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2020 Storylines Notable Book winners announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Trust of New Zealand http://www.storylines.org.nz The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust is pleased to announce its Storylines Notable Book Awards 2020 for the highest quality books in five genres published during 2019. The awards lists are compiled from more than 110 entries from publishers by expert panels of authors, teachers, librarians, booksellers, and […]
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EXCELLENCE DRIVES FIERCE COMPETITION IN OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOOK AWARDS’ SHORTLIST
WEDNESDAY 4 MARCH 2020 Debut writers and literary luminaries vie for the country’s premier book honours in today’s finalist announcement of 16 compelling works that explore and re-imagine the natural, cultural and creative landscapes of Aotearoa New Zealand. The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ 2020 finalists were selected by four panels of three specialist judges […]
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PANZ cancels Bologna; International Pubishers begin to pull out from the London Book Fair
Coronavirus: Milan’s Stefano Mauri to World Book Fairs and Festivals: Postpone By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson March 2, 2020 From near the heart of the Italian crisis, a publishing icon not only cancels GeMS’ engagement at London Book Fair but calls rights-trading centers ‘the nightmare of epidemiologists.’ ‘Fairs Are One of the Occasions To Be […]
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NZSA member James T Guthrie sells film rights for Bullseye Bella
Filmmaker Scott Walker has secured the rights to New Zealand author James T. Guthrie’s award-winning book, Bullseye Bella. The Book: One girl. Three darts. Big trouble. Twelve-year-old Bella Kerr is a darts prodigy. And when she finds out that her little brother’s special schooling is at risk because of lack of money, Bella secretly enters a […]
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CompleteMS – open for applications
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript ready to take to that next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction or non-fiction Apply now for the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme The NZSA CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme is now open for applications. Thirteen successful applicants will […]
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China: PEN condemns politically-motivated prosecution of publisher Gui Minhai
London, 25 February 2020 The conviction and sentencing of Swedish-Chinese publisher Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison on charges of ‘providing intelligence’ abroad appears to be in retaliation for his work as a publisher and in response to international calls for his freedom, said PEN International today, as it called on the Chinese authorities […]
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IPA Condemns China’s New 10-Year Sentence for Prix Voltaire Laureate Gui Minha
In News by Porter Anderson February 25, 2020 Characterizing publisher Gui Minhai’s treatment by Beijing as ‘meant to scare others into silence,’ the IPA asks for new action from Sweden, the EU, and international community on the jailed publisher’s behalf. Image – iStockphoto: Rattankun Thongbun By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson Gui Convicted of ‘Illegally […]
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Coronavirus Follow-Up: London Remains a Go; Publishers, Agents Uncertain About Bologna
In Feature Articles by Porter Anderson – Publishing Perspectives February 25, 2020 With the 30,000-attendee Bologna Children’s Book Fair postponed in virus-struck Italy, the international book business debates how to proceed, though London Book Fair commits to going ahead. The two-miles-long Portico di San Luca in Bologna. Image – iStockphoto: Ermess By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief […]
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IAF members in UK concerned by government withdrawal of support for authors’ rights
29th January 2020 EU, News, UK With the UK Government announcing it will not be implementing the EU Copyright Directive, the authors’ community in the UK have criticised this move away from protecting authors’ rights. IAF members the Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society (ALCS) and the Society of Authors have both issued statements urging the […]
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New writing fellowships promote literary/ cultural exchange – OTAGO
Friday 14 February 2020 Two new University of Otago writing fellowships will facilitate and encourage literary and cultural exchange between Ireland, Scotland and New Zealand. Attached to Otago’s Centre for Irish and Scottish Studies (CISS), the CISS Scottish Writers Fellowship and CISS Irish Writers Fellowship will run in alternate years from 2020 onwards. The […]
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USA Authors Guild Issues Report Exploring the Factors Leading to the Decline of the Writing Profession
February 19,2020 New York (February 19, 2020): The Authors Guild, the nation’s largest and oldest nonprofit professional association for published writers and journalists, today issued a report, “The Profession of Author in the 21st Century,” detailing the underlying social, economic and technological factors contributing to the ongoing decline of author incomes. “For much of literary […]
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New Zealand’s Richest Literary Award Donor Reveals Her Identity
The anonymous benefactor responsible for funding the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ $50,000 annual fiction prize is ready to be known. Retired Bay of Plenty radiologist Jann Medlicott has been an avid reader her whole life and believes we cannot call ourselves a civilised society until we celebrate our writers and poets as much as […]
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