• For the first time a bilingual book has taken out the top prize at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

    Posted on 10 August 2023

    August 10 Te Wehenga: The Separation of Ranginui and Papatūānuku by Mat Tait (Ngāti Apa ki te rātō) was tonight presented with the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award, Aotearoa’s highest accolade in children’s literature, during a joyful ceremony held at Wellington’s Pipitea Marae. Te Wehenga’s bold bilingual design presents the Māori creation pūrākau, […]

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  • Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading

    Posted on 8 August 2023

        Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading The NZ Book Sector asks candidates to support reading and the sharing of Aotearoa New Zealand stories. Reading and books are vital to modern Aotearoa: they help us to make sense of ourselves and the world around us. Local stories and books contribute to the culture […]

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  • Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards

    Posted on 7 August 2023

    Applications are open  Applications close 25 August 2023 This is a reminder that applications for the 2024 Judith Binney Fellowship and Writing Awards close in 3 week’s time at 5pm on Friday 25 August 2023. The purpose of the Judith Binney Trust is to support rigorous and imaginative scholarship of the kind that characterised Judith Binney’s […]

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  • 2023 Pikihuia Awards Finalists

    Posted on 17 July 2023

      The Finalists for this year’s Pikihuia Awards for Māori writers was announced July 13. Robyn Bargh, Chair of Te Waka Taki Kōrero | The Māori Literature Trust is thrilled with the number and quality of entries. “The range of submissions is very impressive; the Pikihuia Awards are a chance to reconnect with some previous […]

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  • Kaiwhakahaere Hōtaka – NZSA Job Opportunity

    Posted on 10 July 2023

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) is seeking a Kaiwhakahaere Hōtaka for 20 hours per week for an initial 12-month contract, to work with the national office team to support new programmes and contribute to communications and administration. In 2022 NZSA voted to create a 9th branch for Māori […]

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  • Fourth round of decisions wraps up $28 million Regeneration Fund

    Posted on 4 July 2023

    Media release: 30 June 2023 Seventeen cultural sector organisations have been successful in the final round of the $28 million Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund. In the fourth and final round of funding decisions, 17 proposals were approved for up to $5.9 million of funding. The Cultural Sector Regeneration Fund will now be supporting more than […]

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  • 2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM – FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL

    Posted on 5 June 2023

    2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM Acclaimed author, anthologist and librettist Indigenous Envoy: The Māori writer as New Zealand practitioner and indigenous artisan Taiwhanga Kawhau Auditorium, lower ground floor, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Molesworth St, Thorndon Witi will speak at 6.00pm. Following the Lecture, we will celebrate the 50th […]

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  • $25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2023 OPENS – call for applications!

    Posted on 1 June 2023

    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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  • TEENAGER JOINS ESTABLISHED NAMES ON SHORTLIST FOR NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS

    Posted on 1 June 2023

    A 16-year-old Kāpiti Coast student is among the writers and illustrators announced today as finalists in the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, the preeminent celebration of books for Aotearoa’s young readers. Arlo Kelly, one of the Awards’ youngest ever finalists, is vying for the NZSA Best First Book Award with […]

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  • Danny Keenan receives the 2023 Michael King Writer’s Fellowship

    Posted on 17 May 2023

    03 APR 2023 It was announced on Friday that Dr Danny Keenan (Ngāti Te Whiti ki Te Ātiawa) is the 2023 recipient of Michael King Writer’s Fellowship. Congratulations Danny! Danny will use the fellowship to support the writing of his new work is called In Sickness and In Health: A Cultural History of Three Māori Pandemics 1895-2021. It’s an […]

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  • CLNZ NZSA Research Grants 2023 OPEN

    Posted on 11 May 2023

    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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  • Pasifika Festival Feb 2023 The Coalition for Books

    Posted on 20 March 2023

    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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