to provoke thought and encourage people to learn, listen, and participate.
Mark Lawson has been given an ultimatum. Get the interview to end all interviews or it's see ya later career and the lifestyle that goes with it. If he wasn't already partially bald, he'd be tearing his hair out. Mark realises there's only one logical thing left to do: kidnap Caryl Churchill.
A short series of play readings from leading New Zealand women playwrights. Guided by well-known women theatre directors and performed by a cast of professional actors, the chosen plays are Fix by Jess Sayer, Esther by Angie Farrow and Rēwena by Whiti Hereaka.
Bonnie Etherington, born in Nelson, brought up in West Papua and now living in Chicago, is an exciting new writer.
Hear the award-winning Scottish crime writer discuss his Man Booker-shortlisted novel, 'His Bloody Project'.
A brilliant, joyous return from the enigmatic Caryl Churchill.
Jessa Crispin is not a feminist. And in this New Zealand exclusive, she explains why.
Forty books have been selected for the 2017 longlist, in the categories of fiction, illustrated non-fiction, general non-fiction and poetry. Who will make the shortlist?
Sydney Opera House, WORD Christchurch and Christchurch Art Gallery present ALL ABOUT WOMEN, live-streamed to Christchurch!
1879, Norway – 2017, Aotearoa. In both times and places Nora Helmer is a woman, a wife, and the mother of young children. What's different? What isn't? In this session, actors Sophie Hambleton and Kali Kopae will read a scene from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House and from Emily Perkins' adaptation, which will be staged at Circa in August this year. Director Katherine McRae will join Kali, Sophie and Emily for a discussion with the audience about how women's lives have changed since the character of Nora was first conceived.
Four troubled people trapped in an isolated high country hovel navigate mysteries, dark memories and bad weather together. Finalist for the 2012-2013 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Children and families are invited to join an inspiring panel of authors and illustrators to launch the book I am a writer by Z R Southcombe.
Bring your family and come along and listen to some stories from 2 of Wellington's favourite Drag Queens, Stephii Onassis and Laquisha St Redfern.
Madeline McNamara and Lisa Maule are founding members of Magdalena Aotearoa, a New Zealand outpost of the Magdalena Project, an international network of women in contemporary theatre. Madeline and Lisa present a series of images, both moving and still, to tell a story of their and other New Zealand women theatre practitioners long association with the Magdalena Project.
Three brilliant designers, theatre makers and educators, Rose Kirkup, Emma Ransley and Meg Rollandi dissect the state of play with Jo Randerson. Where are we now? What could the future look like?
A panel of Wellington writers tell short, sharp, true stories of how they got published.
Unity Books warmly invites you to the launch of 'After Alexander: Legacy of a Son' by Jan Pryor.
NZ author Emma Stevens will talk about her amazing life and adventures in remote "bush Alaska".
In this conversation, Dame Claudia Orange and Morgan Godfery will discuss He Whakaputanga and Te Tiriti o Waitangi with chair Carwyn Jones. Speaking to the history of these documents over nearly two centuries, the panel will also reflect on their significance in twenty-first century New Zealand.
You are warmly invited to join us to celebrate the launch of Social Investment: A New Zealand Policy Experiment, edited by Jonathan Boston and Derek Gill.
Internationally touring spoken word artist RikTheMost will perform at the Mussel Inn in Golden Bay. He has performed shows in the UK, Australia, Canada, America and Finland and won numerous Poetry Slams. Local harmonic percussive guitarist Benjamin Embers will open the evening at 8pm.
Library Lovers' Day is an occasion to celebrate libraries and librarians.
Taking place as part of the 2018 Auckland Pride Festival, New Zealand's LGBTI Writers' Festival is returning for 2018.
Please join us for the Wellington launch of Tinderbox by Megan Dunn, published by Galley Beggar Press. The event will take place in the City Gallery Shop (entry via Nikau courtyard). Megan will give a short reading, and there will be drinks.
A festival featuring exciting events from across all Arts genres.
Excerpts from Chanwai-Earle's Man in a Suitcase, Wanjiku Sanderson's In Transit, and Ete's Versions of Allah; followed by a discussion about what is means to be 'a New Zealander', as New Zealand becomes a more culturally diverse country; although 'diversity' also applies to gender equality.
Gather round and hear five crafted, true stories told live and unscripted.
Meet Greg Hurwitz - the critically acclaimed, internationally-bestselling US author of Orphan X and his latest gripping follow-up Evan Smoack thriller, The Nowhere Man.
One morning. Four 25-minute workshops. Four of New Zealand's best writers and illustrators. What can your students achieve in this time? What ideas will you take back to your classroom?
The 18th annual Hamilton Gardens' Arts Festival - an event bursting with all things creative across all Arts genres.
A reading by six poets.
The Trust's Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards were established in 2004. They are unique in the country for their encouragement of writing in the mind body spirit genre.
The Awards are offered annually, in two categories.
Entries will be accepted from 15 January each year.
The main purpose of the awards is to reward excellence in authorship. Books and manuscripts must be of a high standard to be considered.
By definition, the Mind Body Spirit genre is literature that demonstrates the fundamental teaching that everything is interconnected and in relationship with all else.
Since the Awards inception, the Trust has donated more than $250,000 in prize money to winners, so that they can continue writing in the Mind Body Spirit genre; providing inspiration and insight to all those that read their works.
Inside.Out (est. 2012) is open mic for writers. Everyone welcome and first-time readers are very welcome. Bring your writing - poetry, flash fiction, micro fiction, spoken word, short story, novel chapters etc - to read at the open mic (up to 6 mins max) , or come as audience to hear what's brand new. To read, just sign up as you arrive.
Great musician guests, word challenges, random book & chocolate bar prizes and plenty of takeaway fliers on literary competitions & events each time.
Mark Raffills presents The War Prayer Concert at the Mussel Inn on 12 December 2017.
Join Al Brown as he signs copies of his book 'Eat Up New Zealand'!
Join historian and author Barbara Brookes and Puke Ariki curators as they explore the history of New Zealand women through objects and artworks from the museum's extensive collection. This engaging presentation will encourage us to see New Zealand's history through a female lens: from the points of view of wives, daughters, mothers, grandmothers, sisters, and aunts.
Unity Books & Victoria University Press warmly invite you to hear Anne Kennedy discuss her new novel with Pip Adam.
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub inspired a flurry of reactions around the country when he declared in a column for Stuff that 'tax is love'. In this BWB Winter Series event Shamubeel will be joined by Lisa Marriott, Jess Berentson-Shaw and chair Max Rashbrooke to debate the nature of tax: is it love or is it theft? Come along, hear the discussion, and make up your own mind.
This event is part of the BWB Winter Series. BWB acknowledges the support of Creative New Zealand.
An event for readers to discover the wonderful talent we have here in our very own backyard. With over 30 authors coming from around New Zealand and Australia, there's something for everyone!
