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. #amwriting #nzwriters #whangarei #northlandwriters #library #wip #writersgroup #writer #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity
Repost from @copyrightlicensingnz • 📣 Applications for the 2024 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants are now open 📣 Four grants valued at $5,000 each are available for Aotearoa New Zealand writers to conduct research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. One of the grants targets diverse writers and topics, including writers from, and writing about, parts of Aotearoa that are not broadly represented in writing and publishing, and projects on issues or subjects that are topical in present day Aotearoa. 🗓️ Applications close at 4pm on Friday 7 June. 🔗 Find out more about the grants at the link in bio. @nzsocietyofauthors #copyright #nzcreatives #nzwriters #nzauthors 📷 Photo by Freddie Marriage on Unsplash
📣 Applications for the 2024 CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants are now open 📣 Four grants valued at $5,000 each are available for Aotearoa New Zealand writers to conduct research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. One of the grants targets diverse writers and topics, including writers from, and writing about, parts of Aotearoa that are not broadly represented in writing and publishing, and projects on issues or subjects that are topical in present day Aotearoa. 🗓️ Applications close at 4pm on Friday 7 June. 🔗 Find out more about the grants at the link in bio. @nzsocietyofauthors #copyright #nzcreatives #nzwriters #nzauthors 📷 Photo by Freddie Marriage on Unsplash
Creative writing and images. Its hard? to be normal. #art #nzfishing #art #atholnz #newzealand #creative #flyfishnewzealand #fishing🎣 #fishing #artnz #nzwriters #adventure #fishingaustralia #flyfishcapeyork #fishing
We have books and poetry anthologies to review but not enough reviewers to read them! If you’re part of the #nzbookcommunity who loves reading great Kiwi writing, please get in touch with us at [email protected] or send us a DM! 📖 #nzwriters #nzbookstagrammer #nzbookstagram #review #bookreview #kiwibookstagrammer #bookstagramnz #nzwriter #nzliterature #nzfiction #nzpoetry #nzpoet
Tennis in the modern day - the definition of folly. 🎾 #follyjournal
It’s official! Book two in the Forbidden on Fruit Street series is with my editor and critique partners, and I’m beginning plans for book three! I’m envisioning a tattooed biker for the hero, a single dad with a broken heart. If you’ve read She Was Made for Me, he was mentioned briefly as the landscaper who did Kyle & Violet’s backyard. This guy is seriously hot 🥵 That’s all I’m going to share for now! Do you like a hero who rides a motorcycle? I’ve never written one before… . . . #amwritingromance #romanceauthors #romancewriter #romancewriters #romancewriting #romancewriterslife #romancewriterlife #contemporaryromanceauthor #iwriteromance #romanceauthor #romancenovelist #romancewritersofinstagram #romancewritersconnect #writingromance #indieromanceauthor #indieromance #indieauthor #nzauthor #nzauthors #nzwriters #indieauthor #indieauthors #indieauthorsunite #indieauthorsunited #indieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthorsbeseen #indieauthorsofig #indieauthorsrock #indieauthorcommunity #indieauthorlove #indieauthorlife
Now this lovely person has good taste; she's reading my novel at the theatre. 📖🎭❤️ @aucklandtheatreco @highspotlit #theatre #art #auckland #theeffect #play #novels #novelist #books #writer #reader #reading #writersofinstagram #writingcommunity #acting #supportthearts #thelibraryofunfinishedbusiness #itsgood #youshouldreadit #nzwriters #author #wine
Wise words from playwright James Cain! His work can be found here: www.playmarket.org.nz/playwrights/new-author-19/ 🌟 . #nzwriters #playwright #nzwriter #qotd #quote #quotes #script #scriptwriting #scriptwriter #kiwi #kiwiwriters #kiwiwriter
