A very special event in Christchurch will be held on June 13th to celebrate winners and finalists of...
October events in Christchurch
We have a couple of workshop events going on in Christchurch which may be of interest. Brought to...
Christchurch Writers Festival 27-31 August
The Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival, WORD, is back! This year it’s taking place from 27 to 31...
Children’s & YA Book Awards Festival
The New Zealand Post Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Festival will take place across Aotearoa from 17 to...
Auckland Writers Festival 14-18 May
The Auckland Writers Festival is coming up soon! Browse the programme online here or as an ebook here. Events...
Help get Dan Rabarts to Continuum X
SpecFicNZ member Dan Rabarts, this year’s winner of two Sir Julius Vogel Awards, one for Best New Talent and...
Dunedin Writers Festival 6-11 May
The Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival 2014 is now on! You can find the full programme here. Events...
Writers’ workshops at the Children’s Bookshop (Wellington)
The Children’s Bookshop has announced its Sunday Seminar calendar for 2014. Spaces are limited, so if you are...
Can you tell a story in 100 words?
Writers Bloc and rip publishing are teaming up for a one-off publishing experiment. They’re hoping to turn very...
Wellington Winds Up The Words
Wednesday night in Wellington Central Library saw the last of our three Words on the Wind reading events,...
Critiquing Workshop – Christchurch
Have you got writing you’d like feedback on? Do you want to join a critique group, but aren’t...
Creator of Sookie Stackhouse Coming to NZ
Charlaine Harris, bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, will be visiting New Zealand from August 5 –...
Christchurch Writers Festival: Why YA?
SpecFicNZ is thrilled to see that two of our members, Jane Higgins and Helen Lowe, are featured authors...
New Christchurch Writers’ Guild
Are you a writer local to Christchurch and looking for some support, writerly companionship and networking? Then be...
SoCNoC
The Southern Cross Novel Challenge, or SoCNoC, is a yearly event held every June. The southern hemisphere’s version of National Novel...