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Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day highlights outstanding contributions
The 2023 Margaret Mahy National Awards Day took place on 2 April with an annual ceremony highlighting of the best of children’s literature in Aotearoa. Hosted by Storylines Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki, the awards coincided with International Children’s Book Day and celebrated the wisdom of seasoned writers as well as exciting new manuscripts. Decorated […]
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Fast Fibres Poetry 10: call for submissions
Fast Fibres Poetry this year has an open theme. We invite poets with a strong Northland connection to submit 3 of your best poems. Please include a two line biographical statement. Deadline: June 10, 2023.Email submissions to: fastfibres@live.com Each poem should be single spaced and typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman. Poems must be […]
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The Mike Riddell Writers’ Residency
The indefatigable Mike Riddell instigated the idea of administering a writers’ residency in Ōtūrēhua. The idea was to offer a generously donated package of house and stipend to a writer or writers over 12 winter weeks in the hope that they would find inspiration in this grand landscape as well as the support of a […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Winners Announced
NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Winners Announced Simon Lendrum, Laura Keenan, Brianne Te Paa, Jane Ussher and John Walsh are winners in the 2023 NZ Booklovers Awards announced today. ‘We are delighted to announce four award-winning books that families in New Zealand will enjoy for many reasons,’ says NZ Booklovers Director Karen McMillan. ‘Our winning novel […]
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Ready, set, write! Sargeson Prize opens for entries
Entries for New Zealand’s richest short story competition on April 1, and with last year’s winner saying the experience “stitched an egg of possibility” into believing she might make it as a writer. Leeanne O’Brien from Piha won $10,000 in the 2022 Open Division with her story ‘Crawl Space’. “The Sargeson Prize has mana and, […]
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New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 International Residency with China
28 March 2023 The Michael King Writers Centre in association with the New Zealand China Friendship Society and the Shanghai Writers’ Association is pleased to announce the call for applications for a New Zealand writer to hold a residency in Shanghai. The successful writer will receive accommodation in an inner-city apartment, a stipend for living […]
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NZSA Mentorships 2023 announced
We are pleased to announce that 13 emerging writers have been selected for The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa 2023 Mentorship Programme. The selection panel of convenor Mandy Hager along with panellists Jacquie McRae and Rosetta Allan commented that: ‘We were impressed by the range of genres and ideas expressed […]
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Stable Spaces Survey
closes 4 April Artists and art organisations need stable spaces in which to work. Effective and sustainable ways to secure those spaces are vital, so our creative future can thrive. SURVEY LINK: https://form.jotform.com/230146916946866 A common refrain from artists and arts organisations across the artforms is that they struggle to find affordable and appropriate spaces […]
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NZ’s most-anticipated festival of ideas unveils 2023 programme – a triumphant return of international literary giants and 160 in-person events
The Auckland Writers Festival tonight unveiled the full programme for its 23rd Festival, with 160 live events in Auckland over six days, 16 – 21 May 2023. Every year the Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki sets the cultural agenda in Aotearoa, as the world’s best writers and thinkers arrive in Auckland for one week […]
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Eleanor Catton to tour New Zealand
Wednesday 22 March 2023 Birnam Wood wows critics and readers worldwide Booker Prize-winning New Zealand author Eleanor Catton will appear at events in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch in May this year to present her novel Birnam Wood, which has wowed critics and audiences around the world since its publication in February. Catton, who currently […]
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Digital Lending Rights now enshrined into law by Australian Government
Digital #book formats will now be included as part of the Australian #LendingRights Scheme This change makes sure authors, illustrators and publishers do not miss out on payment for #ebook or #audiobook in library collections. Claims can be lodged from 3 April to 30 June for the 2023-24 program: bit.ly/ns23LendingRights #books #bookish #bookworm #Revive #booksbooksbooks #EnrichingCommunities Australian Library and Information Association Australian Publishers Association Australian Society of Authors Education Services Australia […]
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Register events to unleash the power of poetry across Aotearoa 25 August
National Poetry Day is scheduled for 25 August 2023, and as its administrators open registrations for events and seed-funding, they are inviting organisers across the motu to join in to unleash the uplifting power of poetry. Robin McDonnell, CEO of Poetry Day sponsor Phantom Billstickers, says that when company founder Jim Wilson witnessed the […]
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