INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MODERN LETTERS

International Institute of Modern Letters

The International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) was established to promote and foster contemporary imaginative writing.

We are part of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Victoria University and offer a range of creative writing programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

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Coming Events

Jan 21Poetry readingWellington Poets Read on Wellington Light
featuring Kate Camp, Dinah Hawken, Bill Manhire and James McNaughton, in association with the NZ Book Council

Date: 21st January 2010
Time: Thursday - 6pm
Venue: Adam Auditorium, City Gallery, Civic Square, Wellington More »

Latest News

17 December 2009 MA in Creative Writing prize winners The student winners of the Adam Award, the David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize and the Biggs Poetry Prize for 2009 have been announced.

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6 November 2009 New novel by Damien Wilkins
Somebody Loves Us All is the ninth book by IIML Senior Lecturer Damien Wilkins. Published by Victoria University Press, available from 6 November.

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Eleanor Catton - MA in Creative Writing

The IIML experience was absolutely invaluable to me. The programme equipped me with the tools, vocabulary, and confidence to begin to take myself seriously as a writer. Read more about Eleanor

Ken Duncum - Michael Hirschfeld Director of Scriptwriting

Drama is the enemy of certainty. The job of scripts, and scriptwriters, is to prise open gaps and rummage around in the questions society asks itself - or tries to avoid asking itself.
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