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Anne Salmond: No downside in standing tall, together
Anne Salmond: No downside in standing tall, together – link to Newsroom article Stuff’s apology for the inequitable treatment of Māori and tikanga Māori by Stuff and its media predecessors is so powerful, writes Dame Anne Salmond, because it recognises the Queen’s promise of equality and mutual respect for different tikanga. In 1992 […]
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Dunedin Writers Festival call for 2 x 3 month contractors – marketing and events
The Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival, Dunedin’s biennial celebration for readers, writers, and thinkers, has two fixed-term contract positions available for the 2021 festival in May. The Festival is a vibrant boutique programme of storytelling, conversation, and live performance, a long weekend of immersion in the pleasure of the written word and examining ideas. Both […]
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NZSA member Joy Cowley joins Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi whānau
Celebrating our 2020 Whakamana Hiranga the Icons at Government House December 1, 2020 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi guests come together at Government House to celebrate three exceptional artists as Whakamana Hiranga Icons; Dr Sandy Adsett MNZM, Sam Neill DCNZM OBE, and Joy Cowley ONZ DCNZM OBE, who this year joined a living circle of […]
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Arts, Culture and Heritage – cultural regeneration packages
2 November 2020 This afternoon, the Prime Minister announced her government’s Cabinet portfolios. This has seen some changes for the Arts, Culture and Heritage portfolios with Hon Carmel Sepuloni taking on the role of Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage with Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern and Kiri Allan as associates. Hon Grant Robertson has retained his portfolio as […]
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Book sector highlights cultural, social and economic importance of valuing creative rights
Wednesday 4 November 2020 The New Zealand Society of Authors, the Publishers Association of New Zealand, and Copyright Licensing New Zealand have teamed up to put creative rights and their importance – for writers, the local book sector, and for our country – in the spotlight. Creative Rights = Creative Reads is a […]
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Exhibition exploring online misinformation to tour NZ
Tohatoha and InternetNZ to bring ‘The Glass Room’ to Kiwi schools and libraries A globally successful public exhibition that explores how social media and the Internet have changed the way we interact with information online is set to visit New Zealand for the first time, with support from Tohatoha and InternetNZ. Called The Glass Room: […]
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Society of Authors Opens £600,000 Hardship Fund for Scotland’s Authors
NB Preliminary note from NZSA: The Australian Society of Authors and the UK Society of Authors both received government funding for emergency authors grants. We know a lot of our members have had a very difficult year and NZSA would have liked to offer a relief fund for our most hard-hit members. We know that […]
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NZSA NZ Heritage Literary Awards
ONE WEEK TO GO EXPLORE THE PROGRAMME NZSA NEW ZEALAND HERITAGE LITERARY AWARDS Several of the WORD Writers are finalists in this year’s NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards. (THURSDAY 29TH 7PM).The Awards bring together writers and publishers from all over the country to celebrate historical writing in diverse categories including fiction and […]
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Today’s the Day – OCT 17 – BOOKSHOP DAY AOTEAROA #buylocal#supportlocal
2020 will see us celebrate NZ Bookshop Day for the sixth time, drawing thousands of people into their local bookshops to buy books to celebrate their third place: their local bookshop. This year will see dozens of bookshops throughout New Zealand celebrate their communities with a range of events, competitions and exciting activities. See a few highlights by clicking through to […]
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2020 NZSA Heritage Book Awards – shortlists announced
NZSA Heritage Literary Awards Announce Shortlist NZSA Canterbury Branch Date: 14.10.20 Judges have announced the short lists for the 2020 New Zealand Heritage Book Awards. All work this year was asked to reflect on “Encountering our Stories: Art, Culture, Identity.” New categories this year are Te Reo books and Children’s Books. 50 entries were received […]
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Ben Brown to deliver annual Read NZ lecture – in Wellington November 18
READ NZ are thrilled to announce that Lyttelton poet Ben Brown (Ngāti Māhuta, Ngāti Koroki, Ngāti Pāoa) will deliver our 2020 Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui (formerly the Book Council Lecture) at the National Library auditorium in Wellington on November 18. His compelling talk If Nobody Listens, Then No One Will Know, will explore the […]
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Verb Wellington announce November 2020 programme
Welcome to a special Festival edition of the Verb newsletter! We are hugely excited to be presenting a live lit fest this 2020. Celebrate Aotearoa writers, stories and voices with us between 5 – 8 November. We look forward to sharing the magic of live gatherings with you as we come together for interesting ideas, […]
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