• Submissions open for 2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

    Posted on 22 November 2018

    The New Zealand Book Awards Trust has announced that submissions are now open for the 2019 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, which recognise and celebrate the best books for young readers produced annually. Titles published between 1 April 2018 and 31 March 2019 will be considered for the 2019 awards. There […]

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  • Lynda Chanwai-Earle named 2019 Writer in Residence

    Posted on 6 November 2018

    Ground-breaking playwright and poet Lynda Chanwai-Earle has been appointed as the Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2019. Ms Chanwai-Earle is a well-known public broadcaster, having worked for many years as a documentary producer at Radio New Zealand. She is a researcher for […]

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  • Congratulations to Kapka Kassabova who has won the British Academy’s £25,000 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize

    Posted on 1 November 2018

    Border by Kapka Kassabova wins British Academy’s £25,000 Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize  for Global Cultural Understanding 2018 “Extraordinary” book by Bulgarian-born writer chosen to receive international award   London: Kapka Kassabova is today, Tuesday 30 October, announced as the winner of the British Academy’s 6th Nayef Al-Rodhan Prize for Global Cultural Understanding 2018, for her book Border: A Journey to the Edge […]

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  • CLNZ 2018 Contestable Fund Grant Recipients Announced

    Posted on 18 October 2018

    Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is once again excited to announce the successful applicants in this year’s round of the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants. Introduced in 2014, the fund was established to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing growth and development, including within education. The 2018 Contestable Fund Grant recipients are: Dunedin Writers […]

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  • Congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Copyright Licensing Education Awards

    Posted on 16 October 2018

    Winners of the 2018 Copyright Licensing Education Awards were announced tonight at the uLearn18 conference held at Sky City Convention Centre in Auckland. Teachers from around the country joined the official panel of education experts and cast their votes to add their choice of best resources to the judge’s selections.   The awards recognise the […]

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  • Michael King Writers Centre 2019 Residency Recipients Announced – congratulations

    Posted on 10 October 2018

      From a history of the Listener to a series of inter-linked short stories exploring the M?ori diaspora, the participants in the 2019 MKWC residency programme cover an exciting, varied and eclectic range of topics. Aotearoa’s National Writers Centre is particularly delighted that in 2019 we will host more writers at the Devonport, Auckland house […]

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  • 2018 Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement: winners announced

    Posted on 10 October 2018

      Feminist and working-class stories, poetry as song, and a deeper understanding of New Zealand art – these are just some of the frontiers explored by this year’s winners of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. They are beloved M?ori dramatist and fiction writer Renée, revered critic, curator and poet Wystan Curnow and admired […]

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  • The NZSA / Hachette Mentorship Program open for applications

    Posted on 9 October 2018

    Writers! An opportunity to be mentored by a publisher The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc), in association with Hachette Australia and New Zealand, are once again offering the opportunity for one writer to work on a new draft of their completed manuscript under the joint mentorship of Hachette Australia and New Zealand. […]

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  • International Promotional Fund for Literature – applications close October 26

    Posted on 28 September 2018

    The Publishers Association of New Zealand manages the international market development initiatives for New Zealand literature on behalf of Creative New Zealand. This includes an international promotional fund to support New Zealand authors to attend literary festivals or engage in other international promotional events or activity. The next round of applications for the International Promotional Fund closes next month […]

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  • NZSA Canterbury Heritage Book and Writing Awards 2018

    Posted on 25 September 2018

    NZSA Canterbury Heritage Book and Writing Awards 2018 Fiction Judge: Fiona Farrell Short list: Harvest by Christine Carrell (Nugget Stream Press 2017) The Life of De’Ath by Majella Cullinane (Steele Roberts Publishers, 2018) Finding by David Hill (Puffin 2018) This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman(Vintage Penguin Random House 2018) The Annotated Tree Worship: List of […]

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  • $25,000 Writers’ Award provides a unique view into the history of Aotearoa.

    Posted on 22 September 2018

    CLNZ Writers’ Award 2018 Writer Nic Low (Ng?i Tahu), has been presented with the 2018 CLNZ Writers’ Award at the NZSA National Writers Forum in Auckland on Saturday evening (22 September 2018). Nic receives $25,000, one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature, towards his project Uprising. This literary non-fiction book will tell […]

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  • Four New Zealand writing projects awarded grants – CLNZ/NZSA Research Grant recipients 2018

    Posted on 22 September 2018

    Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) are pleased to announce that Research Grants have been awarded to four New Zealand writers.  The successful recipients were announced at the NZSA National Writers Forum in Auckland on 22 September 2018. Three Open Research Grants of $5,000 each were awarded to […]

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