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Catriona Ferguson appointed as Managing Director of AWF
The Auckland Writers Festival has announced the appointment of our new Managing Director, Catriona Ferguson. Catriona is an integral part of Aotearoa’s literary community, bringing over 20 years of experience and knowledge to the Festival. Formerly the Director of the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu and Chief Executive Officer of Read NZ Te […]
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NZSA members receive New Year’s Kings Honours
We congratulate the four NZSA members who have received Kings Honours: David Hill, Susan Battye, Harriet Allan and Jodi Wright. We also acknowledge and congratulate Pacific journalist Barbara Dreaver and Hana O’Regan. Barbara Dreaver has been a publisher of Pacific Books (Cook Islands Press) and Hana O’Regan has supported NZSA in the Canterbury region, […]
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Manchester Writing Competition 2023 winners revealed as Tracey Slaughter and April Yee
8th December 2023 Manchester Poetry Prize and Fiction Prize awarded to best unpublished writing Tracey Slaughter and April Yee have won the 2023 Manchester Writing Competition, the UK’s biggest awards for unpublished writing. Poet Slaughter took home the Manchester Poetry Prize, and Yee was awarded the Manchester Fiction Prize at a gala awards ceremony on Friday […]
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UK Trade bodies launch joint updated industry statement on professional values
The UK Publishers Association,UK Society of Authors, UK Booksellers Association and UK Association of Authors’ Agents have relaunched a document, updated by representatives of the industry associations in consultation with their memberships. A number of new organisations have also endorsed the statement, including the Association of Illustrators, the Translators Association, Publishing Scotland, the Independent Publishers […]
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Writers Guild Strike settlement – key wins
WRITERS GUILD STRIKE – USA Key victories include a 5% increase in minimum wages, improved residuals for streaming, and protections against AI exploitation. Writing Rooms Standards – A minimum of three writers for shows up to six episodes and up to six writers for series of 13 episodes or more – standards crucial […]
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New NZSA Live! Podcast episode with this year’s Janet Frame Memorial Address
The 2023 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture was given by the NZSA President of Honour 2022-2023, Witi Ihimaera-Smiler in November 2023. The prestigious position of NZSA President of Honour, is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. The aim of […]
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Courage Day Commemoration (also known as the International Day of the Imprisoned Writer) November 15
Join the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc to mark Courage Day 2023 (also known as The Day of the Imprisoned Writer) in Aotearoa, New Zealand – 15 November – and throughout the week. Courage Day recognises writers who defend the right to free speech, and those who […]
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NZSA Canterbury Branch Christmas: Quiz and Comp Celebration!
Join us on Thursday the 14th of December for the NZSA Canterbury Christmas party! 6pm at Toi Auaha (5 Worcester Boulevard, Christchurch Central City). This year we’ll be celebrating with a short story and poetry competition. If you’d like to enter, please RSVP HERE by the 10th of December, and include a copy of your […]
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Landfall and non/fictionLab announce collaboration for 2024
Otago University Press is excited to announce that Landfall and RMIT University’s non/fictionLab are coming together to commission a series of essays on the topic of ‘making space’. The essays will be trans-Tasman collaborations; each will include at least one writer with connections to Aotearoa and at least one with connections to Australia. Up to […]
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NZSA is now a Registered Charitable Entity
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaithu o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc has been successful in its application to become a charity. As of October 19, 2023 NZSA is now a registered charitable entity CC61705. It is also now a donee organisation.
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Auckland Branch Christmas Networking meeting
NZSA Auckland branch Christmas Network meeting is on Saturday 2nd December at Freemans Bay School, 95 Wellington Street, Ponsonby. RSVP here Feel free to bring wine, dress up Christmassy, and we’ll provide the rest. There will be an auction of sponsored items and the announcement of the winners of the 2023 Graeme Lay Short Story competition. […]
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The Diaspora Grows Louder – Books by Aotearoa’s South Asian Writers
Published on KETE Books and RNZ Saraid de Silva curates a selection of recent books by Aotearoa’s South Asian writers. Find more information about the books in this selection here. I’m lucky that so many of my literary heroes are South Asian. As a teenager, reading the work of writers like Kiran Desai, Jhumpa Lahiri, […]
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