How much do I love this review from everyone’s favourite Aussie book bloggers! (‘Genius’ 😊🤭) Posted @withregram • @happyvalley_booksread What happens when you tackle the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table with Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere and shake it up and write it in modern times? That concept is this clever book. It follows on from Olivia’s previous work of a modern take on history. And I really enjoyed them. To all British people, Arthur ‘Ace’ Penhalagon is a tennis champion but his past is full of secrets. He wants to win the latest Grand Slam and use his fame and celebrity for good deeds. Eliza Rose, CEO of RoseCorp, is using her new position to change the world and when she meets Ace, the flames ignite. His past is a mystery and when Eliza is targeted with online trolling they disappear to a house on the water. But the past is about to catch up with them both and explode into danger and ultimately tragedy…… A stellar tale with masterful characterisation, genius plot and the nods to history throughout are smart. Very reminiscent of the 80s prime time soaps and books of that era. It kept the historical portrayal as accurate as possible and it worked well to bring it into the present Completely addictive, imaginative and creative. Bring on the next historical retelling, I love this series of books! Get your hands on these, they’re great… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5 stars Craig’s review #contemporaryfiction #modernretelling #popularfiction #mystery #secrets #read #reading #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #femalewriters #womenwriters #nzwriters #supportwomenwriters #book #bookgeek #bookstagram #bookblog #bookblogger #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaddict #wordofmouthbooks #oliviahayfield #queenkingace
Olivia Hayfield - Queen, King, Ace @suecopseyauthor Thank you Olivia for gifting us a copy to read and review. What happens when you tackle the legend of King Arthur and the knights of the round table with Sir Lancelot and Queen Guinevere and shake it up and write it in modern times? That concept is this clever book. It follows on from Olivia’s previous work of a modern take on history. And I really enjoyed them. To all British people, Arthur ‘Ace’ Penhalagon is a tennis champion but his past is full of secrets. He wants to win the latest Grand Slam and use his fame and celebrity for good deeds. Eliza Rose, CEO of RoseCorp, is using her new position to change the world and when she meets Ace, the flames ignite. His past is a mystery and when Eliza is targeted with online trolling they disappear to a house on the water. But the past to about to catch up with them both and explode into danger and ultimately tragedy…… A stellar tale with masterful characterisation, genius plot and the nods to history throughout are smart. Very reminiscent of the 80s prime time soaps and books of that era. It kept the historical portrayal as accurate as possible and it worked well to bring it into the present Completely addictive, imaginative and creative. Bring on the next historical retelling, I love this series of books! Get your hands on these, they’re great… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5/5 stars Craig’s review #contemporaryfiction #modernretelling #popularfiction #mystery #secrets #read #reading #authorsofinstagram #writersofinstagram #booksofinstagram #femalewriters #womenwriters #nzwriters #supportwomenwriters #book #bookgeek #bookstagram #bookblog #bookblogger #bookreview #bookreviewer #booknerd #bookworm #booklover #bookobsessed #bookaddict #wordofmouthbooks #oliviahayfield #queenkingace
So today's blog on No Kidding in NZ is about thoughts coming from reading Otherhood: Essays on being childless, childfree and child adjacent. I've only just got started, and I'm so excited already - for the new inspiration I'm getting, and for the reach of the book. This might be a New Zealand book, but as I know from 20 years online, these are also international ... no, even better ... universal stories. You can find my blogpost on https://nokiddinginnz.blogspot.com/2024/05/thoughts-on-my-otherhood.html, or via the link in my profile. #otherhoodbook #otherhood.book #otherhood #nokiddinginnz #nokiddinginnzblog #nokidding #nzblogger #nzwriters #childless #childlessnotbychoice #childfree
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Excited to bring our next Whāingaroa Raglan Writers World program (WRWW) Tuesday 28 May through to Monday 3rd June with something for everyone featuring authors Tracey Slaughter, Ben Bloom, Siobhan Harvey, Ann Neville and Tina Shaw + so much more download the brochure/book online https://creativeraglan.co.nz/ #author #nzwriters #flashwriting #nzauthors #raglan #community #nz
