Paul Diamond

Writing about the Māori World – a key concern of the writer and historian Michael King – will be the focus of a writing workshop to be held next February.

Tā te Ao Māori: Writing the Māori World is the third  writers’ residential workshop run by the Michael King Writers’ Centre. The centre was established in 2005 in memory of King who died in 2004, and aims to support New Zealand writers and to promote all aspects of New Zealand's literature, including fiction and non-fiction. Trustees say the writing workshops complement the residencies provided for working writers at the Writers’ Centre.

Blue Smoke by Chris Bourke wins 2011 New Zealand Post Book of the Year

Christopher Finlayson, Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage, tonight awarded music historian Chris Bourke the New Zealand Post Book of the Year, for his work Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964.