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Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buys company for $1
Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher has purchased Stuff from its Australian owners Nine Entertainment for $1. The chief executive was returning the company to New Zealand ownership, with the sale expected to be completed by 31 May. “Our plan is to transition the ownership of Stuff to give staff a direct stake in the business […]
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The price of literature: writers take on Government over fair pay
By Kelly Dennett May 24 2020 Writers fear their ability to earn will be further eroded as the results of reviews affecting their revenue streams near completion. Maurice Gee recalls it wasn’t until he was mid-career that he and his wife felt financially comfortable enough for him to commit to his writing full-time. By that […]
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NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency – Recipient Announced
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Auckland War Memorial Museum are delighted to announce the recipient of the NZSA Auckland Museum Research + Residency Grant.
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NEW FREEDOM TO WRITE INDEX – 2019 REVIEW OF IMPRISONED WRITERS
The Freedom to Write Index, PEN America’s first annual global count of writers and public intellectuals unjustly detained or imprisoned worldwide. Covering Jan – Dec 2019, the inaugural Freedom to Write Index shows that at least 238 writers and public intellectuals were imprisoned or held in detention in 2019, facing often brutal treatment and […]
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CLNZ $120,000 Contestable Fund Grants awarded – recipients announced
We are pleased to announce the successful recipients of the Special Round of Contestable Fund Grants 2020. In order to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, Copyright Licensing New Zealand released a special fund of $120,000 for short-term projects that could be started straight away and completed by the end of September this […]
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READING INCREASES IN LOCKDOWN – Nielsen London – reading hours double!
Two in five UK adults say they are consuming books more since lockdown, with readers almost doubling their total reading hours per week. London, 13 May 2020 Nielsen Book today published the latest research on UK book consumer habits during the lockdown. Online interviews with a nationally-representative sample of 1,000 UK adults revealed that readers […]
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Announcing the National Flash Fiction Day 2020 online programme
NFFD NZ moves online this year! Our big day of celebrating the shortest form will still take place and include a series of readings, interviews and prize-givings. You will find new videos posted at the Flash Frontier YouTube channel — please subscribe and follow new happenings in the flash world! Here’s what you can expect: Today you will find […]
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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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TAUTAI FALE-SHIP Home Residencies
ARTIST CALLOUT for TAUTAI FALE-SHIP Home Residencies 🐚🏠💕 Applications due Friday 5th June at midday – APPLY NOW! Moana artists make some of their best work at home; at the kitchen table, in living rooms surrounded by family, in bedrooms and garages, in home studios where we feel safe and connected to those around […]
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NZSA Youth Mentorship Programme 2020 recipients announced
Four talented secondary school students have been selected as the 2020 winners of the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Youth Mentorship Programme. These young writers now have a special opportunity to hone their writing skills and develop their craft under the mentorship of four of New Zealand’s finest […]
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2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards Finalists
Finalists for the 2020 Sir Julius Vogel Awards have been announced by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand (SFFANZ). NZSA congratulates our many members in this list of 2020 finalists. Best Novel The Blacksmith, Barbara Howe (IFWG Australia) The Prince of Secrets, A.J. Lancaster (Camberion) Solar Federation, S.E. Mulholland (self-published) Into the Ashes, Lee […]
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Time for Chinese New Zealanders to be heard
FROM STUFF Karen Tay May 10 2020 Human civilisations are built on foundations of stories. Words are how we relay ancestral knowledge across generations. To be invisible in this world is to have your stories erased or reduced to the margins – which is how it’s largely been for many generations of Chinese immigrants to […]
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