• Announcing the 2023 Ockham NZ Book Awards Judges

    Posted on 28 September 2022

    WEDNESDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2022 Distinguished academics, historians and curators, together with acclaimed writers and journalists, are among the 12 experts selected to judge the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.   The $62,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction will be judged by bestselling author, critic and creative writing teacher Stephanie Johnson (convenor); editor and […]

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  • Kiwi kids are serial readers, reveals popular Top 50 Books List Whitcoulls Top 50 Kids Books

    Posted on 27 September 2022

    MEDIA RELEASE TUESDAY 27 SEPTEMBER 2022,  Aotearoa New Zealand’s younger readers have an insatiable appetite for book series, Whitcoulls announce, as they unveil their Kids’ Top 50 Books List today, Tuesday 27 September 2022. Now in its 24th year, the Whitcoulls Kids’ Top 50 Books is a calendar event and hotter than ever with more […]

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  • A book about bees takes out Aotearoa’s top publishing design award

    Posted on 23 September 2022

      Thursday 22 September A book referred to as a “cabinet of wonder” has been judged the most beautiful in Aotearoa at the 2022 PANZ Book Design Awards ceremony held in Auckland this evening. Conversātiō – In the company of bees, by Anne Noble with Zara Stanhope and Anna Brown, was described by the judges […]

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  • Tim Jones, Recipient of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2022!

    Posted on 23 September 2022

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Tim Jones on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2022! Tim Jones is a Pākehā author who lives in Te Whanganui-a-tara / Wellington. He received the NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Award for Literature in 2010, and his recent books […]

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  • The Mātātuhi Foundation – OCTOBER 22 FUNDING ROUND IS NOW OPEN

    Posted on 19 September 2022

     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

    Posted on 16 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 16 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 15 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 15 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 14 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 9 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 9 September 2022

    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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