New article: Money Series: Zen and the art of filing a tax return (link in bio) Artwork by @innerbeautybysierra Thanks to @hamish_29 @christch0w @cynthiaa.gao for reading drafts of this. Also @davegcameron @sierrattruong @chocolate1eclaire @walmsley.adam @pippawolf for reading a very early draft. . . . . . . . . . . #tax #ird #nztax #ir3 #nzaccounting #hnry #nzmoney #ausmoney #happiness #enough #iwillteachyoutoberich #article #australianwriter #aublogger #nzblog #nzblogger #nzbloggers #nzwriter #nzwriters
A sneak peek to what’s inside Volume One of The Little Lit 👀 We’d love to grow the next edition, due out in August, so if you ever want to share news, updates, works-in-progress, opinions, or reviews - let us know! We’d love to hear from you. Link in bio 👋🏻 #nzwriters #nzartist #nzart #nzillustrators #nzpoetry #nzpoet #nzbook #nzbooks #nzbookcommunity #bookstagramnz #nzbookstagrammer #nzauthor #kiwi #kiwiwriters #illustration #writing #writingcommunity
We are SO excited to reveal the cover for The Little Lit: Volume One. The image was created by Yvonne Nikolaison from @yvonne_nikolaison_studio and more of her works can be seen inside the May edition (out now!) 🌸 There is a cost to purchasing a digital or physical copy of the journal, but we hope it isn’t too off-putting. We want to keep promoting and publishing our indie writers and artists and to do this, we just have to cover printing and delivery costs 💕 Speaking of promotion, we’ll be posting snippets from our profiles and excerpts of the writing included in this 24-page inaugural edition as the weeks go on - we hope you enjoy! #nzwriters #nzliterature #bookstagramnz #nzbookcommunity #nz #nzbook #nzbooks #kiwi #kiwiwriters #nzwriter #nzpoetry #nzart #nzartist #writersofinstagram #writersofig #artistsoninstagram #nzpoet
No pressure then. . . . #writing #writingcommunity #nzwriters #nzauthor #nzauthors #aucklandauthor #nzromancewriter #indieauthor #indieauthorsofinstagram #indieauthorcommunity #wlwauthor
Meet the author 📝 #madlovepunch #booktok #nzwriters #youngadultfiction #dunedin
Some poetry I’ve written lately ❤️💜💚✨ @daniellekionasinawrites #nzwriter #nzpoet #nzpoetry #nzwriters #poetry #poems #pasifikacreatives #samoan
Red, May 2024 @daniellekionasinawrites #nzwriter #nzpoet #nzpoetry #nzwriters #poetry #poems #pasifikacreatives #samoan
Red, May 2024 #nzwriter #nzpoet #nzpoetry #nzwriters #poetry #poems #pasifikacreatives #samoan
The Price Tag On Today A bouncy, motivational little poem I wrote a few years ago, which always brightens me up when I reread it. Let me know if you find it motivating, I hope this poem makes an impact for somebody out there this week! #poem #poetry #poetsofinstagram #instagrampoem #poems #motivational #inspirational #dailymotivation #motivationalquotes #writing #womenwriters #poetsofnz #nzwriters
Olive Green, April 2024 #samoan #pasifikacreatives #nzwriters #nzwriter #nzliterature #nzlit #nzpoetry #nzpoet #nzpoets
Sir Vincent O'Sullivan was the supervisor of my MA thesis on Northern Irish poetry at Victoria University in the 90s. He was astute, hilarious, charismatic, generous, and razor-tongued. We had wonderful meetings as I was researching and writing, each involving a good few minutes discussing my work, another few minutes as he kindly offered advice and insight, and the rest of the time spent discussing the ins and outs of the English department, scandals, the pomposity of various (ostensibly anonymous) professors and the ridiculousness of snobbery in academia. He would give that crooked smile, his eyes gleaming, lean back in his chair and say, "I probably shouldn't be saying this, but..." before launching into marvellously wicked and hilarious anecdotes about literary goings-on, fellow writers, and things he just couldn't stand (there were many). He was scathing about literary snobbery in particular, and supported me wholeheartedly in my desire to steer clear of literary theory in my thesis. For me it was all about the poems, the play of the words, and the politics on the page, and he was my biggest champion. I was awarded my MA with distinction, and that wouldn't have happened without Vincent. What a literary treasure we have lost. I was so privileged to be taught and supported by him. RIP, Sir V. #rip #vincentosullivan #poet #playwright #novelist #poems #novels #nzwriters #amightytotarahasfallen #thesis #mastersthesis #writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #nzauthors #englishliterature #Irish #Irishpoetry #academia #academics #literarytheory #literature #writer #sirvincent @nzsocietyofauthors
