{"id":29337,"date":"2015-06-15T06:30:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=29337"},"modified":"2015-06-15T08:11:32","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T20:11:32","slug":"event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Event Fun: We Celebrate Our Christchurch Sir Julius Vogel Award Finalists &#038; Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_29345\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-021a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29345\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29345\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29345\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-021a-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"Beaulah Pragg greets a full audience\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-021a-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-021a-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-021a-1024x780.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beaulah Pragg greets a full audience<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On Saturday afternoon, the Christchurch writing and reading community turned out in numbers for an event, jointly hosted by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.specficnz.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">SpecFicNZ<\/a> and <strong>Fendalton Library<\/strong>, to celebrate our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sffanz.org.nz\/sjv\/sjvAwards.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Sir Julius Vogel Award<\/a> finalists and winners.<\/p>\n<p>The event was very ably compered by <a href=\"http:\/\/beaulahpragg.com\/about-beaulah\/\" target=\"_blank\">Beaulah Pragg<\/a> of SpecFicNZ, who also works at Fendalton library.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29348\" style=\"width: 205px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-024a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29348\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29348\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29348\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-024a-195x300.jpg\" alt=\"A SpecFic thumbs-up from Beaulah\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-024a-195x300.jpg 195w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-024a-97x150.jpg 97w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-024a-665x1024.jpg 665w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-024a.jpg 1388w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A SpecFic thumbs-up from Beaulah<\/p><\/div>\n<p>And also included a wonderful display focusing on the finalists and winners that was curated by graphic designer, <a href=\"http:\/\/mojobob.com\/gallery\/gallery.html\" target=\"_blank\">Peter Fitzpatrick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29347\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-001a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29347\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29347\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29347\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-001a-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"The display\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-001a-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-001a-115x150.jpg 115w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-001a-787x1024.jpg 787w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-001a.jpg 1387w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The display<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was honoured to be asked to give the keynote address, which I <a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/14\/celebrating-christchurchs-sir-julius-vogel-award-winners-my-keynote-address\/\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29350\" style=\"width: 285px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-037a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29350\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29350\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29350\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-037a-275x300.jpg\" alt=\"Giving the keynote address\" width=\"275\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-037a-275x300.jpg 275w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-037a-138x150.jpg 138w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-037a-940x1024.jpg 940w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-037a.jpg 1957w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Giving the keynote address<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_29352\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-027a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29352\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29352\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29352\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-027a-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"Our &quot;Stars' Gallery&quot;: (l-r) Tim, Shelley, Rebecca &amp; Amanda\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-027a-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-027a-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-027a-1024x714.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our &#8220;Stars&#8217; Gallery&#8221;: (l-r) Tim, Shelley, Rebecca &amp; Amanda<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The two finalists and two winners in the limelight were:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/10\/celebrating-christchurchs-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-shelley-chappell-tim-stead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelley Chappell<\/a> (Finalist: Best Novella, Best Collected Work, Best New Talent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/10\/celebrating-christchurchs-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-shelley-chappell-tim-stead\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim Stead<\/a> (Finalist: Best Novel, Best New Talent)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/11\/celebrating-christchurchs-sir-julius-vogel-award-winners-rebecca-fisher\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rebecca Fisher<\/a> (Winner: Best Fan Writing)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/12\/celebrating-christchurchs-sir-julius-vogel-award-winners-a-j-fitzwater\/\" target=\"_blank\">A.J. Fitzwater<\/a> (Winner: Best New Talent)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The achievements of all four were recognized in the event. Immediately below, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelleychappell.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shelley<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timstead.info\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tim<\/a> with the mic:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29357\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-051a-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29357\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29357\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29357\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-051a1-206x300.jpg\" alt=\"Shelley Chappell\" width=\"206\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-051a1-206x300.jpg 206w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-051a1-103x150.jpg 103w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-051a1-703x1024.jpg 703w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-051a1.jpg 1317w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 206px) 100vw, 206px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shelley Chappell<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29356\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-053a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29356\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29356\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-29356\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-053a-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Stead\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-053a-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-053a-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-053a-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29356\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tim Stead<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two Award winners, <a href=\"http:\/\/ravenya003.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Rebecca Fisher (Best Fan Writing)<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/pickledthink.blogspot.co.nz\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>A.J. (Amanda) Fitzwater (Best New Talent)<\/strong><\/a> also\u00a0 gave a speech. I hope to post both their speeches here for you, later in the week (with more photos of them both.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-066a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29358\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-29358\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-066a-300x210.jpg\" alt=\"JVAawards 066a\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-066a-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-066a-150x105.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-066a-1024x718.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-066a.jpg 2032w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/jvaawards-086a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29359\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-29359\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-086a-300x248.jpg\" alt=\"JVAawards 086a\" width=\"300\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-086a-300x248.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-086a-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/JVAawards-086a-1024x847.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><em>Rebecca (above) &amp; Amanda (right) address the room<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29367\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/sjvaevent_13june_00a\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29367\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29367\" class=\"wp-image-29367 \" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00a-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"Chris Yee\" width=\"173\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00a-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00a-98x150.jpg 98w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00a.jpg 343w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 173px) 100vw, 173px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29367\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chris Yee; credit, Wei Li<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Chris Yee of SpecFicNZ helped wrap things up with a formal vote of thanks.<\/p>\n<p>As the keynote speaker, I thought it was wonderful to see a crowded room full of attentive and interested faces throughout; to be part of an event in which the spotlight was shone on writing and storytelling; and to enjoy the warmth that comes from a community coming together to support its new and emerging voices.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps most importantly of all, everyone was smiling and people lingered afterward to talk what we all love: in short, fun appeared to be had by all.<\/p>\n<pre style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2015\/06\/15\/event-fun-we-celebrate-our-christchurch-sir-julius-vogel-award-finalists-winners\/sjvaevent_13june_00\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-29365\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-29365\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Credit: Wei Li\" width=\"453\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SJVAEvent_13June_00-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a>Photo Credit: Wei Li<\/pre>\n<p>The event was made possible by Christchurch City Libraries&#8212;who provided the venue and were unfailingly professional, enthusiastic, and helpful in liaison with the event organisers&#8212;and also\u00a0 SpecFicNZ who both hosted the event and supported it financially. The event was also made possible through the financial and logistical support of the Thornspell Trust.<\/p>\n<p>So a big thank you to all involved, not least the team of volunteers who ensured everything ran smoothly on the day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<pre>All photos: P Fitzpatrick (unless otherwise noted)<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday afternoon, the Christchurch writing and reading community turned out in numbers for an event, jointly hosted by SpecFicNZ and Fendalton Library, to celebrate our Sir Julius Vogel Award finalists and winners. The event was very ably compered by Beaulah Pragg of SpecFicNZ, who also works at Fendalton library. And also included a wonderful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,19,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-funstuff","category-other-writers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29337"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29377,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29337\/revisions\/29377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}