Kathryn van Beek
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Kathryn van Beek

Writing Credits

 Education & qualifications
  • MA Creative Writing, Victoria University’s Institute of Modern Letters
  • BA Writing/Directing for Stage and Screen, Unitec School of Performing & Screen Arts
  • Thirty Week Fiction Course, The Creative Hub
 
 Awards & honours
  • Paperwork a 'top pick' in the North and South flash fiction competition, 2018
  • 2015 Headland Award for the short story Frangipani, 2015
  • NZ Writers’ College Short Story Competition, Flotsam and Jetsam received 'highest honours', 2015
  • Best of the Fest, Auckland Zinefest 2015 
  • NZ Writers’ College Short Story Competition, The Trapeze Artist shortlisted, 2014
 
Short stories
  • Speaking in Tongues, Headland (Issue 14), December 2018 
  • Frangipani, Headland (Issue 2), April 2015
  • Let’s Have Some Fun, Hue and Cry, June 2014
  • The Honeymooners, Aerodrome, February 2014

Flash fiction
  • Women’s Studies, Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand, August 2018
  • Paperwork, North and South, February 2018
  • Ice Age, Potroast, July 2014

Children’s books
  • Bruce Finds A Home (illustrated children's book), February 2018
 
Theatre
  • Indiscretions (one act play), published in No. 8 Wire, Playmarket, 2011
  • I have had several plays professionally produced in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
  • I have won several awards for my plays, including Wellington Fringe Festival and Playmarket awards
 
Articles
  • Bereavement leave an overdue change, The Spinoff, August 2018
  • The Loneliness of Miscarriage, The Spinoff, April 2018
  • When Jacindababymania Hurts, published on The Spinoff and in The New Zealand Herald, February 2018
  • Will landlords hike rents if Labour wins? The Spinoff, September 2017
  • The latest threat to the economy, according to Winston: vegetarian sausages, The Spinoff, February 2017
  • Cry Me a River: The Ministry of Justice Scandal isn't Justified, The Spinoff, February 2017
  • A Little Life (part three), The Spinoff, January 2017
  • Where There's Life (part two), The Spinoff, January 2017
  • Accidentally on Purpose (part one), The Spinoff, January 2017 
  • The Prime of Miss Jean Batten, Glory Days, September 2016
  • Intellectual man drought foils search for Mr Right, Herald on Sunday, May 2015
 
Guest blog posts
  • The cat that got the cream: How to crowdfund a book about your pet, The 13th Floor, June 2017
  • How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign, Elsewhere.co.nz, June 2017
  • Bruce the Cat blog named in the top 100 cat blogs of 2016
  • K'Rd is dead... Long Live K'Rd, Elsewhere.co.nz, October 2015
  • What's Involved in Taking a Creative Writing Course, Elsewhere.co.nz, May 2015
 
Zines
  • Naughty Pussy, 2015, available at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin libraries
  • The Lucky Numbers, 2015, available at libraries
  • Over the Edge, 2014, (collection of flash fiction), available at libraries
  • Khartoum Place, 2014, available at libraries 
 
Artist residencies
  • Awarded Creative Hub writer in residence at Earthskin Retreat, Muriwai, September 2018
  • New Zealand Pacific Studio, Mt Bruce, August 2015
 
Speaking engagements
  • Guest writer / speaker at Litcrawl 2018 (Best stories: Headland session), 2018
  • As part of the Little Landers Literature tour (Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature) I spoke at six primary schools and held workshops with children, 2018
  • I have given talks about crowdfunding and self-publishing at libraries and education institutes, 2017 – 2018
  • I have read Bruce Finds A Home and run writing workshops at primary schools, 2017 – 2018
  • Guest reader at the Potroast launch, Auckland Zinefest 2015
 
Exhibitions
  • Art is a Living Thing exhibition contributor, 2016 – 2017
  • Rock n roll band poster exhibition contributor
 
Memberships
  • New Zealand Society of Authors
  • Storylines
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