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Te Tauihu Short Story Awards 2022
Congratulations to all authors who entered the awards. The message from our judges: Please keep writing. There is certainly a lot of talent out there. English Language Awarded Entries First Place The Last Place I’ll look by James MacTaggart from Christchurch (Ngāi Tahu) Second Place A Toast to the First Girl I Never Kissed by […]
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2022 First Pages Prize Winners Announced!
Congratulations to First Pages Prize Winners. Visit the website to see learn more about these winning writers! 2022 First Pages Prize Shortlist & Longlist 32 submissions were selected for the Longlist, of which 12 reached the Shortlist. Click on the links to learn more about them – congratulations to all! 2022 1st Place – Elise Thi […]
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Prize money increases as entries open for 2023 Ockham Book Awards
Entries have opened for the Aotearoa’s premier literature awards, with a significant increase in prize money on offer. The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa is now inviting submissions for the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, which promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for […]
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Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist 2022
Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom, and is a noted writer at the NZ Herald. He has been nominated (alongside ReadingRoom book reviewer Philip Matthews) as best reviewer of the year at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards. READINGROOM Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist The most celebrated and well-known New Zealand novelist […]
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The 2022 Book Trade Industry Awards
The 2022 Book Trade Industry Awards dinner and ceremony were held on Saturday 30 July at Auckland’s Park Hyatt. The Book Trade Industry Awards have been recognising the best New Zealand publishers, booksellers and industry stalwarts for over 20 years. They are our chance to celebrate our best and brightest, our successes and our innovations, and […]
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Unity Books Wins Bookseller Of The Year Award
Poneke-Wellington book communities received a major recharge on Saturday night (July 30) when local bookshop, Unity Books, won the premier award at the annual Booksellers Aotearoa Industry Awards in Auckland. Unity Wellington won the coveted award of NZ Bookseller of the Year at the Booksellers Aotearoa conference which also celebrated the industry association’s centenary. Unity […]
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The Booker Prize 2022 longlist is announced…
The longlist for the Booker Prize 2022 has been announced! It includes the youngest and oldest authors ever to be nominated, as well as the shortest book, three debuts and two new publishers receiving their first ever nominations. Chair of the judges Neil MacGregor said ‘The list offers story, fable and parable, fantasy, mystery, meditation […]
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2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries
Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2023 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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TikTok has major impact on Whitcoulls’ most popular books
MEDIA RELEASE Monday July 25, 2022 TikTok’s influential #BookTok site has delivered major New Zealand book retailer Whitcoulls a whopping 49 percent more votes from enthusiastic readers, as they announce their 2022 Top 100 Books List today, Monday July 25, 2022. The impact of #BookTok on the List can be seen by the arrival […]
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NZCYA BOOKS ALIVE 2022 in conjunction with Lianza
Books Alive programme announced The 2022 Books Alive virtual programme has again been co-ordinated by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), thanks to a grant from the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme. Hosted via LIANZA’s YouTube channel, it will feature daily sessions matching a library with a finalist, and includes Q&As, book discussions, how-to-be-an-illustrator workshops, […]
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BOOK DESIGN AWARDS SHORTLIST HIGHLIGHTS AOTEAROA’S CREATIVE TALENT
Tuesday 19 July Beautiful books are in the spotlight with the announcement of the finalists for the 2022 PANZ Book Design Awards. The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) established the awards to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in New Zealand, a task that becomes more challenging for the […]
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Paper Cage by Tm Baragwanath launches August 25
All welcome to attend the launch of the Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner for 2021: Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath A child goes missing in a small town. Then another. And suddenly everyone’s holding their own kids a little tighter. Lorraine doesn’t have kids, but she has a dearly loved nephew. And she knows the […]
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