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Writers' WORKSHOPS

Hallway oin the Writer's Centre
Hallway inside the Writers' Centre

Writing Workshops

The Michael King Writers’ Centre offers writing workshops from time to time. It has held workshops for beginner adult writers, a residential workshop on writing history and biography for adult writers and workshops for young writers.

The workshop programme is currently being reviewed. In March 2010, a series of workshops for young writers from North Shore secondary schools has been organised.

Young Writers Workshop (March 2010)

North Shore secondary schools have been invited to nominate their top creative writing students to take part in a series of four workshops in March 2010.

The workshops are funded with a grant from the North Shore City Council Creative Communities Scheme.

The tutors will be Rosalind Ali, Head of English from St Cuthbert’s College, and Johanna Emeney, a poet who teaches at Kristin School. As well as the main tutors, well-known writers will be visiting tutors.

There will be four workshops in the series, on Sunday afternoons on 7, 14, 21 and 28 March 2010, from 1 pm to 4pm.

Each North Shore secondary school is invited to nominate two of its most promising creative writers for this opportunity. There are a maximum of 20 places. The nominated students must be available to attend all four workshops in the series. The participants will be required to pay a fee of $40 to cover incidental costs.

Subject to demand, there may be places in the programme for other students who live on the North Shore. Students should contact the centre to inquire - administrator@writerscentre.org.nz