• Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence – University of Canterbury 2022

    Creative New Zealand Residency in Creative Writing 2022 Te Rāngai Toi Tangata | College of Arts Full-time at 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) 6 or 12 month fixed-term opportunity Salary of $66,000 (for 12 months, pro-rated for 6 months) What You Will Do This fixed term Residency has been created to foster New Zealand […]

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  • NonfictionNOW – Call for Hui participants: submissions due 27 September 2021

    Tēnā koutou katoa, Talofa lava, Bula Vinaka, Fakaalofa lahi atu, Fakatalofa atu, Kia orana, Mālō e lelei, Mālō nī, Kia orana and warm Pacific greetings to you all! In 2021, NonfictioNOW takes a new form—adapting to the realities of the COVID pandemic while retaining its spirit and integrity. Despite a pandemic, we are still planning […]

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  • Online Storytimes Aotearoa during lockdown – GUIDELINES FOR LIBRARIES, SCHOOLS AND ECE’S

    DEVELOPED BY THE COALITION FOR BOOKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH PANZ, LIANZA, CLNZ AND NZSA  Guidelines for libraries, schools and early childhood education centres   Schools, libraries, and early childhood education centres are keen to ensure that New Zealand children are still able to enjoy all that a good book has to offer during these unsettling […]

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  • WAIKATO UNIVERSITY WRITER IN RESIDENCE 2022

    An award has been set up to enable a New Zealand writer of fiction, poetry, drama, or serious non-fiction to become the University’s Writer in Residence in 2022. This award has been created to foster New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity for a writer to work in an academic environment. It is sponsored […]

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  • Latest from adda: Translations from South and Southeast Asia

    Latest from adda:    Translations from South and Southeast Asia Translations: South & Southeast Asia features 32 literary translations in 15  languages from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia and Singapore across the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Curated by guest co-editors Bilal Tanweer and Pauline Fan, these texts will appear in four issues. The […]

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  •  “CDL  is neither controlled nor legal”….. originally published by the International Publishers Federation

      An appeal to readers and librarians from the victims of CDL…. As working writers, translators, photographers, and graphic artists; as unions, organizations, and federations representing the creators of works included in published books; as book publishers; and as reproduction rights and public lending rights organizations; we oppose so-called “Controlled Digital Lending” (CDL) as a […]

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  • Applications are open for Fulbright New Zealand Scholarships!

    Fulbright New Zealand offers a range of exchange awards for New Zealanders wanting to study, research, teach or present their work in the US.  Scholarships are available for graduates, scholars, creatives and other professionals across most disciplines. The Fulbright programme of international educational exchange was an initiative of American Senator J. William Fulbright, who in […]

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  • Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors – virtual conference June 26 & 27

    Te Kōrero Ahi Kā Links for NZ Writers Virtual Professional Development Workshops/ Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors Register Here Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June 2021 This virtual two-day event will provide networking and professional development opportunities around publishing for members of SpecFicNZ. The event aims to increase the visibility of New Zealand’s speculative […]

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  • A Reflection on 18 months as NZSA President: “A call-out to all writers: come gather round, we need your support . . . “

    BY MANDY HAGER    MAY 4, 2021     I’ve been a member of NZSA for around 30 years, joining before I published my first book, filled with pride when I could transition from ‘associate’ to ‘full’ membership. Although health and time constraints have meant I’ve rarely attended branch meetings or events, I’ve always read the […]

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  • Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador – Ben Brown

    Find out about the new role of Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador for children and young people. The first Reading Ambassador announced on 4 May 2021, is Lyttelton writer Ben Brown. Ben Brown (Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Paoa) writes children’s books, non-fiction, poetry and short stories for children and adults. Born in […]

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  • NZSA launches new programmes to address seismic shift in book industry

    Media Release April 19, 2021 The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc, founded in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1934, has responded to many changes to the literary sector since that time. Now the sector is going through a period of seismic change and NZSA has launched a raft of […]

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  • Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for 2021 awarded to publisher Julia Marshall

    Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust of New Zealand Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa Julia Marshall has been selected as the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner, for lifetime achievement and distinguished contribution to New Zealand children’s literature, and will be presented with her medal and deliver the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy lecture on 28 […]

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