Never been to The Marlborough Book Festival before? Wondering what it's all about? To celebrate our tenth anniversary this year, here are ten reasons why we think you should come and experience it for yourself: 1. It’s all about books! What’s not to love? 2. It’s about writers - the festival aims to elevate authors and, thanks to generous sponsors, treat them to a wonderful weekend in Marlborough. 3. It’s all about readers - that’s you! We’ve created a social event to enjoy in the middle of winter. 4. It’s about conversations - audience members hear the author’s interviewed about their books, their lives, as well as their thought-provoking and compelling ideas and stories. 5. It’s a chance to connect - reading might be a solitary pastime, but when festival friends old and new catch up between sessions the vibe is level, companionable and creative. 6. It’s about variety and choice- a range of authors talk on a range of subjects, fiction and non-fiction. 7. It’s a chance to take a risk and hear from an author you’ve not read before. 8. It’s a chance to play it safe and hear from an author you’ve long admired and to let them know in person when you get your book signed. 9. It’s about the warm fuzzy feeling you’ll get when you learn that your ticket purchases help to support author visits to schools, making it possible for our tamariki to meet authors right here in Blenheim. 10. It’s about good old fashioned Marlborough hospitality and being part of a wonderful Marlborough community phenomenon created by a dedicated team of volunteers and supported by an incredible network of people right through the community. Ok, we know we said ten reasons but…. 11. It’s a chance to nurture your creative fire! After hearing from wonderful authors, we’ve had people tell us they had renewed enthusiasm to read and to write. Could Marlborough’s next top novelist be inspired? Feeling excited? Us too! Mark it on your calendar- The Marlborough Book Festival 2024 will be on from Thursday the 25th July to Sunday 28 July 2024. Tickets on sale soon! #mbf24 #bookfestival #nzauthors #bookworm #marlbookfest #litfestival #nzwriters #authors #marlboroughbookfestival #marlboroughnz #books
@kateatkinsoncreative ❤️ . #nzwriters #qotd #nzpoets #nzpoetry #poetry #poetrynewzealand #poet #poetrypunch #quoteoftheday #quote #quotes #writersofinstagram #writer #writerlife
I love the writing community - one of the other authors gave me this when I sold my first book at the #agesofpages2024 today. #feelthelove #nzauthor #nzwriters
Dark Purple, April 2024 #nzwriters #nzwriter #samoanpoet #samoanwriter #pasifikacreatives #poetry #poem #poets #poems #nzliterature #nzlit #nzpoetry
Another pakipaki for our Novel Excerpt winners 👏🏻👏🏻 @williamforrester.author @megan_clare_writes @craigarthur_nz Our Micro-Fiction competition is also now open for entries… ✍🏻 #nzwriters #nzfiction #nzbookcommunity #nz #nzwriter #microfiction #nzbook #nzbooks #bookstagramnz #nzbooks #nzbookstagrammer #nzbookstagram
LIVESTREAMED EVENTS ON SALE NOW We are pleased to announce that we will be livestreaming several events during the Karukatea Festival for our friends and followers who can’t make it to the Festival. For those around New Zealand and the world who would like to access these livestreams, tickets are on sale now at Eventfinda for these events: Where's Left? What Does That Even Mean? - Featherston Anzac Hall, Sat 11 May 11:00am – 12:30pm Te Tiriti O Waitangi: What Tangata Whenua Say - Featherston Anzac Hall, Sat 11 May 1:30pm – 3:00pm The Secrets Of Living Well While Living Long - Kiwi Hall, Sat 11 May 3:30pm – 5:00pm Pasifika Power - Featherston Anzac Hall, 11 May 2024 6.30pm–8pm Women on a Mission: Linda Clark & Moana Maniapoto, 11 May 2024 8:30pm - 9:30pm On The Couch: Tāme Iti - Featherston Anzac Hall, Sun 12 May 9:00am – 10:00am Author Spotlight: Carl Hayman - Featherston Anzac Hall, Sun 12 May 11:00am – 12:00pm The New Zealand Wars - Kiwi Hall, Sun 12 May 1:30pm – 3:00pm All livestream tickets are $15.00. Ticket link in bio.
