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IPEd releases guide for clients working with self-employed editors
The Institute of Professional Editors has released a new guide to assist self-employed editors and their clients to work together more effectively. Working with self-employed editors: A guide for clients provides information about what constitutes fair and acceptable professional practice, and principles for preventing or solving problems in the editor–client relationship. IPEd has developed this […]
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Oceanofpdf.com at it again – Book Piracy Alert!
Ebook piracy website oceanofpdf.com are at it again and many of our member’s books are available for free download from this site (including NZ’s recent Acorn Award for Fiction winner The Axeman’s Carnival). If you find your book is being supplied from this site without your or your publisher’s permission, we encourage you to take action […]
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2024 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards
· The Judith Binney Trust is pleased to announce that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards will open on 3 July 2023. For information about the Fellowships and Awards, please see www.judithbinneytrust.org.nz Applications close at 5pm on 25 August 2023. The Fellowship and Awards are scheduled to be announced in November 2023 for […]
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Melinda Szymanik awarded 2023 Shanghai Writing Residency
Michael King Writers Centre 12 June 2023 New Zealand China Friendship Society Residency Exchange After a break in the residency exchange programme due to the global pandemic, we are very happy to announce that, Melinda Szymanik has been selected as the fourth New Zealand writer to join the Shanghai Writers’ Association’s International Writing Programme. […]
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Call for judges of the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The organisers of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are calling for expressions of interest from readers with a deep knowledge of New Zealand literature who would like to be considered as judges of the 2024 awards. Applications are welcomed from the literature community and from members of the public with relevant experience. Suitable […]
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2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM – FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL
2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM Acclaimed author, anthologist and librettist Indigenous Envoy: The Māori writer as New Zealand practitioner and indigenous artisan Taiwhanga Kawhau Auditorium, lower ground floor, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Molesworth St, Thorndon Witi will speak at 6.00pm. Following the Lecture, we will celebrate the 50th […]
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2023 King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list – Book community gongs
Congratulations to those in the literary community who have been honoured this weekend: CNZM – To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Colin Charles James – For services to journalism and public policy – NZSA member ONZM – To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Nicolas Alfred […]
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TEENAGER JOINS ESTABLISHED NAMES ON SHORTLIST FOR NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
A 16-year-old Kāpiti Coast student is among the writers and illustrators announced today as finalists in the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, the preeminent celebration of books for Aotearoa’s young readers. Arlo Kelly, one of the Awards’ youngest ever finalists, is vying for the NZSA Best First Book Award with […]
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- ‘FLYING SOLO’ – ANTHOLOGY OF NZ WRITING
Are you interested in submitting your work to be considered for inclusion in a themed anthology on the experience of single parenting? * We want to read your take on ‘solo parenting’ ─ whether humorous, enlightening, or challenging ─ in the genre of your choice: poetry, prose (creative non-fiction), or short fiction. You may be […]
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Storylines Notable Book Awards judges announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa has announced the judges chosen to select the Storylines Notable Books for 2023 (for books published from 16 November 2022 to 15 November 2023). The panels of six for each of five categories (non-fiction, junior and YA fiction, picture books and books written […]
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Creative New Zealand and NZ On Air creative professionals research released
Media release 23 May 2023 Creative professionals are still earning considerably less than other New Zealand wage earners. Research just released shows that New Zealand’s creative professionals’ median income is $37,000, compared to the median of $61,800 for salary and wage earners. Forty four percent of creative professionals supplement their creative income with […]
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Great Leap Forward by Creative Industries
New statistics released by Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) have found that the creative industries have taken new leaps forward – highlighting their importance to Aotearoa. The latest COVID-19 Cultural Recovery Programme (CRP) Impacts Report has been made public this morning – measuring the period of March 2021 through to March […]
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