Unity Books and Te Papa Press warmly invite you to join us for the launch of "Scenic Playground: The Story Behind NZ's Mountain Tourism"
A launch party for Onward Knits, a book of knitting patterns inspired by the Wellington Railway Station.
Join twelve-year old author Ben Spies and children's author and tutor Helen Vivienne Fletcher in their combined Book Launch set to inspire young writers.
Author Michael Botur reads short stories from his new collection 'TRUE?' at Time Out Bookstore, Mt Eden, Auckland.
Riders of Fire book launch—a new teen dragon series by award-winning author, Eileen Mueller. Dragons, archery, swords & cosplay. Crafts & prizes. Fun for all ages.
This workshop, co-taught by writer Pip Adam and visual artist Rebekah Rasmussen, is an opportunity to make visual art and then write.
The NZ Book Festival is an annual event for independently published New Zealand authors to come together and share their books with readers and meet other authors and publishing industry professionals.
Ben Brown was born in Motueka and is of Waikato-Tainui descent. The 2009 writer-in-residence at Hagley College in Christchurch, he was awarded the Maori Writer's Residency at the Michael King Writers' Centre in 2011. Brown turned his book, The Kindling and the Blaze: Reflections on the Concept of Mana, into a performance piece that explored the Maori concept of mana; the book was shortlisted in the 2014 Nga Kupu Ora Aotearoa Maori Book Awards.
Inside.Out (est. 2012 and going strong) is open mic for writers. Bring your writing - poetry, flash, short story, novel extracts, non fiction or performance poetry and spoken word - to read at the mic, or come as audience. Everyone welcome, including creative writing students of all ages and first-time readers.
Join editor Mike Joy to celebrate the launch of Mountains to Sea: Solving New Zealand's Freshwater Crisis.
Join Unity Books and Potton & Burton for the launch of 'Tart & Bitter: Four Decades of Dining Nightmares' by David Burton. All welcome!
Join Unity Books & Luncheon Sausage Books as editor Steve Braunias introduces his new poetry anthology 'The Friday Poem: 100 New Zealand Poems'. With readings from Dame Fiona Kidman, Bill Manhire, Joy Holley, James Brown & Tayi Tibble.
Since 2014, LitCrawl has taken place with the aim of taking literature to the streets of Wellington and celebrating emerging and established literary voices.
Unity Books & The Cuba Press warmly invite you to a lunchtime event with poets Saradha Koirala & Nicola Easthope as they read from their new poetry collections.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Potton & Burton for the launch of 'Birdstories: A History of the Birds of New Zealand' by Geoff Norman.
Love to Write? Craving some focused writing time?
To celebrate the launch of Dream Life and her debut book 'Your Dream Life Starts Here', kikki.k Founder, Kristina Karlsson will be joined by Dr. Tererai Trent – Oprah Winfrey's all-time favourite guest at our Lambton Quay store for a book signing event.
Carry on Writing Memoir is an intensive two day workshop with writer and teacher Lynn Jenner.
Join Unity Books for the launch of 'A Colonial Naturalist: Henry Suter's Life of Discovery & Hardship in New Zealand' by Pamela Hyde.
Join Unity Books & Otago University Press for the launch of 'Floating Islanders: Pasifika Theatre in Aotearoa' by Lisa Warrington & David O'Donnell.
Kevin Moran, author of Alchemical Psalms and banned poet from letters to the editor columns, celebrates banned poetry uncensored.
From children's poetry like Shel Silverstein's 'A Light In The Attic' to the works of Shakespeare, for as long as there have been writers, there have been texts that have been challenged, censored, burned, and banned.
Everyone is welcome to attend or participate.
Editor Simon Wilson in discussion with Wellington based contributors Jessica Berentson-Shaw, Jo Randerson, Sarah Laing & Mamari Stephens.
Browns Bay based author-songwriter Chris Sanders will be performing and talking about the inspiration behind his breakaway Children's hit "Angel Star".
The launch of New Zealand Poetry Society's 2017 competition anthology.
A song cycle merged with poems of Aotearoa.
The NZ Book Festival is an annual event for independently published New Zealand authors who come together and share their books with readers.
Auckland is the host for the NZ Poetry Conference & Festival 2017. Based at the city's freshest community hub the Ellen Melville Centre's Pioneer Women's Hall, the three-day conference is packed with six features, five themed reading sessions, four korero panels, six workshops and enough whanau reading opportunities for all. Witness more than fifty leading poets from Tamaki Makaurau and across Aotearoa read their new works and discuss what poetry means to them, what spurs them to write and how they broadcast their work in the digital age.
Join scores of award-winning poets from Tamaki Makaurau and from across Aotearoa from Dunedin to the Coromandel, Napier to Whangarei who are reading their work or speaking in korero sessions at the NZ Poetry Conference in Auckland 10 – 12 November., at the Ellen Melville Centre. This conference follows on from the successful 2015 Wellington Poetry Conference, and the inaugural Havelock North korerorero in 2013.
The renowned crawl will be held on Saturday 11 November and will have more events than ever before!
'The Beat of the Pendulum', with short fiction writer Tracey Slaughter.
Phantom House Books & Unity Books are please to invite you to the launch of Grant Sheehan's latest photographic book.
Join Mākaro Press & Unity Books for the launch of 'Dark Forest Deep Sea: Reflections of a Hunter' by Richard Hall.
Nation Dates is a book founded on our belief that, to understand where we are heading, we need to know where we have been.
How does the short story measure up to the novel in New Zealand literary circles?
Why go to war? Was it good policy for New Zealand to go to war in 1914, 1939 and 1941?
In this BWB Winter Series event, Lana Lopesi, author of the newly released BWB Text False Divides, is in conversation with writer and curator Emma Ng discussing the question: is the Pacific Ocean - Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa - a divider or a connector?
You are warmly invited to the launch of 'Veil Over The Light: Selected Spiritual Writings' by Joy Cowley.
Unity Books & Escalator Press warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with L.J. Ritchie discussing his new book 'Monsters of Virtue' with Madeleine Collinge.
As part of FESTA 2018 and following the Death Cafe, join Freerange Press at the Space Academy as they launch the inaugural edition of the new Radical Futures series, Death and Dying in New Zealand.
Join Freerange Press, contributors to their book Kai and culture: Food stories from Aotearoa, and invited guests for a symposium where they explore some of the issues involved in the growing, making and eating of our food, and its potential for positive impact in our cities.
A series of events with writers presenting, reading and discussing their work with Hawkes Bay readers, designed to inform, entertain and inspire.
Golden Bay Live Poets presents The Word, The Reckoning and The Rose, three Nelson and Golden Bay poets with diverse styles, genuine voices and a love for the written and spoken word. They are Mark Raffills, Henry Ludbrook and Rose Michel von Dreger.
