Bill Manhire House
The building at 16 Waiteata Road on Kelburn campus, which is home to the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is to be named Bill Manhire House.
2016 News
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Leading writers and exciting new voices in this year's writers on Mondays programme
The 2016 programme is now available to read or download.
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Turbine | Kapohau 16 goes live
This year's edition issue combines a new look with literature from writers who aren’t afraid to tackle change.
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Pre-Treaty TV series wins David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize
This 2016 winner of the Brad McGann Film Writing Award has been announced.
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Poetry critic Stephen Burt to give a public masterclass in Wellington
Steered by Emeritus Prof. Bill Manhire, Harvard Professor Burt will illuminate the pleasures of recent poems by American, British and New Zealand writers.
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2017 Ockham NZ Book Awards longlist announced
Victoria's Creative Writing graduates and staff make a strong showing on the new longlist.
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Steven Toussaint and Gregory Kan awarded the 2017 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship
Both poets are graduates of Victoria's Creative Writing programme.
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Airini Beautrais wins 2016 Landfall Essay Competition
The poet and PhD Creative Writing has won first place in this year's competition. Second place went to fellow PhD Creative Writing Michalia Arathimos.
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Anna Smaill's debut novel wins World Fantasy Award
The Chimes, by the Victoria lecturer and MA in Creative Writing graduate, has won Best Novel at the prestigious Awards.