NZ Author Magazine – Spring – Issue 334 is now out online and being sent to NZ Author subscribers around the country. 

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In this issue:

EDITOR’S NOTE Tina Shaw; CULTURAL SECTOR REGENERATION FUND NZSA funding; TAKING A RISK WORD Christchurch kicks off on 23 August; EXTRAVAGANZA! National Poetry Day, by Erica Stretton; SHOWCASING CRIME The Ngaio Marsh Awards longlist; AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY Himali McInnes and the Commonwealth Writers Prize; BENEFITING THE FUTURE Kete goes te reo for Māori Language Week; MICHAEL GIFKINS TEXT PRIZE The 2023 winner, by Susan Battye; A FRAGILE ECOSYSTEM Maria Gill talks to New Zealand universities to see what is happening in their creative writing departments; APPROPRIATE REGULATION Sam Irvine considers why the right regulation is crucial when it comes to AI and copyright; AGILE AND SUSTAINABLE About a Nelson bookshop that went online; HAMILTON BOOK MONTH What’s on in Hammers, by Catherine Wallace; FOLLY A new literary mag on the scene; BEYOND THE PALE Saige England asks, can a writer build characters who inhabit a different skin and live in a different culture to their own?; FLASH IN THE BIG APPLE Youjia Jennifer Liu learns about flash fiction in New York; CELEBRATING INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES A New Zealand poet joins PEN’s 2023 Video Poem Marathon, by Lesley Marshall; CHIEF EXECUTIVE’S REPORT Jenny Nagle; FAIR COMPENSATION Vanda Symon – President’s Report; GOVERNANCE REPORT Tracy Farr; CLASSIFIEDS.