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We regularly hold social events and industry-related debates and/or training. Any person involved in books in New Zealand is welcome to attend LPF
sessions – publishers, editors, assistant editors, production managers, production assistants, designers, publicists, sales teams, typesetters,
proofreaders, indexers and others. Freelancers, self-employed people and newcomers to the publishing industry are welcome as well as staff of larger companies.
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The Local Publishers Forum AGM is to be held on Thursday, 18 March, 5.30pm (for a 6pm start) at the Penguin New Zealand offices on Apollo Drive. ALL WELCOME.
Please advise of any agenda items and RSVP to mail@lpf.org.nz
Drinks & nibbles provided.
News Thursday, 17 December 2009 Call for ApplicationsThe
University of Auckland/Creative New Zealand Writer-in-Residence
at the Michael
King Writers’ Centre 2010
The University of Auckland and the Michael King Writers’ Centre are calling for applications for a joint six-month writer’s residency in 2010.
The residency, supported by Creative New Zealand, will take place between July and December, during the University’s second semester. A stipend of $30,000 is offered.
News Thursday, 17 December 2009 Call for applications for 2010
The Michael King Writers’ Centre is calling for applications for the first Maori writer’s residency at the centre in 2010. The residency is being offered with the support of Te Waka Toi, the Maori Arts Board of Creative New Zealand.
Events Friday, 20 November 2009 3 December 2009
Come one, come all!
The world-famous-in-Auckland Local Publishers Forum Christmas Party
is being held on 3 December, 5.30 p.m. at One 2 One, 121 Ponsonby Road.
Events Wednesday, 05 August 2009 5 October 2009
Book indexers are invited to take part in a one-day advanced-level training course in Wellington on Monday, October 5. It will cover topics for fashioning professional back-of-book indexes, including the creation of subheadings, filing considerations for names, especially Māori and Aboriginal names, editing and proofing indexes, being a freelancer and quoting for jobs. The tutor will be Tordis Flath, founder of the New Zealand branch of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers, an ANZSI-registered indexer and winner of the ANZSI Medal.
The course is not for beginners. Participants should have done an ANZSI introductory or intermediate course or have experience producing indexes for publishers or institutions. The course will run from 9.15am to 5pm at Turnbull House in Bowen Street. The cost is $225 for ANZSI members and $275 for non-members. To register or ask for details, email Tordis Flath at indexing @ paradise.net.nz.
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The Michael King Writers' Centre has organised a literary event to mark Matariki. Four leading Maori writers have agreed to take part: novelist James George, historian Aroha Harris, playwright Albert Belz, children's author and founder of the Warrior School Tim Tipene.
They will explore the meaning of Matariki and celebrate Maori story-telling. The Depot Artspace, 28 Clarence St, Devonport
Wednesday July 1, 7 pm
Admission: Free This event is staged with the support of the North Shore City Council Creative Communities Scheme.
Hot on the heels of the riotously successful Great Debate, the Auckland Local Publishers Forum invites you to mix and mingle at our annual Midwinter Drinks. Escape the cold for an evening of warm conversation and catch-ups! Snaffle a raffle! Ace the quiz! Where: Galbraith’s Alehouse, 2 Mt Eden Road When: Thu 25 June, 5.30–7pm Cost: $10 (includes light refreshments and one drink)
To help us plan for the event, please RSVP to mail@lpf.org.nz (if you missed out on the Great Debate last week or you attended and are still chuckling about Peter Calder's ukulele song, keep an eye on the lpf website which will in the next week have a few of the debaters notes added to it.)
OK, so you haven't heard from us for a while but behind the scenes we've been planning great things, among them the next highly entertaining debate in an ongoing series hosted by the Local Publishers Forum.
This season's moot, "That the English language is in greater danger than the kokako", will be examined, defended and attacked by a stellar team comprising David Slack, Roger Hall, Jenny Cole, Jeremy Elwood, Peter Calder and Jill Marshall ably chaired by Belynda Smith (Children's and Teenage Service's Librarian at Takapuna Library). Given this great line-up, space will be at a premium so be sure to rsvp in plenty of time.
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