This week, our Chief Executive Sam Irvine is talking about AI at the IFRRO Asia Pacific Committee in Hong Kong. Licensing content for use in AI datasets is achievable and good for both those using it and those whose content is being used. ⚖️ In case you missed it – our recent blog also asks if there are ways to ensure the development of AI is fair for everyone? We believe it’s possible to harness the potential of AI and uphold the rights of creators. 🔗 Read the blog at the link in our bio.
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Folly in the posh pit en route to @monamuseum ! Submit your wild and whimsical musings prior to submissions closing on April 30th for the opportunity for your writing to feature in Issue 002 and entertain discerning readers.
10 second review: El Flamingo by NZ author Nick Davies. Oh my gosh what a ride! As soon as our main character Lou drunkenly popped that mysterious stranger’s fedora on his head after a night in a Mexican bar, I knew it meant trouble. I mean, I actually covered my eyes and thought “Don’t do it Lou!!” 🫣 Fast paced, full of intrigue, mystery, and lots of funny moments, this book kept me entertained from the first page to the last. Definitely an easy read in the best possible way, the story unfolded and had me in its grasp with seemingly no effort on my part! Gifted book from the author in exchange for an honest review, and honestly, this book was absolutely bonkers and I loved it! Highly recommend. Thankyou so much for the wild ride Nick!! 🫣🫣🫣🫣🫣/5 #elflamingo #nzauthors #nzwriters #nzbookstagram #bookstagram #bookreview
New article: Money Series: The giving machine (link in bio) Artwork by @innerbeautybysierra Thanks to @christch0w @cynthiaa.gao @sierrattruong @walmsley.adam for reading drafts of this. Also @davegcameron @chocolate1eclaire @pippawolf for reading a very early draft. . . . . . . . . . . #giving #thegivingmachine #startgiving #nzmoney #ausmoney #happiness #enough #iwillteachyoutoberich #article #australianwriter #aublogger #nzblog #nzblogger #nzbloggers #nzwriter #nzwriters
So stoked to see an extract from my work in progress novel set to be published by @littlemonroelit. Congrats also to @craigarthur_nz and @megan_clare_writes #writing #fantasy #novelwriting #writingcompetition #nzwriters #typewriter
Congratulations to William Forrester @williamforrester.author for his top placing in our Novel Excerpt Competition! You’ll be able to read an excerpt of his work-in-progress ‘Through the Eyes of the Sun-Cat’ when our first edition of The Little Lit releases this May. Thank you so very much to everyone who entered. For more info about our top place-getters, our Featured Artists, and our next competition, subscribe to emails at littlemonroelit.co.nz #nzwriters #nzwriter #nzfiction #nzbook #nzbookstagrammer #nzbooks #nzbookcommunity #nzbookstagram #bookstagramnz #nzcommunity #nzcompetition
New book! Have you read it? #everythingisbeautifulandeverythinghurts #bookcover #rainbow #booklover #booknerd #bookaddict #nzbook #nzauthor #nzwriters #bookcommunity #bookconservation #runhappy #marathontraining
Squee, more award news! Thank you to everyone who voted for ONCE WE FLEW and "What Bones These Tides Bring" — I'm delighted to share that they are officially finalists in the 2024 Sir Julius Vogel Awards! Also thrilled to be sharing the shortlist with several NZ author friends and fellow anthology contributors 🎉 Conrgats to all the finalists 🥳 . . . . . #sirjuliusvogelawards #sjv #newzealandauthors #newzealandbooks #aotearoabooks #nzauthors #nzwriters #speculativefiction #scifiwriter #scifiauthors #sciencefictionbooks #sciencefiction #fantasy #fantasyauthors #horrorauthors #horror #bookstagram #writergram #authorgram #authorsofinstagram #nzspecfic #nzhorror #nzfantasy #nzscifi #bookcommunity #nzbookstagram #readingcommunity
Gay sky this morning. Turning it on, #tamakimakaurau #auckland . . . . . . . . #writer #writing #writersofinstagram #queerwriters #queerwriter #queerwritersofinstagram #lgbtwriters #lgbtwritersofinstagram #sapphicwriters #sapphicwritersonline #lesficwriter #author #authorcommunity #nzwriters #nzwriter #nzauthor #nzromancewriter
Thoughts and I
Artist, Dr Yolunda Hickman (@yolundahickman), spoke to Mark Amery on RNZ's segment Culture 101 (@radionewzealand) about MyCreativeRights, and how it encourages Aotearoa's creatives to record details of their creative works, which may help to prove provenance in case of copyright infringement. With the Catalogue feature, you can store contracts and key dates in one secure location. Listen to their discussion on all things MyCreativeRights, social media and AI 🔗 Link in our bio.
