PROGRAMME

TIME

Friday 21 September

7:00 pm

Mihi Whakatau

The legacy of more than 80 years of New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa.

Opening address Phillip Pullman, appearing by Videolink from the UK.

Janet Frame Memorial Lecture delivered by Chris Else, 2018-9 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

10:10pm

Morning tea

10:40 am

Masterclass:
CREATING
3D CHARACTERS
facilitated by Brannavan Gnanalingam (limit of 25 participants)

Masterclass:
LANGUAGE AND EDITING
facilitated by John Marsden (limit of 40 participants)

Workshop:
HOW TO SELF-PUBLISH
facilitated by Lani Wendt Young

12:00pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

GET YOUR HUSTLE ON
facilitated by Penny Hartill

Workshop: WRITING FICTION AND CREATIVE NONFICTION: POINT OF VIEW 
facilitated by Paula Morris (SOLD OUT limit of 40 participants)

1:55 pm

Change over

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 (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 an 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

4:25 pm 

Change over

4:30 pm 

THE GREAT DEBATE: It Takes a Village to Raise a Writer

5:30pm – 7pm

COPYRIGHT LICENSING NEW ZEALAND AWARDS COCKTAIL PARTY Join us for drinks where Copyright Licensing New Zealand CE Paula Browning will announce the 2018 Copyright Licensing New Zealand Writer’s Award as well as the winners of the 2018 CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants.

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 limited to 15 places)

Workshop: SO YOU WANT TO WRITE A STORY
Your 101 guide to getting started! Facilitated by Anita Heiss  (limit of 20 participants)

WHO NEEDS BOOKS WHEN YOU’VE GOT DIGITAL PLATFORMS?
with Rhonda Kite ONZM and Edwin McRae; chaired by Pip Adam

12:00 pm

Lunch

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 (limit of 30 participants)

1:55 pm

Change over

2:05 pm 

INDIGENOUS WRITERS TALK
Anita Heiss and Paula Morris in conversation

WRITING SERIES: CHALLENGES AND CONSIDERATIONS
with Mandy Hager 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

2:55 pm

Change over

3:00 pm

WHERE TO FROM HERE? with Anne O’Brien, Jo Cribb, Peter Dowling, Malcolm Burgess, and Sarah Forster; chaired by Elizabeth Jones.

4:00 pm

Closing remarks

End of conference