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The Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival 2019 programme is out!
9-12 May We’ll throw you four days of terrific talk across 36 events, with a cast of over 60 participants. We’re thrilled to welcome…
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Auckland Writers Festival 2019 programme
The Prime Minister, Jeff Tweedy, Sir Antony Beevor among Stellar 2019 Auckland Writers Festival Line-up The…
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New Zealand Society of Authors condemns Christchurch massacre
Disponible en arabe متوفرة باللغة العربية International PEN Charter The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi…
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Storylines and What Now launch Kids’ Picks
Storylines and the producers of the popular TV show What Now have worked together to develop a partnership to encourage young New Zealanders to read the best books by…
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2019 Storylines Awards shortlists and Notable Books announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand http://www.storylines.org.nz The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust is pleased to announce its Storylines Notable Book Awards…
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2019 Ockham Finalists Explore the Truth and Issues of Our Times
Four of our best-known novelists – whose novels, appropriately for our times, explore what it means to…
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Sargeson Prize
New in 2019, the Sargeson Prize is New Zealand’s richest short story prize, sponsored by the University of Waikato. Named for celebrated New…
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Te Hā o ngā Toi – Māori Arts Strategy 2019-2024
Creative New Zealand have released their Maori Arts Strategy. Creative New Zealand has released Te Hā o ngā Toi, its Māori arts strategy for…
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The NZBooklovers.co.nz 2019 Book Awards
NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2019 A Change of Key by Adrienne Jansen (Escalator Press) Crystal Reign by…
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Two writers receive NZSA Waitangi Day Literary Honours
Two writers making waves on the international scene have been awarded Waitiangi Day Literary Honours by the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc). This year’s recipients…
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MANDY HAGER WINS THE PRESTIGIOUS STORYLINES MARGARET MAHY MEDAL
Mandy Hager Multi-award-winning Wellington-based author Mandy Hager is the winner of the 2019 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal…
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie speaks out FOR Freedom of Speech and AGAINST Fake News for PEN AMERICA
There is a Western idea that wickedness, when committed by a certain kind of person and in a certain kind of way, is worthy of being engaged with. And…
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