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The home of creative writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Undergraduate courses, MA and PhD. Also: harbour views and baking.
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Spotted at Wellington airport! Two books out and two launches next week - you’re all invited. If you live in Hawkes Bay come along on Tuesday 23 July, 5.30pm to Smith & Sheth wine bar, and in Wellington. Wednesday 24 July, 6pm at Unity Books! My shout, come on down xx
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A lot of people are choosing to look away right now in the face of something that is making Doctors Without Borders say things like this
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Well Simeon Brown your ideological, fact free policy on raising speed limits is a bust: The experts said no The evidence says no The public says no Auckland Council said no in an 18 to 3 vote
Large majority of Kiwis want slower speeds, despite Govt policy to raise themwww.nzherald.co.nz A survey by NZTA has found that Kiwis like the lower speeds the Government is changing.
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Fascinating conversation between Kate Duignan & CNZ/THW Writer in Residence Ingrid Horrocks yesterday at Writers on Mondays - next week we’re back in this beautiful space at Te Papa with poets Jake Arthur, Jane Arthur & Sylvan Spring
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14 October 1981: the day someone tried to assassinate the Queen in Dunedin – a true story immoderately elaborated. teherengawakapress.co.nz/content/THE%...
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Don’t forget that CNZ/THW Writer in Residence Ingrid Horrocks is our guest at 1215 today in Writers on Mondays. She appears in conversation with Kate Duignan, Rongomaraeroa, Level 4, ⁦‪@Te_Papa‬⁩ ⁦‪@CreativeNZ‬⁩ ⁦‪@thwupbooks‬⁩
Writers on Mondays | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonwww.wgtn.ac.nz
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tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events... Talking with Kate Duignan tomorrow as part of @modernletters.bsky.social wonderful Writers on Mondays series. Good topic: Women’s Lives
The Voyages Women Take: Ingrid Horrocks | Te Papatepapa.govt.nz
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“Nyman's poetry reminds of the American poet Elizabeth Bishop's way of choosing the path via the non-human in her poems in order to write precisely about humanity.” - To get out of a riptide, you must move sideways reviewed in Svenska Dagbladet!
Död och krig borde inte vara så ljust | SvDt.co RECENSION. Mikaela Nymans nya diktsamling gestaltar klimatkatastrof och krig, men tonen är inte lika brännande rak som i poesidebuten. Therese Eriksson läser ett rikt verk från ett pandemistängt Nya Z...
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The longlist for the Ngaios includes IIML graduates Eleanor Catton, Catherine Chidgey and Claire Baylis: congratulations all!
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Next week Writers on Mondays features memoirist, essayist, poet, fiction writer, and scholar Ingrid Horrocks on the Voyages Women Take. Ingrid is the 2024 CNZ/THW Writer in Residence at the IIML. Te Rongomaraeroa, ⁦‪@Te_Papa‬⁩, 1215⁦‪ ⁦‪- free. tepapa.govt.nz/visit/events...
The Voyages Women Take: Ingrid Horrocks | Te Papatepapa.govt.nz
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We heard Flora Feltham (MA21) speak about her essay collection Bad Archive at Writers on Mondays: yesterday was publication day, and the launch is at Unity Books next Thursday. The cover features Flora’s ‘beach simulator’!
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. Sir Keir Starmer isn’t much of a charmer. His idea of fun is getting things done. .
. Joe Biden Is no Poseidon But he’s all at sea If you ask me. .
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It's a huge pleasure to welcome Dr Tru Paraha (Ngāti Hineāmaru, Ngāti Kahu o Torongare) as our new colleague in Māori literature in the ELCC programme. She'll be teaching Public Writing this year, but stay tuned for new courses in Māori writing in 2025! Nau mai, haere mai Tru
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Ah haha oh god, VUW English Department is closing its Facebook page because Meta AI is automatically responding to comments there like it is the actual English Department. I don't actually know how this is not illegal.
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Ah haha oh god, VUW English Department is closing its Facebook page because Meta AI is automatically responding to comments there like it is the actual English Department. I don't actually know how this is not illegal.
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The harbour is hallucinating. It is rising above itself, halfway up the great blue hills. Dinah Hawken
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It’s a beautiful day to see Airini Beautrais & Flora Feltham talk about their fearless & funny essays with Michelle Duff at Te Papa’s Te Huinga Centre, 1215: take the r/h lift from the foyer to Level 3 and you’ll be there! #WritersonMondays #free
Beautiful Archives: Airini Beautrais and Flora Feltham | Te Papawww.tepapa.govt.nz
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New data has given detailed insight into the number of protected species being killed by commercial fishers. In 3 months this year 6 Hector's dolphins, 160 albatrosses, 24 fur seals, 42 petrels, 38 shearwaters, 2 yellow-eyed penguins & 2 baleen whales were killed www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zea...
New data shows astonishing number of protected species killed by commercial fishers in three-month period | Newshubwww.newshub.co.nz Dozens of albatrosses, fur seals, dolphins and penguins have been killed by trawling nets - and that's just from a fraction of boats.
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Time to put Writers on Mondays in your diary on repeat! On 8 July we feature first essay collections by Airini Beautrais and Flora Feltham—women working out how to live their lives and how to write about them. 1215 Te Huinga Centre, Level 3, Te Papa, free! www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Writers on Mondays | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellingtonwww.wgtn.ac.nz
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Found on the wall above the IIML’s hardworking but not altogether trusty printer - author as yet unknown
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