New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa

Launch of Scorchers: A Climate Fiction Anthology.

You're invited to the launch of Scorchers: A Climate Fiction Anthology. Scorchers is the first ever pan-Australasian anthology of cli-fi writings. Including pieces by some of Aotearoa and Australia’s most celebrated authors, its sixteen contributors have responded to a deceptively simple provocation: How can writers respond within the short fiction...
Fiona Sussman at The Booklovers Bookstore

Join Fiona Sussman as she talks about her writing journey, and new book, Addressed to Greta. The Booklover, Shop 2, 1 Milford Road, Milford Auckland, New Zealand 0620 21st November, 4pm Tea and cake will be served. $5 a ticket, with proceeds going to Duffy Books Charity - just 50 tickets are available. Find...
Professor Chris Brickell. James Courage: His Life and Diaries

Thursday 12th November 5.30pm Chris’s edited volume of James Courage’s diaries will be published by OUP in mid 2021. He discusses getting to know this expatriate gay New Zealander by reading his remarkably rich life writing. Chris will draw from Courage’s diaries and other materials as he speaks about this...
NZSA Christchurch Heritage Book Awards - Winners ceremony Oct 29

NZSA Heritage Literary Awards Winners ceremony Prize winners will be announced at WORD on Thursday 29th October at 7:00 at an event held at St Michaels and All Angels, Oxford Terrace, Christchurch. All welcome Judges have announced the shortlists for the 2020 New Zealand Heritage Book Awards. All work this year...
NZSA Auckland Museum Research Grant and Residency Now Open for Applications

Applications are now open for a $5000 research grant and residency for writers wishing to work on a project that will utilise the resources of the Auckland Museum Library as part of the manuscript’s development. The grant also offers the recipient the opportunity to take up four weeks funded...
Creating Books in the Time of Covid: Author Amy McDaid

NZSA Auckland Branch Meeting Friday 6 November at 6.15pm Creating Books in the Time of Covid: Author Amy McDaid Room 1211, level 12, AUT Tower Cnr of Rutland and Wakefield St, City Central. Amy McDaid's debut novel, Fake Baby, was to be released in April 2020 - right in what became New Zealand's Level...
Deadhead & Neands Double Trouble Launch - Sunday October 18

ALL WELCOME ELLEN MELVILLE CENTRE 10AM - 12 NOON SUNDAY OCTOBER 18 MORE ABOUT THE BOOKS: DEADHEAD BY GLENN WOOD "Scott Pearson provided the skilfully-drawn ‘graphic replays’, the double-page comic art panels which offer brief summaries of each section of the story about every three chapters. These black and white illustrations are in the...
2020 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition

Open to all NZSA members $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize Opens 25 September, closes 4pm, Friday 30 October Brought to you by NZSA Auckland Branch Conditions of entry The competition is open to all NZSA members. All entries must be original and not previously published...
Paula Morris, 2020-2021 NZSA President of Honour - annual Janet Frame Memorial Lecture

Paula Morris, as the 2020-2021 NZSA President of Honour will deliver the NZSA annual Janet Frame Memorial Lecture Each year the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa elects a President of Honour, who is tasked with delivering the Janet Frame Memorial Lecture - an update and commentary of the current...

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Announcing the winners of the 2020 NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2020 – Winners
30 October 2020
30.10.20 Winners of the NZSA Heritage Book Awards were announced last night in Christchurch. The Non-Fiction winner was Ripiro Beach: A Memoir of Life After Near Death by Caroline Barron. (Bateman Books). In 2018 Barron was a Short Prose winner in these awards with an excerpt from the book. Judges
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The Market and Publishers in China 2020
29 October 2020
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Vietnamese Publisher Ehomebooks Launches the ‘International Children’s Picture Book Award 2020’
29 October 2020
Looking to celebrate as-yet undiscovered authors and illustrators, Ehomebooks launches a children’s book award that crosses international boundaries. By Hannah Johnson | @hannahsjohnson FROM PUBLISHING PERSPECTIVES Searching for ‘Diverse and Outstanding’ Picture Books While many book prizes and awards are focused on creators and titles from particular regions or languages, Vietnamese
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