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Parnell Community Centre | 545 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland
$190.00 for 8 sessions | 18 places remaining
Run by Parnell Community Centre
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Learn to write in creative ways at Parnell Community Centre's Telling Your Story course.
Tutor: Dominic Hoey
Parnell Community Centre is located in the Jubilee Building at 545 Parnell Road, Parnell. For further details about our community classes and activities, see our website at https://villagesquare.org.nz/classes or contact Abigail on 09 555 5164 / community@parnell.org.nz.
Join bestselling novelist Dominic Hoey, as he teaches you the tools you need to bring your prose to life.
The classes are fun and relaxed with an emphasis on learning craft and applying it to your own stories.
Each week we'll look at a different technique and break down how you can apply it to your writing.
Weekly day and time: Tuesdays, 6pm - 7.30pm
Start date: 17th February
Course length: 8 weeks
Cost: $190
Dominic Hoey is a poet, author and playwright based in Auckland, New Zealand.
His two novels, Iceland and Poor People With Money were New Zealand bestsellers. Iceland was long-listed for the 2018 Ockham Book Award. He’s released four successful poetry collections, including I Thought We’d Be Famous and most recently The Dead Are Always Laughing at Us.
In 2019 he co-founded Dead Bid Books (DBB), a small press publishing writers who sit on the margins of the New Zealand publishing industry. To date DBB has published 13 books and become a mainstay of the New Zealand independent publishing industry.
Dominic is also the founder of Learn To Write Good, a creative writing program teaching craft to people who don’t have access to formal education. Since 2017 he’s taught 1000’s of students across New Zealand and overseas.
In a former life, Dominic released four rap albums and was an MC battle and slam-poetry champion. He’s performed his poetry in Australia, Europe, England, Japan, Canada and America.
He is currently working on his third novel, 1985, due out on Penguin in March 2025.
Parnell Community Centre | 545 Parnell Road, Parnell, Auckland