 The play reading in Auckland went very well, thanks to four splendid actors and an enthusiastic audience who braved lousy weather to come into the central city.  Thank you
Monica Cheung-Fuk, Grae Minors, Donna Verey, David Charteris  Live play reading in Auckland The theme for the Auckland Heritage Festival 2023 is Peace, Love and Protest. As part of the programme there will be a reading of my play FALLOUT – the Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior by Bronwyn Elsmore It is a free event, on Saturday 30 September, at 2 pm, Performance & Speaking Space in Central City Library, 44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland. With: David Charteris Grae Minors Valerie Rissetto Donna Verey  E kore e ngaro he takere waka nui The keel of a great canoe cannot be lost.  A new word. New to me, anyway. Until this year I had never heard the word coronate, as in a verb meaning to crown. The first few times I came across it, I thought that’s ignorant – everyone knows it’s simply ‘to crown’. After encountering several more mentions, I looked it up. It turns out I was one who was ignorant – at least in some parts of the world. According to some dictionaries, it is legitimate. But not all. Though Merriam-Webster is happy to acknowledge it, the Oxford English dictionary, that long-time bastion of English usage, seems less willing. One of my print editions, admittedly old now, doesn’t list it; another only as a botanical term (having a crown or corona), and an online search came back with ‘We were unable to find anything about coronate’. Collins, it seems, has had to add it as ‘in American English’. New usage perhaps? One source says it was first recorded c. 1623. So, 400 years. I guess that’s long enough to prove itself worthy of acceptance. So, King Charles lll has been coronated, at least on the west side of the Atlantic, and I have been further educated. With all the rough weather we've had lately and much in the garden somewhat dishevelled by cyclone Gabrielle in the past days, I went back a few weeks in time to come up with this pic of rather better summer days.  A cute creature crouching in the chives
 I read a lot. Show me an author who doesn't. It’s our trade, as well as our pleasure. My reading list for any year (yes, I do keep one) always covers a broad range, though each year it is showing more fiction . I’ve just taken a look at my list for 2022 and see I’ve recorded 83 titles for the year. I may have missed a few but that's about normal. Some facts it reveals – • I’m reading 60% women writers. • I rate each book out of 5, judging mainly on story or content, construction, and the quality of the writing. This year I’ve awarded *5: 24%; *4: 42%; *3: 22%; *2: 10%; and there were a few abandoned. • The great majority are on kindle. I LOVE my kindle. This means I buy lots of e-books. People give me paper books and they tend to pile up as I give preference to reading e-books. While they’re both non-fiction and fiction with the latter including classic titles (some re-read), science fiction, and light reads, my favourite genre is Literary Fiction, so it’s not surprising that’s what I write myself. I’m not a fan of series and, there again, you’ll find my own fiction books are stand-alones, being quite different from each other – though there is an emphasis on women characters. I expect the 2023 list will be fairly similar, but I'll be interested this time next year to see. Best wishes for your reading during the coming year.  PLAY READINGS
Playwrights Association of New Zealand (PANZ) holds occasional readings of members’ plays via Zoom. • If you’re interested in viewing these online events, send us your email address and we’ll let you know when a reading is scheduled, • We are also needing a stable of willing volunteer readers to take the parts. Sadly, we don’t have funds to pay anyone, but whether you’re an experienced actor, voice actor, or enthusiastic to give it a go, we’d love to hear from you. Please copy and fill in the relevant lines and email to playwrightsnz@gmail.com • I would like to be informed of attending PANZ’s online play-readings. Please let me know when one is scheduled. Name: Email: • I am interested in taking part in PANZ’s online play-readings. I consent to my details being held by PANZ for the purpose of casting. Name: Email: Include information to assist casting: (gender, ethnicity, languages, accents etc.) PANZ will not use this information for any purpose other than that explained above.  This is always the first of the roses for the new season
 Results Playwrights Association of New Zealand 2022 play competitions: ONE-ACT PLAY COMPETITION 1st Place – Reponui High Presents… by Bronwyn Elsmore 2nd Place – Structure by Gregory Dally 3rd Place – Honest Shakespeare by Rex McGregor Commended – The Ladder by Glen Hibbert 10-MINUTE PLAY COMPETITION 1st Place – Lucifer by Angie Farrow 2nd Place – Orpheus Floats by Rex McGregor 3rd Place – The Camembert by Tim Hambleton Commended – Christ Church by Robert Gilbert and The Arrangement by Kerrie Anne Spicer Adjudicators - Conrad Newport (one-act plays). Cassandra Tse (10-minute plays) Contact details: playwrightsnz@gmail.com Links: Playwrights Association of New Zealand |
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