Sunday Focus July – A touch of emotion
A monthly presentation or workshop conducted by an award-winning local writer focusing on a topic relating to creative writing or being an indie author.
Haiuku Workshop
A monthly presentation or workshop conducted by an award-winning local writer focusing on a topic relating to creative writing or being an indie author.
Worldbuilding: a panel discussion
Join our expert panel of speculative writers as they discuss how they create plausible engaging worlds for readers of all ages. Moderated by SpecFicNZ president Grace Bridges, with panelists, Karen Cossey, Sharon Manssen, and Jean Gilbert.
MONTHLY WORK-IN-PROGRESS
Come along and check us out. You can attend a couple of sessions before committing to joining. Every first Thursday 7-9pm
Book Review – Dispossessed
Teenagers are all too familiar with being strangers in their own bodies; change is never easy. It is even harder to cope when you feel alone and unwanted. The apt title — Dispossessed — plays on losing who you thought you were in a world you thought you knew...
Book Review – A Path Through The Trees
Vivien Edwards pays tribute to English-born Mary Sutherland (1893-1955), the first female forestry graduate in the world. She frames the personal story in the context of the forestry situation in both New Zealand and Britain at the time.
Book Review – Saving Grace
Set in New Zealand, Saving Grace is the poignant autobiographical account of surviving an abusive twelve-year relationship with a violent and selfish man.
Tauranga Writers – 2020 Best Reads
2020 best reads include some of Lee Murray's 12 Sir Julius Vogel award winners
TAURANGA WRITERS BOOKS FOR SALE – CHRISTMAS 2020
CONTACT DETAILS TO ORDER AT BOTTOM OF PAGE Medar – Realm Trilogy (book one) by SR Manssen (Tom Fitzgibbon Award finalist for Best Youth Novel) A mysterious tablet. An ancient prophecy. A quest to find Tyrelia. Freya is half blind, poor, and lives in [...]
Book Review – Boo Goes Tutti Frutti
The alliteration and descriptive language that Rachel Weston plays with - “teetered... tottered... greedily guzzled” - made Boo Goes Tutti Frutti such a fun read, and excellent for tamariki who are learning language and eager to add to their vocabulary.