Going West is excited to welcome Dominic Hoey—bestselling author, poet, and experienced writing teacher—to Shadbolt House for a new series of weekly creative writing workshops on Tuesday evenings.
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We're thrilled to welcome Richard back for another Creative Nonfiction workshop at Shadbolt House, 14 June 2025, 10am - 12pm.
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In 2024, we completed approximately a third of the work required to restore the property’s structural integrity. We are now preparing to launch the next significant stage of work needed to establish the house as a full writers’ residency.
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This Easter weekend Richard Pamatatau delivers the very first workshop to be held at Shadbolt House with a focus on Creative Non Fiction. 19 April 2025, 10:30 am to 2:00 pm
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Join us in the glade at Piha for a poetry writing exploration and then make your mark in The Listening Sand on Sunday 6 April 2025
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May the season be celebratory, reflective, peaceful and restorative and filled with great reads from the bounty of books produced by Aotearoa writers during the year.
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The Going West Trust and the Shadbolt family celebrate Shadbolt house receiving a Category 1 historic place listing.
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Our dedicated archivist, with support from the Auckland Library Heritage Trust and Lotteries Heritage, has completed the marathon effort of archiving the Going West festival audio collection for 1996 – 2019.
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The House Within, just premiered in Wellington, holds a delicate lens to the fascinating life and work of one of Aotearoa’s literary treasures, Dame Fiona Kidman.
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Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga has confirmed Maurice Shadbolt House and Studio in Titirangi as a Category 1 historic place.
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Going West is still busy!
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