• Verb Readers & Writers Festival Programmer 2022 vacancy

    Posted on 23 November 2021

    Festival Programmer? Verb is looking for a passionate reader with a hankering to formulate conversations and experiences for our Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022. You’ll be working with a wider team of Festival makers to create approximately 55 events that tell a story of the vibrant literary community of which we are a part. […]

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  • Crystal Arts Trust Master of Creative Writing Prize

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    The Crystal Arts Trust Master of Creative Writing Prize is a $10,000 Prize for the MCW student who has completed the highest-quality manuscript most likely to succeed commercially. Please join us and the Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Professor Robert Greenberg and Director of 
the Master of Creative Writing, Dr Paula Morris for the […]

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  • Winner of Kathleen Grattan Prize Sequence announced – IWW

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    Robyn Maree Pickens has been announced today as the 2021 winner of the Kathleen Grattan Prize for a Sequence of Poems, in an online ceremony.The annual competition is organised by Auckland based writing group, International Writers Workshop (also known as IWW.)Robyn Maree Pickens has won the $1,000 prize for her sequence of poems, entitled ‘Juniper.’ Ōtepoti […]

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  • All in for Arts He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou 2022

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    Update: We’re moving to 1-31 March, 2022! The Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi and Creative New Zealand Toi Aotearoa – with the support of Chartwell Trust and the Lion Foundation – are heading on a road trip, shining a spotlight on creativity in a town near you. After kicking off our inaugural regional tour in […]

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  • Edmeades’ first Landfall is full of treasures and announcements

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    Landfall 242 is the first edition from new editor Lynley Edmeades, who is the author of two poetry collections and teaches poetry and creative writing on the English programme at the University of Otago. ‘I was really impressed with the overall quality of the submissions,’ she says. ‘I’m excited to be at the receiving end […]

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  • Historian Dr Ben Schrader announced as 2022 JD Stout Fellow

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    History scholar Dr Ben Schrader is taking up the JD Stout Fellowship at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington to investigate what we protect through conservation and why.   “Cultural heritage helps to fabricate collective social identities,” says Dr Schrader. “I am interested in exploring what motivated people to conserve particular buildings and places in the […]

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  • Jane Ussher’s ‘Nature – Stilled’ judged NZ’s best designed book

    Posted on 22 November 2021

    Covid 19 restrictions disrupted this year’s PANZ Book Design Awards, but the nation’s most beautiful books were still celebrated, albeit via a virtual ceremony.  Publishers, authors, editors and, most importantly, designers, gathered together online this evening to laud this year’s crop of standout titles.  The big winner on the night was Nature – Stilled by Jane Ussher […]

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  • Asia Media Centre on the hunt for new voices

    Posted on 19 November 2021

    10 NOVEMBER 2021 New voices on Asia  One of the Asia Media Centre’s goals is to increase the number of voices talking about Asia-relevant issues in the New Zealand media.  We are looking for diverse perspectives from people who love writing and/or photography, and have a passion for or experience with Asia.  “New Voices” is looking […]

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  • Crystal Arts Trust takes on sponsorship of Best First Book Awards

    Posted on 18 November 2021

    The new cultural philanthropy organisation, the Crystal Arts Trust, has assumed the sponsorship of the Best First Book awards at the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Formerly known as the MitoQ Best First Book Awards, the awards, for four books each year, will from 2022 be known as the Crystal Arts Trust Best First Book […]

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  • Submissions open for 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

    Posted on 18 November 2021

    The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is now inviting submissions for the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. These annual awards recognise and celebrate the best books for young readers published in New Zealand. Titles with release dates between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2022 will be considered for the […]

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  • Digital Story Tour replaces Northland Story Tour 2021

    Posted on 18 November 2021

    With the cancellation of the kanohi ki te kanohi (face-to-face) Northland Digital Story Tour, Storylines presents a digital Story Tour. Dates are: 22, 23, 24 November; 29 and 30 Nov and 1 December 2021.  One guest will present via live stream each day, with a host. They will make two presentations each day, at 11.00am […]

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  • Te Herenga Waka celebrates recipients of prestigious Research Honours

    Posted on 18 November 2021

    Twelve academics from Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington have been recognised in the 2021 Reseach Honours Aotearoa Awards, which are presented by Royal Society Te Apārangi and Health Research Council to celebrate outstanding achievements and excellence among New Zealand researchers.  Academics from New Zealand’s top-ranked university for intensity of high-quality research have been recognised for their contributions […]

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