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CLNZ NZSA Research Grants 2025 OPEN
Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants to help writers research a 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, tō […]
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Romance Writers of NZ 2025 conference
This year’s RWNZ conference will be held in Auckland at the Naumi Airport Hotel, Mangere, from 15 – 17 August. The key note speakers are Rachel Johns, Anna Hackett and Michelle Diener from Australia, and Sarah Mclean from the USA. All are award winning authors of popular and genre fiction. Rachel John’s awards include the 2016 […]
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Peninsula Writers Festival
The very first Peninsula Writers Festival is being held in Whitianga, the Gala Opening is May 29th where our authors will speak on a chosen topic. 7pm at the Cinema Lee Street. Then every Thursday in June the writers will be in discussion of their book and the writing journey. 1.30pm – 4pm at the […]
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Ngā Kaituhi Māori NZSA programme recipients 2025
The NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa – Ngā Kaituhi Māori has announced the recipients of its The NZSA Ngā Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki Programmes for 2025. We are pleased to congratulate the four emerging writers who have each been selected for the Mentor Programme, with a six-month opportunity to […]
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Tairāwhiti/Gisborne Māori Writers Hui
Kaituhi Māori’s third hui following Orongomai and Motueka is scheduled for Gisborne October 9-12. Witi Ihimaera will be the convenor of this full three-day hui which will be held coincident with the Tairāwhiti Arts Festival. “The main programme will take place at Poho-o-Rawiri marae,” says Ihimaera, “but visits are expected to take place to Waituhi, […]
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NZSA Wellington Open Mic Jun 2025
Come along on Monday 9 June to our next NZSA Wellington literary shindig – we’re holding another of our ever-popular Open Mic Evenings. We have a new, fully accessible venue (conveniently close to Unity Books!) – wonderful space, lovely acoustics. Free event, all welcome. Light refreshments provided. We hope you can join us – to […]
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NZSA Youth Mentorship programme recipients 2025
Congratulations to the talented student writers awarded NZSA Youth Mentorships! The four secondary school students selected for mentorships will each be matched with a professional writer/mentor in their genre, as part of the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) 2025 Youth Mentorship Programme. The young writers will hone their writing […]
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Applications are OPEN for NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award 2025
An award for a New Zealand writer of fiction – $5,000 The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) announce the 2025 opening of this award, which supports the completion and/or publication of new fiction by a mid-career fiction writer from New Zealand. The NZSA Shaw Writer’s Award was established by […]
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Membership with NZSA
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) is the principal representative for the professional interests of writers. Protecting basic rights to freedom of expression, working to improve income and conditions, promoting Aotearoa New Zealand writing and literary culture. Developing and creating a community for writers. Build on your […]
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Choose your module
Writing craft, the business of writing, marketing and selling your book… Whether you’re starting out, mid-career or established, our NZSA Writer Toolkit has something for everyone. Available to do in your own time, on your phone, tablet, iPad or computer. The Writer Toolkit is our professional development offering, with multiple modules released. Our Toolkit is […]
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Book launch for The Anatomy of Sand by Mikaela Nyman
Please join Te Herenga Waka University Press for the launch of The Anatomy of Sand, the first poetry collection written in English by the Finnish–New Zealand poet Mikaela Nyman. The book will be launched by Lynley Edmeades. Tuesday, 20th May 5:30pm doors for a 6pm start University Book Shop Otago View more info on our Facebook page. […]
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Book launch for Wonderland by Tracy Farr
Book launch for Wonderland by Tracy Farr, winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize for 2024 is launching May 23 at Unity Books, Wellington, 6pm. All welcome!
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