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Barbara Else wins 2019 Ignition Festival Award for Excellence
We are proud to announce the 2019 Ignition Festival Award for Excellence in Children’s Literature was presented to Barbara Else. Barbara’s husband, Chris Else, received the award on Barbara’s behalf at…
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Police drama series wins Wellington University Prize
A television drama series fictionalising events around the Te Urewera police raids of 2007 has been awarded the 2019 David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize in Scriptwriting…
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JUDGES ANNOUNCED FOR 2020 AWARDS
As entries continue to stream in for the 2020 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, an expert panel of judges that includes writers, editors, booksellers and librarians…
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Signals 2019 Launched
The Michael King Writers Centre launched the eighth issue of Signals, its literary journal for young writers, on Saturday 7 December at the National Library in Parnell….
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New writer in residence for the University of Waikato
From small towns in Waikato to a Japanese text – the newest writer in residence at the University of Waikato is set to take inspiration from a range of…
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Inaugural Peter Wells Short Fiction Contest
Entries close 5 January 2020 With the amazing support of Rainbow New Zealand Charitable Trust, Same Same but Different…
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Author and researcher Max Rashbrooke named 2020 JD Stout Fellow
Well-known author and researcher Max Rashbrooke has been appointed as the Victoria University of Wellington Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies JD Stout Fellow for 2020….
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The Michael King Writers Centre announces its Residencies for 2020
This year’s Michael King Writers Centre Residency Selection Panel had their work cut out with a significant 40% increase in the number of applications received…
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The Results of the NZSA Christchurch Branch Heritage Literary Awards
The winners of the Heritage Literary Awards were announced on Thursday 24th October 2019 at St Michael’s and All Angels in Christchurch. This event was organised by NZSA…
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CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award 2019 has been won by Christchurch writer Rebecca Macfie
Rebecca Macfie has won the $25,000 Writers’ Award for her biography of Helen Kelly – the first woman to lead the New Zealand labour movement.
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Tavita Nielsen-Mamea named as 2020 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence
Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Tavita Nielsen-Mamea as the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for…
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Catherine Robertson named 2020 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence
Congratulations to NZSA member Catherine Robertson! Acclaimed novelist Catherine Robertson has been appointed the Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of…
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