-
IPEd releases guide for clients working with self-employed editors
The Institute of Professional Editors has released a new guide to assist self-employed editors and their clients to work together more effectively. Working with self-employed editors: A guide for clients provides information about what constitutes fair and acceptable professional practice, and principles for preventing or solving problems in the editor–client relationship. IPEd has developed this […]
Continue reading -
Oceanofpdf.com at it again – Book Piracy Alert!
Ebook piracy website oceanofpdf.com are at it again and many of our member’s books are available for free download from this site (including NZ’s recent Acorn Award for Fiction winner The Axeman’s Carnival). If you find your book is being supplied from this site without your or your publisher’s permission, we encourage you to take action […]
Continue reading -
2024 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards
· The Judith Binney Trust is pleased to announce that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowships and Writing Awards will open on 3 July 2023. For information about the Fellowships and Awards, please see www.judithbinneytrust.org.nz Applications close at 5pm on 25 August 2023. The Fellowship and Awards are scheduled to be announced in November 2023 for […]
Continue reading -
Melinda Szymanik awarded 2023 Shanghai Writing Residency
Michael King Writers Centre 12 June 2023 New Zealand China Friendship Society Residency Exchange After a break in the residency exchange programme due to the global pandemic, we are very happy to announce that, Melinda Szymanik has been selected as the fourth New Zealand writer to join the Shanghai Writers’ Association’s International Writing Programme. […]
Continue reading -
Lysaght-Watt Trust Ronald Hugh Morrieson Literary Awards
This competition (comprising of a short story/drama script, poetry and research article section) is open to residents and ratepayers of South Taranaki and the wider Taranaki community. These annual Awards honour the work of local novelist and short story writer Ronald Hugh Morrieson (29 January 1922 – 26 December 1972). Morrieson wrote four novels: coming of age […]
Continue reading -
Call for judges of the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
The organisers of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are calling for expressions of interest from readers with a deep knowledge of New Zealand literature who would like to be considered as judges of the 2024 awards. Applications are welcomed from the literature community and from members of the public with relevant experience. Suitable […]
Continue reading -
2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM – FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL
2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM Acclaimed author, anthologist and librettist Indigenous Envoy: The Māori writer as New Zealand practitioner and indigenous artisan Taiwhanga Kawhau Auditorium, lower ground floor, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Molesworth St, Thorndon Witi will speak at 6.00pm. Following the Lecture, we will celebrate the 50th […]
Continue reading -
2023 King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list – Book community gongs
Congratulations to those in the literary community who have been honoured this weekend: CNZM – To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Colin Charles James – For services to journalism and public policy – NZSA member ONZM – To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Nicolas Alfred […]
Continue reading -
Winners for the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Awards, for the 2022 calendar year
Professional Categories Best Novel A Rake of HIs Own A.J. Lancaster Camberion Press Best Youth Novel The Rarkyn’s Familiar Nikky Lee Parliament House Press Best Novelette How to Marry a Winged King A.J. Lancaster FaRoFeb Best Novella How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster) Marie Cardno Paper Road Press Best Short […]
Continue reading -
AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
02 June 2023 Auckland Writers Festival |Waituhi O Tāmaki is thrilled to announce one of the UK’s leading literary industry talents as its new Artistic Director – ushering in a bold and exciting new era for New Zealand’s largest and most anticipated annual festival of books and ideas. Lyndsey Fineran, Deputy Head of Programming, international programme and […]
Continue reading -
$25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2023 OPENS – call for applications!
The CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award of $25,000 is one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature, and is now open for applications. He $25,000 te nui o te Karāti Kaituhi o te CLNZ me te NZSA, te karāti mātua mo ngā pakimaero-pono o ngā momo-tuhinga o Aotearoa. Ka taea e ngā Kaituhi te […]
Continue reading -
TEENAGER JOINS ESTABLISHED NAMES ON SHORTLIST FOR NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
A 16-year-old Kāpiti Coast student is among the writers and illustrators announced today as finalists in the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, the preeminent celebration of books for Aotearoa’s young readers. Arlo Kelly, one of the Awards’ youngest ever finalists, is vying for the NZSA Best First Book Award with […]
Continue reading