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REPORT SHOWS KIWIS OVERWHELMINGLY PREFER PHYSICAL BOOKS
WEDNESDAY 24 JUNE, 2020 A new report from the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has revealed Kiwis still vastly prefer print books, with sales of physical books growing while demand for ebooks has shrunk. Despite significant investment by publishers in digital formats, ebooks makeup just 7.2% of total trade and education sales in […]
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45 International Orgs call for release of imprisonment of Kurdish journalist Nedim Turfent
Today, the International Press Institute (IPI), PEN International, Media and Law Studies Association (MLSA) and 42 undersigned organisations mark the 1,500th day of Kurdish journalist Nedim Türfent’s imprisonment with a renewed call for his immediate and unconditional release. Türfent, who was predominantly reporting on the Kurdish issues, was detained on May 12, 2016, shortly […]
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CREATECH UK CEO, CogXspeech – The relationship between creative and tech is more important than ever…
8 June 2020 (Transcript of the speech, exactly as it was delivered) Caroline Dinenage’s keynote speech at the CogX Createch Stage Thank you for that introduction, and many thanks for inviting me to speak here today. I’m delighted to be participating in Createch 2020 at CogX. Let me start by saying two things: First, that […]
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Creative NZ announces a further $13million in its Covid 19 response
MEDIA RELEASE 9 JUNE 2020 Creative New Zealand has dug deep to respond to the extraordinary volume of applications for its COVID-19 Emergency Response Package, investing an additional $13 million in its now closed first phase of arts funding. Arts Council leadership on Friday (5 June) approved the organisation drawing on further reserves to increase […]
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US ‘Publishing Day of Action’ Calls Out Book Industry’s Racial Disparities – from Publishing perspectives.
In Feature Articles by Porter Anderson June 9, 2020 The rising tide of protest over racial injustice reached publishing in the United States on Monday, as #PubWorkers4BlackLives took to social media for solidarity. #PubWorkers4Justice Following the forthright statement of condemnation made a week ago by the US Association of University Presses (AUP)—in which they condemned “the white supremacist structure upon […]
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How the Government forces authors to give books to people with disability, but refuses to pay for them
Jun 02 2020 OPINION: The Government this year signed an international treaty to give free access to books for people with a disability who can’t handle print copies. Few would argue about increasing opportunities for those with a disability. But, Kiwi authors won’t be compensated for taking their work and giving it away free. […]
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New chair heads Institute of Professional Editors – ANZ
The Institute of Professional Editors has a new chair, Ruth Davies AE. Ms Davies replaces Kerry Davies AE (no relation) who has been the IPEd board’s chair for more than five years. Ruth Davies has been a freelance editor with her business, centreEditing, since 2007. She has had a wide range of roles with IPEd […]
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Toward a More Just World: A PEN America Statement
June 1, 2020 We wanted to share with you a statement on behalf of PEN America reflecting on the killing of George Floyd and the outrage and sorrow we have experienced in recent days. We welcome your questions, comments, and insights. In solidarity, Jennifer Egan, PEN America President Suzanne Nossel, PEN America CEO As […]
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BookBubble podcast: Elizabeth Knox
Nicky Pellegrino and Stacy Gregg continue their Book Bubble podcast series with an interview with Elizabeth Knox. Wellington’s Elizabeth Knox describes herself as a modestly-sized totara in this country’s literary landscape and her most recent best-selling novel, an arcane thriller called The Absolute Book, has been snapped up by publishers in the US and the UK. […]
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In the Books Bubble with Brandy Scott
Stacy Gregg Stacy Gregg is HarperCollins NZ’s third best-selling children’s author of all time (after David Walliams and Dr Seuss). Mystic, the BBC TV adaptation of her international best-selling Pony Club Secrets series, screens soon on TVNZ. Nicky Pellegrino Nicky Pellegrino is a former editor of the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly. She is the author […]
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In the Book Bubble with…Nalini Singh
In this week’s episode of the Book Bubble podcast New York Times bestselling Auckland author Nalini Singh talks frankly with Nicky Pellegrino about the lack of diversity among authors of NZ popular fiction and what she thinks is going wrong. Why reading lots of romance isn’t bad for your love life. And how she made […]
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BookBubble podcast: Kyle Mewburn
Stacy Gregg and Nicky Pellegrino continue their BookBubble podcast series with an interview with Kyle Mewburn, the transgender author of children’s picture books. Kyle Mewburn’s impending autobiography tells the emotional and powerful story of her journey to realising her true self as a transwoman. In this episode of Book Bubble, the author of picture books […]
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