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The Creative Hub: Write on the Waterfront
The Creative Hub provides a variety of writing courses, taught by some of New Zealand's leading writers and teachers of writing. Located on Auckland's beautiful Princes Wharf, we offer a stunning location in which to have fun and learn new skills. We aspire to the highest standards of excellence, and offer a supportive environment for you to explore your creativity.
New courses for 2012:
Introduction to Creative Writing, starts 30 April, 6pm to 8pm, 8 weeks
This course is intended to introduce you to some of the basic skills and techniques that can make writing so enjoyable. You might already keep a journal, or have written some poetry or short stories, but would like to find out about some of the tools professional writers use to make their work publishable. If so, then this is the course for you. Tutored by John Cranna.
Children's & Young Adult Fiction Writing Course, starts 26 April, 6pm to 8pm, 8 weeks
Writing for children is all about writing in a simple, fresh, vivid style. You will use techniques to feed your imagination, increase your creative powers and help you find original ideas for stories. Participants will be able to choose which topics they would most like to cover in-depth during the course. Taught by Janice Marriott, this course will offer insights, knowledge and opportunities for those who are absolute beginners to the pleasures of writing fiction, and also to those who have already written some stories, poems or even novels for children but have not managed to achieve publication.
Easter Fiction School Course, starts 7 April, 10am to 4pm, 3 days
Immerse yourself in this stimulating 3-day course of fiction writing, a repeat of our highly successful Summer Fiction School. You will learn how to transform your life stories into fiction, and hear about fiction techniques such as choosing the right point of view, when to use 'show not tell', writing great dialogue, and the magic of narrative voice. What is the Hero's Journey? How do you write engaging scenes? And what is the best way to end a story? We offer a fun and supportive group environment in which you can explore your writing ideas and create new stories. You may have written some stories or be writing a novel, or you might simply want to learn how to start. This is an inspiring introduction into the world of writing fiction, tutored by Creative Hub Director John Cranna.
Visit our website for more information www.thecreativehub.net.nz or email us at enquiries@thecreativehub.net.nz
The Arts on Sunday 1 April 2012 - Radio New Zealand National
12:40pm
Curator and artist Susan Wilson who's become an authority on the works of British painter Lucian Freud.
12:50pm
Christchurch Art Gallery update: With earthquake damage worse than first, gallery staff are thinking laterally, and this weekend sees the beginning of the Rolling Maul Exhibition.
Director Jenny Harper (left) gives us an update.
1:00pm
At The Movies: Young Dev Patel acquits himself well against seven of Britain's top actors in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
1:30pm
The life and times of Auckland visual arts critic, T J McNamara, who's been reviewing for The Herald for 46 years.
1:40pm
Devised theatre has a long-standing tradition in Europe and in layman's terms it's a way of telling stories in the theatre without the confines of working with an established script. Sonia Sly meets with Christian Penny, director of Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School; Tom McCrory, senior movement tutor (Toi Whakaari )and cofounder of Pacific Island theatre Company The Conch; and Bert Van Dijk, author of Devised Theatre: a practical guide to the devising process, to discuss the importance of devising, the problems of creation, and the need for surprise and accessibility within the theatre.
2:00pm
The Laugh Track: Scott Blanks previews some of the Comedy Festival's headliners.
2.30pm
Operatunity: The country's busiest touring company has helped many aspiring young singers to find an audience and a singing career and it's celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. Pic above - Operatunity's Geoffrey Hughes, Susan Boland and John Cameron.
2:40pm
Penguin Book Reviewer's Club: We find out about a pilot programme a publisher is trialling in Auckland, trying to encourage young people to review the books they read.
2:50pm
Visiting North American poet Rachel Blau Du Plessis who's on the verge of completing an epic poem she's been writing since 1986.
3:00pm
Listener's Pick: A movie adapted for the big screen by a playwright who adapted it from an LP Hartley novel - The Go-Between.
3:10pm
Henry the Sixth as a Balkan war trilogy: A short item from the BBC about the most controversial entry into the Shakespeare Festival Globe to Globe.
3.20pm
The Sunday Drama: Wrecks by Damien Wilkins - An Italian immigrant family's beliefs take a beating when their boat is wrecked in a storm.
For more information and images visit the Arts on Sunday web page: http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/artsonsunday
Saturday Morning with Kim Hill: 31 March 2012
8:15 Daniel Hamermesh: beauty pays
8:30 Damon Salesa: Pacific solutions
9:05 Greg McGee: love and money
9:45 Art with Mary Kisler: Vincent van Gogh
10:05 Lucinda Williams: songs and relationships
11:05 Sally Kabak: grandparent caregivers
11:40 Margo Lanagan: selkies
8:15 Daniel Hamermesh
Daniel S. Hamermesh is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Texas at Austin. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and was President of the Society of Labor Economists in 2000-01. He is the author of numerous articles and books, most recently Beauty Pays: Why Attractive People Are More Successful (Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-6911-4046-9 ).
8:30 Damon Salesa
Professor Toeolesulusulu Damon Salesa graduated from the University of Oxford with a Doctor of Philosophy in modern history, the first Rhodes Scholar of Pacific descent He has spent the last ten years at the University of Michigan, and returned to New Zealand as Associate Professor at the University of Auckland's Centre for Pacific Studies. Professor Salesa is a keynote speaker at the Growing Pacific Solutions for Our Families conference in early April, focusing on mental health, addiction and disability issues for Pacific peoples.
9:05 Greg McGeeAuckland writer Greg McGee is best known for his plays, particularly Foreskin's Lament, and has also scripted film and television drama. His book Love and Money (Penguin, ISBN 978-0-14-356740-0) is his third novel, but the first under his own name. Greg will be a guest at the 2012 Auckland Writers and Readers Festival (9-13 May).
9:45 Art with Mary Kisler
Mary Kisler is the Senior Curator, Mackelvie Collection, International Art, at the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki. She will discuss the life and work of Vincent van Gogh, including two paintings in the Degas to Dali exhibition, which features masters from the National Galleries of Scotland, currently exhibiting at the Auckland Art Gallery (to 10 June). Images under discussion are available for view in the Art on Saturday Morning gallery on our web page.
10:05 Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams is a Grammy Award-winning singer songwriter who has been mixing rock, blues, folk and country music in her music since her debut recording in 1979 through to last year's album, Blessed. She visits New Zealand next month for concerts in Auckland (Town Hall, 10 April) and Wellington (St James, 11 April).
11:05 Sally Kabak
Sally Kabak and her husband are caregivers to their granddaughter. Based on her experience, Sally has written a book, Grandchildren: Our Hopes and Dreams - A Modern and Practical Guide to Raising Grandchildren (Xlibris, ISBN 978-1-4653-9866-6).
11:40 Margo Lanagan
Margo Lanagan is an Australian writer of short stories and young adult fiction. Her latest book, Sea Hearts (Allen & Unwin, ISBN 978-1-7423-7505-2), has the legend of the selkie as its background (and has been retitled The Brides of Rollrock Island outside of Australia and New Zealand).
Saturday Morning repeats
Preview: Saturday 7 April
Kim's guests will include Greg O'Brien, Joyce Alberts, and Sonny Tilders.
Producer: Mark Cubey
Wellington engineer: Damon Taylor
Auckland engineer: Ian Gordon
More information follows on Saturday's guests, repeats of previous interviews, next week's programme, and this email list. As this is live radio, guests and times may change on the day.
Email: Saturday@radionz.co.nz
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