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Selected mentor for 2018 NZSA Youth Programme

April 28, 2018 | mentorship

Ivy Alvarez is a selected mentor for one of the 2018 recipients for the New Zealand Society of Authors’ Youth Mentorship programme.

The 2018 recipients for the NZSA Youth Mentorship programme are Xiaole Zhan from Westlake Girls High School in Auckland, Elise Sadlier from Gisborne Girls’ High School, Anthony Pita from Rosmini College in Auckland, and Cybella Maffitt from St Cuthberts College in Auckland. They will work on their writing projects under the guidance of Karyn Hay, Sue Wootton, Anna Mackenzie, and Ivy Alvarez.

Reading at the LOUNGE

April 3, 2018 | event

Ivy Alvarez joins MC Vaughan Rapatahana and other poets reading at LOUNGE on Wednesday, 18 April 2018, starting from 5.30 pm.

LOUNGE poster

Poem on Flash Frontier

April 2, 2018 | Diaspora

Ivy Alvarez’s poem, Ligaw-tingin, features in Flash Frontier.

Stemming from a series of poems that responds to Filipino idiomatic expressions, this is the second poem to appear in the journal.

Titirangi Poets and Atlanta Review event

March 8, 2018 | event

Ivy Alvarez, Jamie Trower and Vaughan Rapatahana feature as guest poets at the Titirangi Poets and Atlanta Review event.

Hosted by Piers Davies, the event starts at 2pm on Saturday, 10th March 2018, at the Titirangi Library, 500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi.

Ivy Alvarez reads at Zinefest

February 25, 2018 | event

Ivy Alvarez reads her poetry as part of the Summer Zinefest.

Where: Outside Auckland City Library, 44-46 Lorne Street, Auckland Central
When: Saturday 3rd March, 1-1.30 pm