• Working Together: Accessibility in Aotearoa Theatre – new resource available

    In this Arts For All Network national Zoom hui, Henrietta Bollinger and Nathan Mudge talk about the new Playmarket resource they wrote. A best-practice guide for working with practitioners and communities with access needs, It covers programming, planning, policies, budgets, contracts, riders, remuneration, rehearsal rooms, schedules, warm-ups, intimacy, costumes and make up, and design. It […]

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  • New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 International Residency with China

    28 March 2023 The Michael King Writers Centre in association with the New Zealand China Friendship Society and the Shanghai Writers’ Association is pleased to announce the call for applications for a New Zealand writer to hold a residency in Shanghai. The successful writer will receive accommodation in an inner-city apartment, a stipend for living […]

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  • Stable Spaces Survey

    closes 4 April Artists and art organisations need stable spaces in which to work. Effective and sustainable ways to secure those spaces are vital, so our creative future can thrive.   SURVEY LINK: https://form.jotform.com/230146916946866 A common refrain from artists and arts organisations across the artforms is that they struggle to find affordable and appropriate spaces […]

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  • Digital Lending Rights now enshrined into law by Australian Government

    Digital #book formats will now be included as part of the Australian #LendingRights Scheme  This change makes sure authors, illustrators and publishers do not miss out on payment  for #ebook or #audiobook in library collections. Claims can be lodged from 3 April to 30 June for the 2023-24 program: bit.ly/ns23LendingRights #books #bookish #bookworm #Revive #booksbooksbooks #EnrichingCommunities Australian Library and Information Association Australian Publishers Association Australian Society of Authors Education Services Australia […]

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  • IMPUNITY REIGNS – WRITERS RESIST, PEN INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ITS ANNUAL CASE LIST 2022

    THE DEADLIEST YEAR FOR PRESS IN THE AMERICAS, AS MEXICO REMAINS ONE OF MOST LETHAL COUNTRIES FOR JOURNALISTS; A TRAGIC ONE FOR EUROPE, AS THE WAR AGAINST UKRAINE RAGES AND TURKEY AND BELARUS AMONG THE WORST JAILERS 21 March 2023    Read Here: the PEN Case List 2022 PROOF 4 1UP   PEN International launches […]

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  • Pacific Language Weeks for 2023

    The dates for the 2023 Pacific Language Weeks series have been announced. Last year, the overarching theme for the series was sustainability, which aligned with the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Pacific Languages Strategy and fed into the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages to sustain and revitalise heritage languages. The theme of sustainability has resonated strongly with our Pacific communities, who have […]

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  • Pasifika Festival Feb 2023 The Coalition for Books

    The Coalition for Books had its first stand at the Pasifika Festival this weekend and has produced its third catalogue for Pasifika Books. Download the new Pasifika catalogue Feb 2023 HERE Thanks to Dorothy Butler Bookshop for all their organisation and support.  

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  • A New Map of the Book Sector in Aotearoa

    The team at the Kotahitanga offices (CLNZ, NZSA, PANZ) collaborated to Map the Book Sector. Many thanks to Copyright Licensing New Zealand for putting this together in this fab new design. The Book Ecosystem It is available for all to download CPY230031 – Book industry – The Book Eco-system   Economic and Data Flows in […]

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  • Books Back Better – Restocking school libraries post-Gabrielle

    Many schools: kura, preschools, colleges, kindy’s, primary schools in the Hawkes’Bay have lost their entire libraries through the damage wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle. Books Back Better is a campaign to collect monetary donations from our wider communities around the motu to buy Booksellers NZ Tokens and distribute these to kura/schools, Kohanga Reo, and Kindy’s affected […]

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  • CNZ Global Digital New Work Fund and the Global Digital Research Fund OPEN NOW

    The Global Digital New Work Fund and the Global Digital Research Fund opened March 10. Kaupapa This fund supports researching, developing and/or creating new digital artwork for an international audience.  The aim of the fund is to amplify innovative digital arts practice and encourage exploration and experimentation. It does this by supporting the development of […]

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  • Aotearoa NZ book review site to launch

      “A new long-form book review site launches on Wednesday 22 March: the Aotearoa NZ Review of Books, based on the model of the Sydney Review of Books and the LA Review of Books. Edited by Paula Morris, the site will publish around eight reviews a month, on Wednesdays and Fridays, and cover all genres: fiction, nonfiction and poetry, including […]

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  • PEN International Women’s Day – March 8

     International Women’s Day: Take Action for María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez (Cuba)    To mark International Women’s Day 2023, PEN International features the case of Cuban poet and activist María Cristina Garrido Rodríguez, imprisoned since July 2021 for her criticism of the Cuban government, and for participating in the peaceful protests that saw thousands of Cubans […]

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