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Celebrating the unifying power of poetry
This year, Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day takes place on Friday 23 August; the same day that New Zealand’s new Poet Laureate is announced. Again, our annual celebration of poetry has broken all records, with more than 150 events and competitions scheduled to take place nationwide. Expect #NZPoetryDay to trend on Twitter and people to […]
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‘No Friend but the Mountains’ wins National Biography Award
Behrouz Boochani also won the Victorian Premier’s Award. He sent his manuscript from where he is interred on Manus Island, by WattsApp. He accepted the National Biography Prize, also by Wattsapp… The State Library of New South Wales (SLNSW) has announced No Friend but the Mountains by Behrouz Boochani (Picador) as the winner of this year’s $25,000 […]
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Creative New Zealand Pacific Arts Strategy 2018–2023 update: Celebrating the first year of delivery
Ia manuia le fai o le faiva! Creative New Zealand’s Pacific Arts Strategy 2018–2023 was launched in September 2018 with the main purpose of directing and prioritising increased investment to support the development of Pacific Arts over five years. Developed in consultation with the Pacific Arts community and wider arts sector, the strategy’s vision is of a […]
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Daughters of Toni: A Remembrance
By: Zadie Smith August 7, 2019 for PEN America Author Zadie Smith reflects on the life and influence of Toni Morrison as part of PEN America’s tribute to the late Nobel laureate. I read Toni Morrison’s early novels very young, probably a little too young, when I was around ten years old. I couldn’t always […]
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The Coalition for Books: a dynamic new organisation for New Zealand literature announced
A dynamic collaborative organisation has formed to make a tangible difference to the literary landscape of Aotearoa, supported by seed funding from Creative New Zealand (CNZ). During its initial year, the Coalition will be a collaborative venture beneath the umbrella of the Auckland Writers Festival. Other significant founding organisations include the Booksellers Association, the Society […]
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Creative New Zealand increases arts sector investment by $27 million and confirms 80 arts organisations for its investment programmes
Eighty New Zealand arts organisations are confirmed in Creative New Zealand’s Investment programmes over the next two to six years, following Arts Council approval in July this year. This comprises 23 organisations in the Toi T?tara Haemata (T?tara) programme and 57 organisations in the Toi Uru Kahikatea (Kahikatea) programme. Due to the number of high-quality […]
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David Hill is announced as the 2019-2020 President of Honour
The New Zealand Society of Authors is delighted to announce that David Hill is their 2019-2020 President of Honour. This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of his or her contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in New Zealand. The President of Honour delivers the annual NZSA Janet […]
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Publishers and Authors are pissed (sic) about Amazon’s upcoming Audible Captions feature
Author’s Guild in the US says this feature breaches rights. Some authors and publishers are asking for their books to be withheld from the feature From THE VERGE B Andrew Liptak Earlier this week, Audible revealed that it was working on a new feature for its audiobook app: Audible Captions, which will use machine learning […]
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Government Making Plans –
Encouraging signs for transformation of the sector By Keri Malthus Making plans The Government has put a firmer timeframe around its planning to transform the creative sector. In a statement to The Big Idea, a spokesperson for newly-appointed Economic Development Minister Phil Twyford says the Government will begin to develop a formal Industry Transformation Plan […]
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Creative Industries feature in government vision and policy planning announcement
The Government has launched a new approach to industry policy, aimed at growing more innovative industries in New Zealand and lifting the productivity of our key sectors. New Zealand has a strong economic foundation but our productivity has continued to fall behind our main competitors. To take advantage of the opportunities of the technological revolution […]
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Fake News v Press Freedom – Lies, Defamation and Digital Truth
WHALE OIL: One man’s fight to save his reputation, then his life Truth is stranger than fiction. For Auckland businessman Matt Blomfield, the truth is stranger than strange. In May 2012, Blomfield found himself the target of a vicious online attack; the work of Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater. The attack came out of the […]
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2019 Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest Winners Announced
The winners of this year’s Wallace Foundation Short Fiction Contest were announced at a special event during the Auckland Writers Festival last Saturday. Stories must be original, unpublished works of fiction and may be on any theme. The word limit is 2000 words. Samesame but different is delighted to announce the winners: Overall winner – […]
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