Takahē is setting up shop and making an issue on-site during WORD. Drop in to find out what goes on behind the scenes at a literary magazine.
Vana Manasiadis and Kerry Dononvan Brown invite you to wander through a pocket of ancient bush, respond to writing prompts, engage your senses, think about space, history and deep time – and to write.
Whether you want to professionally present your own work, or hone your editing skills to improve other people's writing, this is the workshop for you.
In this workshop, Tracey Slaughter explores how to achieve grounded, dynamic writing in the short story form.
Learn about the art and craft of writing memoir in this masterclass by Dame Fiona Kidman.
Join Megan Dunn for a masterclass exploring how writing from life is an active fiction.
This workshop will help you to discover two essential ingredients for new work – a pulsating idea and a voice (character) to tell the tale.
Join Mohamed Hassan in this masterclass that weaves together storytelling, journalism and memoir to explore how a personal essay can help you tell your story.
A unique masterclass with Lloyd Jones which will explore the crucial role of 'imaginative risk' in writing.
As a Māori or Pasifika storyteller, what do you want the future of indigenous storytelling to look like?
Join Joanna Preston for this workshop designed to bring you gently into the world of poetry.
Learn the nuts and bolts of interviewing, journalism techniques, information gathering and structuring a story in this masterclass with award-winning RNZ journalist Guyon Espiner.
Under 25 with a message to spread or a story to tell? Come down for a mashup of free workshops, stalls and creative crafts.
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