Gecko Press and Scorpio Books warmly invite you to celebrate the release of Cook's Cook, the Cook who Cooked for Captain Cook by Gavin Bishop at Tūranga in Christchurch.
The recipients of the 2018 Prime Ministers Awards for Literary Achievement will read and discuss their work with Radio New Zealand journalist and Nine to Noon host Kathryn Ryan.
The Hawke's Bay Arts Festival features events from across a wide range of artistic disciplines.
United States author J.T. Grainger will sign and discuss his new fantasy fiction series, "The World Beyond the Stairs: Mary's Journey". Event is free and being held at Time Out Bookstore. All ages welcome. Refreshments provided.
Escalator Press & Unity Books warmly invite you to a lunchtime author event with Adrienne Jansen, in conversation with Brannavan Gnanalingam, to celebrate the launch of Adrienne's new book 'A Change of Key'.
Join Adrienne and Brannavan as they discuss their recent publications and the representation of the migrant and refugee experience in New Zealand literature.
Unity Books Wellington & Awa Press warmly invite you to the launch of 'The Heart of Jesús Valentino: A Mother's Story' by Emma Gilkison.
The IIML is delighted to announce the addition of this special event to the 2018 Writers on Mondays series: spread the word, it's going to be good! Please note the change from our usual venue in Te Papa.
Remember The Score's odd and lovable characters? Adrienne Jansen picks up their story in her new novel.
Featuring violinist Vanya Mateeva, a glimpse of behind-the-scenes research, and a competition for the kids about mice!
Book Launch of Our Superbaby!
Our Superbaby! A picture book by Maris O'Rourke and illustrated by Helen Bell will be launched by Dr Libby Limbrick- researcher, children's literature expert and chair of Storylines.
Whether you are writing short fiction, a novel, or a work of creative non-fiction there is always a way in which your story will want best to be told. Acclaimed New Zealand author Elizabeth Knox (The Vintner's Luck), will support you to find a clear direction for your story - and, along the way, you'll learn to become a shrewder, more flexible, confident and daring storyteller.
Part Two of the popular Next Page sessions features readings from Andrei Seleznev, Charlotte Forrester, Sinead Overbye, Tim Grgec, Johanna Knox, Anna Rankin, Laura Southgate, Madison Hamill, Tracey Schuyt and Rose Lu, introduced by Emily Perkins.
Meet award-winning author Stacy Gregg, creator of the Pony Club Secrets and Pony Club Rivals series, at selected Whitcoulls Auckland stores these school holidays.
Launch of Suzanne Main's sequel to her award-winning children's novel, How I Alienated My Grandma.
Here's to you, you good localists! Call in on Saturday 28th October and go in the draw to win a local book of your choice.
Visit at 11am to see Tom Scott as well!
Jen Gibbs will be launching her collection of three Whimsy Primsy books.
Readers taking a train trip together to Upper Hutt to buy truly uniquel Christmas presents in a special little book shop that stocks only Kiwi authors.
The launch of two exciting new chapbooks with a French connection.
Golden Bay Live Poets presents first woman Te Mata Poet Laureate Elizabeth Smither, winner of the New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, the Montana New Zealand Book Award for Poetry, the Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement and the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize, New Zealand's most valuable poetry award.
A world-class programme direct from leading artists and performers at the peak of their practice.
Award winning Auckland author Matt Elliott will be talking about Dave Gallaher the original All Black Captain and one of our War Blacks.
Ramble On: a celebration of walking, health and the outdoors. Book launch with artist Z. R. Southcombe and special guests.
Come celebrate the launch of this beautiful collection of poetry by Trish Harris, where hope and humour are never far away.
Every second year, the Kokomai Creative Festival brings dozens of world-class events to the Wairarapa - from music, film and visual arts to theatre and comedy.
Does your child love to write stories? Do they dream of being an author? Now they can learn how under the guidance of international award winning author Brian Falkner.
The online Sunday magazine e-Tangata tells Māori and Pasifika stories about people and issues of significance to all New Zealanders.
Part of a series of events highlighting the very latest work of writers from the International Institute of Modern Letters, home of Victoria University's prestigious Creative Writing programme.
Join us at the National Library to celebrate Max Rashbrooke's new book 'Government for the Public Good: The Surprising Science of Large-Scale Collective Action', a fast-paced and globally informed defence of the role of government in delivering the public services that shape our lives.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Bridget Williams Books - BWB as publisher Tom Rennie and various BWB Texts authors discuss the publishing environment and the development of the series, which now numbers over fifty titles.
More exciting work in progress from the second group of IIML scriptwriters, at Circa Theatre. This week the spotlight falls on work from Matasila Freshwater, Dylan Conen, Julia Ludbrook, and Ralph McCubbin Howell. Introduced by Ken Duncum.
THE NATIONAL WRITERS FORUM is the biennial event for writers run by THE NEW ZEALAND SOCIETY OF AUTHORS (PEN NZ INC) TE PUNI KAITUHI O AOTEAROA .
Philippa will describe her current writing project, based on her visit to Antarctica in 2016.
Going West Festival - an intimate experience with New Zealand's best and most loved writers and thinkers.
Come and celebrate Te Wiki o te Reo Māori with a night of storytelling, where writers and creatives share their personal journeys with te reo Māori on the theme of kia kaha te reo Māori.
Join Unity Books Wellington as author Mark Broatch discusses his new book 'Word to the Wise: Untangling the Mix-Ups, Misuse & Myths of Language' with fellow author Catherine Robertson.
Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa is the great ocean continent. For those Indigenous to the Pacific, the Moana was traditionally a connector and an ancestor. Imperialism, however, has created false divides between islands and separated their peoples.
An expo for all levels of learning from pre-school right up to tertiary and adult education. An opportunity to promote educational services and sell educational products.
Open to the public and will also be attended by many teachers/educators from the area.
You are warmly invited to the launch of Parallel Lives: Four Seasons in the French Pyrenees, by Jennifer Andrewes.
You are warmly invited to the launch of 'Parallel Lives: Four Seasons in the French Pyrenees' by Jennifer Andrewes.
for her new book, "Women, Equality, Power: Selected speeches from a life of leadership". All welcome.
Golden Bay Live Poets presents Iain Sharp at the Mussel Inn. Former editor of Landfall literary magazine, Iain Sharp has published five poetry books and appeared in Essential New Zealand Poems and other anthologies.
How do you place text for two languages in a single bilingual children's picturebook?
A celebration of writing and writers. This is the first Manawatu Writers' Festival.
Join Guyon Espiner and Tim Watkin to mark the publication of 'The 9th Floor: Conversations with five New Zealand Prime Ministers'.
Join some of the country's best known writers of books, songs, film and theatre at the 22nd Going West Books and Writers Festival this September!
Join some the country's most exciting young wordsmiths as they descend on Dunedin for 4 days of free events.
