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Phantom National Poetry Day 2021 set to ignite public spaces!
Poetry fans across Aotearoa New Zealand are eager to create a vibrant, diverse Phantom National Poetry Day on Friday 27 August 2021, after the global pandemic curtailed public gatherings last year. The packed programme goes live today (Thursday 5 August), revealing the breadth of their annual nationwide celebration. More than 100 events and competitions are […]
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Tessa Duder is the NZSA 2021-2 President of Honour
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Tessa Duder CNZM OBE is the NZSA 2021-2022 President of Honour. This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. Of the award, Tessa says: ” To […]
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Entries now open for 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is now inviting submissions for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. These prestigious awards promote excellence in, and provide recognition of, the best books for adult readers published annually in New Zealand. Titles with release dates between 1 January 2021 and 31 December 2021 will be considered for […]
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Phantom National Poetry Day
First established in 1997, National Poetry Day is a one-day national poetry event extravaganza held on a Friday in late August each year. In 2021, the date for Phantom National Poetry Day is Friday 27th August. Registrations for 2021 events will open on the 17th March. It’s an event that always has something for everybody, […]
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READER OF LOVE FOR THE BOOK – anthology releases of protest writing about National Library cull
READER OF LOVE FOR THE BOOK edited by Bill Direen nodisposals.neocities.org The Anthology of Love for the Book brings 52 promising young poets, prominent journalists, and several time-honoured poet laureates, winners of Prime Ministers Awards and Robert Burns Fellows together for a massive Hui. All the writers share deep concern at continuing disposals of […]
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NATIONAL LIBRARY PARTNERS WITH INTERNET PIRATE
MEDIA RELEASE JULY 15, 2021 The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc (NZSA) and the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) are shocked the National Library of New Zealand (NLNZ) has announced plans to hand […]
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New Zealand Libraries Partnership Programme
Find out about the COVID-19 recovery work being led by the National Library to support librarians and library services across New Zealand. The Government is entrusting the National Library to lead and support COVID-19 recovery work across New Zealand’s library system, especially in public libraries, with a funding package of $58.8 million, over two to […]
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WORD Christchurch Festival Celebrates Books, Storytelling and Ideas this August
WORD Christchurch has launched its 2021 festival programme, with an array of events to challenge, excite and entertain the city from 25 to 29 August. This year’s events tackle both the near and the far – with an intensely local flavour and an innovative international component. Earlier this year WORD announced that it was moving […]
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Hamilton Book Month August 2021 – programme out now
Programme out now – Hamilton Book Month programme August 2021
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Coalition for Books winter reading catalogue – OUT NOW
Matariki 2021_DigitalCatalogue_click here to view
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Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors – virtual conference June 26 & 27
Te Kōrero Ahi Kā Links for NZ Writers Virtual Professional Development Workshops/ Speculative Publishing for New Zealand Authors Register Here Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 June 2021 This virtual two-day event will provide networking and professional development opportunities around publishing for members of SpecFicNZ. The event aims to increase the visibility of New Zealand’s speculative […]
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Announcing the 2021 Flash Fiction longlist
Writers: please share the news if your title is on the Long List, but please do not share which story is yours while the judges are still deliberating. Thank you! alphabetically by title: A Moth in the Clementines Alan Recuperating on a Bed of Rabbits Centripetal Force Cloud Storage Cows Doing the Math Encounter […]
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