• 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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  • Historical fiction series takes top spot – even more popular with Kiwi readers than Harry Potter!

    Posted on 24 July 2023

    Thousands of Kiwi readers vote for a range of diverse genres in the Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List annually and for many years, K. Rowling’s phenomenally successful Harry Potter Series has been their most popular choice. However, this year Kiwis voted overwhelmingly in favour of Lucinda Riley’s historical fiction which Whitcoulls reveal in their 2023 […]

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  • the inaugural AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition

    Posted on 22 July 2023

    Introducing…  AT THE BAY | I TE KOKORU Katherine Mansfield creative writing competition Bring your Sparkling Prose We’re pleased to announce a new competition for a mix of storytelling genres: submit your micros, flash, hybrid work (including poetry and prose combined) or short stories. Win $500 plus publication of your story at AT THE BAY […]

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  • Tina Shaw wins the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize

    Posted on 21 July 2023

    Announcing the winner of the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize  Tina Shaw has been named the winner of the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for her manuscript A House Built on Sand. Shaw wins a publishing contract with Text and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties.  The prize is awarded annually to an unpublished manuscript by a New […]

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  • GET COMPETITIVE FOR NPD 2023

    Posted on 20 July 2023

    The full events programme for Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2023 will be announced on 2 August, but inspired poets should head to the NPD Competition Calendar to get into the poetry groove prior to the big day itself on 25 August. Creative organisers have put together a range of delightful challenges for you.Our first […]

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  • BOOKS ALIVE EVENTS TO ATTRACT HUNDREDS OF TAMARIKI

    Posted on 20 July 2023

    Hundreds of students in Christchurch and Wellington are set to be entertained and enlightened by finalists in the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults at Books Alive events in the immediate lead up to the awards ceremony.   In Ōtautahi on 4 August, WORD Christchurch will host a selection of shortlisted […]

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  • 2023 Pikihuia Awards Finalists

    Posted on 17 July 2023

      The Finalists for this year’s Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers was announced July 13. Robyn Bargh, Chair of Te Waka Taki Kōrero | The Māori Literature Trust is thrilled with the number and quality of entries. “The range of submissions is very impressive; the Pikihuia Awards are a chance to reconnect with some previous […]

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  • COMPETITION – POETS ON THE WRITERS WALK

    Posted on 17 July 2023

    The Wellington Writers Walk & Wellington Branch of The New Zealand Society of Authors invite you to enter our competition, POETS ON THE WRITERS WALK. For Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day we’re celebrating the poets and poems that feature in the iconic Wellington Writers Walk. Write a poem that responds to one of five challenges based […]

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  • Give Given Words a try this August! National Poetry Day

    Posted on 11 July 2023

    Given Words returns for its eighth year with a new invitation to play with words. This year the words have been chosen by students of López de Arenas Secondary School in Marchena (Andalusia, Spain) and all you have to do is write a poem which includes all five words and send it in before midnight […]

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  • Viki Moananu named as 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka

    Posted on 10 July 2023

    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce Viki Moananu as the 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence.   Viki will receive a stipend of $15,000 from Creative New Zealand to work on two plays featuring queer Pasifika characters and detailing the decline of mental health access […]

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  • Anthony Lapwood awarded Louis Johnson emerging writer’s scholarship

    Posted on 6 July 2023

    Anthony Lapwood (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Whakaue, Pākehā) is having a good year.   In May he was awarded an Ockham Best First Book Award, and this week we’re thrilled to announce he’s the 2023 recipient of the Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary – which means he’ll receive $13,650 towards a new novel. […]

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  • Results of CNZ’s Arts Grants 2022/23 Round 4

    Posted on 6 July 2023

    Results posted: 5 July 2023 119   Projects funded worth $4,998,297    Total funding awarded 400  Eligible applications received $15,749,655    Total funding requested 119 grants totalling $4,998,297 have been offered to support projects by New Zealand artists and practitioners in this funding round across three funding pools (Ngā toi Māori, Pacific arts and General arts). […]

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