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PANZ market size report 2021
The data in this report is taken from a Market Size Survey conducted by Nielsen BookData with PANZ members in Feb/March 2022 and is ©Nielsen BookData 2022. This report was compiled for the use of the Publishers Association of New Zealand, the New Zealand Society of Authors, and Copyright Licensing New Zealand and is […]
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Challenging times for arts sector mean renewed strategic focus for Creative New Zealand over next four years
CREATIVE NZ NEWS Resilience, access, inclusion and equity, and wellbeing are Creative New Zealand’s strategic focus areas over the next four years, aimed at providing ongoing support while lifting the sector out of the challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic. These focus areas are included in our new medium-term strategy, the Statement of Intent 2022–2026, following from […]
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Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist 2022
Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom, and is a noted writer at the NZ Herald. He has been nominated (alongside ReadingRoom book reviewer Philip Matthews) as best reviewer of the year at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards. READINGROOM Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist The most celebrated and well-known New Zealand novelist […]
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samesame but different, Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ Readers and Writers Festival 2023 events
samesame but different has rescheduled several live events for August and September. These include everything from poetry to a play-reading to an interactive zine-making workshop in Tāmaki Makaurau, and a satellite poets’ panel in Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Poetry Speakeasy | 16 August, 6-8pm Studio One Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1011 Our […]
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Witi Ihimaera on National Radio
Witi Ihimaera on National Radio This weekend the New Zealand Society of Authors will mark the 50th birthday of Witi Ihimaera’s groundbreaking collections of short stories, first published in 1972. Bryan Crump spoke to Witi July 26 ahead of the celebration. LISTEN HERE Link to Auckland roadshow information HERE
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TikTok has major impact on Whitcoulls’ most popular books
MEDIA RELEASE Monday July 25, 2022 TikTok’s influential #BookTok site has delivered major New Zealand book retailer Whitcoulls a whopping 49 percent more votes from enthusiastic readers, as they announce their 2022 Top 100 Books List today, Monday July 25, 2022. The impact of #BookTok on the List can be seen by the arrival […]
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Pen America at 100: A Reading List
This year is PEN America’s 100th anniversary, and to celebrate, we have a new reading list highlighting members of the organization who have produced some of the most influential works of the past century. What began in the aftermath of World War I as an American literary club with the intent of providing intellectual […]
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‘It was just part of her story’: Tessa Duder on writing periods into the Alex novels
All week we are examining our relationship with menstruation in Aotearoa. Read more Bleed Week content here. The night before her big race, Alex is struck by a familiar feeling within. “I was beginning to have a very unwelcome suspicion. It was another ten minutes before I could bring myself to get out of bed […]
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NZSA Roadshows – On The Road Again
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) is heading out, taking regional roadshows to Auckland Tāmaki Makau-rau, Napier Ahuriri and Taranaki New Plymouth. Writing is a solitary art – and NZSA has always provided a way for writers to get together, share experiences and learn to fine-tune their craft. Following two COVID years of […]
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Creative New Zealand releases 2022-2026 Statement of Intent
The Statement of Intent sets out Creative New Zealand’s 4-year plan, to achieve a vision of ‘dynamic and resilient New Zealand arts, valued in Aotearoa and internationally’. It describes how we create value for New Zealanders through our support for the arts, and what we need to do to increase that value and ensure […]
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Pen International – Gender, Diversity and Literature: recording and handbook
PEN International held a Civil Society Programme training webinar on Gender, Diversity, and Literature in English. This webinar unpacks the concepts of gender, intersectionality, and diversity and presents the nature and impact of discrimination on girls and women writers through case studies. You can find the recording of the webinar in English HERE They […]
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Copyright: American Publishers File for Summary Judgment Against the Internet Archive
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief Pallante: ‘In a Cloak of Public Service’ In a week roiled by difficult news—not least today’s (July 8) assassination of Japan’s Shinzo Abe—four primary member-publishers of the Association of American Publishers have filed a motion for summary judgment against the Internet Archive in this case that has international implications because of the […]
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