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Pacific Islanders in Publishing
Pacific Islander writers Kealani Netane, Keala Kendall, and Dr. Manuia Heinrich are launching Pacific Islanders in Publishing, a volunteer-run website database that promotes Pacific Islanders’ books. The website includes resources for creatives looking to break into publishing, recent Pacific Islander book releases, book influencers, independent presses, and bookstores. The cofounders’ mission is to amplify, connect and […]
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Call for proposals: Samoa House Research Residency Programme 2023
Samoa House Library (SHL) is now accepting proposals from arts & arts-related practitioners for our Research Residency Programme 2023. There are 2 residencies available each including a stipend of $5,000, open to individuals, groups or collectives. SHL’s research residencies offer practitioners from art or art-related fields the opportunity to focus on their research practices in […]
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Viki Moananu named as 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence at Te Herenga Waka
Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington’s International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) is delighted to announce Viki Moananu as the 2023 Emerging Pasifika Writer in Residence. Viki will receive a stipend of $15,000 from Creative New Zealand to work on two plays featuring queer Pasifika characters and detailing the decline of mental health access […]
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$25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2023 OPENS – call for applications!
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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CLNZ NZSA Research Grants 2023 OPEN
Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants to help you research for your fiction or non-fiction writing project. Kua tuwhera ināianei ngā tono mō ngā Karāti Rangahau o te CLNZ | NZSA hei āwhina atu māu e rangahau tō hinonga, tō kōrero paki, […]
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Pacific Language Weeks for 2023
The dates for the 2023 Pacific Language Weeks series have been announced. Last year, the overarching theme for the series was sustainability, which aligned with the Ministry for Pacific Peoples’ Pacific Languages Strategy and fed into the UNESCO Decade of Indigenous Languages to sustain and revitalise heritage languages. The theme of sustainability has resonated strongly with our Pacific communities, who have […]
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Pasifika Festival Feb 2023 The Coalition for Books
The Coalition for Books had its first stand at the Pasifika Festival this weekend and has produced its third catalogue for Pasifika Books. Download the new Pasifika catalogue Feb 2023 HERE Thanks to Dorothy Butler Bookshop for all their organisation and support.
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Applications now open for 2023 Te Ao o Te Pukeko Residency!
NZ Pacific Studio Re-opens After a hiatus due to the pandemic, our international arts residency programme re-opens with two residency opportunities for Tangata Whenua and Writers. Posted: Monday 23 January 2023 Applications now open for 2023 Te Ao o Te Pukeko Residency! Open to creative people from Aotearoa, this two-week residency is offered between the 13th […]
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Appointment of new Tautai Director, Aanoalii Rowena Fuluifaga
Tautai and the Tautai Board are pleased to announce the appointment of new Tautai Director, Aanoalii Rowena Fuluifaga. Aanoalii brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Pacific-design, pedagogy and education, as well as a long and dedicated history of working collaboratively with Pacific communities. Aanoalii is a mother, an art lover, an academic and […]
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Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency 2023
We are inviting applications for the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency. One award valued at NZ$33,300 is granted each year to an established New Zealand writer of Pacific heritage to carry out work on a creative writing project exploring Pacific identity, culture or history at the Center for Pacific Islands Studies at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa […]
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Announcing the launch of Elixir & Star Press
Tēnā koutou katoa, introducing Elixir & Star Press ~ a small, independent publisher based in Te Wai Pounamu, created in memory of Reuben Winter, and as a dedicated creative space to explore grief in Aotearoa New Zealand. This year ESP* will be open for submissions, from New Zealand based creatives, during April and May, […]
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Playful and powerful collection wins the 2022 Biggs Family Prize in Poetry
15 December 2022 An engaging and generous collection of poems about Sāmoan family and community has won the International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) 2022 Biggs Family Prize in Poetry. Author Nafanua Purcell Kersel (Faleālupo, Malaelā, Mosula, Tuaefu) is a poet of the Sāmoan diaspora with a degree in social anthropology. She wrote the winning […]
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