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Selina Tusitala Marsh Announced as 2024 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow
Poet, author, and academic Selina Tusitala Marsh ONZM, FRSNZ has been awarded the 2024 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship, becoming the first Pasifika writer to receive this honor and marking a significant moment in recognising Pacific voices in Aotearoa New Zealand’s literary landscape. The Fellowship will enable her to live and write in Menton, southern France, […]
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Beyond whodunnit: 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards finalists announced
From stem cell research to sexual assault juries, the dangers of a surveillance society to mental health and animal abuse, the finalists for the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards offer readers a diverse array of page-turning mysteries and thrills entwined with societal issues, set against a variety of locales and eras from Renaissance Florence and Nazi […]
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Submissions open for 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
13 AUGUST 2024: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa has today opened submissions for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards provide recognition of, and promote excellence in, the best books for adult readers published annually in Aotearoa. Titles with release dates […]
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Inaugural Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award Recipient Announced: J L Williams
The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi is thrilled to announce the inaugural recipient of the Lynley Dodd Children’s Writers Award: Janine Williams, known to many by her pen name J.L. Williams. Whangarei-based author Janine is known for her compelling historical junior fiction and dedication to crafting stories that capture young readers’ hearts across the […]
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The most beautifully designed books in Aotearoa -2024 PANZ Book Design Awards
The Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) established the awards to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in Aotearoa New Zealand. This year’s judges, Anna Brown (convenor), Massey University, Te Kani Price, Huia Publishers, Simon Waterfield, Lift Education, and Chloe Blades, Unity Books, faced the daunting […]
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Kiwi readers vote for record number of new books in annual Whitcoulls Top 100 List
MEDIA RELEASE Under strict embargo until Monday, July 22, 2024, 5:00am The 2024 Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List has changed by an astonishing 42 percent the bookseller reveals, as they announce their 2024 Top 100 Books List today Whitcoulls Book Manager Joan Mackenzie attributes this to a collective surge of enthusiasm for writers who are […]
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Mātātuhi Foundation announces new funding pool
Mātātuhi Foundation is excited to announce that grant applicants can now apply for up to $20,000 in funding in our October funding round, which closes on 31 October 2024. In previous years, the maximum grant per project was $5,000. To mark our 12th funding round, the Mātātuhi Foundation has released a revised set of funding criteria to […]
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Call for nominations for Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi Awards 2024
Nominate Now! Tuku tono mai! Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa is calling for public nominations to honor outstanding toi Māori artists at the Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi Awards 2024. Recognise the contributions of Māori artists in our communities. Three award categories are open for nomination, each with a $10,000 prize: Ngā Tohu […]
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Poisons, pandemic, and a pregnant detective: 2024 Ngaio Marsh Award longlist revealed
A neurodivergent expert on toxic botanicals, a harrowing exploration of jury deliberations, a high-tech thriller from an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, a desperate mother searching for her son as lockdown kicks in, a gay sleuth in Renaissance Florence, and the return of a beloved fictional detective are among the diverse books named today on the longlist for […]
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ANZSI Indexing Awards and ANZSI John Simkin Medal 2024
The Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers (ANZSI) has announced nominations are now open for the ANZSI Indexing Awards and ANZSI John Simkin Medal 2024. The ANZSI John Simkin Medal recognises an outstanding book index or periodical index compiled in Australia or New Zealand. Indexes may be nominated by authors, editors, indexers, publishers or readers. […]
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Picture Me Festival – call for illustration submissions
This September Gecko Press and some friends in the European community are delighted to bring you the Picture Me festival, a celebration of European illustration for children, with a special focus on identity. Picture Me is a two-week festival of art involving three fantastic European illustrators in workshops, panel talks and an exhibition. Gecko […]
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Emele Ugavule named as 2024 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University
9 July 2024 Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce Tokelauan Fijian storyteller Emele Ugavule as the 2024 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Emele will receive a stipend of $15,000 from Creative New Zealand to work on a play for 3 months. She will also be […]
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