Author photo: Babiche Maartens, NZ Herald
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Deborah ShepardThe Art of Writing From Life
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Upcoming Events
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‘The Writing Life: Twelve New Zealand Authors’ — journey from oral history project to book
Join Deborah Shepard to hear her account of the genesis of the book The Writing Life. DATE: Thursday, 15 November, 2018 from 6:00pm to 7:00pm COST: Free. You don't need to book. LOCATION: Tiakiwai Seminar Room, Lower Ground floor, National Library, corner Molesworth and Aitken Streets. Entrance on Aitken Street. |
New Book: The Writing LifeCandid conversations with 12 writers who helped shape New Zealand literature.
A unique, candid and intimate survey of the life and work of 12 of our most acclaimed writers: Patricia Grace, Tessa Duder, Owen Marshall, Philip Temple, David Hill, Joy Cowley, Vincent O’Sullivan, Albert Wendt, Marilyn Duckworth, Chris Else, Fiona Kidman and Witi Ihimaera. A must have for all those who admire their writing, and for schools, libraries and creative writing courses.
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AFTERGLOW: The Writing Life: Twelve New Zealand Authors by Deborah Shepard
On Thursday November 8th, Unity hosted a lunchtime discussion between author Deborah Shepard, Massey University Press publisher Nicola Legat, Dame Fiona Kidman, and Patricia Grace about Shepard’s new book The Writing Life: Twelve New Zealand Authors.
(L-R): Patricia Grace, Dame Fiona Kidman, Nicola Legat, Deborah Shepard
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Deborah discussing her writing and interviewing process.
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Patricia Grace reading a poem by Hone Tuwhare.
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Grace and Kidman signing copies of ‘The Writing Life’.
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The Value of attending a Writing ClassYou want to write your memoir? Discover the value of attending a Writing Class and hear past students experiences.
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Author photo: Babiche Maartens, NZ Herald
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About Deborah ShepardDEBORAH SHEPARD is a biographer, oral historian and teacher of memoir. She has also been a film, television and media studies lecturer at the University of Auckland. She has written entries on women filmmakers for the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, the Le Dictionnaire Universel des Creatrices, (The Universal Dictionary of Women Creators) published in Paris in 2013 and in 2014 she contributed an updated ‘Reframing Women. Gender et Cinéma en Aotearoa Nouvelle-Zélande (1999-2014) to a special issue on gender, globalisation and film for the transdisciplinary, French-based and UNESCO-supported journal Diogenes.
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Her major publications include Her Life’s Work: Conversation with Five New Zealand Women (2009), Between the Lives: Partners in Art (2005), Reframing Women: a History of New Zealand Film (2000) and Giving Yourself to Life: A Journal of Pain, Hope and Renewal (2015).
Her new book The Writing Life based on oral history interviews with twelve of New Zealand’s most acclaimed and admired authors is due out on 6 November. Deborah teaches introductory and master classes in memoir, biography and journal writing at the University of Auckland’s Public Programmes and is a life writing mentor for the New Zealand Society of Authors. She lives in Auckland.
Her new book The Writing Life based on oral history interviews with twelve of New Zealand’s most acclaimed and admired authors is due out on 6 November. Deborah teaches introductory and master classes in memoir, biography and journal writing at the University of Auckland’s Public Programmes and is a life writing mentor for the New Zealand Society of Authors. She lives in Auckland.