We cannot wait to meet the cohort of writers who will be joining @daniellekionasinawrites at our Term Two creative writing course hosted by @studioone.toitu 🌺 Book via the link in our bio! 🔗 Limited spaces 💜 What you will gain: 🔥 A network of Moana writers 🔥 Personalised guidance from a Samoan writer, poet, journalist and kaiako 🔥 Increased confidence in your writing ability and the value of your voice 🦋 Tools for gathering inspiration through a multidisciplinary creative practice 🦋 Experience using literary devices such as metaphor and imagery 🦋 An inclusive and collaborative space to talanoa with writers who are at varying stages of their journeys 🦋 Motivation to tell the stories that have always been on the tip of your tongue #nzcreative #nzwriters #nzwriter #nzcreatives #aucklandwriters #nzpoet #pasifika #samoan #pasifikacreatives #nzpoets #nzpoetry
And I wouldn’t change it for the world 🥰 #writerscommunity #firstdraftclub #justkeepswimming #writersofinstagram #nzwriters
Are you interested in knowing when the next Red Collie Mystery will be available? Yes? Yay! It's super simple to sign up for my occasional email newsletter where I share book news, reviews and other wee things I think might of interest to good people like you who buy books for 7-12 year old readers. You'll hear when the second Red Collie Mystery is published in the next few months and maybe we'll have a nice giveaway for New Zealand followers 🤩 Follow the link in my bio to see the "sign up for book news" button. Look forward to chatting with you soon! Thanks Kate #nzauthor #nzbooks #nzkidsbooks #nz #nzwriters #nzbordercollies #nzdogs #nzdoglovers #nzjackrussells #juniorfiction #nzjuniorfiction #booksforkids #kidsbooks #kiwikidsbooks #kiwiauthor #nzstoriesforkids #buynzmade
10 second review: Through a Glass Darkly by (NZ author) David Barclay-Miller. *An Autistic Boy’s Daunting Rite Of Passage. Well! If you are looking to read the story of someone who has risen through hardship, this is it. Whilst there were lots of parts that were hard to read, or unbelievable in the way that your mind can’t fathom people treating others this way…there were also bits where you are grateful for the kindness and empathy shown when the right people cross David’s path. This is set in the 60’s and 70’s in New Zealand, where he was raised in a religious cult. We follow David through his schooling, university, and many different kinds of jobs, which often lead him to be in some shockingly violent and damaging situations. The book is sprinkled with funny moments, crazy Kiwi characters and beautiful descriptions of our NZ landscapes. I’ll definitely be starting on Volume 2 soon! *Gifted copy in return for an honest review. Thankyou David! #throughaglassdarkly #nzbooks #nzauthors #nzbookstagram #nzwriters #nzbookcommunity
#poetry #poetrycommunity #sadpoems #poemsaboutlife #poemsabouteczema #creativewriting #creativeexpression #dépression #sadnessandsorrow #nzwriters #nzpoems
"For a moment the loss of the letter I had written seemed to be unimportant beside the fictional gift of the loss as if within every event lay a reflection reached only through the imagination and its various servant languages, as if, like the shadows in Plato's cave, our lives and the world contain mirror cities revealed to us by our imagination, the Envoy. " * This is the inspiring, devastatingly honest third and concluding volume of author Janet Frame's (1924-2004) autobiography, covering her formative years. Janet Frame left New Zealand in 1956, on the boat the Ruahine, to broaden her horizons, supported by a literary grant. She was 32 years old. Her short story collection 'The Lagoon' had just been published, and her first novel 'Owls Do Cry' was about to appear. This is a journey of discovery, of places; Ibiza, Andorra and especially London, and of people; Bernard, her first lover, El Vici Mario, her fiancee, and the overbearing Patrick Reilly, amongst others. But this is especially the story of her journey to mental health, with the help of the doctors at the Maudsley hospital in London, and her increasing commitment to literature, resulting in three further novels; 'Faces in the Water', 'The Edge of the Alphabet' and 'Scented Gardens for the Blind'. Janet Frame returned to New Zealand in 1963, and went on to pursue a distinguished literary career. * #janetframe #theenvoyfrommirrorcity #autobiography #biography #1950s #postworldwar2 #thelagoon #owlsdocry #bookstagram #readersofinstagram #travelwriter #mentalhealth #becomingawriter #facesonthewater #theedgeofthealphabet #scentedgardensfortheblind #maudsleyhospital #nzliterature #nzwriters #nzfiction #nzauthor
