The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the fifth time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers.
This three week residency is open to mid-career or established writers who have had a book published in the last two years.

The writer awarded the residency w...

The Judith Binney Trust is pleased to announce that applications for the 2027 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards will open on 11 May 2026.

Applications open 11 May 2026
Applications close 3 July 2026

If you are interested in applying please visit

Step away from the noise and reconnect with your writing. The Ripiro Beach Non-Fiction Writing Residency offers a creative nonfiction writer the chance to make meaningful progress on their work, with two restorative weeks at the Barron family bach at Ripiro Beach, plus a $1,500 stipend. 

Applications open now until 30 April 2026. 

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In the gap year of the biennial Blackball Readers and Writers’ Festival the organisers would like to offer a retreat/workshop over the King’s Birthday Weekend (30 May – 1 June).

What will be offered:
• Time to write.
• One to one feedback with a tutor – submit 12 pages of a manuscript beforehand.
• A sprinkling of concise craft workshops: plot, dialogue, im...

Tim Tipene, recipient of the 2026 Margaret Mahy Award for services to children’s literature delivered the annual lecture which can be read