• 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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  • Inaugural winners of writers’ residency over winter in Maniototo announced

    Posted on 1 June 2022

    The joint-first recipient of a new writers’ residency is ‘looking forward to swapping the wet maritime climate of Aotea Great Barrier Island for the continental cold of a Maniototo winter’. The island’s Tim Higham will share the residency with Dunedin’s Rhian Gallagher. The two have six-weeks apiece from July to September to work on their […]

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  • CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: A new volume of micro fictions celebrating languages of Aotearoa!

    Posted on 1 June 2022

    National Flash Fiction Day celebrates 10 years: 2012-2022. This year we will publish an anthology of microfictions with the theme ‘Languages of Aotearoa’. This is an open call for submissions for all citizens and residents of Aotearoa New Zealand. We are looking for work from writers with bilingual and multilingual origins/ experiences. The book will […]

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  • $25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award OPENS – call for applications!

    Posted on 1 June 2022

    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 […]

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  • NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022 – applications open 1 June to 1 Aug 2022

    Posted on 1 June 2022

    Applications are open for the NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022 The NZSA Heritage Book Awards are proudly bought to you by the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) and celebrate New Zealand writers who have published work in the previous year to the opening date of the awards. First established […]

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