First Chapters
Find out about First Chapters 2010.
Note: Entries for 2010 are now closed.
First Chapters - Ngā Wāhanga Tuatahi is now its fourth successful year of operation. This coaching programme, formerly known as Writer in Manukau Libraries (WIML), provides an opportunity for local emerging writers to receive one-on-one coaching from already successful and established authors.
Past authors have included:
Write Around Manukau
The Write Around Manukau workshops are presented by Manukau Libraries and the NZ Society of Authors, and are funded by Manukau Libraries and the Creative Communities NZ Manukau City Scheme.
Workshops cover topics such as:
- Introduction to life writing
- Short-story writing
- Writing for children and teenagers
- Storytelling/storywriting
- Self-publishing - perils, pitfalls and profits
- Poetry - urban, natural and personal landscapes
- Introduction to screenwriting.
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Competitions
Library Week Twext Tales competition
Become a Twitterati sensation, write a stunning piece of Twitterature and win New Zealand’s first official e-reader: the Kobo.
For Library Week 2010 (August 16 – 22) Manukau Libraries is offering a Twittertastic short-story writing competition with a twist… and a tweet!!!
The competition requires entrants to be especially inventive: the composition of short stories in Twitter style; with strict limits on the amount of text. To find out more, view our Competition Rules.
'Watermelon' short story competition
'Watermelon' is a Manukau Libraries initiative supporting NZ Book Month 2009. The original story appeared in the NZ Listener, June 27, 1987 and author J.B. Ringer states that "'Watermelon' is set in a real place, Waitangi Falls, near Waiuku, where I grew up. The story pieces together a few fragments of adolescent memory. It's over to the reader to decide how real these are."
For more information view our 'Watermelon' competition rules, read the online short story or 
view the pdf version.
Author talks
Manukau Libraries often plays host to visiting authors, local, national and international, throughout most of our branches.
To date, our author talks have included:
Search our events calendar for author talks and book launches.
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Author E-interviews
Our Next Reads Romance E-interview newsletter has provided our staff with the opportunity to interview some of today's hottest romance authors, both emerging and already established. Each month we will add new e-interviews so you can meet the creative mind behind the books!
Current
Coming soon
Over the coming months we'll be adding some very revealing, candid and hilarious interviews. For now, check out what books we have by each profiled author by following the links below.
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