As convenor and judge in 2023 Ockham Poetry Awards, here is a link to me, discussing the shortlist, of Sedition by Anahera Maire Gildea, Always Italicise how to write while colonised, by Alice Te Punga Somerville, We’re Made of Lighting by Khadro Mohamed, and People Person by Joanna Cho
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/nights/audio/2018881004/poetry-prize-four-women
Creative Writing Dunedin is now taking enrolments for 2023 Courses which start mid February. New course will be taught via Zoom so can be undertaken anywhere in New Zealand. Please email Diane: diane@dianebrown.nz
Attached is a link to NZSA_Otago Southland writers including Diane Brown talking about entering competitions and what judges look for. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19cZ1evibAVaw89v_bTAe8LgcE3FnuYo1/view?usp=sharing
2021 Courses are now up and running. Most of the manuscript classes are full or have only one place left. For any of these please send an enquiry email to diane@dianebrown.nz
All online courses and face to face teaching courses currently have places. Maximum numbers for any classes are six, so please enrol early.
Covid 19 and Lockdown has affected Creative Writing Dunedin. primarily all online classes are running as usual. Face to Face classes have had dates changed. I will not be travelling overseas as planned so will remain as the tutor for all classes. Also in Lockdown have had new book published, Every Now and then I Have Another Child, Otago University Press, 2020