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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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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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