Over 150 poems were entered in the Canterbury/ Waitaha Seaweek 2023 Poetry Competition and many more were written over the weeks leading...

With lots of opportunities open to inspire you to pen a poem, we have a some tips as you get started. The Seaweek Poetry Competition is...

We are really excited to be working with Environment Canterbury and Seaweek once again for the Canterbury/ Waitaha Seaweek 2023 Poetry...

More festive writing generated during Write On School for Young Writers workshops at Heathcote Valley School! Here are some special...

During the Christchurch Heritage Festival in October, we ran three masterclasses exploring both the heritage of inner city Ōtautahi...

Last week, during the Christchurch Heritage Festival, we ran three masterclasses exploring both the heritage of inner city Ōtautahi...

Last week, during the Christchurch Heritage Festival, we ran three masterclasses exploring both the heritage of inner city Ōtautahi...

Matariki is still in our skies and we have even more wonderful poems to share from our Heathcote Valley writers.

Editing is an exacting part of the writing and publishing process. It’s a job that takes many hands and many eyes. Very occasionally,...

Our fabulous young writers from Heathcote Valley School drew on memories to write some amazing star gazing poems! Stormy disguise Wind...

by the Heathcote Valley School Writing Stars! If stars were mushrooms If stars were mushrooms and the sky a pine needle forest with...

Our wonderful Write On writers at Heathcote Valley School were wondering about their whakapapa at Matariki. Dear Ancestor, I don’t know...

We invited our poetry expert, Gail Ingram, to contribute a couple of prompts for aspiring poets. Gail is an acclaimed poet and sought...

We invited our wonderful poetry expert, Gail Ingram, to contribute a couple of tips for aspiring poets. Gail gave us SEVEN tips! Here are...

Tips for poetry writing for the planet

Yum! Our mouths are watering! Entries are starting to arrive for our latest poetry competition. Write a poem about kai. It could be...

I See I see a bee sitting in a tree Bee sees a daisy growing next to me Daisy sees a flea perched on my knee Flea sees me staring at a...

A WRITER’S WAND words spread across the page because of you I have a companion a friend if I lost you I would stop the words would stay...

Green trees cast a shadow over the concrete, the sun blankets everything with a faint sheen, an ancient building stood behind, in the...

Written during a Write On masterclass at The Arts Centre Te Matatiki Toi Ora, this gorgeous extract is from a longer piece of point of...