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The PEN Pod By PEN America
From PEN America As an organization that’s all about the literary community, PEN America knows that the current health crisis is hitting our Members and friends particularly hard. Check out PEN America’s new podcast, “The PEN Pod,” featuring conversations with writers like PEN America President Jennifer Egan, PEN/Jean Stein Book Award winner Yiyun Li, and former […]
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New campaign celebrates Kiwi men and what they read BLOKES vs BOOKS
New campaign promotes Kiwi men as readers A new online campaign launching on April 12 will focus on New Zealand men and their reading habits. In these days of staying home to stop the spread of Covid-19, there’s never been a better time to crack open a good book, or listen to a story. Blokes […]
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#NZSA Connects
New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc announces new digital initiatives April 3, 2020 Like all New Zealanders, organisations and businesses, NZSA is adapting to the challenging circumstances brought about by the unprecedented COVID-19 emergency. “We are really concerned about the ongoing welfare, income and mental and physical health of […]
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FIRST CHAPTERS Shining a light on new New Zealand books in limbo
Thursday 9 April 2020 New Zealand publishers have had to delay the publication of many New Zealand books in recent weeks, most of which they anticipate releasing to fanfare in May 2020. So how do readers find out what’s coming from New Zealand publishers, and how do we keep desperate readers satiated in these days […]
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Details of Creative New Zealand’s first phase arts sector boost, ahead of 14 April opening
Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari he toa takitini My strength is not that of the individual but of the collective As promised, we’ve got more details to share about our Emergency Response Package, ahead of opening the opportunities next Tuesday 14 April. Please see our update below. Monday April 6 CREATIVE NEW […]
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ARTISTS, WRITERS, CREATIVES, MEDIA ORGS NEED URGENT SUPPORT – Germany leads the world
Germany Has Rolled Out a Staggering €50 Billion Aid Package For Small Businesses That Boosts Artists and Galleries—and Puts Other Countries to Shame “Artists are not only indispensable, but also vital, especially now,” says the country’s culture minister. Kate Brown, March 25, 2020 Angela Merkel and Monika Grütters. Photo: Christian Marquardt/Getty Images. The […]
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From The Spin Off: Publisher of NZ Listener, Woman’s Weekly, North & South to shut down!
APRIL 2, 2020 COPIED FROM THE SPIN OFF BAUER MEDIA NZ ASSETS FOR SALE! HUGE LOSS AND A SERIOUS BLOW TO NZ MEDIA! The Spinoff | Staff writers The Covid-19 crisis in media has claimed NZ’s biggest magazine publisher, Bauer Media, and the government says it didn’t seek help through its business assistance initiatives. […]
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‘This is a scary time’: coronavirus emergency fund set up for UK authors
Author Philip Pullman said the grants of up to £2,000 designed to meet urgent need ‘will be enormously reassuring’ A £330,000 emergency fund for authors is being launched to support those facing “unmanageable” losses from the cancellation of events, book tours and school visits during the coronavirus pandemic. The Society of Authors, which launched the […]
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Review of the Public Lending Right for New Zealand Author
A review of the Public Lending Right for New Zealand Authors scheme started in March 2020. We have contacted people who have previously registered for the scheme and asked them to participate in a survey. If you wish to participate you can email us. What is the Public Lending Right scheme? The Public […]
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SURVEY FOR ALL NZ WRITERS – LOST INCOME IN THE GIG ECONOMY
NZSA SURVEY Writers’ incomes are being impacted by cancellation of events due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Income streams that are being cancelled include: teaching creative writing courses and workshops, launch event sales, cancelled Writers festival appearances (NZ and international), other events such as Arts Festivals, readings, lectures, workshops, school visits through Storylines and Writers in Schools programmes. NZSA, CLNZ […]
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Free Speech 2020: An Interview with Cecile Richard
from PEN AMERICA – by Gina Chung March 11, 2020 PEN America asked Cecile Richards to talk about what freedom of speech and expression mean to her, what freedom of speech and expression mean in 2020 specifically, and the greatest threats to speaking out. Photo by Carl Daniel Cox Cecile Richards is a national leader […]
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Shaping A New Future: Canada Council to make historic $5 million investment in PLR
As a key element of its strategic commitment to increase direct support to artists, the Canada Council for the Arts has committed a total of $5 million in new funds to the creator payment budget of its Public Lending Right Program. The new funds are scheduled to arrive over a two-year period, starting with $2.5 […]
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