• 2025 Pikihuia Awards open

    Posted on 28 March 2025

     Submissions close April 30   This year the Pikihuia Awards will celebrate 30 years of supporting and nurturing kaituhi Māori! Held biennially, the Pikihuia Awards have welcomed short story submissions in both te reo Māori and English. Submissions are now open for the 2025 Pikihuia Awards!  Click below to read more about the 2025 Pikihuia […]

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  • Ockham 2025 Shortlists announced

    Posted on 5 March 2025

      Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2025 Finalists Announced Dazzling books that ‘address our moment’s most urgent concerns’ The $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction in the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards will be contested by three former winners of the award – Laurence Fearnley, Kirsty Gunn and Damien Wilkins – and Commonwealth […]

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  • Entries for the 2025 Pikihuia Awards are now open

    Posted on 3 February 2025

    This year the Pikihuia Awards will celebrate 30 years of supporting and nurturing Māori writers. Held biennially, the Pikihuia Awards have welcomed short story submissions in both te reo Māori and English. Following the exciting new categories introduced in 2023, The Māori Literature Trust is proud to announce that we are again adjusting the genre […]

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  • Kōanga Festival 2025: Playwrights Programme SUBMISSIONS OPEN

    Posted on 30 January 2025

    “Ka tangi te pīpīwharauroa, ko te karere a Mahuru” Kōanga is heralded by the blossoming of the kōwhai and the call of the pīpīwharauroa as it returns to our shores. This is traditionally a time of joining together and combining efforts to prepare the ground and plant for the next harvest. We see this festival […]

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  • Witi Ihimaera named Royal Society of Literature International Writer 2024

    Posted on 27 January 2025

    Royal Society of Literature International Writers 2024 10 December 2024 ~ This Reading Life The RSL International Writers honour is a relatively new award ‘recognising the contribution of writers across the globe to literature in English, and the power of literature to transcend borders to bring people together.’ I confess that I had not heard of this before and would […]

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  • HAMLIT, FEBRUARY 22- 23, 2025

    Posted on 12 December 2024

      www.hamiltonartsfestival.co.nz/tag/hamlit/ Part of Hamilton Arts Festival -Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa, 21 February-2 March 2025 HamLit is an exciting new series of bookish events taking place in the glorious Hamilton Gardens this coming February.  A literary festival within a festival, HamLit will serve up a stimulating smorgasbord of events for readers and writers. A captivating […]

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  • Three outstanding writers recognised with the 2024 Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement

    Posted on 5 December 2024

    Internationally renowned children’s author Dame Lynley Dodd, historian and environmentalist Neville Peat, and multi-talented poet Apirana Taylor are being recognised for their contributions to literature with this top literary award. The Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement is presented annually in three categories: fiction, non-fiction and poetry.  The award is managed by Creative New Zealand […]

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  • 2024 CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants Announced

    Posted on 5 December 2024

    Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) is excited to announce the successful recipients in the 2024 round of Contestable Fund Grants, with a total of $75,000 granted. This year we received 92 applications, the highest ever number of applications for a Cultural Fund award. Applications were invited for projects that had clearly defined and measurable outcomes […]

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  • Entries open for 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

    Posted on 20 November 2024

    WEDNESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2024 The organisers of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults – which recognise and celebrate the best books for young readers published annually in Aotearoa – are now inviting submissions for the 2025 awards. Titles with release dates between 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025 will be […]

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  • The Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui Te Kahu Rolleston

    Posted on 13 November 2024

    The Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui The Read NZ Te Pou Muramura Pānui (formerly the Book Council Lecture) is held in November each year. This year the address was given by Te Kahu Rolleston (Ngāi Te Rangi), one of the most sought-after creative writing educators in Aotearoa. While his slam poetry or rap is […]

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  • Nga Po e Rewa Pū – Motueka Hui Oct 25-27 Report from Donna MacLeod – Te Kaituhi Māori

    Posted on 11 November 2024

    To Sir with love. How does one encapsulate Space. The  Space of Creativity The Creative Space within Te Aō Māori. The Space where a Master stands before you gifting 3 hours but continues for 6 hours. We witnessed one standing in Mana We were gifted a legacy. “A life-changing experience.” Harold Helmbright “I found inspiration […]

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  • Call for judges of the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

    Posted on 2 October 2024

    2 OCTOBER 2024 The organisers of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are inviting expressions of interest from members and followers of the children’s literature community who would like to be considered as judges of the 2025 awards. Applications to judge are now open to all those with suitable qualifications and […]

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