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Writer Maria Gill wins 2020 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal
NZSA member and creative non-fiction writer Maria Gill is the 2020 winner of New Zealand’s top literary prize for children’s writers, the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal and Lecture award. Given annually since 1991, the award honours lifetime achievement and an outstanding contribution to New Zealand publishing for children and young adults. Storylines Chair, Christine Young, […]
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Gordon McLauchlan was an inspiration in his life and in his dying
Gordon McLauchlan was born in Dunedin and worked in several North Island towns before settling in Auckland. As a journalist he worked on various newspapers as sports writer, feature writer, sub-editor, columnist and book page editor for New Zealand Herald. In 1973 he became a freelancer and this led to his long career as cultural […]
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New Zealand’s Premier Book Awards’ Longlist Packs a Punch – The 2020 Ockhams
The 40 books longlisted for the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announced today are a wide-ranging and inspiring collection reflecting the diversity of contemporary Aotearoa and the excellence of our writers, artists and publishers. Traversing cultural, historic, artistic and political landscapes, the longlisted books explore who we are as a nation, from our social […]
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Talia Marshall named as first Emerging Māori Writer in Residence IIML
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Talia Marshall as its inaugural Emerging Māori Writer in Residence. Talia (Ngāti Kuia, Ngāti Rārua, Rangitāne o Wairau, Ngāti Takihiku) is an essayist and poet whose work appears on Newsroom, The Spinoff, Pantograph Punch, Takahē, and […]
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Historian and author Dick Scott died on New Year’s Day
Historian and journalist Dick Scott who uncovered the darker side of colonialism and the treatment of Māori has died at 96 years old. Dick Scott, most well-known for his book Ask That Mountain which told of the attacks on Parihaka, is being remembered for his controversial and view-changing books. In his book Ask That Mountain, […]
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Vale Gordy! NZSA mourns the passing of Gordon McLauchlan
Former NZSA President and prolific author Gordon MacLauchan, ‘Gordy’, died peacefully at 9.12 am yesterday January 26, after battling cancer for several months. He had just celebrated his 89th birthday. Gordon was presented on December 4, 2019, by Governor-General Dame Patsy Reddy with his medal as an Officer of the NZ Order of Merit for […]
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NorthTec Writing Programmes in 2020 – Enrolling now!
NorthTec Writing Programmes in 2020 – Enrolling now! Want to make 2020 the year you finally chase that dream of becoming a writer? NorthTec can help you get there with its highly acclaimed programmes in Applied Writing. Our programmes are ideal for people who wish to work independently as writers, for those already working in […]
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New Year Honours: Broadcaster Karyn Hay made Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Congratulations to Karyn Hay who has been recognised as an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New Years Honours List. NZSA thanks Karyn for being a valued member of our organisation and supporting and growing NZ literature through her writing, her work on our oral history podcast series and her involvement […]
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2020 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Literary Awards
2019 Ashton Wylie Charitable Trust Literary Awards
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We congratulate Susan Price on being awarded an ONZM in the New Years Honours List
Congratulations to NZSA member Susan Price on being awarded an ONZM in the New Years Honours for services to literature and philanthropy. Miss Susan Price is an historian, researcher, children’s author, archivist and book collector. In 1991, Miss Price donated her own collection of some 25,000 children’s books to the National Library of New Zealand, […]
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Invitation to writers, publishers, agents, editors meetings with delegation from CNPIEC in Auckland
Delegation from China National Publications Import & Export (Group) Corporation (CNPIEC) who organise the Beijing International Book Fair (BIBF) and from China Peace Publishing Ltd. Meetings available in Auckland Tuesday 14th to Thursday 16th January 2020. BOOK FAIR PROPOSALS TRADE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN CHINA AND NZ BOOK INTERESTS DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THOSE INVOLVED IN THE NZ BOOK […]
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Three Auckland Writers Scoop Awards in 2019 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition
The 2019 Graeme Lay Short Story competition was awarded last night with three Auckland writers winning first, second and third place. Graeme Lay said that he found the standard impressive this year. “All were technically adroit, highly original and therefore publishable. Plot, character and language were well handled, with the themes of family and community […]
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