Fiction Fundamentals is a craft-intensive, ten-week, evening course designed for aspiring novelists and story writers which will run at The Nix from 23 July to 20 September. It's part of a new series devised by Ockham Collective member Paula Morris, director of the Master of Creative Writing programme at the University of Auckland.
It was a grey and dreary Sunday afternoon in late May, the kind that seems designed for curling up on the couch. Yet a sold-out crowd braved the elements and packed out the Aotea Centre's Limelight Room to hear four of our musicians performing alongside the nominated poets from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
Check out the Auckland Writers Festival programme and book your tickets for a week packed with Booker and Pulitzer Prize winners. The glittering night of nights is the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards on Wednesday 17 May, when winners will be announced for the best books published in NZ in the last year.
It's finally time for us to announce the full line up for the 2023 Ockham Collective. And with a list that includes an Emmy winner, an Arts Laureate and the co-director of only the second-ever feature film to have been helmed by Pasifika women, it's already shaping up to be an exceptional year.
Sunday singing-and-ukulele sessions have returned to the Ockham Collective, with Collective alumni Sonia Wilson bringing her popular group lessons back to The Nix. A one-hour lesson for beginners and newcomers kicks off at 11am, followed by a session for seasoned beginners and intermediate-level players at 12.30pm.
While we're still drip-feeding who's new to the Ockham Collective ahead of our March announcement, meet James Littlewood. James is the festival director of Going West, the oldest litfest in the land, and we're delighted to have him on the Collective this year. James and Going West are currently producing Season 2 of Different Out Loud.
Like most of Auckland, the Ockham Collective has been in hibernation over the Christmas/New Year period but now we're back, with a whole new crew of Collectivites itching to get started. We're going to be announcing the full line up after our launch next month, but a couple of them have already got events booked.
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi has just named seven laureates who they identify as Aotearoa New Zealand’s most outstanding artists for 2022, 'recognised for their outstanding practice as well as their significant impact'. Among them is our very own Paula Morris, lauded for her contribution to the nation's literature.
August was a great month at the Ockham Collective. We launched our new space at The Nix, hosted two wonderful nights for writers and took part in a new event which was a highlight of National Poetry Day.
Spring is here and we're already looking towards next year. If you've ever considered being part of the Ockham Collective (OC), now is the time to get in touch. As part of the 2023 Ockham Collective you'll have free use of our spaces where you can teach, host workshops, run group sessions, exhibit art, rehearse, plan and create.
The celestial sounds of the harp have been an essential element to the soundtrack of this year's Ockham Collective. If you’re inspired to learn, Harpistina (aka Ina Yoon) is offering a series of one-hour taster sessions around Tāmaki Makaurau this month. Musical knowledge isn't required, and harps are provided.
This month Objectspace gallery is spoiling our brains with three instalments of their popular Ockham Lecture series. First up, on Thursday 11 August, Korean-born Kiwi costume designer and multi-disciplinary artist Steven Junil Park will be talking on the subject of language through making.
We love books. That's why we wholeheartedly endorse the kaupapa of Kotahi Rau Pukapuka, an organisation committed to translating 100 books into te reo Māori. Last week we were thrilled to host them at our new space in The Nix, as they launched the seventh book in the series.
We're oh-so excited to announce that the Ockham Collective is taking over the ground floor of the brand new Ockham-constructed building, The Nix. This will be our third creative hub, adding to our existing spaces in the Tuatahi and Modal buildings in Mt Albert.
What would happen if were to pair Ockham Collective musicians with the poetry nominees from the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards? All will be revealed on National Poetry Day when our four poet-musician duos take to the stage at SOAP Dance Hall.
In 2021, the Ockham Collective's Jasmine Tuiā and Ashleigh Taupaki took part in a digital residency offered by the Übersee Museum Bremen. The What is your VVAI? exhibition, at Ōtara's Fresh Gallery, is part of their response.
The OC’s Steven Rapana leads the Auckland Central choir for the network of ensembles collectively known as All Together Now. There are no auditions, and the introductory session is free of charge. To attend, you'll need to register online.
We always love a good Ockham Collective collaboration, and June will see three of our stars align at Anita Arlov’s monthly Inside Out Open Mic for Writers night. This month's musical guest is Ruckus, featuring David Ward and Eamon Edmundson-Wells..
Later this month, OC alumni Hanna Wiskari is offering a very special Masterclass in Scandinavian Traditional Music. This one-day event will take place at the Ockham Collective's Modal precinct in Mt Albert on Saturday 28 May.
May is the month when Auckland's bibliophiles get to indulge their passion in public at the Ockham-sponsored New Zealand Book Awards. It's one of the partnerships of which we're most proud, and this year the association has gotten even closer, with Paula Morris on the OC.
