• 49th UK Costa Book Awards name category winners

    Posted on 6 January 2021

      The Costa program, named for its coffee-company sponsor, is among the Top 10 most influential prize programs in this market in which the awards organizations themselves compete with each other perhaps even more energetically than publishers and authors do. The winners’ announcements lag the year for which they’re awarded. And in addition to these […]

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  • New Years Honours for NZ Literature 2020

    Posted on 31 December 2020

    New Year Honours: 2021 31 Dec, 2020  For full list see the NZ Herald The 2021 New Years Honours are out today. Here is the list of writers and literary sector figures honoured in this year’s awards. Many congratulations to all those who received recognition. ORDER OF NEW ZEALAND (ONZ) Distinguished Professor Dame Mary Anne […]

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  • Genre-defying work wins 2020 Adam Foundation Prize

    Posted on 18 December 2020

        17 December 2020 A genre-defying work that examiners describe as being “of great significance” has been awarded the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) 2020 Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing. Kōtuku Titihuia Nuttall (Te Āti Awa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi, Tsawout First Nation, Coast Salish) is a takatāpui multimedia artist and writer. She […]

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  • NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award – Recipient Announced!

    Posted on 18 December 2020

    We are delighted to announce the winner of the NZSA Lilian Ida Smith Award 2020 – writer Safia Archer. With 78 entries for this award, the selection panel of Ivy Alvarez and Michelle Elvy had a tough time deciding on a winner. Safia Archer, will use the award to work on her memoire. Safia Archer […]

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  • Barack Obama receives PEN America Voice of Influence Award 2020

    Posted on 12 December 2020

    Barack Obama and the Freedom to Write   PEN America’s Virtual Gala this week was a celebration of the power of words. As part of the ceremony, President Barack Obama received the PEN America Voice of Influence Award for “the power of his soaring words, the promises he has unlocked in our nation, and the […]

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  • First Pages Prize 2021 – perfect for emerging writers

    Posted on 10 December 2020

    READY YOUR 5 PAGES… FIRST PAGES PRIZE 2021   The First Pages Prize supports un-agented writers worldwide with an annual prize for the first 5 pages of a longer work of fiction or creative nonfiction.   Got 5 pages written?   Enter from January 1, 2021. 2021 JUDGE Thrilled to announce Lan Samantha Chang as […]

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  • Judges announced for 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults  

    Posted on 10 December 2020

    11 December 2020 An esteemed academic, a noted author, an experienced bookseller, a school librarian and a public librarian, as well as three respected proponents of te reo and te ao Māori, have been selected to judge entries in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Palmerston North school librarian Alan […]

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  • TV comedy series by Mark Joyce wins 2020 David Carson-Embassy Prize – IIML

    Posted on 9 December 2020

     9 December 2020 A television comedy series about an odd-couple Hollywood writing duo fighting to protect their creativity has been awarded the 2020 David Carson-Parker Embassy Prize in Scriptwriting at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington.   Winning series The Delegate was written by Mark Joyce as part of his 2020 Master of Arts (Scriptwriting) […]

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  • NZ title in 2021 IBBY International Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities.

    Posted on 9 December 2020

    Outstanding New Zealand title   Of Course You Can, written by Karen Hinge and illustrated by Nicky Sievert (published by One Tree House) has been chosen as one of the 2021 IBBY Selection of Outstanding Books for Young People with Disabilities. This bilingual story is presented in English and Te reo Māori and focuses on […]

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  • Grimshaw Sargeson 2021 fellows announced – Chloe Lane and Lee Murray

    Posted on 7 December 2020

    Novelist Chloe Lane and multi-award-winning writer and editor Lee Murray have been announced as Grimshaw Sargeson Fellows for 2021.   Read more here on Scoop

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  • Ani-Piki Tuari named as 2021 Emerging Māori Writer in Residence at IIML

    Posted on 3 December 2020

    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Ani-Piki Tuari as the Emerging Māori Writer in Residence for 2021.   During the residency, which is supported by Creative New Zealand, Ani-Piki will receive a stipend of $15,000 to continue work on her project, Whakapaupākihi, […]

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  • NZSA member Joy Cowley joins Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi whānau

    Posted on 2 December 2020

    Celebrating our 2020 Whakamana Hiranga the Icons at Government House December 1, 2020 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi guests come together at Government House to celebrate three exceptional artists as Whakamana Hiranga Icons; Dr Sandy Adsett MNZM, Sam Neill DCNZM OBE, and Joy Cowley ONZ DCNZM OBE, who this year joined a living circle of […]

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