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Kiwis love to read to their children – READ NZ survey
82% of parents of young children read with them at least once a week and usually at bedtime, according to the Read NZ National Reading Survey released today. Around a third reported their children under 10 years of age had a particular book they liked to be read repeatedly, while 55% said they wished they […]
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The Coalition for Books welcomes Kim Meredith as new Manager
As reported late last year, the wonderful Jill Rawnsley is signing off from her Coalition manager’s role and the Coalition set about recruitment for the role. The Coalition for Books is delighted to advise that a strong appointment has been made with Kim Meredith taking over the reigns from Monday, March 14th. Melanie Laville-Moore, […]
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NZ Representation at Bologna and Shanghai Children’s Book Fairs 2022/ Huia & Beatnik up for Bologna Award
PANZ is delighted to welcome Maria Leonardi as manager of the PANZ stand at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which runs from 22 to 25 March. Maria is organising the NZ stand and also coordinating meetings to present books from the exhibiting publishers. Well-known in the international publishing world, Maria was until recently the editorial […]
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CNZ Remuneration Policy for Artists and Arts Practitioners
Remuneration Policy for Artists and Arts Practitioners: Summary of Consultation Report Ko te Mahere Utu mā Ngā Kaitoi, Kaiwaihanga Toi: tuhinga whakarāpopoto o ngā kōrero i kohia Released March 3, 2022 READ HERE
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A message from PEN UKRAINE to all PEN INTERNATIONAL members
Dear friends, thank you so much for your help and support! We are still fighting with Russia and the biggest part of the country sleeps in bomb shelters. Some of our authors were forced to leave their homes because Russian missiles have ruined their cities and villages. Around 40 PEN Ukraine members are still in […]
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Pen International condemns invasion of Ukraine
PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by over 1000 writers worldwide, expressing solidarity with writers, journalists, artists, and the people of Ukraine, condemning the Russian invasion and calling for an immediate end to the bloodshed. Read in Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic, French and Spanish. To our friends and colleagues in Ukraine, We, writers around the […]
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PEN International WWC meeting online – Our Writing, Our Resistance
WWC Annual Meeting Online Our Writing, Our Resistance 7 and 8 March 2022 (13:00 – 16:00 Greenwich Mean Time) The first PEN International WWC meeting for 2022 is due to be hosted in a couple of weeks. The meeting will be spread over two days, and over that time the regular business of the WWC […]
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Call to action for RNZ & TVNZ – BPM
Cabinet will soon decide on the Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) merger proposal. It could be one of the most important decisions ever made about public media in New Zealand.We (at Better Public Media – BPM) don’t know yet what the proposal is, but we do know that the way it […]
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Asia Media Centre on the hunt for new voices
10 NOVEMBER 2021 New voices on Asia One of the Asia Media Centre’s goals is to increase the number of voices talking about Asia-relevant issues in the New Zealand media. We are looking for diverse perspectives from people who love writing and/or photography, and have a passion for or experience with Asia. “New Voices” is looking […]
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Courage Day Commemoration (also known as International Day of the Imprisoned Writer) November 15
Join the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc to mark Courage Day 2021 (also known as The Day of the Imprisoned Writer) in Aotearoa, New Zealand, today – Monday 15 November – and throughout the week. Courage Day recognises writers who defend the right to free speech, and […]
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‘PEN International: An Illustrated History’ awarded Best Book of the Year at Frankfurt
PEN’s Centenary book has been awarded the Kiran and Pramod Kappor Prize as the Best Book of the Year in all categories and by unanimity of the judges from the Motovun Group of International Publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair last week. Edited by Carles Torner and Jan Martens, the authors of PEN International. An Illustrated […]
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TE HĀ O TE KUPU National Māori Writers Hui March 18-20, 2022 – new date!
TE HĀ O TE KUPU ~ tāngia ki te whenua ~ Join us at Te Poho o Rāwiri Marae, Tūranga nui a Kiwa (Gisborne) Hui*. Booking details HERE *Original date 26-28 November 2021. Postponed due to Covid19 restrictions. Te Hā o te Kupu 2022 National Māori Writers Hui March 18-20, 2022 Te Hā o Ngā […]
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