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Judges announced for 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
12 DECEMBER Public and school librarians, teachers, booksellers, award-winning authors and illustrators, as well as passionate advocates of te reo Māori and te ao Māori, make up the two panels appointed to judge entries in the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Wānaka secondary school and public librarian Maia […]
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Innovative IPEd and VenX partnership connects authors with professional editors
The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is excited to announce an innovative new partnership with VenX that will connect aspiring authors with professional editors. The partnership ensures self-published authors have access to expert and experienced editing – the often hidden, yet essential part of the publishing process. With the self-publishing market growing, IPEd CEO Karen […]
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JUDITH BINNEY FELLOW & Writing Awards Announced 2024
JUDITH BINNEY FELLOW 2024 Dr Marco de Jong Dr Marco de Jong is a Pacific historian and lecturer at the AUT Law School. He was raised in Tāmaki Makaurau with ties to Papa Puleia in Sāmoa. Marco’s work details the history of the environmental movement in the Pacific Islands with a particular focus on anti-nuclearism, […]
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Successful recipients of the 2023 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants announced
29 November 2023 We are excited to announce the successful recipients in this year’s round of Contestable Fund Grants, with a total of $75,000 granted. Applications were invited for projects that had clearly defined and measurable outcomes that aligned with the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) Cultural Fund’s objectives. The Contestable Fund is part of […]
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Landfall and non/fictionLab announce collaboration for 2024
Otago University Press is excited to announce that Landfall and RMIT University’s non/fictionLab are coming together to commission a series of essays on the topic of ‘making space’. The essays will be trans-Tasman collaborations; each will include at least one writer with connections to Aotearoa and at least one with connections to Australia. Up to […]
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NZSA is now a Registered Charitable Entity
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaithu o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc has been successful in its application to become a charity. As of October 19, 2023 NZSA is now a registered charitable entity CC61705. It is also now a donee organisation.
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2023 Storylines Notable Book Awards announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa MEDIA RELEASE 2 November 2023 Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to once again celebrate excellence in New Zealand publishing for children and young adults with the announcement of this year’s Storylines Notable Book Award winners. […]
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Burns Fellow and Otago College of Ed Writer in Residence announced: Mikaela Nyman & Feana Tu’akoi
The Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children’s Writer in Residence Fellow 2024 is Feana Tu’akoi Feana Tu’akoi Feana Tu’akoi is a Kirikiriroa Hamilton-based writer, with a long career in the field of children’s writing. “When our four children were pre-schoolers, nearly all children’s fiction was Pālangi-centric. I couldn’t find any books that included Tongan characters, […]
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THE KAIPUKAHU UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2024 – open for applications
The late Ngāti Wairere elder Meto Hopa spoke of an ancient whare wānanga of Ngāti Wairere called Te Tiwhaopareiriwhare that stood on the ridge now known as Hillcrest Road, Hamilton East. According to Meto, the surrounding forest and swamp was called Kaipukahu for its abundance of foods – kai meaning food, and pukahu meaning abundant. […]
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We Create – New sector data from Manatū Taonga/MCH and Infometrics!
The MCH/Infometrics profile as at March 2022 has now been updated to include new industry and occupation codes (please see below). These additions have increased the total number of jobs, businesses and GDP contribution of the sector according to government data to almost $15bn! That’s bigger than agriculture! These changes are due to a redefinition of […]
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Over $25,000 of Booksellers Tokens will be distributed this week to school libraries affected by cyclone Gabrielle, thanks to the fundraising project Books Back Better.
4:00 PM, 7 September 2023 Hawkes Bay author and NZSA member Mary-anne Scott initiated the recovery project along with a group of Hawkes Bay authors, school librarians and booksellers. They teamed up with SLANZA (School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) and Booksellers Aotearoa NZ to create the Books Back Better project in March 2023. Mary-anne […]
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Faber Writing Academy – NZ courses
Start to Write w/ Ruby Porter Have you always wanted to write fiction? Everyone needs to start somewhere, and Start to Write is the course designed to get you across the basics, as you begin to generate ideas and get your very first words down on the page. Thursdays 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm (NZDT), 12 – 26 […]
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