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The Pacific Languages Strategy 2022-2032
Tālofa, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Kia orana, Talofa lava, Mālō e lelei, Ni Sa Bula Vinaka, Noa’ia, Mauri, Tēnā koutou katoa and greetings to you all! When Pacific languages are heard, spoken and celebrated, Pacific communities thrive and when our Pacific communities thrive, Aotearoa is a better place for all of us. Use of Pacific languages is […]
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Otago University Creative writing competition winners 2022
13 October 2022 A humorous take on the theme “Brave New World” has won Lennox Tait one of the top places in the University of Otago’s annual creative writing competition, Writer. Tait, a BCom/LLB finalist, won the student poetry category with his witty poem which flipped the theme and took the reader on a journey […]
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The Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence 2023 Te Kura Toi, School of Arts
You will be a writer of fiction, poetry, drama or serious non-fiction and seeking a full-time opportunity to write for a year in an academic environment supported by a living wage. You will be entitled to work and live in NZ. You will be provided with office space and computer facilities in the English Programme […]
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INVITATION: Canadian Creative industries Virtual Pre-Mission to Australia and New Zealand
The Government of Canada is pleased to invite participants to the upcoming Canadian Creative Industries Virtual Pre-Mission to Australia and New Zealand. This virtual event is organized by the Department of Canadian Heritage, in partnership with Global Affairs Canada, and is scheduled to take place on October 26-28, 2022. Canadian creative industries virtual pre-mission program […]
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Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award 2022 – Dr. Libby Limbrick
Congratulations to Dr. Libby Limbrick, MNZM, Ph.D., who has just been announced as 2022 winner of the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for services to New Zealand children’s literature. Libby, immediate past-chair of the Storylines Trust, a trustee of Duffy Books in Homes, and a distinguished academic, has worked tirelessly for decades to support reading, […]
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Record 7000 Children Join Reading Initiative as Schools Fight Literacy Decline
Wellington, 1 September 2022 New Zealand’s most loved children’s authors and illustrators are being live-streamed to hundreds of classrooms around the country as a free reading initiative designed to combat declining literacy rates and spark a lifelong love of reading takes off. More than 7000 children in over 230 classrooms and libraries around the country […]
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Reader, I followed them: TikTok expands its content to tap into the BookTok phenomenon
New retailer partnerships, live events, and book clubs are all planned to capitalise on the platform’s vibrant community of literature lovers Social media app TikTok is making increased efforts to tap into the power of its books content, with new retailer partnerships, live events and clubs. Social media app TikTok is making increased efforts to tap into the power […]
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School Library Week going strong
Aotearoa’s inaugural School Library Week is happening this week. School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa – Te Puna Whare Mātauranga a Kura, SLANZA, instigated Aotearoa NZ School Library Week to celebrate the valuable role school libraries have in education and to acknowledge the work of school librarians. The message of support from Hon Jan […]
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Pen America at 100: A Reading List
This year is PEN America’s 100th anniversary, and to celebrate, we have a new reading list highlighting members of the organization who have produced some of the most influential works of the past century. What began in the aftermath of World War I as an American literary club with the intent of providing intellectual […]
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Pen International – Gender, Diversity and Literature: recording and handbook
PEN International held a Civil Society Programme training webinar on Gender, Diversity, and Literature in English. This webinar unpacks the concepts of gender, intersectionality, and diversity and presents the nature and impact of discrimination on girls and women writers through case studies. You can find the recording of the webinar in English HERE They […]
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NZCYA BOOKS ALIVE 2022 in conjunction with Lianza
Books Alive programme announced The 2022 Books Alive virtual programme has again been co-ordinated by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), thanks to a grant from the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme. Hosted via LIANZA’s YouTube channel, it will feature daily sessions matching a library with a finalist, and includes Q&As, book discussions, how-to-be-an-illustrator workshops, […]
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Books Create Australia & Election results
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) congratulates the Labor party on its election to government, and is looking forward to working with the new Arts Minister to develop a strategic approach to literature, the book industry, and reading, as part of a broader national cultural policy. ASA CEO, Olivia Lanchester, said, ‘We offer our congratulations […]
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