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Eleanor Catton to tour New Zealand
Wednesday 22 March 2023 Birnam Wood wows critics and readers worldwide Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will appear at events in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch in May this year to present her novel Birnam Wood, which has wowed critics and audiences around the world since its publication in February. Catton, who currently […]
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Register events to unleash the power of poetry across Aotearoa 25 August
National Poetry Day is scheduled for 25 August 2023, and as its administrators open registrations for events and seed-funding, they are inviting organisers across the motu to join in to unleash the uplifting power of poetry. Robin McDonnell, CEO of Poetry Day sponsor Phantom Billstickers, says that when company founder Jim Wilson witnessed the […]
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IPEd Editors Conference May 2-9, 2023
Earlybird registrations open for the online IPEd Editors Conference Earlybird registrations are available for the 11th IPEd Editors Conference, a virtual event with special access after-play facilities from 2 to 9 May 2023. Centred around the theme of “Futureproofing the editing profession”, the biennial conference has an amazing line-up of speakers and panellists, with […]
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Pacific Language Weeks for 2023
The dates for the 2023 Pacific Language Weeks series have been announced. Last year, the overarching theme for the series was sustainability, which aligned with the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Pacific Languages Strategy and fed into the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages to sustain and revitalise heritage languages. The theme of sustainability has resonated strongly with our Pacific communities, who have […]
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Pasifika Festival Feb 2023 The Coalition for Books
The Coalition for Books had its first stand at the Pasifika Festival this weekend and has produced its third catalogue for Pasifika Books. Download the new Pasifika catalogue Feb 2023 HERE Thanks to Dorothy Butler Bookshop for all their organisation and support.
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Books Back Better – Restocking school libraries post-Gabrielle
Many schools: kura, preschools, colleges, kindy’s, primary schools in the Hawkes’Bay have lost their entire libraries through the damage wrought by Cyclone Gabrielle. Books Back Better is a campaign to collect monetary donations from our wider communities around the motu to buy Booksellers NZ Tokens and distribute these to kura/schools, Kohanga Reo, and Kindy’s affected […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist showcases critical and commercial successes
8 March 2023 Bestselling books by both debut writers and established literary luminaries feature among the 16 finalists in the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announced today. The shortlist – selected from a longlist of 44 books by four panels of specialist judges (for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and general non-fiction) – offers entertaining […]
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NZSA CompleteMS Programme 2023 opens
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that’s ready to take to the next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction, non-fiction… Apply now for the NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme. The NZSA CompleteMS assessment programme is open for applications for this year’s programme until 28 May 2023. CompleteMS is for writers who […]
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Startling campaign for Katherine Mansfield Centenary 2023 aims to reach new fans
A bold new campaign has just been released from Katherine Mansfield House & Garden to celebrate 100 years of Katherine Mansfield’s influence. Designer Janelle Rodrigues and photographer Amber-Jayne Bain worked with Cherie Jacobson from Katherine Mansfield House & Garden to come up with something entirely new. “When I started working on this campaign I […]
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The 2023 Margaret Mahy Medal award winner is James Norcliffe
Storylines is delighted to share the news that the 2023 Margaret Mahy Medal award winner is James Norcliffe. James Norcliffe is an acclaimed poet and writer for children and young adults, as well as a prolific editor and poetry champion. The Margaret Mahy Medal is New Zealand’s most prestigious honour for children’s and young […]
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NZSA Announces Canterbury Roadshow March 25
Ōtautahi Regional Roadshow 9AM – 4.30PM, SATURDAY 25 MARCH, HAGLEY COLLEGE, 510 HAGLEY AVENUE, CHRISTCHURCH CENTRAL CITY, CHRISTCHURCH What’s on: Welcome with Vanda Symon Opening Kōrero: Witi Ihimaera in conversation with Tina Makereti Workshops: Three dimensional characters – Not just skin deep with Vanda Symon; Internetting for Authors 101 with Jack Cottrell; Poetry close reading with Joanna Preston; Editing with James Norcliffe Discussion: “What is a literary genre but a family of works that […]
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UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage comes to Wellington for FREE events
Verb Wellington and British Council New Zealand and the Pacific have collaborated to bring UK Poet Laureate Simon Armitage to Wellington on 11 – 12 March to take part in two free events that focus on the importance of libraries and of literature. Natasha Beckman (Country Director, British Council New Zealand and the Pacific) […]
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