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From May 24-30, New Zealand – and further afield – will embrace and celebrate the third most spoken language in Aotearoa with Samoa Language Week.
24th May 2020 It is the second of nine Pacific Language Weeks this year, supported by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples and facilitated by Fa’alapotopotoga mo le A’oa’oina o le Gagana Samoa i Aotearoa (FAGASA), Sosaiete Aoga Amata Samoa I Aotearoa (SAASIA), and FOTU O MALAMA – the Association for Teachers of Samoan Language […]
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Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buys company for $1
Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher has purchased Stuff from its Australian owners Nine Entertainment for $1. The chief executive was returning the company to New Zealand ownership, with the sale expected to be completed by 31 May. “Our plan is to transition the ownership of Stuff to give staff a direct stake in the business […]
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The price of literature: writers take on Government over fair pay
By Kelly Dennett May 24 2020 Writers fear their ability to earn will be further eroded as the results of reviews affecting their revenue streams near completion. Maurice Gee recalls it wasn’t until he was mid-career that he and his wife felt financially comfortable enough for him to commit to his writing full-time. By that […]
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NEW FREEDOM TO WRITE INDEX – 2019 REVIEW OF IMPRISONED WRITERS
The Freedom to Write Index, PEN America’s first annual global count of writers and public intellectuals unjustly detained or imprisoned worldwide. Covering Jan – Dec 2019, the inaugural Freedom to Write Index shows that at least 238 writers and public intellectuals were imprisoned or held in detention in 2019, facing often brutal treatment and […]
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READING INCREASES IN LOCKDOWN – Nielsen London – reading hours double!
Two in five UK adults say they are consuming books more since lockdown, with readers almost doubling their total reading hours per week. London, 13 May 2020 Nielsen Book today published the latest research on UK book consumer habits during the lockdown. Online interviews with a nationally-representative sample of 1,000 UK adults revealed that readers […]
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Time for Chinese New Zealanders to be heard
FROM STUFF Karen Tay May 10 2020 Human civilisations are built on foundations of stories. Words are how we relay ancestral knowledge across generations. To be invisible in this world is to have your stories erased or reduced to the margins – which is how it’s largely been for many generations of Chinese immigrants to […]
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Chris Else Discusses Advocating for Writers on Latest NZSA Podcast
“…Any writer that gets more than $500 a year out of the Public Lending Right and isn’t a member of NZSA, is freeloading…” In the latest episode of the NZSA Oral History Podcast Season 3 we hear from Chris Else. Chris is a New Zealand author and literary agent. Along with his own writing, and […]
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The Coalition for Books is hosting an online drop-in with Creative New Zealand this Friday!
Calling all writers, publishers, literary events professionals, arts practitioners and organisations who want to know more about Creative New Zealand’s Emergency Response Package … The Coalition for Books is hosting an online drop-in with Creative New Zealand this Friday: Date/Time: Friday, 15 May, 2020, 9.30-11.00am Joining us will be Malcolm Burgess, Arts Practice Director, […]
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Publishers without Borders – Facebook Group event live May 20 8pm
The newly formed Publishers Without Borders Facebook group will devote a live session to New Zealand publishing next Wednesday 20 May from 8 p.m. Tune in to hear PANZ councillors Nicola Smith (Essential Resources), Melanee Winder (Hachette NZ) and Peter Dowling (Oratia) discuss how different segments of the book industry are adapting to the […]
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Trump Administration Would ‘Eviscerate’ Copyright, Say Industry Players
In News by Porter Anderson May 8, 2020 The effort by the Office of Science and Technology Policy to change intellectual property protections in research publication draws ‘serious legal, policy, and economic concerns.’ ‘Weakening US Leadership’ In what a study from University College of London’s Genetics Institute has revealed this week, by December, […]
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SURVEY RESULTS – COVID IMPACT ON AUCKLAND CREATIVE ARTS SECTOR
Here are the results of the COVID-19 Impact on Tāmaki Makaurau creative sector survey. The received 332 responses, with the responses revealing both the immediate impacts of the crisis, and the underlying fragility of the arts sector. They have now released the survey report and the executive summary: https://www.tetaumatatoiaiwi.org.nz/covid-19/ The survey will be […]
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Coronavirus Rocks China’s Book Business in the First Quarter of 2020
In Feature Articles by Porter Anderson A first assessment of the Chinese book market, January to March, shows physical bookstore sales plunging 60-plus percent, online sales stumbling at the outset, printing stalled, the supply chain disrupted. Shuttered storefronts in a shopping mall in Wuhan on the first day of its lockdown, January 23. Image […]
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