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World Book and Copyright Day – international news
By Porter Anderson, Editor-in-Chief | @Porter_Anderson FEP Predicts a 25-Percent Loss of Revenue Much of the World Book and Copyright Day messaging of the past 25 years since UNESCO approved the observance has been given to reveries about the charms of reading—especially with your children. A UNESCO proclamation approved at the agency’s Paris general […]
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The NZ Coalition for Books launches digital campaign to support NZ writing and reading and bookseller – Buy Local!
The Coalition for Books has prepared a set of digital assets to support local bookshops, writers and publishers. Right-click on the images or follow the links to full-size images (recommended for best resolution). Please share wildly and support our local literary economy! […]
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Riordans to Match Up to $100,000 in Donations to #SaveIndieBookstores
Rick and Becky Riordan have announced a personal matching gift challenge for the #SaveIndieBookstores campaign, in which they will match each dollar raised up to US$100,000. The Binc fundraising campaign was launched with a donation by James Patterson. Fundraising began on April 2 and runs through April 30. Riordan, who is the bestselling author of […]
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Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel – Longlist announcement!
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc and Text Publishing are delighted to announce the longlist for the Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2020. The longlisted writers are: Coral Atkinson, Whitney Cox, David Coyle, Juliana Feaver, Giovanna (Gigi) Fenster, Robin Harding, Maria Joseph, Rudy Castaneda Lopez, […]
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Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist 2020 led by Mantel, Evaristo and O’Farrell
Finalists for the £30,000 prize announced after ‘a long Zoom meeting’ were praised by judges for engaging with the biggest contemporary issues Alison Flood Tue 21 Apr 2020 Challenging … (from left) Bernardine Evaristo, Maggie O’Farrell, Hilary Mantel. Composite: Alamy, Rex, David Levene Set in an Elizabethan England haunted by the threat of […]
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Joy Cowley in this not-to-be-missed NZSA Oral History Podcast episode
“…there was a year when the export of children’s books from this country was more than the export of wine…” In the latest episode of the NZSA Oral History Podcast Season 3 we hear from Dame Joy Cowley. Joy is one of New Zealand’s most loved and recognised authors, having published over six hundred titles […]
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Effect of USA ‘Fair Use’ copyright legislation hits hard on authors’ incomes
US Authors Guild Income Survey results 15th April 2020 Authors earnings, News, USA Multiple studies have suggested that authors’ earnings are in decline around the world. In 2018, the Authors Guild surveyed its membership and the members of 14 other writers’ organisations for its 2018 Author Income Survey, receiving detailed responses from 5,067 authors […]
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Catherine Chidgey and Fiona Sussman shortlisted for the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize – congratulations!
2020 COMMONWEALTH SHORT STORY PRIZE SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED Two award-winning New Zealand authors, Catherine Chidgey and Fiona Sussman on shortlist CHAIR OF JUDGES NII AYIKWEI PARKES HAILS STORIES WHICH ARE ‘HARROWING AS WELL AS UPLIFTING, TRAGIC AS WELL AS FUNNY’ Twenty outstanding stories have been shortlisted by an international judging panel for the world’s most global […]
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The Raymond Carver Short Story Contest – open April 1 – May 15
Open April 1 – May 15 each year. $2500 in cash prizes, plus 3 literary agents will read your work. We accept stories from all over the world and many winners have gone on to have successful careers as published authors. Past guest judges include Aimee Bender, Ben Fountain, Pinckney Benedict, Susan Perabo, and Christopher […]
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Join the EWC Campaign on World Book Day April 23 2020: #behindeverybook
EWC campaign #behindeverybook Dear colleagues, friends and members of EWC, dear Authors of Europe and the World We kindly invite you and your members to join the EWC campaign on World Book Day 2020: #behindeverybook Please join in and let’s flood the (online) world with pictures of books and their authors on World Book […]
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The Novel Prize – open for entries April 1 – July 1 GMT
Fitzcarraldo Editions, Giramondo and New Directions are pleased to announce The Novel Prize, a new biennial award for a book-length work of literary fiction written in English by published and unpublished writers around the world. The Novel Prize offers $10,000 to the winner, and simultaneous publication of their novel in the UK and Ireland […]
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CLNZ launches new contestable funding round – Open April 15-Closes April 29
Applications are now open for a Special Round of Contestable Fund Grants, with $120,000 available to apply for. Copyright Licensing New Zealand is running a Special Round of its Contestable Fund Grants in order to support short-term projects that have arisen or been developed to respond to the changed environment in the New Zealand […]
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