Bringing you the NZ Author magazine in a brand new format — an annual round up of our standout articles in 2025. We’ve chosen a selection of articles and essays from last year’s issues of the NZA for your reading pleasure.

Here’s an excerpt from our CE Jenny Nagle:

“As we moved to digital editions of our quarterly magazine, we pledged to produce an annual physical artifact, to record the activities, themes and key pieces of the year. Sincere thanks to NZA editor Tina Shaw and designer Di Curtis for this selected edition, as well as the four fine magazines they produce during the year.

“Overarching themes of this year have been the impact of AI copyright infringement and licensing; hearty advocacy for authors’ rights and incomes around the Public Lending Right (PLR); submissions to Minister Goldsmith’s Amplify Arts Strategy and Labour’s new arts policy; championing literacy and local content; and participation in collaborative industry campaigns, corralled by The Coalition for Books around New Voices (emerging writers), #Read Local, Buy Local, Te Wiki o te reo Māori and Pasifika campaigns, Winter/Summer Reading catalogues, and the launch of New Zealand’s first book sector strategy, Mahi Tahi.”

Read the full report and view the magazine in the PDF linked here! Our print edition is available to our members (depending on membership type).