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Creative New Zealand welcomes biggest government investment in the arts for two decades
Creative New Zealand is thrilled with the Government’s multimillion-dollar investment in the arts and culture sector – the biggest government investment since 2000 – which will strengthen the organisation’s ability to support the arts community’s recovery from the impact of COVID-19. 29 May 2020 The Prime Minister and Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Rt […]
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Behold, Saint Sinead of Stuff
Tim Murphy wrote this article on NEWSROOM Tim Murphy is co-editor of Newsroom. He writes about politics, Auckland, and media. Twitter: @tmurphynz Behold, Saint Sinead of Stuff The management buyout of Stuff turns out to be a ‘manager buyout’ as the chief executive takes on the momentous job of owning the publisher on her own. […]
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Support for arts and music sector recovery
29 May 2020 Rt Hon Jacinda Ardern Hon Grant Robertson Hon Carmel Sepuloni A jobseekers programme for the creative sector and four new funds have been set up by the Government to help our arts and music industry recover from the blow of COVID-19. Thousands of jobs will be supported through today’s $175 million […]
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Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize back for 2020
Hachette NZ and The Margaret Mahy Estate are delighted to announce the return of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize for a second year. The 2019 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize was a great success with over 140 expressions of interest and many fantastic submissions. Winner Sarah Greig’s beautiful re-illustration of The Boy with Two Shadows will […]
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BUDGET 2020 Libraries to help with jobs and community recovery 27/5/2020
The Minister said that the package also includes a 20% increase to the Public Lending Right fund – the money that is paid to New Zealand authors that have books available through our public libraries. The $1.6 million extra over four years is the first increase to the fund since 2008. LIANZA President, Rachel […]
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Nominations invited for Creative New Zealand’s prestigious literature, ngā toi Māori and Pacific arts awards
CREATIVE NZ ANNUAL AWARDS Creative New Zealand is calling for nominations for three prestigious annual awards, each recognising the valued contributions of some of our country’s most talented artists: The Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, Ngā Taonga Toi a Te Waka Toi (Te Waka Toi Awards), and the Arts Pasifika Awards. “Now more than […]
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Amazon Literary Partnership Names More Than $1 Million in New Grants (USA)
The annual announcement of Amazon Literary Partnership funding names 66 nonprofit programs that support writers and their development, uniquely important work during this year’s pandemic. May 27 Masked up in Seattle, a pedestrian is pictured on April 17 near the Amazon campus’ Spheres. Image – iStockphoto: Bjorn Bakstad By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_AndersonAdding […]
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NPD’s Kristen McLean on the US Book Industry: Weathering the Pandemic
Having dropped up to 2.5 million units in its worst ‘acute COVID period’ week, Kristin McLean says the US publishing industry now needs to assess, predict, and harden weak spots for challenges ahead. May 27, 2020 A Memorial Day stroll, May 25, on Fifth Avenue south of East 96th Street in New York City. Image […]
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LONGLIST ANNOUNCED – 2020 National Flash Fiction Day
Winners – Congratulations to the 2020 longlist 2020 National Flash Fiction Day Announcing the 2020 Long Lists! Please go here for the 2020 Youth Long List. Congratulations, all! Please share your news but refrain from noting your title while the judges are still deliberating. (alphabetical by title) A sniper’s memoir All aboard Anzac on Albert St Astronauts […]
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CLNZ – Copyright Licensing New Zealand – latest news
As New Zealand adjusts to its new ‘normal’ and begins its long journey out of the lock down stages, we wanted to share with you a number of opportunities that are currently available to New Zealand writers and authors. Both the CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award and Research Grants were brought forward in response to the COVID-19 […]
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How to be Award Winning Before Publishing: CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award and Research Grants
Bevan Sanson at The Big Idea interviewed 2019 Writers’ Award winner, Rebecca Macfie, and one of the 2019 Research Grant recipients, Gigi Fenster, about the impact of winning these awards. Originally published on The Big Idea: Recognition, time, money. All writers know the importance any of these three commodities can have on their work. So […]
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From May 24-30, New Zealand – and further afield – will embrace and celebrate the third most spoken language in Aotearoa with Samoa Language Week.
24th May 2020 It is the second of nine Pacific Language Weeks this year, supported by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples and facilitated by Fa’alapotopotoga mo le A’oa’oina o le Gagana Samoa i Aotearoa (FAGASA), Sosaiete Aoga Amata Samoa I Aotearoa (SAASIA), and FOTU O MALAMA – the Association for Teachers of Samoan Language […]
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