• Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington proudly celebrates its exceptional alumni

    Posted on 9 August 2023

    9 August 2023 Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington proudly celebrates its exceptional alumni Four alumni of Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been selected as Distinguished Alumni Award winners for 2023. In fields ranging from public health and agritech, to finance, literature, and justice, these alumni have been recognised for their outstanding contributions […]

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  • Mātātuhi Foundation to sponsor prestigious Best First Book Awards

    Posted on 8 August 2023

    NEWS RELEASE –  8 August 2023 The Mātātuhi Foundation, established to support the growth and development of the literary landscape of Aotearoa, has formally assumed the sponsorship of the Best First Book awards at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.   Set up in 2018 by the Auckland Writers Festival, the organisation holds a biannual […]

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  • Call for proposals: Samoa House Research Residency Programme 2023

    Posted on 7 August 2023

    Samoa House Library (SHL) is now accepting proposals from arts & arts-related practitioners for our Research Residency Programme 2023. There are 2 residencies available each including a stipend of $5,000, open to individuals, groups or collectives. SHL’s research residencies offer practitioners from art or art-related fields the opportunity to focus on their research practices in […]

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  • Announcing … The 2023 Ned Kelly Awards Shortlists

    Posted on 7 August 2023

    Aussie crime writing continues to grow in strength and identity, as demonstrated in today’s announcement of the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards shortlists. It is particularly pleasing to see authors continuing to break away from some of the more common crime tropes, with an even larger variety of characters, settings and social diversity in this year’s entries than we have received before. The […]

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  • Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards

    Posted on 7 August 2023

    Applications are open  Applications close 25 August 2023 This is a reminder that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards close in 3 week’s time at 5pm on Friday 25 August 2023. The purpose of the Judith Binney Trust is to support rigorous and imaginative scholarship of the kind that characterised Judith Binney’s […]

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  • Entries now open for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

    Posted on 3 August 2023

    Entries now open for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa is now inviting submissions for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for adult readers published annually in New […]

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  • $5K Surrey Hotel 2023 Writers Residency open til August 20

    Posted on 2 August 2023

    The heavily atmospheric Surrey Hotel in Auckland. Photo by 2018 residency award winner Naomi Arnold FIRST PUBLISHED AUG 2, 2023  THIS ARTICLE ABOUT THE AWARD IS TAKEN FROM THE NEWSROOM SITE TO PROMOTE THE AWARD.  PLEASE CLICK BELOW TO READ THE REST OF THE ARTICLE ON NEWSROOM Steve Braunias is the literary editor of Newsroom’s […]

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  • 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries

    Posted on 31 July 2023

    Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. It celebrates […]

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  • Ockham New Zealand Book Award entries open August 3

    Posted on 25 July 2023

      Submissions for the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, for books published between 1 January and 31 December 2023, will open on Thursday 3 August. The first tranche of entries is for books published January to August 2023.   To find out more about how to enter when the time comes, or to check […]

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  • Congrats to Ruben Mita – winner of a fine line Featured Student Poet

    Posted on 25 July 2023

    Ruben Mita has been awarded a free years’ NZSA membership for taking out top spot in the ‘a fine line’ student poet competition.   Ruben Mita is a poet, musician and ecology student in Pōneke. He has been published in Starling, Landfall, takahē, Tarot and Sweet Mammalian and won the 2022 Story Inc. IIML Poetry […]

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  • DESIGN AWARDS CELEBRATE THE BEAUTY OF PHYSICAL BOOKS

    Posted on 25 July 2023

     Tuesday 25 July The world is turning increasingly virtual, but when it comes to book design Aotearoa’s creatives prefer to celebrate the physical form in all its glory. The finalists for the 2023 PANZ Book Design Awards, announced today, perfectly encapsulate this with the shortlist packed to the brim with beautifully designed books that beg […]

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  • Aotearoa’s best bookshop and top publisher revealed – 2023 Aotearoa Book Industry Awards

    Posted on 24 July 2023

    Lamplight Books, a recently established bookstore in the Auckland suburb of Parnell, has been named Bookshop of the Year at the Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards, held this evening in Rotorua. Organised jointly by Booksellers Aotearoa NZ and the Publishers Association of NZ Te Rau o Tākapu, the awards celebrate the outstanding booksellers and publishers in Aotearoa’s […]

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