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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
  • Mindfood Magazine 2019 Short Story Winner
  • The Sargeson Prize, highly commended, 2019
  • New Zealand Society of Authors complete manuscript assessment awardee, 2019
  • Sunday Star-Times Short Story Competition: Third place winner, 2018 
  • Paperwork a 'top pick' in the North and South flash fiction competition, 2018
  • 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
 
Books
  • Pet (stories), Mary Egan Publishing, 2020

Short stories
  • Luna's Crew, Best of Auckland, 2020
  • The Pack, Newsroom, 2020
  • Fool's Gold, Cease Cows, US, 2020
  • The Hoarder, Fresh Ink, Cloud Ink Press, 2019
  • Good Dog, The Valley Review, Massachusetts (Vol 13, Issue 3), 2019
  • Continuation of the Species, The Valley Review, Massachusetts (Vol 13, Issue 3), 2019
  • Flotsam and Jetsam, Mindfood Magazine, August 2019
  • Heterochromia, takahē Magazine (Issue 95), 2019
  • Emotional Support Animal, Sunday Star-Times, 2018
  • Speaking in Tongues, Headland (Issue 14), 2018 
  • Frangipani, Headland (Issue 2), 2015
  • Let’s Have Some Fun, Hue and Cry, 2014
  • The Honeymooners, Aerodrome, 2014

Flash fiction
  • Women’s Studies, Bonsai: Best small stories from Aotearoa New Zealand (Canterbury University Press), 2018
  • Paperwork, North and South, 2018
  • Ice Age, Potroast, 2014

Children’s books
  • Bruce Goes Outside, Mary Egan Publishing, 2020
  • Bruce Finds A Home, Mary Egan Publishing, 2018
 
Film & TV
  • Misconceptions web series, NZ Herald, 2020

Podcasts
  • Pet, Otago Access Radio, 2020
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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
  • Local Legends: The pubs of Port Chalmers, Down In Edin, December 2019
  • The Best Book in the World, Otago Daily Times, May 2019
  • 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
  • The Lucky Numbers, 2015
  • Over the Edge, 2014, (collection of flash fiction)
  • Khartoum Place, 2014
 
Artist residencies
  • Eramboo Artist Environment, Sydney, July 2019 
  • Awarded Creative Hub writer in residence at Earthskin Retreat, Muriwai, September 2018
  • New Zealand Pacific Studio, Mt Bruce, August 2015
 
Speaking engagements, tutoring and workshops
  • Little Landers Literature tour (Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature), 2020, 2019, 2018
  • Guest speaker for the School Library Association of New Zealand, 2020
  • Read works and run writing workshops at schools and libraries, 2017 – current
  • Guest reader at Te Hau Kāika, 2019
  • Guest presenter at Wild Imaginings Children's Writers and Illustrators Hui, 2019
  • Guest reader at National Flash Fiction Day, 2019
  • Workshop at St Hilda's Collegiate School, 2019
  • Guest writer / workshop tutor at Sinclair Wetlands 'Plant and Art' 2019
  • Guest speaker at Otago Polytechnic / Trade Aid International Women's Day 2019
  • Guest writer / speaker at Litcrawl 2018 (Best stories: Headland session), 2018
  • I have given talks about crowdfunding and self-publishing at libraries and education institutes, 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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