• Congratulations to Steph Matuku, winner of the inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award

    Inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award goes to Steph Matuku! The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Steph Matuku on winning the inaugural NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award 2024. Steph Matuku, who has written several books for young people, will use the award to help complete the writing of […]

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  • Bidding war sees Catherine Chidgey’s ninth novel snapped up by major league British publisher of Jane Austen and Arthur Conan Doyle

    Media Release – 25 SEPTEMBER 2024 Rights to internationally acclaimed New Zealand author Catherine Chidgey’s ninth novel, The Book of Guilt, have been bought by UK publishing house John Murray at a contested auction which will see the novel published in New Zealand and globally in May 2025. John Murray is one of Britain’s most […]

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  • Danyan Chen travels to Aotearoa for MKWC Residency

    New Zealand China Friendship Society – Rewi Alley Fellowship 23 September 2024 Danyan Chen has been selected as the fifth Chinese writer to travel to Aotearoa for an eight week residency at the Michael King Writers Centre from September to November. Danyan is a renowned author known for her impactful contributions to both fiction and […]

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  • Dr Jacqueline Leckie, winner of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024!

    Dr Jacqueline Leckie is awarded the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship for 2024! The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Dr Jacqueline Leckie on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024 to work on her biography with the working title Meg Campbell (1937–2007): Aroha and Resistance. This […]

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  • PANZ Design Awards winners 2024

      Māori and Pasifika designers have taken out the top honours at the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards, held in Auckland this evening. The supreme award, the Gerard Reid Award for Best Book sponsored by Nielsen BookData, went to Rewi: Āta haere, kia tere by Jade Kake and Jeremy Hansen (Massey University Press), a tribute […]

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  • 2024 QuietManDave Prize: £1,000 Flash Fiction and Non-Fiction Prizes

      The QuietManDave Prize celebrates short-form writing and the life of someone who loved to experience new places, art and events and write about them. The 2024 QuietManDave Flash Fiction and Flash Non-Fiction Prize is open to entries. The Prize offers awards of £1,000* for Flash Fiction and £1,000* Flash Non-Fiction as well as runner-up prizes. Submissions […]

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  • Ursula Bethell Residency in Creative Writing 2025

    Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) 6 month fixed-term opportunity Competitive salary of $82,000 (for 12 months, pro-rated for 6 months) Kia hiwa rā, kia hiwa rā! He hiahia, he pūkenga nōu ki te mahi a te Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence? Nāia te pōwhiri […]

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  • Ngā Pae Rewa Pū Kōrero – NZSA Te Kaituhi Māori Wānanga – Motueka

    Labour Weekend 2024, Te Awhina Marae, Motueka   FRIDAY 25TH OCT                3 PM               PŌWHIRI 4.30 PM          KAI WHAKANOA WHAKAWHANAUNGATANGA MANAWHENUA MIRIANA STEPHENS & ROPATA STEPHENS TE MATU – MOTUEKA HIGH SCHOOL 6 PM               DINNER MOTUEKA STATE CINEMA 7 PM        […]

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  • Māori Literature Trust – Te Hā publishing seminar Wgtn

    If you’re a kaituhi Māori, interested in how you can have your writing published, whether traditionally or self-published and live in Pōneke, Wellington, you can’t miss these upcoming workshops by the Māori Literature Trust. The event will be from 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm on Saturday, September 21st. Secure your spot by emailing Nicole programme@mlt.org.nz […]

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  • Ockham NZ Book Awards 2025 Judges’ Announcement

    Award-winning writers, journalists, reviewers, respected academics, curators and booksellers are among the 12 experts selected to judge the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. The $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction will be judged by novelist, short story writer and lecturer in creative writing Thom Conroy (convenor); bookshop owner and reviewer Carole Beu; and […]

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  • The Michael King Writers Centre announces 2025 Residencies

    This year’s Michael King Writers Centre residency selection panel once again had their work cut out for them with over 100 applications received for the 16 residencies planned across 2025. There were 125 applicants totalling 613 individual applications across all of the available categories. A continuing trend is the high number of applicants in the […]

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  • Applications for the CLNZ 2024 Contestable Fund Grants open Friday 13 September

    Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is excited to announce that applications for the 2024 round of Contestable Fund Grants are open from 9:30am on Friday 13 September. We have $75,000 available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The Contestable Fund Grants are made possible through the CLNZ Cultural Fund. Applications are […]

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