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@modernletters.bsky.social
The home of creative writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. Undergraduate courses, MA and PhD. Also: harbour views and baking.
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‘One of the most profound ways to discover what we already believe, and to challenge how we think is to engage with different languages and cultural traditions’ - Anne Salmond
Thinkers with open rather than closed minds will be aware other cultures may have insights that elude us, writes Dame Anne Salmond
Anne Salmond: Free speech, but only one way to think
newsroom.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 7:42 PM
‘One of the most profound ways to discover what we already believe, and to challenge how we think is to engage with different languages and cultural traditions’ - Anne Salmond
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#NZpol
"We're at a crossroads here. We could have this low-cost renewables future but we're snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," says Fuge.
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
RNZ story by @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"We're at a crossroads here. We could have this low-cost renewables future but we're snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," says Fuge.
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
RNZ story by @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:07 PM
#NZpol
"We're at a crossroads here. We could have this low-cost renewables future but we're snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," says Fuge.
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
RNZ story by @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
"We're at a crossroads here. We could have this low-cost renewables future but we're snatching defeat from the jaws of victory," says Fuge.
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
RNZ story by @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social: www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Kate Bush: ‘In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?’
November 17, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Kate Bush: ‘In the music of the future, will our voices go unheard?’
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Registration is still open for Patricia Akhimie's lecture next week, so please sign up - we would love to see you there! www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2025/...
“On the brow of the sea”—Race and setting in Shakespeare’s Othello | Events | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Join Dr Patricia Akhimie, Director of Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington DC, as she discusses race and setting in Shakespeare’s Othello.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Registration is still open for Patricia Akhimie's lecture next week, so please sign up - we would love to see you there! www.wgtn.ac.nz/events/2025/...
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Iarohanui! Me Rongo
The first-ever Moriori language week is here
The first-ever Moriori language week is here
Tā re Moriori is a language unique to the Moriori people and Rēkohu – Chatham Islands....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Iarohanui! Me Rongo
Sarah Walker's 'Piscine', an essay on addiction, grief and polluted inheritances is one of two co-winners of the Kill Your Darlings Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025
Piscine by Sarah Walker
Read a winner of the KYD Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025!
www.killyourdarlings.com.au
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Sarah Walker's 'Piscine', an essay on addiction, grief and polluted inheritances is one of two co-winners of the Kill Your Darlings Creative Non-Fiction Prize 2025
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My fabulous Dad, Roger Horrocks, has a brand new book out, with launch events in Auckland (this Sunday 23 November) and Wellington (Sunday 30 November). If you're into music, sound, listening, thinking, or reading, this book is for you! 🎶 atuanuipress.co.nz/product/musi...
November 17, 2025 at 1:55 AM
My fabulous Dad, Roger Horrocks, has a brand new book out, with launch events in Auckland (this Sunday 23 November) and Wellington (Sunday 30 November). If you're into music, sound, listening, thinking, or reading, this book is for you! 🎶 atuanuipress.co.nz/product/musi...
You can also apply for courses in Creative Nonfiction, Television and Web Series Scriptwriting, and Long-form Fiction!
Want to explore the art of short story writing in a series of supportive workshops with me?
Apply for CREW 254 Tri 1 intake by 1 Dec @modernletters.bsky.social ✍️
Students consistently rate the course excellent. Or to quote from a recent thank you card: "BEST EVER."
www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
Apply for CREW 254 Tri 1 intake by 1 Dec @modernletters.bsky.social ✍️
Students consistently rate the course excellent. Or to quote from a recent thank you card: "BEST EVER."
www.wgtn.ac.nz/modernletter...
How and when to apply | Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o Te Ao / International Institute of Modern Letters | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Information for domestic undergraduate students applying for limited entry Creative Writing courses at Victoria University of Wellington.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 16, 2025 at 9:36 PM
You can also apply for courses in Creative Nonfiction, Television and Web Series Scriptwriting, and Long-form Fiction!
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Yet another brilliant minimalist piece by Paavo Haavikko for #smallpoemsunday
You marry the moon
and the sea and the moon and the woman: earless, all.
You marry the moon
and the sea and the moon and the woman: earless, all.
November 16, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Yet another brilliant minimalist piece by Paavo Haavikko for #smallpoemsunday
You marry the moon
and the sea and the moon and the woman: earless, all.
You marry the moon
and the sea and the moon and the woman: earless, all.
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NZ mention klaxon.
Join us in December for the virtual launch of the next title in the Recovered Books series from Boiler House Press: Makeshift, Sarah Campion's remarkable 1940 novel about one German Jewish woman's experiences from 1919 to the rise of the Nazis and emigration to New Zealand.
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
www.eventbrite.co.uk...
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
NZ mention klaxon.
