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Copyright Licensing NZ Announce 2025 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants.
MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release: 05 December 2025 Copyright Licensing New Zealand are Pleased to Announce the Recipients of the 2025 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants. Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is excited to announce the successful recipients in the 2025 round of Contestable Fund Grants, with a total of $75,000 granted. This year we received […]
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Book Awards Trust relaxes ruling on AI covers for 2026 awards
5 December 2025 The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is today announcing that it will allow two books to be considered by the judges of the fiction category of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards that had previously been disallowed because their covers were originated using AI, in contravention of the awards’ entry criteria. […]
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MCH Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) 2025, Culture in the Digital Age,
As someone from NZSA was involved in helping to shape our Long-term Insights Briefing (LTIB) 2025, Culture in the Digital Age, MCH are very pleased to share that a final version has now been published. As you are likely aware, this briefing looks ahead to 2040 and explores how digital technologies – like artificial […]
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NZSA announces Fleur Beale ONZM as 2026 NZSA President of Honour
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Fleur Beale is the NZSA 2026 President of Honour, who will deliver the prestigious NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture in 2026. This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing, writers and the literary […]
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Free Them All: Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025
“Across the world, writers continue to pay a heavy price for speaking truth. Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit, and Mzia Amaglobeli remind us that words can shake the powerful — and that courage endures even when their freedom is taken away. Their persecution is a wound to justice and humanity itself. We must not […]
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Read Local, Buy Local campaign launched from CFB
From the Coalition for Books: As we begin the countdown to the biggest gift-giving season of the year, The Coalition for Books is pleased to present our final campaign for the year: Read Local, Buy Local. Launched on November 1, this digital campaign’s focus is on encouraging readers to buy or borrow New Zealand books by […]
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Publisher changes at Massey University Press
After establishing Massey University Press for Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa Massey University 10 years ago, Publisher Nicola Legat (pictured) is stepping into a new Publisher at Large position at the Press. The university is seeking a full-time publisher to fill the role. “The 10-year anniversary seems an apt time to make this change,” Nicola says. […]
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Whitireia publishing course secured: Applications open now
Last week PANZ officially announced that it will assume responsibility for the Whitireia Publishing Course – New Zealand’s only full-time, industry-led publishing qualification – from 2026 and will welcome a capped intake of 20 students for next year. You can read the full press release here. PANZ is now reaching out to all members and […]
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PEN International statement on the fragile ceasefire in Gaza
PEN International released a statement on 21 October 2025 calling on all parties to uphold the ongoing implementation of the drastically overdue ceasefire in Gaza and never allow any resumption of hostilities. The international community must ensure a permanent end to the genocide in Gaza, a full withdrawal of Israeli forces, unfettered access to humanitarian assistance […]
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Charity Urges Kiwis to Buy Local this Christmas
A Kiwi Christmas with a Difference: Local Stories, Reo Māori, and the Gift of Reading This Christmas, Kiwi Christmas Books is calling on New Zealanders to give a gift that lasts far beyond the holidays: a brand-new book, written and illustrated here at home. The children’s book-gifting charity — which has donated more than 54,000 […]
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The Children’s Booker Prize
The prize, to be awarded annually from 2027 and supported by AKO Foundation, will celebrate the best contemporary fiction for children aged eight to 12 years old. The inaugural £50,000 award for children’s fiction will open for submissions in spring 2026, with the shortlist of eight books announced in November 2026. The winner, to be […]
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Takahē NZ nominations for international prizes
A record of Takahē’s editors’ recent nominations for international literary prizes, including The Pushcart Prize, The Best of the Net, and Best Microfiction. Best Small Fictions 2025 Petra Nyman ‘Baby Flesh‘ Iona Winter ‘The curve of the hill home‘ Zac Hing ‘One Summer‘ Gregory Bennett ‘Heat Death of the Internet‘ Per Olvmyr ‘INSTRUCTIONS FOR BOILED POTATOES‘ The […]
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