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NZSA announces Fleur Beale ONZM as 2026 NZSA President of Honour
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Fleur Beale is the NZSA 2026 President of Honour, who will deliver the prestigious NZSA Janet Frame Memorial Lecture in 2026. This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing, writers and the literary […]
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Free Them All: Day of the Imprisoned Writer 2025
“Across the world, writers continue to pay a heavy price for speaking truth. Rory Branker, Yalqun Rozi, Mohamed Tadjadit, and Mzia Amaglobeli remind us that words can shake the powerful — and that courage endures even when their freedom is taken away. Their persecution is a wound to justice and humanity itself. We must not […]
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Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day Saturday 11 October
October 10, 2025 Bookstores celebrate the joy of reading with a fun feast of events on Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day Booksellers around the country will celebrate the joy of reading with a host of fanfare events on Aotearoa New Zealand Bookshop Day, Saturday 11 October, as they continue to hold their own in a […]
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NZ Aotearoa Bookshop Day 2025 October 11
Saturday 11th October – only 2 sleeps to go! Bookshop Day Homepage Libro.fm landing page Libro.fm Bookshop Day Assets
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2024 Australasian Shadows Awards Winners
The winning entries in the 2024 Australasian Shadows Awards have been announced! Congratulations to the winners and to everyone who made the shortlists. The winners were announced at the awards ceremony at Conflux 19, held recently in Canberra. Short Fiction Winner: “Archive of the Dead” by Pamela Jeffs (SNAFU: AI Insurrection, Cohesion Press) Shortlist: […]
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Ngaio Marsh Award winners 2025
Announced in a ceremony in Christchurch September 25, the 2025 winners are: The 2025 Ngaio Marsh Award for Best First Novel went to Otago-based academic turned author Wendy Parkins, for THE DEFIANCE OF FRANCES DICKINSON (Affirm Press), based on a true 1830s story, a young heiress has a daring plan to escape her abusive, gaslighting […]
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KUPU Festival – full programme announced
Link to Full Programme for Kupu and ticket sales for the Pikihuia awards
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Creating on the Coast programme Oct 13 -19
HUI KAITUHI – October 13-19 These events are open to all writers. The programme is a collaboration between the Tairāwhiti Writers’ Hub, Tairāwhiti Technology Trust, Nga Kaituhi Māori, and other local arts organisations. REGISTRATION LINK HERE Day 4 Mon 13 Oct 9 – 11 am Morning: Guided Heritage Walk of Turanganui-a-Kiwa. Heritage walk of important historic and cultural […]
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Pukapuka Talks Gala Night
Pukapuka Talks Gala Night. Friday 24 October This headline event features seven authors who appear throughout the Pukapuka Talks programme, running from 23 October to 2 November. Leading up to this big night, there will be events in Mōhua Golden Bay on Wednesday 22 October and Motueka on Thursday 23 October. Then the Whakatū-Nelson programme kicks off on […]
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Show-Stopping Celebration of Women Artists in Aotearoa Judged Best-Designed Book
PANZ DESIGN AWARDS 2025 A show-stopping celebration of women and their art has been deemed the supreme winner at the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards. Sight Lines: Women and Art in Aotearoa by Kirsty Baker (Auckland University Press), designed by Katie Kerr (Studio Katie Kerr) was awarded the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book […]
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Maurice Gee Celebration
CELEBRATING THE CHAMPION: Maurice Gee’s contribution to children’s literature Join us for a panel presentation focusing on the children’s writing of Maurice Gee, the celebrated New Zealand writer who died in June of this year, aged 93. Speakers: New Zealand’s Reading Ambassador Kate de Goldi, commentator and award-winning writer for children Claire Mabey, poet Anna […]
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Get a Sponsored Ticket to the 2025 Res Artis Conference in São Paulo!
Res Artis is giving away 10 sponsored tickets to the 2025 Res Artis Conference in São Paulo! Are you passionate about art residencies and education? Do you want to explore how residencies shape artistic practice, foster learning, and build cultural exchange across the globe? This is your chance to join a gathering of residency leaders, […]
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