Our guest writers this year have dozens of literary awards between them, but thanks to the New Zealand Society of Authors Caroline Barron and Fiona Kidman now have two more to add to the collection. That’s because Caroline and Dame Fiona were announced as winners at the NZSA Heritage Book Awards in Christchurch on Thursday. […]
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One of our goals at Queenstown Writers Festival is to engage young readers and nurture young writers. That’s why we have special categories for them in our short story competition for Otago/Southland writers. We’re excited to announce the shortlisted stories today – remember we can’t announce the names of the writers because the competition is
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We’re delighted to announce the stories that have made it to the short list of the Adult category of the inaugural Queenstown Writers Festival Short Story Competition. Dr Maxine Alterio has been given the task of whittling down the entries and ultimately choosing the winner. Maxine was one of our featured writers in 2019 –
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Some of New Zealand’s best writers are giving their support to this year’s Queenstown Writers Festival. Literary superstars Dame Fiona Kidman and Witi Ihimaera will be joined by cartoonist/writer Tom Scott and Ockham New Zealand Book Award winner Becky Manawatu for the four-day event, which will be held in Queenstown from 5 to 8 November,
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