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Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki launches ambitious, wide-ranging 2025 programme
For 26 years Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki has showcased some of the world’s most celebrated storytellers and thinkers. Between 13 – 18 May, tens of thousands of people from all over the country will once again take their pick from a jam-packed programme of over 170 events across a range of venues and […]
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New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2025 International Residency with Australia
The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the fourth time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers. The writer awarded the residency will receive return flights to Sydney, four weeks accommodation and meals at Varuna and the opportunity to […]
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New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2025 International Residency with China
The Michael King Writers Centre in association with the Shanghai Writers’ Association is pleased to announce the call for applications for a New Zealand writer to hold a residency in Shanghai. The successful writer will receive accommodation in an inner-city apartment, a stipend towards living expenses and return economy class air travel. Writers will take […]
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Michael King Writers Centre 2025 Australian Residency
Applications are Now Open! The Michael King Writers Centre in association with Varuna, The National Writers’ House in Katoomba, NSW, Australia is pleased to announce for the fourth time, a residency in Australia for New Zealand writers. This four week residency is open to mid-career or established writers who have had a book published in […]
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ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize 2025
Australian Book Review welcomes entries to the 2025 ABR Elizabeth Jolley Short Story Prize, one of the world’s leading prizes for an original short story. The prize – worth a total of AU$12,500 – is open to all writers writing in English. The winner will receive $6,000; second place will receive $4,000 and third place will receive $2,500. All three […]
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Mike Riddell Writer’s Residency 2025
Applications are once more invited for the Mike Riddell Writer’s Residency. The residency, which offers twelve weeks to an established writer (or six weeks each to two writers) in Ōtūrēhua during the winter months was established in memory of local writer and resident Mike Riddell, who died in March 2022. The residency includes accommodation and […]
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Ockham 2025 Shortlists announced
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025 Finalists Announced Dazzling books that ‘address our moment’s most urgent concerns’ The $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be contested by three former winners of the award – Laurence Fearnley, Kirsty Gunn and Damien Wilkins – and Commonwealth […]
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Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki offers a sneak-peek of the 2025 programme
Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki is thrilled to reveal the first five names for the 2025 Festival, ahead of the full programme announcement on Wednesday 12 March. Esteemed author and illustrator Gavin Bishop O.N.Z.M. (Tainui, Ngāti Awa) is the Festival’s 2025 Honoured Writer. In his rich career he has published 70 books; written for […]
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RMIT student’s report on dyslexia-friendly books wins 2025 IPEd Student Prize
The 2025 Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd) Student Prize has been awarded to Portia Abbott, a student in the Master of Writing and Publishing program at RMIT University. Portia was awarded the prize for her essay “One book (doesn’t) fit all: Suggestions for more dyslexia-friendly print books”, an industry report on what makes print […]
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The Rush Cottage Writers Residency 2025
Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Trust, in conjunction with Black Barn Retreats, is excited to invite applications for the second ever Rush Cottage Writers’ Residency. The online application form opens March 10th, and the team urges writers to act promptly, as the cut-off is 50 and last year they received that number in three days! […]
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Beyond the runway: Alice in Wonderland and the re-enchantment of the adult mind
Wednesday 12 March, 6pm – 8pm, Te Papa, Espresso Café, Level 4 Tickets: $45 (incl a delicious High Tea!) Book now: online at Te Papa. “Kids! Never become complacent” wrote Vivienne Westwood in her introduction to one of her favourite books – Alice in Wonderland: a cry for our age of climate crisis, the rise of the […]
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International Mother Language Day 2025: Take Action for Andrzej Poczobut (Belarus)
“Andrzej Poczobut, a voice for the silenced, is paying a devastating price for his unwavering commitment to truth and justice. Locked away, deprived of the very freedoms he seeks to protect, his persecution is a chilling reminder of the lengths to which the Belarusian authorities will go to crush dissent. PEN International stands with Andrzej […]
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