The conference is an opportunity to celebrate Southland-born author Dan Davin as one of the fathers of the modern New Zealand short story, and the development of the New Zealand short story to today.
In the final of the L'Dor Va Dor speaker series join Unity Books and Dr Nelson Wattie as he discusses his most recent book 'Karl Wolfskehl. Poetry and Exile - Letters from New Zealand 1938 - 1948' at the Holocaust Centre of New Zealand.
The largest literary event in the South Island is back for 2018.
In the age of Trump, fake news and celebrity headlines, it is easy to despair about the future of journalism. Mel Bunce, author of upcoming BWB Text The Broken Estate: Journalism in New Zealand, will discuss the state of journalism in New Zealand and the solutions needed to ensure its future.
Donovan is hitting the road to promote 'How Māui Fished Up the North Island'. This is your chance to see Donovan in action – he'll be drawing live, talking about his new book and signing copies.
Join Unity Books & Victoria University Press as Chessie Henry discusses her new memoir, 'We Can Build a Life: A Memoir of Family, Earthquakes & Courage' with Emily Perkins.
Join historian Barbara Brookes and Otago Museum curators as they explore the history of New Zealand women in the museum's collection.
Are you interested in what's going on in the world of essays? Do you want to try to write an essay or develop it further? If this sounds like you, join Lynn Jenner in this two-day course happening in Waikanae on the Kāpiti Coast.
Unity Books and Otago University Press invite you to a lunchtime book event with Laurence Fearnley and Paul Hersey, editors of To the Mountains, as they discuss their book with fellow author Shaun Barnett (Tramping: A New Zealand History & Tramping In New Zealand).
Join Unity Books Wellington & Te Papa Press for the launch of Tatau: A History of Sāmoan Tattooing by Sean Mallon & Sébastien Galliot.
Jess Berentson-Shaw, author of A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World (BWB Texts 2018), will be joined by Shaun Hendy and Emily Beausoleil to talk about how we can convincingly explain the difference between good information and misinformation, and talk effectively about contentious issues such as immunisation, the gender pay gap and climate change.
Wāhine Māori: Women Who Moved Us will bring together Māori historians, curators, archivists and mokopuna for an afternoon of kōrero and waiata, including a live performance by musician Ria Hall, to celebrate the diverse history of mana wahine.
Dr Jess Berentson-Shaw, author of A Matter of Fact: Talking Truth in a Post-Truth World (BWB Texts 2018), will be joined by Professors Shaun Hendy and Jennifer Curtin to explore how we can convincingly explain the difference between good information and misinformation, and talk effectively about contentious issues such as immunisation, the gender pay gap and climate change.
'When Love Comes to Town' - the annual conference of romance writers of New Zealand.
Unity Books Wellington welcomes you to hear publishers and writers (Gecko Press, Escalator Press, Wardini Books, Gareth Ward...) of titles shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults discuss what they like about each other's books.
The winners of the 2018 New Zealand Children & Young Adults Book Awards will be announced at this ceremony.
Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and The Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. These events are open to the public and FREE of charge.
Join six Wellington poets for an evening of transformative storytelling.
The NZ Book Council's AGM will begin beforehand at 6pm. All welcome.
On Wednesday 1 August, Hamilton will host a selection of the finalists of the 2018 New Zealand Awards for Children & Young Adults, ahead of the awards ceremony in Wellington on 8 August. ALL SCHOOL EVENTS ARE FREE TO ATTEND, BUT BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL.
Enjoy afternoon tea and listen to award winning author speak about her latest novel The Nam Legacy.
Be transported to a world of Spoken Word art and celebrate National Poetry Day at Puke Ariki Library with an Open Mic Night!
Vincent O'Malley discusses his monumental new account of the defining conflict in New Zealand history.
On National Poetry Day 2017, please join us in celebrating the launch of Selina Tusitala Marsh's new poetry collection, Tightrope.
Talking with Mihingarangi Forbes, Dr Aroha Harris, Dame Claudia Orange and Morgan Godfery discuss the significance of these two New Zealand documents – and the people who signed them.
A chance to meet the author of New Zealand story, The Nam Legacy.
We welcome anyone to register - you don't have to be an RWNZ member. Whether you're a fledgling writer or a publishing megastar, we guarantee you'll come away with fresh ideas, hot tips, new friends, and fizzing with motivation!
Antibiotics are a cornerstone of modern medicine.
This literary programme features an inspiring line-up of leading storytellers from around New Zealand. Enjoy the ambience of the Libri Lounge, located in New Plymouth's TSB Showplace, as they discuss their work and give exclusive insights into what drives them.
Auckland author Catherine Lea will be giving a talk at East Coast Bays Library as part of our regular monthly Tea & Topics session.
Wellington Central Library is hosting a fantabulous story time series featuring finalists from the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
Journalist Leonie Hayden chairs a lively discussion about women's lives today… and in the past.
Max Harris's The New Zealand Project puts forward a vision for deepening our political discussion, starting conversations, and confronting the challenges ahead.
Celebrating the wonder of children's books. A great day out for writers, for readers, for sketchers, for dreamers.
Written by award-winning NZ playwright Desiree Gezentsvey, based on the award-nominated novel by NZ author Christine Leunens, Caging Skies is a hauntingly powerful play following Johannes, a zealous member of the Vienna Hitler Youth, as he discovers a fateful secret – his family is hiding a young Jewish woman, Elsa, in their home. Her life in his hands, Johannes and Elsa embark on a gripping journey of obsession and love that blurs the lines between the captive and the free, the victorious and the defeated, as the horrors of the war unfold around them and each must find a way to survive.
Please join us for a special evening reading, welcoming distinguished US poet and essayist Marianne Boruch to Auckland.
Scorpio Books and Upstart Press warmly invite you to the launch of Paul Cleave's new crime novel, A Killer Harvest.
Join authors Alison Jones and Kuni Kaa Jenkins in conversation with Hirini Kaa as they explore the action-packed life of Tuai.
The Bookfair is the largest of its kind in Wellington, and as DCM's major fundraiser of the year essential to the on-going success of the work that we do to end homelessness in Wellington.
A Katherine Mansfield House and Garden fundraising event.
Hamilton Book Month is on again in August with 20 events (up from 13 in 2017).
See No Evil issues a challenge to New Zealanders. The book begins by relating the little-known history of West Papua, but its focus is on the impact of New Zealand's foreign policy on the indigenous Melanesian inhabitants.
In the 1950s New Zealand supported self-determination for the former Dutch colony, but in 1962 opted to back Indonesia as it took over the territory.
Economist Shamubeel Eaqub inspired a flurry of think-pieces when he declared in a column for Stuff that 'tax is love'. In this BWB Winter Series event Shamubeel will be joined by Lisa Marriott, Terry Baucher and chair David Hall to debate the nature of tax: is it love or is it theft? Come along, hear the discussion, and make up your own mind.
