• The Janet Mackenzie Medal – 2022 nominations are now open

    IPEd is pleased to announce that nominations are open for the 2022 Janet Mackenzie Medal (the Mackenzie). This award recognises the outstanding achievements and contributions of a current or past IPEd Professional Member, including Honorary Life Member, to the editing profession, particularly in lifting standards and/or providing exemplary service to IPEd. This is the most […]

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  • Online Storytimes Aotearoa during lockdown – GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS AND ECE’S

    DEVELOPED BY THE COALITION FOR BOOKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PANZ, LIANZA, CLNZ AND NZSA  Guidelines for libraries, schools and early childhood education centres   Schools, libraries, and early childhood education centres are keen to ensure that New Zealand children are still able to enjoy all that a good book has to offer during these unsettling […]

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  • Latest from adda: Translations from South and Southeast Asia

    Latest from adda:    Translations from South and Southeast Asia Translations: South & Southeast Asia features 32 literary translations in 15  languages from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore across the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Curated by guest co-editors Bilal Tanweer and Pauline Fan, these texts will appear in four issues. The […]

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  • Sir Julius Vogel Award Winners – 2021

    The winners of the Sir Julius Vogel Awards for 2021, recognising works from the 2020 year have been presented at a ceremony held on August 7th. Congratulations to all the winners. Professional Categories Best Novel The Stone Wētā Octavia Cade (Paper Road Press) Ebook Paperback Best Youth Novel These Violent Delights Chloe Gong (Hachette NZ) […]

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  • Tessa Duder is the NZSA 2021-2 President of Honour

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Tessa Duder CNZM OBE is the NZSA 2021-2022 President of Honour.  This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. Of the award, Tessa says: ” To […]

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  •  “CDL  is neither controlled nor legal”….. originally published by the International Publishers Federation

      An appeal to readers and librarians from the victims of CDL…. As working writers, translators, photographers, and graphic artists; as unions, organizations, and federations representing the creators of works included in published books; as book publishers; and as reproduction rights and public lending rights organizations; we oppose so-called “Controlled Digital Lending” (CDL) as a […]

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  • CNZ Requests Feedback on Remuneration Policy for Artists – Feedback Required!

    Creative New Zealand is seeking views on a draft remuneration policy to support the development of more sustainable arts sector careers. The policy proposes a set of principles aimed at ensuring fair remuneration for artists and arts practitioners for the work they do. They have created a remuneration policy for artists consultation document and are […]

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  • Unleashing the Power & Potential of Creativity

    Here is a fantastic report Unleashing the Power & Potential of Creativity launched this week by a new partnership between the UK Creative Industries Federation and Creative England. The report includes new research from Oxford Economics forecasting the post-Covid potential of the sector, and has a particular focus on creativity and the future of work, […]

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  • READER OF LOVE FOR THE BOOK – anthology releases of protest writing about National Library cull

    READER OF LOVE FOR THE BOOK edited by Bill Direen   nodisposals.neocities.org The Anthology of Love for the Book brings 52 promising young poets, prominent journalists, and several time-honoured poet laureates, winners of Prime Ministers Awards and Robert Burns Fellows together for a massive Hui. All the writers share deep concern at continuing disposals of […]

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  • NATIONAL LIBRARY PARTNERS WITH INTERNET PIRATE

                      MEDIA RELEASE JULY 15, 2021 The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc (NZSA) and the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) are shocked the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) has announced plans to hand […]

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  • New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme

    Find out about the COVID-19 recovery work being led by the National Library to support librarians and library services across New Zealand.  The Government is entrusting the National Library to lead and support COVID-19 recovery work across New Zealand’s library system, especially in public libraries, with a funding package of $58.8 million, over two to […]

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  • Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Celebrates 100 Years

    Books industry advocate Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand celebrates 100 years today.   In a time when things have been extremely challenging for any business, the books industry has seen positive spin-offs. The demand for books has increased and there has been a growth in bookshops around the country, with new stores in Wellington, Timaru, and […]

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