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NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2020 – deadline 11 Sept
Closing date 11 September 2020 You have ten more days to submit your entries of short prose, poetry and books. Entries in all categories so far are inspiring. Organisers are busy getting entries to the judges. Short prose entries can be a short story, a memoir or even an article with a heritage base. They […]
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People’s Communication Commission – FEEDBACK – Pantograph Punch residency
Thank you for taking the time to convey your concerns to the People’s Communications Commission. Use this form to make a complaint about content you have seen or heard from a televised broadcast, cinema/film, radio station, or via Internet Social Media platforms. Have you seen discriminatory content? Submissions to this form close on the 26th […]
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Kiwi readers spoilt for choice when it comes to beautiful books – PANZ Design Awards 2020
COVID-19 disruption has forced many aspects of life online, but when it comes to books the appeal of a beautifully designed, tangible object has not waned. Luckily, New Zealanders are spoilt for choice with a stunning line up of finalists just announced for the 2020 PANZ Book Design Awards. A recent report from the […]
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Sydney Writers Festival Podcast series released
Sydney Writers’ Festival Playlist by Sydney Writers’ Festival Australia’s largest celebration of literature, stories and ideas. Bringing together the world’s best authors, leading public intellectuals, scientists, journalists and more. Subscribe to podcast: Apple Podcasts Spotify RSS feed OR CLICK HERE 435 clips in playlist: Reckoning and Retribution Lucia Osborne-Crowley’s I Choose Elena and […]
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Sydney Writers Festival – on line event RICHARD FLANAGAN: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams
Richard Flanagan: The Living Sea of Waking Dreams 29 September ONLINE EVENT BOOK TICKETS Booker Prize-winning novelist Richard Flanagan joins Jennifer Byrne for a fascinating discussion about his highly anticipated new novel The Living Sea of Waking Dreams. An ember storm of a novel, The Living Sea of Waking Dreams is Flanagan at his best. In a world of perennial […]
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SLANZA: The Plight Of School Libraries- A Nationwide Campaign
“School Libraries Transform” The School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa (SLANZA) is launching a nationwide campaign to highlight the plight of our school libraries. The campaign will be launched on September 1st and is called “School Libraries Transform” SLANZA is deeply concerned about the demise of school libraries in Aotearoa. It is […]
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Buying local impacts Kiwis reading choices and habits – Whitcoulls Top 100 2020 Announced today!
The impact of COVID is reflected in the nation’s renewed enthusiasm for reading, as many of us stay close to home and buy books by local authors Whitcoulls say, as they announce their Top 100 Books List today (August 31). During the first lockdown, Kiwis often turned to books for escapism and entertainment, with Whitcoulls […]
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2020 CLNZ/NZSA $5,000 Research Grants Awarded to Four Outstanding Projects
The 2020 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc Research Grants have been awarded. The $5,000 grants support New Zealand writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. The judging panel received 55 applications and reported that the field […]
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2020 CLNZ/NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award has been won by Nick Bollinger
Wellington writer Nick Bollinger has won the 2020 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ)inc, $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project Revolutions Per Minute: The Counterculture in New Zealand 1960-1975. The resulting book project will include over 100 relevant illustrations and will tell the story […]
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Love in the Time of COVID: A Chronicle of a Pandemic
E karanga e te iwi e! Call for submissions and introduction Love in the Time of COVID: A Chronicle of a Pandemic has evolved from a conversation – or, rather, a series of conversations – between friends, colleagues and family about how and where we could meet during lockdown to tell our stories, share our […]
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Todd New Writer’s Bursary 2020
The annual Todd New Writer’s Bursary allows a promising published writer or presented playwright, at an early stage of their career, to work on an approved project. Value: $20,000 Closing date 25 Sep 2020, 1.00pm Details here
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