Join historian Barbara Brookes and Te Papa curators Katie Cooper and Matariki Williams as they explore the history of New Zealand women through objects and artworks from the museum's extensive collection.
RikTheMost has performed shows in the UK, Australia, Canada, America and Finland and is currently touring NZ.
A well-known figure on the UK spoken word scene, Rik has won numerous Poetry Slams, including in Melbourne where they qualified to represent Australia in their first ever national slam team at the American National Poetry Slam Finals in Denver last year.
Please note: This Live Poets Special has a $10 entry fee. Get there early to get a seat!
Benjamin Em will open the evening with harmonic percussive guitar. A musician, poet and novelist from the coldest corner of NZ, Benjamin is currently working on his second album.
Join us for a panel discussion with BWB Texts Fair Borders? editor David Hall and contributors Andrew Chen, Arama Rata and Evelyn Marsters to discuss how New Zealand's borders impact on its citizens, on recent immigrants, and on people who aren't permitted to set foot on this land.
A well-known figure on the UK spoken word scene, Rik has won numerous Poetry Slams, including in Melbourne where they qualified to represent Australia in their first ever national slam team at the American National Poetry Slam Finals in Denver last year. Rik has performed shows in the UK, Australia, Canada, America and Finland and is currently touring NZ.
Join author, adventurer and entrepreneur Sequoia Schmidt for a presentation of her award-winning book, 'Changing Gears: Ups and Downs on the New Zealand Road'.
Writers on Mondays is presented by the International Institute of Modern Letters and The Musuem of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
See No Evil is a shocking account by one of New Zealand's most respected authors on peace and Pacific issues, issuing a powerful call for a just and permanent solution – self-determination – for the people of West Papua.
Join Unity Books Wellington & Victoria University Press for the double book launch of two stunning debut poetry collections – Poūkahangatus by Tayi Tibble and People From The Pit Stand Up by Sam Duckor-Jones.
Join Hawkes Bay-born/US-based author, adventurer and entrepreneur Sequoia Schmidt for a presentation of her award-winning book 'Changing Gears: Ups and Downs on the New Zealand Road'.
Join author, adventurer and entrepreneur Sequoia Schmidt for a presentation from her new award-winning book 'Changing Gears: Ups & Downs on the New Zealand Road'.
XYZ of Happiness, a once in half-century poetry collection by our publisher Mary McCallum will be launched by publishing rangatira Roger Steele, with music by Mary's band The Brooklyns. All welcome. Free event.
What would it mean for New Zealand to act like a Pacific Island nation? Damon Salesa explores this question in an energising public lecture, based on the Michael King Memorial Lecture he delivered to a standing-room-only audience at the Auckland Writers Festival in May.
The Marlborough Book Festival is an annual festival held to celebrate reading and writing.
Join author, adventurer and entrepreneur Sequoia Schmidt for a presentation from her new book, the award-winning chronicle of her 28-day solo cycle through New Zealand.
Come and celebrate the publication of Fishing for Maui by Isa Pearl Ritchie.
Join author, adventurer and entrepreneur Sequoia Schmidt for the New Zealand launch of her award-winning book, 'Changing Gears: Ups & Downs on the New Zealand Road'.
Join authors Dame Fiona Kidman and Redmer Yska in conversation, to mark the publication of Kidman's new novel 'This Mortal Boy'.
The Marlborough Book Festival is a weekend of wonderful authors, curious audiences and beautiful Marlborough locations.
Curiously Good Book Club Event: Reading-aloud!
Come to Porirua Library and learn how to be a a good reader-alouder! Demonstration and tips, with publisher Julia Marshall and friends.
With flash fiction writers Eileen Merriman, Rachel J. Fenton and Trisha Hanifin and host Graeme Lay.
Golden Bay Live Poets presents Open Mic Poetry at the Mussel Inn with special guests Sacha Horton, Lisa Williams and Alice Williams.
What's better than a book launch? A double book launch. A double book launch with beer. A double book launch in Wanaka with beer brewed in Wanaka. Words by Liz Breslin and Dominic 'Tourettes' Hoey. Books - a novel and some poems. Beer.
WORD Christchurch is hosting four great events during Kidsfest but the workshops are filling up fast! Kids can write their own fairytales, learn how to make their own zine, or come and hear all about bugs.
Welcome to the first ever Beyond the Page literary festival taking place 8-23 July 2017 at Libraries across Wellington and the Hutt Valley region.
The 100% Kiwi Business book is based on interviews with 100 New Zealand business owners. Learn what's working for Kiwi business owners, and the questions to ask, to unlock your own professional and personal success.
Join us for a panel discussion with BWB Texts 'Fair Borders?' contributors to discuss how New Zealand's borders impact on its citizens, on recent immigrants, and on people who aren't permitted to set foot on this land.
Professor Lydia Wevers ONZM will be this year's speaker for the annual Friends of the Turnbull Library Founder Lecture.
Puke Ariki is going all out with a tightly packed festival, super squished with fun. Celebrate the winter solstice in style with us!
Come and hear John Dunmore, author of Scoundrels & Eccentrics of the Pacific, in conversation with Lydia Wevers.
The finalists in the 2018 New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults are announced.
Join author Carole Brungar as she introduces us to her latest award winning book, The Nam Legacy.
Jerri J. Pirc, author, and Jane C. Smith, illustrator, have again collaborated for a sequel. Kate and Caboodle In a splendidly blended tale is now available.
Join us for a learning filled day of six sessions with engaging and expert speakers to support you, and your library or classroom.
For 7 days this winter, Lōemis observes the longest nights of the year with a hearty mix of feasts, theatre, astronomy, music, monstrous creatures at large, and a fiery waterfront procession.
The week of the centenary of the Battle of Messines, Award winning Birkdale author Matt Elliott will present an assortment of eye-witness accounts, poems, paintings and photographs of the 1917 attack on Messines ridge.
Join Nelson Libraries to hear international writing sensation Nalini Singh.
Te Atatu Library is hosting local journalist and author Steve Braunias, to talk about his latest book "The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road".
Two public and free Rehearsed Readings and one Artist Panel om Wellington, showcasing the work of creative natives from Australia, Hawai'i, New Zealand and the Pacific – all are welcome to attend and enjoy these free public events.
Meet author Jeremy Scott and hear his inspirational talk about his epic 52,000 kms bicycle ride from London to Auckland to raise money for the Heart Foundation, all because of a hole in his heart.
The Founders Annual Book Fair is a fundraiser for the park which runs for nine days each year starting on Queen's Birthday Weekend.
Issue 118 (Winter 2017) of New Zealand Books Pukapuka Aotearoa will be available from Friday 2 June.
