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$25,000 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award awarded to Ōtepoti Writer and Poet Iona Winter
Iona Winter has been awarded the 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) $25,000 Writers’ Award for her creative non-fiction project, ‘A counter of moons’. (Warning: this article contains discussion of suicide. Links to information about where to access help can be found […]
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Storylines Story Tour visits Taranaki schools and libraries 12 – 16 September
The Storylines Story Tour visits schools and libraries: Monday 12 September- Waitara, New Plymouth Tuesday 13 September-Inglewood, Kaimata Wednesday 14 September- Stratford, Eltham Thursday 15 September- Hawera, Manaia Friday 16 September – Opunake, Oakura, New Plymouth Presenting the Taranaki Storylines Story Tour are inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador for Children – Ben […]
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Verb Readers & Writers Festival programme release
Spring has sprung and Verb’s celebrating with the release of their festival programme! It is packed full of inspiring conversations, radical possibilities, and great times with good people. You are all warmly invited to come along to the Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022 joint celebration launch on Tuesday 13 September. Join us for the […]
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National online talanoa Sept 14 – Oct 05
The Coalition for Books wants to support more tagata Moana writers into publishing and are eager to learn more about their journey to getting started. With support from Creative New Zealand, the Coalition for Books will devise a national strategy for Moana creatives trying to break into the industry. It’s holding a month-long online […]
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Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara | The Māori Language Festival of Wellington
Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, the Māori Language Festival of Wellington, is happening across Pōneke this September to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition delivered to Parliament in September, 1972. With te reo Māori focused arts and events, many of the whānau-friendly experiences are either free, or you […]
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Philip Matthews wins 2022 Reviewer of the Year award at Voyager Media Awards (again)
WINNER: Philip Matthews | newsroom.co.nz JUDGES: Anthony Byrt & Gilbert Wong “In one of the reviews in his submission, Philip Matthews writes: “We’re living through a painful and fast-moving time.” His calm and astute assessments of Charlotte Grimshaw and C.K Stead’s books position each at a respective front in the culture wars. That is not novel but […]
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Four cash grants awarded to support local writers
The 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in Aotearoa. The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. The selection panel, Deborah Challinor, David Eggleton and […]
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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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