• AMPLIFY – Draft Plan for Arts Strategy out now

    The Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith has released a draft of a national creative and cultural strategy, Amplify: A Creative and Cultural Strategy for New Zealand (Draft) 2024 – 2030. Amplify is a national strategy that shows how government will work with the creative and cultural sectors to deliver support for the sectors’ development. The vision […]

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  • New Bookshop Guide for NZ Indie authors

    A New Guide for Self-published/Indie Authors from Booksellers NZ and NZSA has been launched. This guide forms a set of protocols on how to get your book stocked in bookshops and achieve trade sales. This covers how to approach bookshops, what you need to show and present, what the terms of trade are, promotion and […]

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  • Nga Po e Rewa Pū – Motueka Hui Oct 25-27 Report from Donna MacLeod – Te Kaituhi Māori

    To Sir with love. How does one encapsulate Space. The  Space of Creativity The Creative Space within Te Aō Māori. The Space where a Master stands before you gifting 3 hours but continues for 6 hours. We witnessed one standing in Mana We were gifted a legacy. “A life-changing experience.” Harold Helmbright “I found inspiration […]

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  • Meet Your 2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates

    Te Tumu Toi LaureatesLast night, Aotearoa New Zealand’s creative community came together in full force to celebrate the arts, and the artists shaping our nation’s future. This year, we are delighted to honour eight Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates – artists that have been outstanding in their field, and are having a significant impact.They […]

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  • Sargeson Prize for short stories won by writer of topical, political tale 

    The writer of a political, quintessentially New Zealand story has taken the top spot in one of New Zealand’s richest short story competitions, securing a $10,000 prize.   Benn Jeffries of Wellington was named winner of the 2024 Sargeson Prize with his short story ‘Greywacke’ on Saturday evening at the 21st annual Frank Sargeson Memorial […]

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  • Robust and Resilient Indies Celebrate their role as Community Hubs on Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day

    Independent bookshops across the motu will celebrate their pivotal roles as community hubs with fanfare events on Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day Saturday 12 October as they continue to trade strongly in a tough retail environment. Bookstore sales volumes increased by three percent in August on the month prior according to Nielsen BookData. This compares […]

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  • LitPLUS AUT info site on literacy education launches

    LitPlus is a research and professional learning community focused on literacy education for children and young people and is based at AUT. LitPlus supports literacy education that puts the pleasures of reading together and equalising differences in children’s literacy at its centre.   This will be useful to access research about literacy in Aotearoa.

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  • Joy Sellen is the recipient of the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award

    Joy has always been an avid reader. She graduated from the University of Otago with degrees in microbiology and Russian, after which she worked in translation, research, market analysis, writing and editing in New Zealand and the UK. Later, with young children, she became involved in playgroups, toy library and kindergarten committees, where she took […]

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  • Call for judges of the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

    2 OCTOBER 2024 The organisers of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are inviting expressions of interest from members and followers of the children’s literature community who would like to be considered as judges of the 2025 awards. Applications to judge are now open to all those with suitable qualifications and […]

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  • Calling all writers! Applications are now open for the 2025 Sargeson Fellowship

    1 October 2024 The Frank Sargeson Trust is calling for applications from published New Zealand writers for the 2025 Sargeson Fellowship. This prestigious Fellowship, named in memory of New Zealand writer Frank Sargeson, is offering in 2025 an increased stipend of $26,000 to write fulltime on a project(s). The Sargeson Fellowship may be shared by […]

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  • Robust and Resilient Indies Celebrate their role as Community Hubs on Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day

      Independent book shops across the motu will celebrate their pivotal roles as community hubs with fanfare events on Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day Saturday 12 October as they continue to trade strongly in a tough retail environment. Bookstore sales volumes increased by three percent in August on the month prior according to Nielsen BookData. […]

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  • Love of books and reading foremost with Kiwi Kids Whitcoulls Top 50

    FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2024 On the eve of Aotearoa New Zealand’s Term 3 holidays, Whitcoulls announce their influential 2024 Kids’ Top 50 Books list; an annual event for over 25 years and one Kiwi children respond to with enthusiasm. Whitcoulls Book Manager, Joan Mackenzie, says, “This year, 36% of books on the Top 50 are […]

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