A full weekend of panels, presentations, workshops, cosplay, gaming, and hanging out in the bar.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Nelson Libraries, invites Top of the South booklovers to a thrilling event featuring three talented New Zealand crime writers.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Queenstown Lakes District Libraries, invites booklovers to an event featuring two talented local writers.
A poetry reading to celebrate the release of Winter Eyes by Harry Ricketts.
Martin Edmond will read from The Expatriates at Wellington City Gallery, 6pm Monday 28 May. Following the reading, Martin Edmond and editor Jane Parkin will discuss the multiple worlds of 'home' and 'away' explored in The Expatriates.
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is holding its AGM in Auckland this year, Saturday May 26 10am. The Auckland Branch is hosting this year and has prepared a series of workshops on various aspects of the writing craft for the afternoon.
The annual Blue Dragon Book Fair is a very popular fundraising event for the Blue Dragon Children's Centre in Vietnam to support its work in providing education and training for kids in crisis in Vietnam.
Literature and music come together in this unique concert.
Celebrate the NZ launch of Freelove (2018 revised edition) with award winning author, Sia Figiel.
Golden Bay Live Poets is celebrating Bob Dylan's birthday at the Mussel Inn with the help of Nelson musician Monty Bevins.
Final day to submit for funding or to register to hold your own Phantom Billstickers Poetry Day event. Last year's packed programme featured nearly 120 dynamic events, workshops and competitions, featuring acclaimed poets, new voices, young writers, and poetry enthusiasts.
OneTree House launched in 2017 as a new children's publisher in New Zealand, and has a programme of 43 titles for 2018.
In March they won the BOP Bologna Prize for Best Children's Publisher - Oceania. This event celebrates that success and toasts the first 9 books released and all 2018 inaugural authors.
The Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel was made possible by generous sponsorship from Ann Hatherly and Andre Gifkins, partner and son of the late Michael Gifkins, and Text Publishing. It pays tribute to the support and encouragement Michael Gifkins gave to New Zealand writers throughout his career. The award gives the winning author a $10,000 advance and a publishing contract. The competition is open to previously published authors and new writers who are New Zealand citizens or permanent residents, and is administered by the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc).
This event, held as part of the Auckland Writers Festival, announces the winner.
Good political poems are nearly as hard to write as a love poem, but passion fuels them both. Join Terese Svoboda in this one-day workshop as part of her visit to Aotearoa.
The next Nelson Live Poets session will take place on Tuesday May 15th at The On Inn, 335 Trafalgar Square East, at 7 30pm. Bring a poem to share or just enjoy the show. Singer songwriters are also welcome. To take part, simply sign up on the night. Koha entry.
A glittering ceremony to honour the finalists and announce the winners of the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Every year AWF stage over 180 public events, gathering together 200 of the world's best writers and thinkers with over 28,000 Festival goers and up to 6,000 young people to celebrate the world of books and ideas.
A Book Town is a small rural town or village, close to major cities, in which second-hand and antiquarian bookshops are concentrated. Most Book Towns have developed in villages of historic interest or of scenic beauty. Their residents set up events around books - selling them, writing, reading, illustrating, printing, making and publishing them.
A creative writing retreat from 11-14 May 2018 with award-winning Australian novelist Jesse Blackadder focused on transforming the essence of a fact (whether it be something in your own life, or a moment in history) into a compelling narrative.
Join Unity Books & Victoria University Press for the launch of Kate Duignan's new novel 'The New Ships'.
Join internationally acclaimed Samoan writer Sia Figiel for a reading from her long awaited new novel Freelove, followed by questions and book signing.
Inside.Out Open Mic (est. 2012) is a popular monthly event where writers can read their work - poetry, flash, fiction, short story, creative non-fiction, performance poetry etc- at the open mic for up to 5 or 6 mins. There are excellent music guests each time, and word challenges with randomly-awarded chocolate bars and books. Simply add your name to the open mic sheet when you arrive. Everyone is welcome, to read or as audience.
An exceptional opportunity for an in-depth workshop with one of NZ's most successful children's authors.
Create Your Book Workshop for children!
A fun, crafty activity children will love. Free event. Booking recommended.
In this workshop with acclaimed Samoan writer Sia Figiel, the physical and metaphysical merge as the ancient Samoan concept of su'ifefiloi, or sewing of garlands is used to bridge oral storytelling to the act of creative writing.
Come meet award winning writer Alan Carter at Volume Books in Nelson.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Christchurch City Libraries, invite booklovers to an event featuring four talented Canterbury authors.
Auckland book launch and celebration of 'Pieces of You', the debut novel by Eileen Merriman.
Three Days in the Country is set on a beautiful Russian country estate where the arrival of a handsome new tutor brings reckless, romantic desire to an eccentric household.
Based on Ivan Turgenev's passionate, moving comedy, A Month in the Country which has been a source of inspiration for TV, films, a ballet, and the plays of Chekhov. Patrick Marbers interpretation is a witty and elegant update on this Russian classic.
Over three adventure-filled summer days, this new arrival bestows lessons in love for young and old alike: first love and forbidden love, ridiculous love, maternal love, platonic love, the love left unsaid… and the love which must win out!
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Auckland Libraries, invite Auckland booklovers to an event featuring three talented local crime writers.
Dunedin's most famous cat is about to become even more so with his very own illustrated children's book - and you're invited to his Kickstarter launch!
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Auckland Libraries, invite South Auckland booklovers to a free event featuring a diverse panel of four talented local crime writers.
Join us on Tuesday 23 May at 6pm at the Elma Turner Library in Nelson for another 'read-in' as part of this year's Book Discussion Scheme's Book Night.
Book Night is a fun nationwide reading event for people of all ages, run by Book Discussion Scheme.
The editors warmly invite you a celebration of and readings from SPORT 45 at Vic Books Kelburn.
Author and artist Chris Kraus returns to Wellington for a one-off, intimate conversation about her life and work.
A book fair will be held in the Ngaio Town Hall from 9am to 4pm on Saturday 20 May as a fundraiser for the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation in Hanoi, Vietnam.
In this year's Michael King Memorial Lecture, Max Harris calls for a strategic intervention – inspired by the tenets of care, community and creativity in an Aotearoa New Zealand context, and driven by the imagination and impatience of the young to create a better country.
WORD CHCH are delighted to close their Autumn Season with one of the most electrifying novelists writing in English today.
Anahera Press warmly invites you to join us in celebrating the launch of Apirana Taylor's new novel, Five Strings. All welcome.
As part of the Auckland Writers' Festival, the Emma Press warmly invites readers to the launch of First Fox, a short story collection by Auckland writer Leanne Radojkovich. All welcome.
When Stephen Hawking once famously held a cocktail party for time travellers and nobody showed up, he said it proved time travel was not possible. But is it?
The hit of the 2016 WORD Christchurch Festival is back!
