You may have heard that the Whitireia Creative Writing Programme and its journal, 4th Floor, were brought to an end last year when the polytechnic discontinued almost but not all writing courses. The news was a blow to many of us in the literary community, who valued the support the Programme gave to the writing community of Aotearoa. Continue Reading
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It’s only a matter of time before our much-anticipated publication A Vase and a Vast Sea hits the bookshops. As it’s a limited print-run, we wanted to let you know that pre-sales end this Friday, 18 September. And we’d also like to… Continue Reading
Recently we posted about some exciting news: our upcoming publication, A Vase and a Vast Sea, is a celebration of 15 years of 4th Floor. But more than that, it’s a reunion of our community of creatives – teachers and… Continue Reading
We’re happy to announce that A Change of Key by Adrienne Jansen has been shortlisted for the NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2019. The results will be announced on 18 March. Judges Marcus Hobson, Rachel White and… Continue Reading
Is there such thing as a disabled writer? A hearty crowd packed The Great Debate at Wellington’s LitCrawl last month as a cast of ‘disability and literary luminaries’ debated: ‘There is no such thing as a disabled writer. We are… Continue Reading
The Weekend Herald has released a review of Adrienne Jansen’s A Change of Key that we really love. ‘…underlying the panic and the fear “like graffiti painted on the air” and the “desperate silence behind every door” flows the music: Stefan’s… Continue Reading
We love bookshops! This weekend you have our full permission to give your favourite bookshop haunt a hug. It’s National Bookshop Day and stores up and down the country are participating with all kinds of events. Head to the Booksellers… Continue Reading
Independent news outlet Scoop has released a glowing review of L.J. Ritchie’s Monsters of Virtue. ‘One of the early reviewers said Monsters of Virtue and Ritchie reminded them of John Marsden and, having just re-read Marsden’s iconic Tomorrow series, I couldn’t agree more. There’s a… Continue Reading
How do you research for a novel? Nailing that sense of authenticity is important. It’s good to write what you know, but you’re always going to come up against something that you don’t. And how do you identify those things… Continue Reading
Helen Waaka, author of short story collection Waitapu, shares her experience as a recipient of an Emerging Māori Writers Residency at the Michael King Writers Centre in 2018. During this time Radio New Zealand expressed interest in broadcasting stories… Continue Reading