SUNDAY 30 JULY – 10.30 PM
Online Workshop
Slay your syllables and polish your prose with this writing workshop with Mandy Hager. Find out how to strengthen your writing and add emotional resonance through prose rhythm, slow motion and specific detail.
About Mandy Hager
Mandy Hager is a multi-award winning New Zealand author. In 2019 she received the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal, for life-time achievement and a distinguished contribution to NZ's literature for young people. She has also been awarded the 2012 Beatson Fellowship, the 2014 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship and the 2015 Waikato University Writer in Residence.
In 2015 her novel 'Singing Home the Whale' was named Margaret Mahy Book of the Year in the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. She also writes adult fiction, short stories, non-fiction, educational resources, blogs and articles, and tutored the Novel Course at Whitireia for ten years. She is the immediate past President of the New Zealand Society of Authors.