Every year AWF stages over 140 public events, gathering together 160 of the world's best writers and thinkers with over 24,000 festival goers and up to 6,000 young people to celebrate the world of books and ideas.
You are warmly invited to celebrate the publication of Mandy Hager's new historical novel for adults Heloise at Unity Books Wellington.
Stella Duffy has the great distinction of being asked to complete Dame Ngaio Marsh's unfinished novel Money in the Morgue.
30 years since he brought the detective to life, Ian Rankin is back with another Rebus mystery, Rather Be the Devil, a tale of twisted power, deep-rooted corruption and bitter rivalries.
In Wellington for one-night only, Ivan gives a live performance followed by a discussion of their life and work.
Curated by Pirate & Queen, a musical event celebrating Dunedin's most intriguingly successful songwriters.
Tracy Farr and Simon Nathan discuss the ideas, inspiration, maps and geology behind Tracy's new novel, The Hope Fault.
The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival has literary riches lined up for you this May.
Former NZ Police Detective Simon Wyatt talks about his debut crime novel The Student Body at Waitakere Central Library.
Love comics? Come along to ComicFest 2017, Saturday May the 6th at the Wellington Central library.
Join author, entrepreneur and adventurer Sequoia Schmidt for a special Q&A and a reading from her autobiography Journey of Heart: A sojourn to K2.
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with the New Zealand Book Council and Hutt City Libraries, invites booklovers to an event featuring three talented local crime writers.


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Q: How to structure a proper 3-tier (no ORM) web project I m working on a legacy web project, so there is no ORM(EF,Nhibernate) available here.
The problem here is I feel the structure is tedious while implementing a new function.
let's say I have biz Object Team.
Now if I want to get GetTeamDetailsByOrganisation
,following current coding style in the project,I need:

*

*In Team's DAL, creat a method GetTeamDetailsByOrganisation

*Create a method GetTeamDetailsByOrganisation in the Biz Object Team, and call the DAL method which I just created

*In Team's BAL, wrap up the Biz object Team's method in another method,maybe same name, GetTeamDetailsByOrganisation

*Page controller class call the BAL method.

It just feels not right. Any good practice or pattern can solve my problem here.

A: I know the tedium you speak of from similarily (probably worse) structured projects. Obviously there are multiple sensible answers to this problem, but it all depends upon your constraints and goals.
If the project is primarily in maintenance mode with very no new features being added I might accept that is the way things are.  Although it sounds like you are adding at least some new features.
Is it possible to use a code generator?  A project I worked on had a lot of tedium like this, which apparently was caused because they originally used a code generator for the code base which was lost to the sands of time.  I ended up recreating the template which saved me a lot of time, sanity, and defects.
If the project is still under active development maybe it makes sense to perform some sort of large architectural change.  My current project is currently in this category.  We're decoupling code and adding repositories as we go.  It's a slow process that takes diligence and discipline by the whole dev team.  Each time a team takes on a story they tax that story with rewriting some of the legacy code in that area.  To help facilitate this we gave a presentation to the rest of the team to get buy-in and understanding.  We also created some documentation for our dev team that lists out the steps to take and the things to watch out for.  In the past 6 months we've made a ton of progress.  We don't have the duplication you speak of, but we have tight coupling issues which makes unit testing impossible without this refactor.
This is less likely to fit your scenario, but it may also be a possibility to take certain subset of features and separate those out into separate services that can be rewritten using a better platform and patterns.  The old codebase can interoperate at the service layer if needed. You likely make changes in certain areas more than others, so the areas of heavy change might be top priority to move to a dedicated service.  This has the benefit of allowing you to create a modern code base without having to rewrite the entire application from scratch all at once.  This strategy is what Netflix has done to rewrite their their platform as they go and move it to the cloud.

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Thanks to Matt Jay for passing along a link to the video he directed for "Shapeless" by Wild Cub. The band is the latest project from musician/film score composer Keegan DeWitt, with a full length LP on the way next month called Youth.
Here is the video for "Shapeless", song below the video. Reminds me a little of TV On The Radio.
"Shapeless" (Official Video) from Wild Cub on Vimeo.


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'The Simpsons' suing Minto over tire fire copyright infringement
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Minto — Just in time for Christmas, a gargantuan pile of tires caught on fire in Minto on Dec. 20. The Tire Recycling Atlantic Canada Corp. (TRACC) tire fire was still burning one week later. While the fire has finally been extinguished, it wasn't before people around the world took notice, with many drawing comparisons to the iconic Springfield tire fire in the popular Fox/Disney-owned TV show The Simpsons.
It appears that the high-ups at Disney have taken notice as well. Disney is well-known for being highly protective of their intellectual property, and today announced through Simpsons creator Matt Groening that they will be suing the town of Minto and TRACC for copyright infringement of the Springfield Tire Fire in the show.
"We acknowledge that this has been a tough time for Mintonians and New Brunswickers, but the fact remains that The Simpsons, and therefore Disney, own the rights to tire fires," said Groening, wearing a Disney-branded leash at a press release at Disneyland in sunny Florida. "If we let this one slide, we'd set a precedent and have to let everyone get away with stealing from us."
Mintonians are dismayed at the lawsuit, with Mayor George Bridge saying it adds insult to injury.
"We put out the fire — isn't that enough?" asked Bridge, his voice muffled by a breathing mask. "We spent ages trying to extinguish it for safety reasons, so surely Disney can find it in their hearts to let this go, considering the fact that it was unintentional, and the harm it's caused to our small community."
But a spokesperson for Disney said that unintentional or not, copyright laws still apply.
"Even though the fire was extinguished, the fact is that it raged for seven days — a full week where people associated tire fires with Minto, New Brunswick, rather than Springfield and our lovable cartoon family with a cast of any characters," said Sandra Patterson, VP of Communications at Disney.
"Minto should think about the legal consequences next time they want to have some form of tragedy or disaster."
Minto residents are trying to recuperate after the tire fire.
"This was a crappy Christmas for sure, and I don't know how we can afford a legal battle, seeing as all the town's money was blown on fighting the fire and reducing its environmental impact" said Minto resident Pam Keleher. "Normally my family and I watch Simpsons Christmas specials this time of year, but I think instead we're going to watch Family Guy this time."
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Ken Harris January 14, 2020, 12:30 pm
How is it possible for a company to Patent/Copyright, a simple Two Word phrase from the English language. REALLY, they Copyrighted the words Tire Fire!?!?! What sort of TOTAL WINGNUT is this Sandra Patterson to make a statement like; ""Minto should think about the legal consequences next time they want to have some form of tragedy or disaster," she's a Vice President of communications, anywhere!?!?! I am more than reasonably sure that the town of MINTO did NOT set about causing this local catastrophe so how could they possibly avert or somehow stop any form of tragedy or disaster? There is no such thing as common sense any more. The Disney Executives are a bunch of MEATHEADS!! Oh Oh, was that phrase copyrighted too??
