• A Festival Built on Love – WORD Christchurch

      With everything that has been developing in relation to the global COVID-19 pandemic, we at WORD have been forced to rethink our schedule of events and how we can best serve our audience, our city, and New Zealand’s literary community. For this reason our August festival (26-30 August) has been postponed.  Mark your diaries for […]

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  • The Coalition for Books is hosting an online drop-in with Creative New Zealand this Friday!

    Calling all writers, publishers, literary events professionals, arts practitioners and organisations who want to know more about Creative New Zealand’s Emergency Response Package …   The Coalition for Books is hosting an online drop-in with Creative New Zealand this Friday: Date/Time: Friday, 15 May, 2020, 9.30-11.00am Joining us will be Malcolm Burgess, Arts Practice Director, […]

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  • Publishers without Borders – Facebook Group event live May 20 8pm

      The newly formed Publishers Without Borders Facebook group will devote a live session to New Zealand publishing next Wednesday 20 May from 8 p.m. Tune in to hear PANZ councillors Nicola Smith (Essential Resources), Melanee Winder (Hachette NZ) and Peter Dowling (Oratia) discuss how different segments of the book industry are adapting to the […]

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  • OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS CEREMONY – LIVE ONLINE MAY 12, 6pm!

    The 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards winners’ ceremony will take place LIVE, on line from 6pm, Tuesday 12 May.   The New Zealand Society of Authors and other NZ literary organisations, publishers, and finalists will all co-host the Ockhams Event on Facebook.  SEE YOU THERE!   The ceremony will also be streamed via the […]

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  • JOIN THE VERB COMMUNITY – new platform launches

    A MESSAGE FROM VERB WELLINGTON It’s a strange writing to you all in this new world we are all in. We hope this finds you well, safe and in good spirits. Even while the creative landscape as we know it has radically shifted, none of our ambition has. In fact, I’d say that the current […]

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  • Auckland Writers Festival announces 2020 Winter Series

    ANNOUNCING OUR 2020 WINTER SERIES   We are excited to announce our 2020 Winter Online Series, featuring a star-studded writer line-up which includes Bernardine Evaristo, Ann Patchett, Neil Gaiman, Barbara Ewing, Richard Ford, Elizabeth Knox, Robert Macfarlane, Philippe Sands, Lisa Taddeo, Ian Wedde, Alan Bollard, Chanel Miller, Freya Daly Sadgrove, Simon Armitage, Maggie O’Farrell, Deborah […]

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  • CLNZ/NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award 2020

    Applications Open Early to Support Writers   $25,000 award to a New Zealand writer one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature presented by the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) brought forward by three months to support NZ writers CLNZ and NZSA have brought forward the application process for […]

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  • Catherine Chidgey and Fiona Sussman shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – congratulations!

    2020 COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Two award-winning New Zealand authors, Catherine Chidgey and Fiona Sussman on shortlist CHAIR OF JUDGES NII AYIKWEI PARKES HAILS STORIES WHICH ARE ‘HARROWING AS WELL AS UPLIFTING, TRAGIC AS WELL AS FUNNY’ Twenty outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global […]

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  • OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS GO VIRTUAL FOR 2020 WINNERS’ ANNOUNCEMENTS

    The winners of the country’s premier literary honours – the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards – will be delivered to the nation online, on the original date set down for the awards ceremony in Auckland: Tuesday 12 May. “Covid-19 has interfered with our annual celebration of the finalist authors and publishers in an event that’s […]

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  • #NZSA Connects

    New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc announces new digital initiatives April 3, 2020 Like all New Zealanders, organisations and businesses, NZSA is adapting to the challenging circumstances brought about by the unprecedented COVID-19 emergency. “We are really concerned about the ongoing welfare, income and mental and physical health of […]

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  • Welcome to the Stay Home Book Club – new READ NZ initiative

    A new website launched today encourages Kiwi kids to explore new and familiar stories during the national lockdown. Stay Home Book Club is a new online reading challenge from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura (formerly NZ Book Council). Primary and intermediate-aged children are invited to register for free and choose their team to play for. […]

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  • Ōrongohau/Best New Zealand Poems 2019: new voices on the wind

    The 2019 edition of the online anthology Ōrongohau/Best New Zealand Poems is now live, featuring 25 poems chosen by acclaimed poet Hera Lindsay Bird. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) has published the anthology annually since 2001, with support from Creative New Zealand. Lindsay Bird, described by recent UK […]

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