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The Mātātuhi Foundation – OCTOBER 22 FUNDING ROUND IS NOW OPEN
Mātātuhi Biannual Funding Round Now Open Set up to help strengthen and develop Aotearoa’s literary landscape, Mātātuhi Foundation’s goal is to increase the reach and engagement between NZ writers and NZ readers via seed funding grants of up to $5,000. To find out more, watch the Mātātuhi Trustees talk about what the Foundation is looking for […]
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Nelson Arts Festival – WHAKATŪ RESIDENCY PROGRAMME
WHAKATŪ RESIDENCY PROGRAMME Community, Free & Koha As part of our ongoing commitment to artists living in our region, in 2022 we are proud to gift a space to an artist for a two-week paid residency to progress a new piece, deep dive on a particular aspect of their mahi, or just trial a whole […]
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Jacqueline Bublitz, winner of 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards, winning both Best First Book and Best Novel
Congratulations to Taranaki author Jacqueline Bublitz, announced last night as double winner of 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards, winning both Best First Book and Best Novel. Bublitz’s debut novel, Before You Knew My Name, upturning crime drama tropes and focusing on victim and witness has made Ngaio history. More HERE.
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Ockham Collective 2023 residency
What is the OC? The Ockham Collective is a charitable trust with a kaupapa of supporting lifelong creativity and education. Our support is direct: we offer three beautiful spaces to like-minded individuals and groups who want to share their knowledge and ideas with our city, Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland. At the core of this is our annual […]
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Have you entered books into the NZ Booklovers Awards 2023? Now open
Booklovers NZ now has four categories for books published in 2022: NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2023, sponsored by Lighthouse PR We are looking for the best in storytelling, a novel we couldn’t put down. NZ Booklovers Award for Best Lifestyle Book 2023, sponsored by Benefitz Cooking, wine, architecture, lifestyle, home and […]
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2022 ARA HISTORICAL NOVEL PRIZE LONGLISTS ANNOUNCED
14 September 2022 Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, is excited to announce the Longlists for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize. This year’s Longlists explore a diverse range of powerful themes, from reinvention and the meaning of truth, through to mischievous, fast-paced fables […]
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Applications Invited For 2023 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2023 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a generous stipend, funded by CNZ and currently set at $28,500, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest heritage homes. “We’re incredibly proud to be offering New Zealand […]
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$25,000 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award awarded to Ōtepoti Writer and Poet Iona Winter
Iona Winter has been awarded the 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) $25,000 Writers’ Award for her creative non-fiction project, ‘A counter of moons’. (Warning: this article contains discussion of suicide. Links to information about where to access help can be found […]
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Emerging Māori Writer in Residence – Te Herenga Waka
About the residency The Emerging Māori Writer’s Residency was established in 2019 by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, with the support of Creative New Zealand. It runs for three months in the first half of each year, funding dependent, and includes a writing room, a mentor from the Māori arts community, and a stipend […]
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Nine to Noon’s Short Story Competition is back
Radio New Zealand Short Story Competition This year it will be judged by author Harry Ricketts and Rebecca Reilly. Entries open September 5 and close on September 30, 2022. The top five winners will be announced on Friday 28 October, and those stories will be purchased by RNZ and recorded and broadcast on Nine to […]
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CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 – now open for 2022!
7 SEPTEMBER 2022 Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 is made available in a contestable fund. In 2022, $75,000 is available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The amount applicants apply for is up to them, with the number of […]
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Booker Prize Announces Its 2022 Shortlist
Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 Shortlist Author Nationality Title Publisher, Imprint NoViolet Bulawayo Zimbabwean Glory Penguin Random House, Vintage, Chatto & Windus Percival Everett American The Trees Influx Press Alan Garner British Treacle Walker HarperCollins, Fourth Estate Shehan Karunatilaka Sri Lankan The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Sort of Books Claire Keegan Irish Small […]
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