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Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust announces residencies for 2024
Six writers have been awarded 2024 residencies at the historic cottage in Ōtepoti Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature, and applications for the NZYWF Young Writer in Residence 2024 will open in late April. The Robert Lord Writers Cottage Trust is delighted to announce its residencies for 2024 have been awarded to April-Rose Geers, Feana Tu’akoi, […]
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Ukraine: Two years since Russian full-scale invasion, justice and accountability must prevail
24 February will mark two years since the Russian Federation launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. According to the UN, 10,378 civilians have been killed and 19,632 injured as of January 2024, although the actual figures are likely to be higher. Many are still reported missing. Tens of thousands of Ukrainian military personnel, including former […]
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Renee Rowland announced as Booksellers ANZ Association Manager
Booksellers NZ has announced that Renee Rowland is our new Association Manager, with immediate effect. Renee is no stranger to our bookselling community, as former owner-operator of The Twizel Bookshop and Timaru Booksellers, and former director on the Booksellers ANZ Board (2020 – 2024). Prior to opening two bookshops in rural South Island, Renee […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 Shortlist Announced
15 February 2024 The NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 shortlist, announced today, features a mixture of debut authors and well-known writers. Books by Carl Nixon, DV Bishop, Kelly Gibney, Sarah and Otis Frizzell, Eileen Merriman, David Hill, James Russell and Peter Millett are among the diverse titles nominated for the NZ Booklovers Awards, along with exciting […]
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Launch of NZSA’s new Mentorships for Kaituhi Māori
A tono for kaituhi Māori across the motu: apply to be mentored by an established and acclaimed Māori writer! The new Kaituhi Māori Mentorship Programme gives emerging writers who whakapapa Māori the opportunity to work closely with an acclaimed Māori writer as their mentor to hone their tuhituhi ability and, in the process, evolve and […]
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How to be well-read in the Year of the Dragon
KETE BOOKS Poet Laureate Chris Tse curates a selection of recent books by Aotearoa’s East and South East Asian writers to mark Lunar New Year. Find more information about the books in this selection here.
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Te Papa Tupu open 2024-2025
Te Papa Tupu incubator programme for 2024–25 Te Papa Tupu is open to Māori writers who have written a manuscript, are living in Aotearoa and are committed to attending, learning and fulfilling a dream of being published. This is a fantastic opportunity to be connected with other Māori writers and industry experts. As a […]
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2024 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal Winner
National Library’s Elizabeth Jones wins Storylines’ top Award National Library’s Director, Elizabeth Jones, has been named the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner 2024. The award is presented annually to a person for their lifetime achievement and significant contribution to the broad field of children’s and young adult literature and literacy. As Director of Literacy and Learning […]
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NZSA Oral History Podcast Season 5 finishes with Fleur Adcock
In 2019, Deborah Shepard travelled to England to spend two days recording the oral history of writer Fleur Adcock. Fleur Adcock lived between New Zealand and England for many years. Although Fleur settled in London in the 1970’s, she is still published here and we still regard her as ‘one of our own’. In the […]
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Praised and popular books nominated for 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
THURSDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2024 Bestselling and critically acclaimed works of fiction, illuminating poetry collections, absorbing memoirs, and books that explore our whenua, flora and fauna feature alongside those that celebrate our culinary and artistic heroes and heroines in the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards longlists announced today. Twelve of the 44 longlisted […]
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UN Cybercrime Convention must not become a tool to undermine international human rights standards
PEN INTERNATIONAL 24 January: Signatories stress that the Convention should only move forward if it pursues a specific goal of combating cybercrime without endangering the human rights and fundamental freedoms of those it seeks to protect, nor undermining efforts to improve cybersecurity for an open internet. Joint Statement on the Proposed Cybercrime Treaty Ahead of […]
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caselberg trust elizabeth brooke-carr emerging writers resident 2024 is kate aschoff
The Caselberg Trust announced today that the recipient of its Elizabeth Brooke-Carr Emerging Writers Residency in 2024 will be Pōneke (Wellington) multi-media artist and writer Kate Aschoff. Kate is a queer, Pākehā multimedia artist and they have a background in theatre, campaigning, and community organising. Kate has poetry in Starling, Takahē, The Spinoff, Bad […]
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