Events
NFFD CENTRES – CELEBRATING NORTH TO SOUTH June 22!
Come celebrate the shortest stories on the shortest day of the year with award-winning writers, competition winners and special guest readers!
Note: The 2024 events take place Saturday, June 22, in the afternoon, between 2.30 and 4.30pm. Below are locations and further information. Queries: nationalflash@gmail.com
Find an event near you! See you on the 22nd!
Whangārei
2.30pm start
Dickens Inn Private Function Room
71 Cameron Street, Whangārei
Northland writers reading short, short stories
National and regional winners announced
Guest readers:
Emma Philips, Piet Nieuwland, Tracie Lark, Sherryl Clark, June Pitman-Hayes, Michael Botur
Door prize ~ Bird Child & Other Stories by Patricia Grace
Food and drinks available to purchase
Short story, poetry collections & T shirts available to purchase
All welcome, limited space, please RSVP to whangareilibrary3.30flash@gmail.com
Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland
2.30pm
Whare Wānanga, Level 2 of the Auckland Central City Library
A special event with longlisted, shortlisted and Micro Madness writers
Kirikiriroa Hamilton
FLASH LAB!
12.30pm – 3.00pm
Take a shot at flash this June!
Kirikiriroa plays host to the first ever flash lab at the Hamilton Central library
Hosted by Imé Corkery and Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, in collaboration with Tracey Slaughter
Bringing the public face to face with talented local flash fictioneers in twenty-minute workshops. Each speed workshop will get you to hone your writing instincts.
Workshops will be followed by an open mic reading of attendees’ flash fiction and the announcement of the National Flash Fiction Day winners by award winning flash writer Dadon Rowell.
Te Whanganui a Tara Wellington
2.30pm – 4.30pm
Newtown Library, 13 Constable St, Newtown, Wellington, New Zealand
With NFFD co-judge Rachel O’Neill
Book giveaways & sharing of kai
Guest readers:
Oscar Sweetman, Maggie Rainey-Smith, Janis Freegard, Sudha Rao, Mia Farlane,
Kristen Phillips, Tīhema Baker, Tim Jones, Annette Edwards Hill, Rebecca Styles,
Victoria Quade, Dame Fiona Kidman, Philippa Werry
and romesh dissanayake, with Constance Phua MC’ing
Nau mai rā tātou katoa | Everybody is welcome.
If you would like to, please bring a plate to share.
Ōtautahi Christchurch
3-4.30 pm
Auaha Hīhī / Spark Place, Tūranga
60 Cathedral Square
Guest readers
Jenna Heller – The End of the Beginning (new book! Pre-order here!)
Jessica Hurrell – Write On School for Young Writers
FB page: NFFD Ōtautahi Christchurch
Ōtepoti Dunedin
RHYTHM & SOUND
2.30pm – 4.30pm
Alexander Pianos, Stuart Street, Central Dunedin
Flash and micro, music, book giveaways and more!
Long and short list writers sharing work:
Janean Cherkun, Bethany Rogers and Hannah Jay
plus special collaborations with percussionist Carl Woodward
Ekphrastic writing from school-aged youth and emerging voices
Guest readers
David Eggleton, Diane Brown, Liz Breslin,
Claire Lacey and Mikaela Nyman,
with Thomas Cairncross MCing.
All welcome – come celebrate with us and Alexander Pianos!
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