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Celebrating Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: The Coalition for Books shares Māori book reviews in te reo Māori
E whakanui ana te Coalition for Books i Te Wiki o te reo Māori mā te whakaputa i a Kete Books ki roto katoa i te reo tawhito rawa o te motu, a Te Reo Māori. The Coalition for Books will celebrate Te Wiki o te reo Māori week by publishing Kete Books entirely in […]
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Read NZ Te Pou Muramura 2022 Address – Dame Fiona Kidman
Read NZ Te Pou Muramura is delighted to announce Dame Fiona Kidman as the author that will deliver its 2022 address The heart of the matter. Marking the 50th birthday of the organisation, Dame Fiona’s Pānui spans her own personal reading journey to her job as founding secretary of the then New Zealand Book Council, […]
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Applications Invited For 2023 Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications are now open for one of New Zealand’s top writing residencies: the 2023 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a generous stipend, funded by CNZ and currently set at $28,500, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one of Wellington’s oldest heritage homes. “We’re incredibly proud to be offering New Zealand […]
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NZ Bookshop Day October 1-8, 2022
NZ Bookshop Day It’s on! In celebration of NZ Bookshop Day 2022, Booksellers Aotearoa is hosting a nationwide bookmark treasure hunt, 1-8 October 2022. More Here: NZ Bookshop Day : Booksellers NZ • Only one entry per person, per day through bookmark hunt at one location/ bookstore. • Only one entry per […]
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$25,000 CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award awarded to Ōtepoti Writer and Poet Iona Winter
Iona Winter has been awarded the 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) $25,000 Writers’ Award for her creative non-fiction project, ‘A counter of moons’. (Warning: this article contains discussion of suicide. Links to information about where to access help can be found […]
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Storylines Story Tour visits Taranaki schools and libraries 12 – 16 September
The Storylines Story Tour visits schools and libraries: Monday 12 September- Waitara, New Plymouth Tuesday 13 September-Inglewood, Kaimata Wednesday 14 September- Stratford, Eltham Thursday 15 September- Hawera, Manaia Friday 16 September – Opunake, Oakura, New Plymouth Presenting the Taranaki Storylines Story Tour are inaugural Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador for Children – Ben […]
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Emerging Māori Writer in Residence – Te Herenga Waka
About the residency The Emerging Māori Writer’s Residency was established in 2019 by Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington, with the support of Creative New Zealand. It runs for three months in the first half of each year, funding dependent, and includes a writing room, a mentor from the Māori arts community, and a stipend […]
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Nine to Noon’s Short Story Competition is back
Radio New Zealand Short Story Competition This year it will be judged by author Harry Ricketts and Rebecca Reilly. Entries open September 5 and close on September 30, 2022. The top five winners will be announced on Friday 28 October, and those stories will be purchased by RNZ and recorded and broadcast on Nine to […]
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CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 – now open for 2022!
7 SEPTEMBER 2022 Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants 2022 is made available in a contestable fund. In 2022, $75,000 is available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The amount applicants apply for is up to them, with the number of […]
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Booker Prize Announces Its 2022 Shortlist
Booker Prize for Fiction 2022 Shortlist Author Nationality Title Publisher, Imprint NoViolet Bulawayo Zimbabwean Glory Penguin Random House, Vintage, Chatto & Windus Percival Everett American The Trees Influx Press Alan Garner British Treacle Walker HarperCollins, Fourth Estate Shehan Karunatilaka Sri Lankan The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida Sort of Books Claire Keegan Irish Small […]
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Verb Readers & Writers Festival programme release
Spring has sprung and Verb’s celebrating with the release of their festival programme! It is packed full of inspiring conversations, radical possibilities, and great times with good people. You are all warmly invited to come along to the Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022 joint celebration launch on Tuesday 13 September. Join us for the […]
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Fetisov Journalism Awards 2022 – How to Enter
Entries to the competition must be submitted before October 1st, 2022 (23:59 UTC). The total prize fund is 520,000 CHF. Three winners in each category share a monetary prize of 130,000 CHF (including taxes, as stipulated by the legislation in force): The first prize winner receives 100,000 CHF and a unique silver statuette designed and handcrafted in Switzerland. […]
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