WORKSHOPS

Join one of our Creative Writing Workshops

Writers Practice hosts creative writing workshops in Kāpiti, online and periodically in other locations around Aotearoa. We currently offer 1-2 day workshops (in person and online) and a longer four week course. All courses are limited to 12 participants to allow for deeper engagement and connection. 

Please see below for the latest offerings. 

We offer some scholarship places on each of our programmes. If you’d like to be considered for a scholarship please select the deposit only option and internet banking and then fill in this short form.

If you’re not sure what’s right for you or you’re looking for something residential, check out the Kāpiti Writers’ Retreat or get in touch!

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Current Offerings

KICKSTARTER: GET THAT STORY OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND ONTO THE PAGE! (ONLINE)

Mandy Hager

20 & 27 OCTOBER, ONLINE

Do you have a story you’re burning to tell but don’t know how to tackle it? Whether fiction, memoir or narrative based non-fiction, you’ll learn how to centre a story around a point of view character, tying plot, character and theme together to create a unified whole.

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Previous Workshops

PAINTING OVER THE PHOTO – FICTION IN A REAL LIFE LANDSCAPE

SUE ORR

WEAVING IN THE THREADS

WHITI HEREAKA

POETRY AS SPELL-CASTING

LYNN DAVIDSON

MEMORIES, RELIABLE AND OTHERWISE (ONLINE)

GIGI FENSTER

Ruby Solly credit Sebastian Lowe

WALKING BACKWARDS INTO THE FUTURE (ONLINE)

RUBY SOLLY

SOME EXERCISES FOR THE POETIC MUSCLE

ALISON WONG

PURE PSYCHIC AUTOMATISM

RUBY SOLY

Mandy Hager

KICKSTARTER: GET THAT STORY OUT OF YOUR HEAD AND ONTO THE PAGE!

MANDY HAGER

Ruby Solly credit Sebastian Lowe

WALKING BACKWARDS INTO THE FUTURE

RUBY SOLLY

Gigi Fenster

MEMORIES – REAL & IMAGINED

GIGI FENSTER

Pip Adam credit to Victoria Birkinshaw

SHORTCUT TO THE SUBLIME

PIP ADAM

Helen Heath Mark Coote

KEEPING IT FRESH AND FUN

HELEN HEATH

The workshop I did was a wonderful way to reconnect with my writing. The exercises we did, and conversations we had, sparked a lot of new ideas, and helped me to grapple with some of the more complex issues I’ve been having with my work. It was great to be in a space dedicated to creating.
Sinead Overbye on Shortcut to the Sublime with Pip Adam
RUBY IS AMAZING AND THIS WAS LIFE-AFFIRMING AND TRANSFORMATIVE. I AM SO GRATEFUL! sorry for all the caps but this is how excited and how jubilant I feel about what Ruby shared with us, taught us, inspired us with…Omg, just so good.
Participanton Walking Backwards into the Future with Ruby Solly
Helen is an awesome teacher, so generous with her time (and amazing crafting resources)! Fantastic group of creative people – it was an inspiring and fabulous day.  
Jess Nickelsen on Explorer, Extraordinary with Helen Lehndorf