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2020 TEXT PRIZE FOR YOUNG ADULT & CHILDREN’S WRITING – SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
Text is delighted to announce that seven manuscripts have been shortlisted for the 2020 $10,000 Text Prize for young adult and children’s writing… The winner of the 2020 Text Prize will be announced in an online event on Wednesday 20 May. THEREFORE I AM by Miranda Luby Sarah is determined to leave her […]
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Chris Else Discusses Advocating for Writers on Latest NZSA Podcast
“…Any writer that gets more than $500 a year out of the Public Lending Right and isn’t a member of NZSA, is freeloading…” In the latest episode of the NZSA Oral History Podcast Season 3 we hear from Chris Else. Chris is a New Zealand author and literary agent. Along with his own writing, and […]
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2020 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
12 May 2020 Debut novelist wins country’s richest literary prize Westport writer Becky Manawatu has won this year’s $55,000 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for her first novel, Auē. Manawatu’s win was announced during a virtual ceremony which began at 6pm this evening, simultaneously live-streamed via the Awards’ YouTube […]
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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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Nominations for 2020 Prime Minister’s Awards are now live
Creative New Zealand is now calling for nominations for The Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement. These annual awards recognise New Zealand writers who have made a notable contribution to New Zealand literature in the genres of fiction, non-fiction and poetry. New Zealanders are invited to submit a nomination. The 2019 winners were Fleur […]
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Blackball Writer’s Residency – open for applications.
WEST COAST OPPORTUNITY FOR WRITERS The village of Blackball (pop. 300) on the West Coast of the South Island has both a history of good writing and good writers plus a tradition of activism. It offers a Readers and Writers Festival, a Writer’s Retreat and now, thanks to Creative NZ support, a Writer’s Residency. […]
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Trump Administration Would ‘Eviscerate’ Copyright, Say Industry Players
In News by Porter Anderson May 8, 2020 The effort by the Office of Science and Technology Policy to change intellectual property protections in research publication draws ‘serious legal, policy, and economic concerns.’ ‘Weakening US Leadership’ In what a study from University College of London’s Genetics Institute has revealed this week, by December, […]
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Announcing the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Three outstanding manuscripts have been chosen for this year’s shortlist: Flight by Whitney Cox A Good Winter by Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster Pōhara […]
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CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants 2020
Four Cash Grants to Support NZ Writers Receive a $5,000 grant to help you research your latest fiction or non-fiction writing project. All New Zealand writers welcome to apply from today! In support of New Zealand writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project, the 2020 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) […]
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SURVEY RESULTS – COVID IMPACT ON AUCKLAND CREATIVE ARTS SECTOR
Here are the results of the COVID-19 Impact on Tāmaki Makaurau creative sector survey. The received 332 responses, with the responses revealing both the immediate impacts of the crisis, and the underlying fragility of the arts sector. They have now released the survey report and the executive summary: https://www.tetaumatatoiaiwi.org.nz/covid-19/ The survey will be […]
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Coronavirus Rocks China’s Book Business in the First Quarter of 2020
In Feature Articles by Porter Anderson A first assessment of the Chinese book market, January to March, shows physical bookstore sales plunging 60-plus percent, online sales stumbling at the outset, printing stalled, the supply chain disrupted. Shuttered storefronts in a shopping mall in Wuhan on the first day of its lockdown, January 23. Image […]
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