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The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font
The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font
The late Joseph Churchward designed more than 600 fonts, many of which can be seen all over New Zealand life....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
The Samoan-New Zealand typographer behind the beloved Bugonia font
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A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Ockhams dump AI books from awards
newsroom.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A new ruling on AI means the Ockhams are in the strange position of judging a book by its cover
Thousands of academics and students in New Zealand and Australia are poised to lose access to critical research journals next year.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Universities in 'battle of the century' with journal publisher Elsevier
One New Zealand university told its staff all universities in New Zealand and Australia would "lose some degree of access" to the publisher's 1600 titles from the start of next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Thousands of academics and students in New Zealand and Australia are poised to lose access to critical research journals next year.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Embarrassing is putting it nicely www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Embarrassing’: International climate expert at COP30 scorns NZ’s methane target
A veteran climate scientist says it's "unbelievable" that New Zealand has gone to the annual climate summit with a weaker target as global temperatures continue to rise.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Embarrassing is putting it nicely www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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2kms per month. Way too fast. For a glacier to melt.
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise
Antarctic glacier's alarming retreat is the fastest ever seen
Hektoria glacier on the Antarctic Peninsula retreated 25 kilometres in just 15 months. Its rapid melt could have implications for other glaciers and the rate of sea level rise
www.newscientist.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
2kms per month. Way too fast. For a glacier to melt.
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The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
November 13, 2025 at 12:13 AM
The room is
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
almost all
elephant.
Almost none
of it isn’t.
Pretty much
solid elephant.
So there’s no
room to talk
about it.
-Kay Ryan, “The Elephant in the Room”
#everynightapoem
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If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
How is AI *really* impacting jobs?
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
Henley Chiu, the CTO of Revealera, a jobs data analysis firm, analyzed 180 million jobs listings in 2024 and 2025, in an effort to find out. Chiu found an:
-8% drop in all jobs postings
-~30% drop in art, photography, writing jobs
-22% drop in journalism jobs
What’s really going on with AI and jobs?
Record-breaking layoff reports, Amazon's mass firings, and a slump in entry level employment. Is AI behind it all?
www.bloodinthemachine.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:31 PM
If you ever wonder why your artist friend is so pissed off whenever they see AI slop used instead of real, human-created art, it's exactly what you think:
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I just did a very quick & unofficial count: since 2020, there have been 13 books by new Māori writers published (approx 6 years). In the whole of the 2010s, there were 7 new Māori writers published. Significantly, 7 of the 13 since 2020 wrote novels. Significant change!
November 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I just did a very quick & unofficial count: since 2020, there have been 13 books by new Māori writers published (approx 6 years). In the whole of the 2010s, there were 7 new Māori writers published. Significantly, 7 of the 13 since 2020 wrote novels. Significant change!
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As I said in my written and oral submissions to the Select Committee.
"The Regulatory Standards Bill is a constitutional coup d'état by other means!"
"The Regulatory Standards Bill is a constitutional coup d'état by other means!"
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
Controversial Regulatory Standards Bill passes third reading
The bill got the backing of the coalition parties
www.rnz.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As I said in my written and oral submissions to the Select Committee.
"The Regulatory Standards Bill is a constitutional coup d'état by other means!"
"The Regulatory Standards Bill is a constitutional coup d'état by other means!"
Leroy Nurkka (MA Script 2025) has a play opening at BATs tonight! RUN COYOTE RUN is described as 'a new queer family drama set in one Gisborne motel room' - it's on until 15 November
bats.co.nz/whats-on/run...
bats.co.nz/whats-on/run...
Run Coyote Run – BATS
'Thelma and Louise' but it's two men and they burnt their house down. Now they're in Gisborne.
bats.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Leroy Nurkka (MA Script 2025) has a play opening at BATs tonight! RUN COYOTE RUN is described as 'a new queer family drama set in one Gisborne motel room' - it's on until 15 November
bats.co.nz/whats-on/run...
bats.co.nz/whats-on/run...
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Barbara Else, who won the $60,000 Prime Minister's literature award last week, reviews previous winner Elizabeth Smither.
Book of the Week: One winner of the PM award reviews another
newsroom.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Barbara Else, who won the $60,000 Prime Minister's literature award last week, reviews previous winner Elizabeth Smither.
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Scholarship opportunity for MA with the wonderful @nikkihessell.bsky.social
We have MA scholarships available for theses on 18th-century/Romantic poetry and/or settler colonialism and Indigenous sovereignty in poetry and other literary forms ... details here!
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/scholarships...
MA scholarship in English | Scholarships | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Scholarship opportunity for MA with the wonderful @nikkihessell.bsky.social
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Researchers find new marine sponges in Fiordland, adding to the approximately 1,700 sponge species known to live in waters around Aotearoa New Zealand
www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2025/10...
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Discovery of new marine sponges a ‘huge surprise’ | News | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington
Researchers find new marine sponges in Fiordland, adding to the approximately 1,700 sponge species known to live in waters around Aotearoa New Zealand.
www.wgtn.ac.nz
November 12, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Researchers find new marine sponges in Fiordland, adding to the approximately 1,700 sponge species known to live in waters around Aotearoa New Zealand
www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2025/10...
www.wgtn.ac.nz/news/2025/10...