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Storylines celebrated the winners of its major awards at a special event in Auckland on Sunday 28 March
2021 Storylines award-winners honoured At the Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day, recipient of the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy Award for lifetime achievement in children’s literature, Julia Marshall, gave the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy lecture.Her lecture outlined the genesis of and influences on her publishing company Gecko Press, but more importantly, perhaps, looked at the […]
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Caren Rangi, ONZM appointed as Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa
Media release: 25 March 2021 Ministry of Culture and Heritage Caren Rangi has been appointed as the new Chair of the Arts Council of New Zealand Toi Aotearoa (Creative New Zealand’s governing body) for a three-year term. Ms Rangi will be the first Pacific Chair and third woman to hold this role of […]
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James George encourages future Māori writers to enter Pikihuia short story awards
24 March 2021 Short story awards named a ‘stepping stone to success’ for Māori writers. First-time and emerging Māori writers are encouraged to enter the 2021 Pikihuia Awards. The short story awards, which occur every second year, have become known as a stepping stone to success for Māori writers. Chair of the Māori Literature […]
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The Importance of Publishing Inclusivity for Indie Authors
March 8, 2021 Orna Ross Running An Author Business Today’s authors can be creative business owners building independent publishing enterprises based on intellectual property (IP). Yet many independent authors forgo their independence, and compromise the value of their IP, by signing or assigning their books exclusively to another business without due diligence. Orna Ross explores […]
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Brexit – Warning of a sea-change in territorial copyright
In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard Charkin February 10, 20213 Comments Richard Charkin: Brexit Ushers British Publishing Into New Territory An inevitable ‘sea change in trade book publishing,’ writes Richard Charkin, may accelerate as Brexit puts the UK industry’s EU exclusivity into a new light. A shot from February 6 in London’s Parliament Square. Image – iStockphoto: VV […]
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UK Author Unions Launch Investigation Into ‘Partner Publishing’
UK Author Unions Launch Investigation Into ‘Partner Publishing’ In News by Porter Anderson March 3, 2021 Citing ‘a sharp rise in complaints’ about companies that charge writers to produce their work, author-advocacy unions open a study. Solomon: ‘They Call Themselves Publishers’ The Society of Authors and Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – the United Kingdom’s two authors’ unions–have announced […]
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PEN AMERICA SETTLES LANDMARK FIRST AMENDMENT LAWSUIT WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT
PEN AMERICA SETTLES LANDMARK FIRST AMENDMENT LAWSUIT WITH U.S. GOVERNMENT; PRECEDENT SHIELDS REPORTERS FROM RETALIATION BY A SITTING PRESIDENT Settlement agreement entered today affirms basis of PEN America’s challenge on behalf of its journalist Members who were threatened and retaliated against by President Trump. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2021 (New York, NY) […]
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Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for 2021 awarded to publisher Julia Marshall
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa Julia Marshall has been selected as the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner, for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature, and will be presented with her medal and deliver the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy lecture on 28 […]
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WE CAN BUILD A NEW UTOPIA – Arts Regional Trust
Arts Regional Trust WE CAN BUILD A NEW UTOPIA. The Arts Regional Trust commissioned Rosabel Tan to speak with leading “architects of imagination” about how they’re reimagining Aotearoa’s post-Covid ngā toi arts and culture sector. It’s a confronting and radical conversation. Read here:
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Three Authors’ Associations Address Status of Audible.com Talks
A coalition of author organizations in the US and UK calls for more transparency from Audible to give authors ‘a true picture of how their income is being calculated.’ By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘We Will Continue Our Dialogue’ As we reported in late November, Audible‘s initial response to what writers called #Audiblegate was soundly rejected as inadequate […]
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Kiwi Kids Read Kiwi Books
An online bookstore, Kiwi Kids Read Kiwi Books, has been launched to link New Zealand authors and illustrators creating books for children and teens with book buyers and young readers around the country. The brainchild of Wanaka author Kate Gordon, the bookstore went live mid-November with eight founding authors who have written an array of […]
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Book Aid International’s Year of 2020: 867,567 Books sent to refugee camps in 19 Countries
HOME Read Publishing Perspectives here January 13, 2021 By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Solar lamps as well as hundreds of thousands of books were in play in 2020 as Book Aid International’s logistics team and donor-publishers got books to refugee camps as well as libraries. Eunice Eyi Dotse, a student in Ghana, studies with […]
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