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A message from Creative NZ
Kia ora t?tou katoaAs – Salaam – Alaikum The hate, gun violence and crimes directed against the faithful at the Masjid al Noor and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch have left us bewildered, feeling vulnerable, struck to the core. We have had to accept that an act of terrorism hasbeen inflicted on our people […]
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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 eight overseas guests ? bestselling Irish novelist John Boyne (pictured); BAFTA and MOBO award-winning UK hip-hop artist and author Akala; charisma-blessed English writer/performer Rebecca Vaughan (back for a third time, no […]
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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 20th Auckland Writers Festival programme launches today, revealing a line-up of more than 200 events featuring over 230 globally acclaimed public intellectuals and much-loved literary stars offering conversation, laughter, ideas and inspiration for audiences of all ages from 13 […]
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New Zealand Society of Authors condemns Christchurch massacre
Disponible en arabe ?????? ?????? ??????? International PEN Charter The New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa sends love and support to our devasted communities across Aotearoa. PEN International condemns this act of cowardice and hate. Every NZSA regional branch and council meeting begins with reference to the empty chair […]
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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 New Zealand children’s writers. What Now (made by Whitebait Media and in its 39th year on television) is a top-rating, much-loved, madcap, live two-hour show. Broadcast on Sunday mornings […]
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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 2019 (for books published in 2018), and the shortlists for the Storylines Joy Cowley Award for a picture book text and the Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for an unpublished illustrator. The Storylines Joy […]
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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 tell the truth – are in the running for the country’s richest fiction writing prize with today’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalist announcement. The Cage by Lloyd Jones, This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman, All This By […]
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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 Zealand writer Frank Sargeson, the Prize was conceived by writer Catherine Chidgey, who also lectures in Writing Studies at the University. Entries open on 1 April for the 2019 (and inaugural) Sargeson […]
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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 – Māori Arts strategy for the next five years, following nationwide engagement over the past year. As the national arts development agency, Creative New Zealand’s role is to encourage, promote and support the arts for the […]
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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 Kelly Lyndon (Remnant Press) Fishing for M?ui by Isa Pearl Ritchie (Te R? Aroha Press) Grandzilla by Lisa Williams (Crummer Road Press) This Mortal Boy by Fiona Kidman (Penguin Random House) A Year at […]
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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 are Samoan/Maori writer Lani Wendt Young, and Scottish-born crime writer Liam McIlvanney who now lives in Dunedin. “The selection of Lani Wendt-Young and Liam McIlvanney as recipients of the 2019 […]
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MANDY HAGER WINS THE PRESTIGIOUS STORYLINES MARGARET MAHY MEDAL
Multi-award-winning Wellington-based author Mandy Hager is the winner of the 2019 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal for life-time achievement and a distinguished contribution to New Zealand’s literature for young people. Best-known as a writer of young adult fiction, Mandy Hager has also written fiction and non-fiction for younger children, and for educational programmes. In 2017 she […]
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