PROGRAMME
The NZSA National Writers Forum runs from Friday night to Sunday afternoon. There are multiple sessions on at one time and you can plan your days using the programme below, the Sessions page where you can sort by session type or subject matter or the Speakers page.
You might also like to enter Perfect Pitch for your chance to pitch and win a one-on-one session with a publisher or agent during the NWF.
TIME
Friday 21 September
6:00 pm
Registration opens
7:00 pm
Mihi Whakatau
The legacy of more than 80 years of the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa.
Opening address Joanne Harris, appearing by videolink from the UK.
Opening address Morris Gleitzman, appearing by videolink from Australia.
Janet Frame Memorial Lecture delivered by Chris Else, 2018-19 NZSA President of Honour of the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa.
Drinks and Nibbles
TIME
Saturday 22 September
8:00 am
Registration opens
9:00 am
Keynote addresses: LANI WENDT YOUNG and ANITA HEISS
10:10am
Morning tea
10:40 am
Masterclass:
CREATING
3D CHARACTERS
facilitated by Brannavan Gnanalingam (SOLD OUT)
Masterclass:
LANGUAGE AND EDITING
facilitated by John Marsden (SOLD OUT)
Workshop:
HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH
facilitated by Lani Wendt Young
Workshop:
WRITING SHORT
facilitated by Pip Adam (SOLD OUT)
12:00pm
1:00 pm
GET YOUR HUSTLE ON
facilitated by Penny Hartill
Workshop: WRITING FICTION AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION: POINT OF VIEW
facilitated by Paula Morris (SOLD OUT)
HEARING OUR FOOTPRINTS:
A CONVERSATION WITH
MAUALAIVAO ALBERT WENDT
with Victor Rodger
1:55 pm
Changeover
2:05 pm
GETTING HOT AND BOTHERED
facilitated by Catherine Robertson, Lani Wendt Young and Steff Green
HYBRID MEMOIR
AND CREATIVE NON-FICTION
Renée and Lynn Jenner in conversation
Workshop: HEARING YOURSELF THINK: The Use of Voice in Fiction facilitated by Charlotte Randall (SOLD OUT)
Workshop: WRITING FOR YOUNGER READERS
facilitated by Kyle Mewburn (limit of 40 participants)
3:00pm
Afternoon tea
3:30 pm
TRANSLATING THE STARS
Anahera Gildea, Herewini Easton and Vana Manasiadis in discussion.
Workshop: BOTTOM UP OR TOP DOWN?
Writing Process for Essay and Memoir Writers facilitated by Lynn Jenner (limit of 40 participants)
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE PUBLISHING WORLD?
with Melanie Laville-Moore, Sam Elworthy, Tony Burrow and Pania Tahau-Hughes; chaired by Kevin Chapman
Workshop: PLOTS THAT WORK
facilitated by John Marsden
4:25 pm
Changeover
5:30 pm
2018 Copyright Licensing New Zealand Writer’s Award and winners of the 2018 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants announced by Copyright Licensing New Zealand CE Paula Browning.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
TIME
Sunday 23 September
8:00 am
Registration opens
9:00 am
Keynote Address by John Marsden
10:00 am
Morning tea
10:30 am
Masterclass: GET TO GRIPS WITH NARRATIVE DESIGN AND STRUCTURE
facilitated by James George (SOLD OUT)
Workshop: SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A STORY
Your 101 guide to getting started! Facilitated by Anita Heiss (SOLD OUT)
WHO NEEDS BOOKS WHEN YOU’VE GOT DIGITAL PLATFORMS?
with Rhonda Kite ONZM and Edwin McRae; chaired by Pip Adam
THE BUSINESS OF BEING A WRITER
with Catherine Robertson, Tracy Farr, Vicki Marsdon and Ranjana Gupta
12:00 pm
1:00 pm
YA OR NOT YA, THAT IS THE QUESTION
Mandy Hager and Lani Wendt Young; chaired by Anna Mackenzie
MAKING IT IN THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET
with Paula Morris, David Ling and Tracy Farr
Masterclass: A PLACE TO COME TO:
Poetry and Place facilitated by Siobhan Harvey (SOLD OUT)
NURTURING THE MUSE:
Managing Stress and Well-Being in the Modern World facilitated by Paul Huljich, followed by a Q & A
1:55 pm
Changeover
2:05 pm
INDIGENOUS WRITERS TALK
Anita Heiss and Paula Morris in conversation
WRITING SERIES: CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS
with Mandy Hager, Vanda Symon and Kyle Mewburn; chaired by Anna Mackenzie
ADAPTATIONS:
Books into TV and Other Mediums with Rhonda Kite ONZM, Martin Baynton and Charlotte Grimshaw; chaired by Samantha Blackley
Workshop: MAKING MAGIC EVERYDAY
facilitated by Lee Murray (SOLD OUT)
2:55 pm
Changeover
3:00 pm
WHERE TO FROM HERE? with Anne O’Brien, Jo Cribb, Peter Dowling, Malcolm Burgess, Sarah Forster and Jenny Nagle; chaired by Elizabeth Jones.
4:00 pm
Closing remarks
End of conference
NATIONAL WRITERS FORUM
The NZSA brings you this unique national conference for all New Zealand writers. Join prestigious local and international speakers who will share their knowledge, their ideas and their experience and meet others from New Zealand’s writing community.
WHEN & WHERE
21 – 23 September 2018
Owen G. Glenn Building
University of Auckland
12 Grafton Road, Auckland
CONTACT US
Email: nwf@nzauthors.org.nz
Phone: 09 379 4801
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