Upcoming events.
Bodies By The Beaches
Bodies by the Beaches
2025 Mystery in the Library series
Do you enjoy delving into crime, mystery and thrills in your reading?
The Ngaio Marsh Awards, in association with Whangarei District Libraries, invites book lovers to a thrilling evening of criminally good conversation featuring five talented Northland storytellers.
Whangārei writers and and poets:
Michael Botur
Tracie Lark
Are joined by:
Sherryl Clark - prolific young adults author turned adult crime novelist and past Ngaios longlistee
Coo Harkens - historical mystery writer
Tannis Laidlaw - psychologist turned author.
Free entry
Refreshments provided.
Strictly limited spaces - prior registration required.
Register for the Bodies by the Beaches event
When
Thursday, 10 April 2025 | 05:30 PM - 07:30 PM
Location
May Bain Room, Whangārei Central Library, 5 Rust Avenue, Whangārei, 0110
Micro Time Youth Writing Workshop
Micro Fiction Workshop for Young Writers 12 -18 years
Fiction you can tuck into your pocket!
Suitable for both beginner and emerging writers.
Workshop leader: Tracie Lark
Cost: $10.00.
Limited spaces - prior registration is essential.
Register for this workshop
Register by email to Whangareilibrary3.30Flash@gmail.com or click the link below:
Register for the Micro Fiction Workshop for Young Writers
This workshop is sponsored by the Whangarei Library 3.30 Flash Fiction Group (WL3.30Flash), with the support of the Whangarei District Creative Communities Scheme and Whangarei District Libraries.
When
Saturday, 26 April 2025 | 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location
May Bain Room, Whangārei Central Library 5 Rust Avenue, Whangārei, 0110
Flash Fiction Day 2024
22 JUNE 2024 – NATIONAL FLASH FICTION DAY
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day.
For the national competitions and more click here!
Northland | Te Tai Tokerau Event
Come join the celebration!
Dickens Inn Private Function Room
2.30 pm June 22nd 2024
Northland writers will be reading their short, short stories
National and regional winners will be announced
Door prize
Food and drinks available to purchase
Short story, poetry collections & T shirts available to purchase
All welcome, limited space, please RSVP to whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
More Than Words Sunday Social Writer's Group
This is a chance to network with other career writers in Northland, get inspired, and have fun. Meet at Astroboy, 69 Bank Street, Whangarei, on the first Sunday of each month 2pm – 4pm starting June 2nd 2024. Look us up on Instagram – @morethanwordsNZ
More Than Words Focused Writing Group
This is a focused writing group where career writers can work side by side on their individual projects, with the opportunity to float ideas and get feedback. This is not a structured writing group and exercises will not be provided. Please bring your own WIP. Babies welcome. 9am -12pm Wednesdays starting 29th May at Whangarei Library, ground floor, back section. Look for the More Than Words sign.
Look us up on Instagram – @morethanwordsNZ
Whangarei Library 3.30 Flash Writers Competition
Write a complete and compelling story in less than 300 words. Closes June 30. For more info Click Here!
Auckland Writer's Festival
Auckland Writer’s Festival 2024 | WAITUHI O TĀMAKI 2024
Every year we stage over 200 public events, gathering over 220 of the world’s best writers and thinkers to celebrate the world of books and ideas.
For the past 23 years the Festival has enriched the culture of our city and established itself as a major Australasian festival, characterised not only by the calibre of our guest authors but also by the enthusiasm and engagement of our audience and the warmth and welcome provided by Auckland as our setting.
The Festival brings the very best local and international writers of contemporary fiction and non-fiction, scientists, economists, poets, journalists and public intellectuals together with audiences to explore ideas, share stories and experience brilliant conversations. We celebrate curiosity and a sense of intellectual adventure and our programme is driven by the desire to spark ideas, to get us talking and to give us a time and place to engage with the world…Click for MORE!
Changing Landscapes Book Launch
Changing Landscapes Whangarei Library 3.30 Flash Fiction Group’s Northland Anthology 2023
ESP* a liminal gathering Book Launch
‘a liminal gathering’ celebrates the destigmatisation of grief, by making it relatable through multiple creative lenses, and to normalise the various ways grief can be expressed. The almanac seeks to provide comfort, and act as a taonga to be shared between loving hands, during difficult times.
We warmly invite you to the book launches of
a liminal gathering
The inaugural Elixir & Star Press Grief Almanac To be launched by Iona Winter
Dunedin Wednesday 22nd November
5.30pm – 7.00pm
University Book Shop, 378 Great King Street, Dunedin
Auckland Friday 24th November
6.00pm – 7.30pm
The Women’s Bookshop, 105 Ponsonby Road, Auckland
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day on 25 August 2023
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day is governed by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa, and supported by Phantom Billstickers.
National Flash Fiction Day 2023
June 22 is our shortest day of the year — and the day we know and love as National Flash Fiction Day. Since 2012 we have been celebrating the small form with this big competition.
National Flash Fiction Day 2022
NFFD is celebrated every year on 22nd June - the shortest day of the year! Please visit the official website for event information in your area!
NZSA Roadshow - Whangarei!
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Regional Roadshow brings professional development to the regions. In 2022, the NZSA offers one-day professional development workshops, masterclasses and panel discussions in seven regions across New Zealand.
Save the Date:
Whangārei – 28 May
Wellington/Te Whanganui-a-Tara – 2 July
Auckland/Tāmaki-makau-rau and Waikato – 30 July
Napier/Ahuriri – 20 August
Dunedin/Ōtepoti – 24 September
Christchurch/Ōtautahi – 29 October
New Plymouth/Ngāmotu – TBC
NFFD NZ
National Flash Fiction Day celebration in Kawakawa
Important Note: Tickets for the workshop part of the event are $10 and only available at the door. There are no pre-sales.
National Flash Fiction Day celebrations in Te Tai Tokerau Northland will consist of a workshop followed by afternoon tea and a public reading / open mic of flash fiction, including NFFD winning entries and Northland's winning entry. The workshop starts at 1pm and the open mic will start at 2.30pm.
Cost: $10 for the workshop (pay at the door), open mic is free. Afternoon tea provided.
Workshop: The Art of Microfiction
The key to microfiction is the offbeat or, ‘what’s not there’ in storytelling. This workshop will answer the question, what is microfiction and will offer writers tips and techniques on how to sculpt small stories, with an emphasis on words as a currency and how to rise above the cliché.
Presented by: Tracie Lark
Tracie is from Newcastle, Australia and now calls Whangārei home. She teaches English and creative writing at Huanui College. Tracie has an array of poetry and fiction published in various printed and online anthologies from New Zealand and Australia to Ireland and Indonesia.
Sunday 27 June, at the Te Hononga hub in the Hundertwasser Memorial Park, Kawakawa, 1pm to 3.30pm.