• UK and NZ agree to $1-billion free trade deal – NZ Herald – copyright

    Posted on 21 October 2021

    October 21, 2021 Read Article Here: UK and New Zealand agree to $1bn free trade deal – NZ Herald “For its part, New Zealand will eliminate tariffs on 100 per cent of tariff lines on British imports on the day the agreement comes into force. The agreement will also change New Zealand’s copyright laws, which […]

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  • International concern about Internet Archive-National Library deal

    Posted on 20 October 2021

    André Chumko STUFF, Oct 18 2021 An international group of authors including Sir Philip Pullman are concerned about the National Library’s partnership with the Internet Archive. “To find that a great national library like that of New Zealand is collaborating in a scheme to break the cherished copyright laws and give our work away for […]

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  • Sir Philip Pullman writes to the National Library

    Posted on 18 October 2021

      Read the letter from the President of the UK Society of Authors, Sir Philip Pullman to Rachel Esson and Minister Tinetti about the Internet Archive.    Here: Philip Pullman UK SoA To Hon Jan Tinetti – Minister for Internal Affairs  Rachel Esson – National Librarian 30 September 2021 Dear Jan Tinetti and Rachel Esson, […]

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  • Bestselling authors call on publishers to name #TranslatorsOnTheCover

    Posted on 5 October 2021

    ‘Name the translator in the same breath as you name the author’ say authors, including Bernardine Evaristo, Sarah Waters, Preti Taneja, Katie Kitamura, Simon Schama, Max Porter, Tracy Chevalier and more. On International Translation Day 2021 #TranslatorsOnTheCover was launched, calling on every writer to ask their publishers for cover credits for the people who translate […]

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  • Sarah Forster – 2021 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award Winner

    Posted on 4 October 2021

      Many congratulations to Sarah Forster, winner of the 2021 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award Wellington’s Sarah Forster has been named as the recipient of the 2021 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to children’s and young adult literature and reading.Christine Young, chair of Storylines Trust says the award acknowledges the work Sarah has done […]

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  • Creative NZ welcomes additional $5 million from Government to support the arts sector through Delta

    Posted on 29 September 2021

    Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage Carmel Sepuloni announced today that the Government is providing a targeted support package of reprioritised funding to help the arts and culture sector respond to the challenges of the Delta variant. The Government has brought forward $37.5 million which will span across protecting jobs and supporting at-risk organisations, key […]

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  • Our writers are being hung out to dry – FROM THE SPIN OFF

    Posted on 26 September 2021

    Mandy Hager | Guest writer Published in The SpinOff September 25, 2020 Opinion The president of the New Zealand Society of Authors wants very much to talk about money. It’s six years since I last bought new knickers. I know this because it’s six years since I earned enough to replace the old ones I’d […]

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  • Appointment of an NZSA Director for Copyright Licensing NZ Board 2022

    Posted on 24 September 2021

    Appointment of an NZSA Director for Copyright Licensing NZ Board 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand The Organisation Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is jointly owned by the Publishers Association of New Zealand, Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc (NZSA). The only […]

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  • Sci-Hub, Copyright, and Creativity

    Posted on 23 September 2021

    Libertarian politics undergird techno-utopianism. Canada can teach us a lesson.   Kent Anderson It’s become commonplace to hear copyright denigrated as a useless and archaic constraint on information flows. Despite commercial protections of intellectual property dating back to the US Constitution (and before) as a way of promoting “the Progress of Science and the useful […]

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  • Horizon 2020 Writers Income Survey – NZ

    Posted on 22 September 2021

      Horizon Research Writers’ Earnings Survey Report 2021 FINAL Click on the link above to read the survey on writers earnings in NZ for 2020.

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  • Attorney-General asked to investigate National Library-Internet Archive deal – STUFF

    Posted on 22 September 2021

    Click here to read:       Attorney-General asked to investigate National Library-Internet Archive deal | Stuff.co.nz Article by Andre Chumko on STUFF  Sep 15 2021 Authors and publishers have asked the Attorney-General to investigate the legality of the partnership between the National Library and the Internet Archive ahead of a looming New York court case […]

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  • NZSA ADVOCACY – Policy Tweaks to Improve Conditions for NZ Writers

    Posted on 22 September 2021

      NZSA ADVOCACY POLICIES 2021

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