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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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Australia Reads receives $100K in federal funding, announces Reading Hour date change
The Australia Reads campaign has received $100,000 in funding from the federal government, it announced today. Chair of the Australia Reads committee, Hachette ANZ CEO Louise Sherwin-Stark, said the government support would ‘significantly amplify our campaign on the benefits of reading and motivate all Australians to get back into a regular reading habit’. The […]
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Canadian Publishers on Court Setback: ‘Copyright Framework Is Broken’
May 4, 2020 A new court decision condemns certain ‘fair use’ guidelines by the educational sector, but doesn’t support the mandate to pay the fees set by Canada’s copyright board. At York University in Toronto. Image – iStockphoto: Peter Spiro By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson ‘Illegal and Unfair Copying on a Systematic Basis’ After […]
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Kiwi book publishers struggling to regroup after seeing sales obliterated in April
4 May 2020 The Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) says members are reporting zero or minimal sales for the month of the Level 4 lockdown. The risk to the book industry is at its greatest since the Global Financial Crisis. “Publishers, along […]
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JOIN THE VERB COMMUNITY – new platform launches
A MESSAGE FROM VERB WELLINGTON It’s a strange writing to you all in this new world we are all in. We hope this finds you well, safe and in good spirits. Even while the creative landscape as we know it has radically shifted, none of our ambition has. In fact, I’d say that the current […]
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AMANI: Africa Creative Defence Network launches to defend free speech – PEN
As authoritarian regimes crackdown on dissent, artists and creatives are bearing the brunt of the pressure, finding themselves at risk of threats, harassment, arrest, imprisonment, torture, and even death because of their creative work. This has become only more of a reality during the COVID-19 pandemic, as governments exploit “emergency powers” to silence criticism. […]
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Coronavirus Update: The UK Scraps Its 20-Percent VAT on Digital Books
A rare benefit of COVID-19, the UK’s government has wiped out the market’s punishing 20-percent VAT on digital publications, making ebooks more affordable amid #StayAtHome restrictions. Windows in east London’s Leyton district carry messages of hope in the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, an April 26 shot. Image – iStockphoto: Marcos Casado By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief […]
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