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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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Unity Books Wins Bookseller Of The Year Award
Poneke-Wellington book communities received a major recharge on Saturday night (July 30) when local bookshop, Unity Books, won the premier award at the annual Booksellers Aotearoa Industry Awards in Auckland. Unity Wellington won the coveted award of NZ Bookseller of the Year at the Booksellers Aotearoa conference which also celebrated the industry association’s centenary. Unity […]
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samesame but different, Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ Readers and Writers Festival 2023 events
samesame but different has rescheduled several live events for August and September. These include everything from poetry to a play-reading to an interactive zine-making workshop in Tāmaki Makaurau, and a satellite poets’ panel in Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Poetry Speakeasy | 16 August, 6-8pm Studio One Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1011 Our […]
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Witi Ihimaera on National Radio
Witi Ihimaera on National Radio This weekend the New Zealand Society of Authors will mark the 50th birthday of Witi Ihimaera’s groundbreaking collections of short stories, first published in 1972. Bryan Crump spoke to Witi July 26 ahead of the celebration. LISTEN HERE Link to Auckland roadshow information HERE
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2022 Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Festival Oct 22-30- programme out now
HBRW 2022 PROGRAMME LAUNCHES! EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW ON SALE The programme for the upcoming Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Festival has now launched, so Early Bird tickets are now ON SALE! Tickets will be at Early Bird prices until late August, so click through and check out what we have on! Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers […]
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NZSA Roadshows – On The Road Again
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) is heading out, taking regional roadshows to Auckland Tāmaki Makau-rau, Napier Ahuriri and Taranaki New Plymouth. Writing is a solitary art – and NZSA has always provided a way for writers to get together, share experiences and learn to fine-tune their craft. Following two COVID years of […]
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WORD Christchurch programme is out!
Here it is – WORD Christchurch is on from 31 August to 4 September 2022. The programme is fresh out and is live now at https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/
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NZCYA BOOKS ALIVE 2022 in conjunction with Lianza
Books Alive programme announced The 2022 Books Alive virtual programme has again been co-ordinated by the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (LIANZA), thanks to a grant from the New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme. Hosted via LIANZA’s YouTube channel, it will feature daily sessions matching a library with a finalist, and includes Q&As, book discussions, how-to-be-an-illustrator workshops, […]
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Paper Cage by Tm Baragwanath launches August 25
All welcome to attend the launch of the Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner for 2021: Paper Cage by Tom Baragwanath A child goes missing in a small town. Then another. And suddenly everyone’s holding their own kids a little tighter. Lorraine doesn’t have kids, but she has a dearly loved nephew. And she knows the […]
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