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The CLNZ Cultural Fund contributes to the NZSA Writers Professional Development Programme
NZSA is delighted to announce a contribution from the CLNZ Cultural Fund for the 2022 and 2023 development programmes. This grant supports programmes aimed at growing and developing Aotearoa New Zealand writers. More details here from The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc). About the Cultural Fund The Cultural […]
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Read NZ Te Pou Muramura 2022 Address – Dame Fiona Kidman
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura is delighted to announce Dame Fiona Kidman as the author that will deliver its 2022 address The heart of the matter. Marking the 50th birthday of the organisation, Dame Fiona’s Pānui spans her own personal reading journey to her job as founding secretary of the then New Zealand Book Council, […]
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NZ Bookshop Day October 1-8, 2022
NZ Bookshop Day It’s on! In celebration of NZ Bookshop Day 2022, Booksellers Aotearoa is hosting a nationwide bookmark treasure hunt, 1-8 October 2022. More Here: NZ Bookshop Day : Booksellers NZ • Only one entry per person, per day through bookmark hunt at one location/ bookstore. • Only one entry per […]
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CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 – now open for 2022!
7 SEPTEMBER 2022 Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 is made available in a contestable fund. In 2022, $75,000 is available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The amount applicants apply for is up to them, with the number of […]
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Paula Morris MNZN – Announced as a 2022 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi welcomes seven new Laureates to our over 100-strong artist alumni. Established in 2000, the Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureate Awards celebrate and empower New Zealand’s most outstanding artists across a vast range of disciplines. Each Laureate is recognised for their outstanding practice as well as their significant impact, and […]
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Record 7000 Children Join Reading Initiative as Schools Fight Literacy Decline
Wellington, 1 September 2022 New Zealand’s most loved children’s authors and illustrators are being live-streamed to hundreds of classrooms around the country as a free reading initiative designed to combat declining literacy rates and spark a lifelong love of reading takes off. More than 7000 children in over 230 classrooms and libraries around the country […]
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National online talanoa Sept 14 – Oct 05
The Coalition for Books wants to support more tagata Moana writers into publishing and are eager to learn more about their journey to getting started. With support from Creative New Zealand, the Coalition for Books will devise a national strategy for Moana creatives trying to break into the industry. It’s holding a month-long online […]
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Chris Tse’s “Life-Changing Opportunity” As NZ’s Latest Poet Laureate
26 Aug 2022 from THE BIG IDEA A big announcement on National Poetry Day – find out the reaction to the “glam-rock poetry superstar’s” appointment and the difference he plans to make. Chris Tse collects accolades at a phenomenal rate – it would be alarming if it wasn’t so impressive. His latest is one that […]
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Philip Matthews wins 2022 Reviewer of the Year award at Voyager Media Awards (again)
WINNER: Philip Matthews | newsroom.co.nz JUDGES: Anthony Byrt & Gilbert Wong “In one of the reviews in his submission, Philip Matthews writes: “We’re living through a painful and fast-moving time.” His calm and astute assessments of Charlotte Grimshaw and C.K Stead’s books position each at a respective front in the culture wars. That is not novel but […]
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 Writers in Residence Programme
The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, is now open for applications. Writers awarded a residency can look forward to peaceful accommodation, the use of a writing studio, a supporting stipend and the opportunity to […]
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Chris Tse is New Zealand’s next poet laureate
When queer Asian-Kiwi writer Chris Tse started reading and writing poetry at the age of 16, he felt he’d finally found something he could pursue. “Poetry has always been this constant. It’s the thing I reach for, for comfort and connection, it’s helped me make wonderful friendships and relationships with people. It’s been a significant part of […]
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Keri Hulme’s generous koha for Māori writers
The original manuscript of the bone people, by legendary author Keri Hulme (Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe), will be auctioned at Dunbar Sloane on the 11th of August, this year. Keri Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the prestigious Booker Prize in 1985. She was also the first writer to win the Booker Prize, […]
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