The Janet Frame House is delighted to welcome Kate Camp as our guest writer this weekend.
We have two fantastic events with Kate, see below for details.
Thanks to Creative Communities for supporting this event.
NB: The workshop is strictly limited to 16 people. Places do sell out quickly and are offered on a first come, first served basis. (Cost is $50 for Friends of the Janet Frame House and $60 for the general public.)
Poet and essayist Kate Camp was born in 1972 and lives in Wellington. She is the winner of many prestigious awards, including the 2011 Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers’ Residency and the 2017 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship.
She is the author of seven collections of poems, including The Mirror of Simple Annihilated Souls (winner of the 2011 NZ Post Book Award for Poetry) and How to Be Happy Though Human: New and Selected Poems (2020), and a collection of autobiographical essays, You Probably Think This Song Is About You (2022).
Her latest books are the memoir Leather & Chains: My 1986 Diary and Makeshift Seasons, a poetry collection.
Friday 2 October 2026
Writer’s Talk with Kate Camp
6pm, Oamaru Library
Free to attend. All welcome
Saturday 3 October 2026
Writers Workshop
Creative Writing Workshop with Kate Camp Saturday 3 October, 10am – 2pm Waitaki Girls College and 56 Eden Street
Participants are encouraged to bring a diary, photograph, letter, object or other memento that could provide inspiration for their writing.
Light refreshments will be provided.
The Janet Frame House 