• Aotearoa’s most-anticipated literary event of the year reveals 2022 programme

    Posted on 15 June 2022

    Each year the world-renowned Auckland Writers Festival defines the cultural agenda in Aotearoa. This August, Kiwis will be treated to a marquee line-up of the world’s best and brightest writers and thinkers, as they descend on Tāmaki Makaurau for one week only. Complex times demand rich responses, and if ever there were a time for […]

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  • The 2022 NFFD Short Lists & 2022 Festival of Flash

    Posted on 13 June 2022

    Announcing the 2022 NFFD SHORT LISTS Adults and Youth! Find this year’s Short List at the NFFD site, here with the youth Short List atfingers comma toes. Congratulations everyone! And please tune into our FESTIVAL OF FLASH (dets below), with the evening awards night – winners announced then!   SUNDAY, 19 June 2022 Celebrating ten years 2012–2022! […]

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  • The 2022 Emerging Voices Fellows – PEN America

    Posted on 13 June 2022

    Join us in welcoming the 2022 Emerging Voices Fellows—Natáhne Arrowsmith, S. Erin Batiste, Sarah Chaves, Julian Iralu, Iris Kim, Jane S. Kim, Monica Mills, Doreen Oliver, Connie Pertuz-Meza, Edythe Rodriguez, Shakeema Smalls, and Christina Tudor!  These 12 writers were selected from the largest applicant pool in the 26-year history of the program, which is designed to […]

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  • Fulbright New Zealand Scholars – Apply Now!

    Posted on 9 June 2022

    Fulbright New Zealand Scholar Awards are for New Zealand academics, artists or professionals to undertake research and/or lecture in the US. Awards are valued at up to US$37,500 towards three to five months of lecturing and/or research. There are myriad US institutions that host Fulbright NZ Scholar award recipients – universities or colleges, museums, non-profits, […]

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  • Storylines National Story Tour visits Northland – 13 to 17 June

    Posted on 8 June 2022

    The Storylines Story Tour visits Northland schools and libraries next week: • Monday 13 June – Warkworth, Wellsford, Kaiwaka, Maungaturoto• Tuesday 14 June – Arapohue, Ruawai and Dargaville• Wednesday 15 June – Opononi, Kaikohe, Okaihau, Kerikeri• Thursday 16 June – Moerewa, Kawakawa, Towai, Motatau, Kamo• Friday 17 June – Whangarei Presenting the Northland Story Tour […]

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  • Tamara Tulitua named as 2022 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence

    Posted on 8 June 2022

    Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce the appointment of Tamara Tulitua as the Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence for 2022. Tamara, a Wellington-based writer of Samoan descent, traces her lineage through the villages of Lefaga, (Safa’ato’a, Gagāifo, and Matāutu) on her mother’s side, and on […]

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  • Anne O’Brien to step down from the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki after Festival 2022

    Posted on 8 June 2022

    An announcement from Pip Muir/Leigh Melville, on behalf of the Auckland Writers Festival Board of Trustees Our multi-talented Festival Director Anne O’Brien has advised us that, after eleven years at the helm, she plans to step down from her full-time role after the 2022 Festival. We are very grateful for all that Anne has done […]

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  • Congratulations to this round of Seedlings!

    Posted on 3 June 2022

    New Zealand Writers Guild is pleased to congratulate the recipients of the first round of Seed and Seed Advanced for 2022. Seed is one of the most competitive writer-only grants for draft feature film scripts in New Zealand. We want to take this opportunity to thank the writing community for continuing to write with spirit, originality […]

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  • Entries for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize still open

    Posted on 3 June 2022

    Historical Novel Society Australasia (HNSA), in partnership with Australia’s leading essential building and infrastructure services provider ARA Group, is excited to announce that entries for the 2022 ARA Historical Novel Prize are now open. The ARA Historical Novel Prize is the richest genre-based literary award in Australasia, incorporating both an Adult category and a Children […]

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  • NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce Witi Ihimaera as the 2022-2023 President of Honour 

    Posted on 2 June 2022

      The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Witi Ihimaera is the NZSA 2023 President of Honour.  This prestigious honour is bestowed on a senior writer and long-serving NZSA member in recognition of their contribution to writing and writers and the literary arts sector in Aotearoa. Witi Ihimaera celebrates 50 years […]

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  • Record-breaking number of entries for children’s book awards produce strong shortlist

    Posted on 2 June 2022

    The 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults attracted a record-breaking 199 entries, with 28 titles announced today as finalists. This is the highest number of submissions ever received for the Awards, which are the preeminent celebration of publishing for young people in Aotearoa. Competing across six main categories, the 2022 finalists […]

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  • Call for judges of the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

    Posted on 1 June 2022

    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 2023 awards.  Applications are invited from members of the public with relevant experience, and from the literature community. Suitable candidates […]

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