@letsescapril day 9 — bad habit 🫣 i wrote this in five minutes just for the sake of getting it done because i will NOT miss two days of escapril within the same week 🥲 this doesn’t even count as poetry anymore but be patient w me pls thank u #escapril #escapril2024 #napowrimo
Today I attended a #nzsocietyofauthors workshop hosted by @kleharivel and featuring author #traceyslaughter who was exploring character in depth! It was affirming to see an author speak about the #actingtools used for #characterdevelopment. Because of my history in theatre, characters have always come easily to me, I can feel and see them clearly in my mind. But one of the things I often fall victim to in my writing is being too introspective. I forget to practice the experience of the bodily when putting words into the page. Tracey was excellent at reminding #authors about how important the physical relationship of bodily awareness is to crafting real and experienced characters. I am excited to return to some of my characters and implement bodily awareness into the page more fully! It's funny, while she was talking, I was reminded of my days workshopping fresh actors in #sheilahwinnshakespeare. I had my cast imprint their characters onto themselves, bit by bit and eventually walk around and interact with eachother. Even at 17, I was very intense about character development for the stage! The play was #titusandronicus and after a few weeks of adopting this technique, I remember a day where we caught our reflection in the window and some of us freaked out because we no longer saw ourselves, but our characters staring back at us! It was both horrifying and exhilarating. Almost 20 years later, #tamora still lives in the back of my head somewhere! I'd forgotten that this could be a useful tool to my writing practice too - I love how workshops reinvigorate creative practice! #theatre #writing #workshops #onlineworkshops #nzauthors #authorssupportingauthors #professionaldevelopment #upskilling #writerscommunity #connecting #exploring #creating #buildingcharacters #tipsforwriters #creativewriting #indepthcharacters #writingwell #explorecharacters #creativeprocess #nzwriters
There has been a total eclipse of the sun, what an astonishing moment to witness in these troubled times...it must has stirred up my spirit in the night hence, a rush of words this morning. Read my musings - Signs in the sky at the end of the world on my blog - breakallmyfalls.blogger.com. Link in bio #nzpoet #nzsummerofreading #eclipse #2024 #heavens #astronomy #nzwriters #farnorthnz #nzpoetryday
day 6: a childhood memory 👶🧠 this one stumped me so i had to work around a little 🤫 also trying out some new fonts hehe 🫶 • • • • • • • #poetsofinstagram #poetry #poems #māori #poetrycommunity #nzartists #nzwriters #childhood #explore #memory #poetrylovers #writer #writersofinstagram #poet #poem #poets #information #2024 #writerschallenge #nz #nzauthor #nzartist #blackandwhite #life #escapril #escapril2024
Tadaaa! I turned my poem “Ie Lavalava” into a painting for the @rainbowgames2024 with support from @nevertheless_nz! 🌺💜🌈 Fa’afetai tele lava for this opportunity to support such an important kaupapa and celebrate our beautiful rainbow communities. Alofa tele atu 🔥✨✨✨ Read more of my poetry at @daniellekionasinawrites 💌✍🏼 #pacificrainbow #nzwriter #nzwriters #moanaart #pacificislander #samoan #pasifikacreatives #nzliterature #pacificbusiness #creativewriting #writingcommunity #writinginspiration #nzpoetry #nzpoet #nzpoets #nzlit #pasifikaentrepreneurs #rainbow #pacificart #pasifikaart
@letsescapril day 6 - a childhood memory ☁️ i also remember sitting in the funeral hall watching the memorial video use YOU RAISED ME UPPP and thinking wow this song is a banger #escapril #escapril2024 #napowrimo