NEW! Creative Writing: Editing and Publishing a Collection
Learn to write in creative ways at Parnell Community Centre's Exclusive - Creative Writing: Editing and Publishing a Collection 4-week course.
Join best-selling novelist and Dead Bird Books co-founder as he guides you through self-publishing. From preparing your manuscript, printing, promotion, and distribution.
In this exclusive 4-week course and small group, you will learn valuable tips from Dominics experience of self-publishing poetry books with great success. Classes are fun, relaxed, no experience required.
Tuesdays, 10am-12pm
Start date: 25 February
Course length: 4 weeks
Tutor: Dominic Hoey
Learn to write in creative ways at Parnell Community Centre's Exclusive - Creative Writing: Editing and Publishing a Collection 4-week course.
Join best-selling novelist and Dead Bird Books co-founder as he guides you through self-publishing. From preparing your manuscript, printing, promotion, and distribution.
In this exclusive 4-week course and small group, you will learn valuable tips from Dominics experience of self-publishing poetry books with great success. Classes are fun, relaxed, no experience required.
Tuesdays, 10am-12pm
Start date: 25 February
Course length: 4 weeks
Tutor: Dominic Hoey
Learn to write in creative ways at Parnell Community Centre's Exclusive - Creative Writing: Editing and Publishing a Collection 4-week course.
Join best-selling novelist and Dead Bird Books co-founder as he guides you through self-publishing. From preparing your manuscript, printing, promotion, and distribution.
In this exclusive 4-week course and small group, you will learn valuable tips from Dominics experience of self-publishing poetry books with great success. Classes are fun, relaxed, no experience required.
Tuesdays, 10am-12pm
Start date: 25 February
Course length: 4 weeks
Tutor: Dominic Hoey
Our Tutor: Dominic Hoey
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.
Community Service Card and Gold Card holders discount:
We are pleased to extend a special 10% discount to Community Service Card and Gold Card holders. When enrolling, simply select the applicable discount option, and during checkout, enter your membership number to validate and apply the discount.
