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The ASLA DANZ Children’s Book Award 2025 open for entries
The ASLA Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand Children’s Book Award is back for 2025 to celebrate and spotlight even more underrepresented children’s book creators! Following a hugely successful first year, The ASLA DANZ Award, previously The DANZ Award, is returning bigger and better in its quest to reward and celebrate diverse and ground-breaking […]
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2024 Prime Ministers Award for Writers open for application
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. Do you know of a New Zealand writer who has made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry? Awards of $60,000 are made in each category. Help to celebrate and recognise artistic excellence and […]
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Announcing the mentees and mentors for the first annual NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship Programme
The NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa Te Kaituhi Māori has announced the inaugural recipients of its The NZSA Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki Programmes. We are pleased to announce the five emerging writers who have each been selected for a six-month opportunity to work closely with an acclaimed Māori writer as their mentor […]
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The Michael King Writers Centre announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia
Media Release New Zealand writer Dominic Hoey and Australian writer Kathryn Heyman have been announced as the recipients of the 2024 New Zealand-Australia residency exchange, an international residency programme held by Varuna, the Australian National Writers House in collaboration with the Michael King Writers Centre in Auckland. The four-week residency exchange will take place […]
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Tracy Farr is winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024!
Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024 winner The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Tracy Farr on winning the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript Wonderland. The prize was created by the NZSA and the Solomon family to fulfil the wishes of […]
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Applications open for NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024
A $10,000 Opportunity for Writers Applications open for NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024 Calling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project. The Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship is awarded each year to a mid-career or senior writer […]
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Kete Books Winter Reading catalogue out now
New NZ Books… Here’s a link to the Winter Reading campaign on the Coalition website: https://coalitionforbooks.nz/winterreading2024 This year’s catalogue features exciting new fiction, books for tamariki and rangatahi, a wide range of compelling nonfiction, and a selection of brilliant new books for Matariki. It brings together 77 new books from Aotearoa published in the lead-up […]
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CNZ IIML Writer in Residence 2025 – open for applications
Writer in Residence The Writer in Residence is an annual appointment to foster New Zealand writing, with support from Creative New Zealand. Applications are now open for the 2025 position, with a deadline of 30 September 2024. This is a full-year residency. About the residency The Writer in Residence appointment is jointly funded by Te […]
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Call for judges of the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
June 7th 2024 It may be one of the most rewarding reading jobs in the country: judging Aotearoa’s annual national book awards. Now, potential candidates for the role are being asked to put their hands up as the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards open the call for expressions of interest in being one of […]
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National Flash Fiction shortlists 2024
The 2024 NFFD Short List! Readers can find the NFFD Short List on our site today. NFFD invites everyone to attend an event near you on June 22 and come hear the best small stories in Aotearoa! All info about this competition is posted at the NFFD site, here. The youth lists are announced and […]
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Local New Zealand publisher Exisle Publishing launches the international Children’s Publishing Academy with a writing competition
Dunedin-based book publisher Exisle Publishing has launched an international Children’s Publishing Academy aimed at supporting budding children’s book authors. The Children’s Publishing Academy provides a forum where authors can have the opportunity to learn from a leading children’s publishing professional as well as from other published authors. ‘Breaking through as a children’s author is […]
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BIG NAMES FEATURE ON NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD SHORTLIST
For immediate release, Thursday 6 June 2024 Books that will delight and inform – from big names such as Joy Cowley, Gavin Bishop, Stacy Gregg, Tessa Duder and Donovan Bixley as well as talented newcomers – have been announced today as finalists in the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. The […]
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