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Smartphones made it a lot easier to access information, and apps can be great tools when it comes to educating yourself. If science is your passion, you should know that there are plenty of apps that can help you with your scientific curiosities. Today we are going to list some of the best options out there, and hopefully, you will discover some apps that you enjoy.
You must have heard about this app as it is one of the most popular science apps. It has already won awards and it has plenty of users. With the help of AR, the app allows you to identify the stars and constellations that you see in the sky at night.
If your scientific curiosity goes beyond our solar system, you might be interested to learn about the planets that orbit other stars. These planets are named exoplanets, and scientists have discovered many of them in the past years. The app can be considered an interactive catalog of all the discoveries made so far.
If math is your passion, or if you are a student that could use some help, FX Math Solver might be the ideal tool for you. You can enter your own math problems and the software will offer you a step-by-step solution.
This is an amazing tool for students and self-learners from all around the world. With the help of colleges and universities, the app offers you courses for every topic you could imagine. The app is available for free, and you can learn a lot from it.
This app allows you to keep track of the temperature, water vapor, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and ozone levels and sea-level and gravity variations from all over the planet.


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We're in the midst of a great four-year national debate on the size and reach of government, the future of the welfare state, indeed, the nature of the social contract between citizen and state.
We're in the midst of a great four-year national debate on the size and reach of government, the future of the welfare state, indeed, the nature of the social contract between citizen and state.
WASHINGTON — We're in the midst of a great four-year national debate on the size and reach of government, the future of the welfare state, indeed, the nature of the social contract between citizen and state. The distinctive visions of the two parties — social-democratic versus limited-government — have underlain every debate on every issue since Barack Obama's inauguration: the stimulus, the auto bailouts, health care reform, financial regulation, deficit spending. Everything. The debt ceiling is but the latest focus of this fundamental divide.
The sausage-making may be unsightly, but the problem is not that Washington is broken, that ridiculous ubiquitous cliche. The problem is that these two visions are in competition, and the definitive popular verdict has not yet been rendered.
We're only at the midpoint. Obama won a great victory in 2008 that he took as a mandate to transform America toward European-style social democracy. The subsequent counterrevolution delivered to that project a staggering rebuke in November 2010. Under our incremental system, however, a rebuke delivered is not a mandate conferred. That awaits definitive resolution, the rubber match of November 2012.
I have every sympathy with the conservative counterrevolutionaries. Their containment of the Obama experiment has been remarkable. But reversal — rollback, in Cold War parlance — is simply not achievable until conservatives receive a mandate to govern from the White House.
Lincoln is reputed to have said: I hope to have God on my side, but I must have Kentucky. I don't know whether conservatives have God on their side (I keep getting sent to His voice mail), but I do know that they don't have Kentucky — they don't have the Senate, they don't have the White House. And under our constitutional system, you cannot govern from one house alone. Today's resurgent conservatism, with its fidelity to constitutionalism, should be particularly attuned to this constraint, imposed as it is by a system of deliberately separated — and mutually limiting — powers.
Given this reality, trying to force the issue — turn a blocking minority into a governing authority — is not just counter-constitutional in spirit but self-destructive in practice.
Consider the Boehner Plan for debt reduction. The Heritage Foundation's advocacy arm calls it "regrettably insufficient." Of course it is. That's what happens when you control only half a branch. But the plan's achievements are significant. It is all cuts, no taxes. It establishes the precedent that debt-ceiling increases must be accompanied by equal spending cuts. And it provides half a year to both negotiate more fundamental reform (tax and entitlement) and keep the issue of debt reduction constantly in the public eye.
I am somewhat biased about the Boehner Plan because for weeks I've been arguing (in this column and elsewhere) for precisely such a solution: a two-stage debt-ceiling hike consisting of a half-year extension with dollar-for-dollar spending cuts, followed by intensive negotiations on entitlement and tax reform. It's clean. It's understandable. It's veto proof. (Obama won't dare.) The Republican House should have passed it weeks ago.
After all, what is the alternative? The Reid Plan with its purported $2 trillion of debt reduction? More than half of that comes from not continuing surge-level spending in Iraq and Afghanistan for the next 10 years. Ten years? We're out of Iraq in 150 days. It's all a preposterous "saving" from an entirely fictional expenditure.
The Congressional Budget Office has found that Harry Reid's other discretionary savings were overestimated by $400 billion. Not to worry, I am told. Reid has completely plugged that gap. There will be no invasion of Canada next year, no bicentennial this-time-we-really-mean-it 1812 do-over. Huge savings. Huge.
The Obama plan? There is no Obama plan. And the McConnell plan, a final resort that punts the debt issue to Election Day, would likely yield no cuts at all.
Obama faces two massive problems — jobs and debt. They're both the result of his spectacularly failed Keynesian gamble: massive spending that left us a stagnant economy with high and chronic unemployment — and a staggering debt burden. Obama is desperate to share ownership of this failure. Economic dislocation from a debt-ceiling crisis precisely serves that purpose — if the Republicans play along. The perfect out: Those crazy tea partyers ruined the recovery!
Why would any conservative collaborate with that ploy? November 2012 constitutes the new conservatism's one chance to restructure government and change the ideological course of the country. Why risk forfeiting that outcome by offering to share ownership of Obama's wreckage?
Boehner 3.0
Uncommon Knowledge Interview with Rupert Murdoch (Part Two)
Written By Charles Krauthammer
Charles Krauthammer is a nationally syndicated columnist.


Our vet and our groomer recommended using talcum powder on Frankie because he has a bit of redness where his belly band is. I searched the forum and saw some people do this. I still don't know if it's a good idea though. Baby powder has gotten such a bad wrap as of late.
Any thoughts would be welcome. Thanx.
I haven't used baby powder, but I've seen it mentioned here and as far as I know it's OK and would be safe to try. There was one member here some years ago who wondered if it was getting in her pet's urethra, but I don't think she ever knew for sure. The thing I've used to prevent redness under a malewrap is Desitin original diaper cream. It contains zinc oxide but the vet said it would be OK as long as he didn't lick it. I kept an eye on him and he wasn't licking, so it worked really well. I liked the fact that you didn't have to butter him with cream every time you changed the pad, it would last through several changes. In our case, my dog was in his wrap 24/7. If he had been sleeping without it, or if he'd had other time during the day without it, the diaper cream would have posed a problem, because I would have had to be sure to wipe it off before letting him air his skin (because he'd be more likely to lick if he wasn't wearing the wrap). In a case like that, I would prefer a product without zinc, such as plain Vaseline or maybe old fashioned A&D ointment. I tried Vaseline and A&D, but honestly the Desitin worked best at protecting his skin.
I'd think the biggest thing with critters would be inhaling it, but I've never used it with them. We used Cavilon spray.