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Book launch: Jumping Sundays by Nick Bollinger
Join Auckland University Press and Unity Books to celebrate Nick Bollinger’s latest book – Jumping Sundays: The Rise and Fall of the Counterculture in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Auckland launch is part of the Auckland Writers Festival and is also the book’s official launch day – this Thursday 25 August. The event starts at 5pm […]
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Keri Hulme’s generous koha for Māori writers
The original manuscript of the bone people, by legendary author Keri Hulme (Kāi Tahu and Kāti Māmoe), will be auctioned at Dunbar Sloane on the 11th of August, this year. Keri Hulme was the first New Zealander to win the prestigious Booker Prize in 1985. She was also the first writer to win the Booker Prize, […]
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Join the CNZ webinar exploring how Asian NZ audiences engage in the arts
On Tuesday 6 September 2022, 9am-10.30am, Creative New Zealand will be hosting a live Q+A webinar exploring how Asian New Zealand audiences engage in the arts, and the market for Asian arts in Aotearoa New Zealand. You’re invite you to attend the online event on 6 September and to share the invitation with anyone you […]
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WORD Christchurch Masterclasses and Workshops
From investigative journalism, poetry, editing, “imaginative risk”, personal essays, memoir, character and setting, to DIY badge and zine making – WORD Christchurch Festival 31 August – 4 September have you covered with an amazing suite of masterclasses and workshops. Learn from some of the best practitioners! Full Programme HERE WORD is hosting live and conversations […]
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Poetry on the Beach for National Poetry Day
Please join us for Poetry on the Beach 2022, and write your own, original poem on the sand at Orewa Beach. Poetry on the Beach is a wrap-up event for National Poetry Day, and will be held on Saturday 27th August 2022 at 12:30pm-1:30pm, at Moana Reserve, Orewa Beach, Auckland, New Zealand, followed by people’s […]
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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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(Hawke’s) Bay authors part of day of writing workshops – NZ Herald
Most people have heard the line “everyone has a book in them”. If you think this applies to you, the Ahuriri Roadshow is your chance to do something about it. Run by the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc), Ahuriri Roadshow is a series of professional development […]
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Congratulations to the winners of 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults!
The 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have just wrapped up and congratulations to all the winners! Atua: Māori Gods and Legends, by Gavin Bishop (Puffin, Penguin Random House) cleaned up, winning the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and $7,500; the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction and $7,500; and […]
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Lōemis Festival 2021: Epilogue
Five Aotearoa writers read new works exploring themes of transition, inevitability, rest, activity, optimism and infinity, accompanied by newly composed music by Andrew Laking, in collaboration with Nigel Collins. See here! (scroll down to 9:30pm, Sound Lounge) This was recorded at the 2021 Loemis Festival in Wellington, featuring: Chris Tse, Rebecca Hawkes, Harry Ricketts, Ruby […]
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Storylines National Story Tour visits Southland
It’s all happening next week! 15 -19 August 2022. The Storylines Story Tour visits schools and libraries in these centres: • Monday 15 August-Invercargill • Tuesday 16 August-Invercargill and Woodlands • Wednesday 17 August-Mataura, Gore, Pukerau, Otama, Riversdale • Thursday 18 August -Balfour, Lumsden, Winton, Heddon Bush, Nightcaps,Clifton • Friday 19 August-Riverton, Appleby, Bluff Presenting […]
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Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist 2022
Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom, and is a noted writer at the NZ Herald. He has been nominated (alongside ReadingRoom book reviewer Philip Matthews) as best reviewer of the year at the 2022 Voyager Media Awards. READINGROOM Announcing the Surrey Hotel writers residency award shortlist The most celebrated and well-known New Zealand novelist […]
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The 2022 Book Trade Industry Awards
The 2022 Book Trade Industry Awards dinner and ceremony were held on Saturday 30 July at Auckland’s Park Hyatt. The Book Trade Industry Awards have been recognising the best New Zealand publishers, booksellers and industry stalwarts for over 20 years. They are our chance to celebrate our best and brightest, our successes and our innovations, and […]
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