• NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Winners Announced

    Posted on 31 March 2023

    NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Winners Announced Simon Lendrum, Laura Keenan, Brianne Te Paa, Jane Ussher and John Walsh are winners in the 2023 NZ Booklovers Awards announced today. ‘We are delighted to announce four award-winning books that families in New Zealand will enjoy for many reasons,’ says NZ Booklovers Director Karen McMillan. ‘Our winning novel […]

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  • Ready, set, write! Sargeson Prize opens for entries

    Posted on 29 March 2023

    Entries for New Zealand’s richest short story competition on April 1, and with last year’s winner saying the experience “stitched an egg of possibility” into believing she might make it as a writer. Leeanne O’Brien from Piha won $10,000 in the 2022 Open Division with her story ‘Crawl Space’. “The Sargeson Prize has mana and, […]

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  • New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 International Residency with China

    Posted on 28 March 2023

    28 March 2023 The Michael King Writers Centre in association with the New Zealand China Friendship Society and the Shanghai Writers’ Association is pleased to announce the call for applications for a New Zealand writer to hold a residency in Shanghai. The successful writer will receive accommodation in an inner-city apartment, a stipend for living […]

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  • NZSA Mentorships 2023 announced

    Posted on 24 March 2023

    We are pleased to announce that 13 emerging writers have been selected for The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa 2023 Mentorship Programme. The selection panel of convenor Mandy Hager along with panellists Jacquie McRae and Rosetta Allan commented that: ‘We were impressed by the range of genres and ideas expressed […]

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  • Eleanor Catton to tour New Zealand

    Posted on 22 March 2023

      Wednesday 22 March 2023 Birnam Wood wows critics and readers worldwide   Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will appear at events in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch in May this year to present her novel Birnam Wood, which has wowed critics and audiences around the world since its publication in February. Catton, who currently […]

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  • Dan Davin Literary Foundation Writer in Residence 2023 – Expressions of Interest

    Posted on 13 March 2023

    In 2023 the Dan Davin Literary Foundation is calling for expressions of interest from established New Zealand short story writers to undertake a Writer in Residence based in Invercargill for 3-6 weeks. This is a new residency which SIT will host on a biennial basis and started in 2019. This residency has been made possible […]

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  • CNZ Global Digital New Work Fund and the Global Digital Research Fund OPEN NOW

    Posted on 10 March 2023

    The Global Digital New Work Fund and the Global Digital Research Fund opened March 10. Kaupapa This fund supports researching, developing and/or creating new digital artwork for an international audience.  The aim of the fund is to amplify innovative digital arts practice and encourage exploration and experimentation. It does this by supporting the development of […]

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  • NZ’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 International Residency with Australia

    Posted on 8 March 2023

     The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the second time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers.   The writer awarded the residency will receive return flights to Sydney, assistance with domestic travel,  four weeks accommodation and meals at […]

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  • Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist showcases critical and commercial successes

    Posted on 8 March 2023

     8 March 2023 Bestselling books by both debut writers and established literary luminaries feature among the 16 finalists in the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announced today. The shortlist – selected from a longlist of 44 books by four panels of specialist judges (for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and general non-fiction) – offers entertaining […]

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  • Shortlist for 2023 Adam Play Award

    Posted on 3 March 2023

      Playmarket is thrilled to celebrate the shortlisted plays and playwrights for the 2023 Adam NZ Play Award. Supernova by Albert Belz Lads on the Island by Sam Brooks Em by Sam Brooks Nicola Cheeseman is Back by Kathryn Burnett The Valentina by Anders Falstie-Jensen Dimensions in Black by Keagan Carr Fransch  Mitochondrial Eve by Keagan Carr Fransch Icky by Viki Moananu […]

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  • The 2023 Margaret Mahy Medal award winner is James Norcliffe

    Posted on 23 February 2023

    Storylines is delighted to share the news that the 2023 Margaret Mahy Medal award winner is James Norcliffe.   James Norcliffe is an acclaimed poet and writer for children and young adults, as well as a prolific editor and poetry champion. The Margaret Mahy Medal is New Zealand’s most prestigious honour for children’s and young […]

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  • AWF announces First Nations Literature Cultural Exchange

    Posted on 16 February 2023

    The Auckland Writers Festival is hosting a First Nations Literature Cultural Exchange as part of their 2023 program. We are inviting First Nations writers, poets, editors, illustrators, arts workers and journalists in the literature sector of all career levels to participate.  This program is engaging with New Zealand and Canada which aims to enhance the cultural, artistic […]

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