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2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries
Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. It celebrates […]
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$25,000 Writers’ Award has been awarded to Writer Tom Doig
Tom Doig has been awarded the 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) inc, $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project, with the working title ‘We Are All Preppers Now: Kiwis Making Plans for the End of the World’. Tom Doig says […]
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Laurence Fearnley, Winner of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023!
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Laurence Fearnley on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023 to work on her novel with the working title ‘The Palette Club (A tender violence)’. This annual award is made possible with thanks to the generosity of the […]
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launch of climate fiction novel Emergency Weather – Wellington
The launch will take place on Wednesday 4 October at Unity Books Wellington, 57 Willis St, from 6pm – please encourage your friends to come along too! Here is the Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/667791528368999 Please sign up for this if you use Facebook, as it helps us know numbers attending. Emergency Weather will be available […]
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NZSA Wellington Branch Book Showcase 2023
Please join us for an exciting evening! Fifteen authors, all Wellington NZSA members, will introduce their newly published books; a wonderful smorgasbord of fiction, adult and young adult, non-fiction and poetry. What: NZSA Wellington Branch Book Showcase 2023 When: Wednesday 18 October, 6.00pm (doors open 5.45pm) Where: Unity Books, 57 Willis Street, Wellington (need a […]
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The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc Call for a Special General Meeting
Notice to all members of The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc Call for a Special General Meeting 6.00-6.30pm, Monday October 16, 2023 (by Zoom) Please join us to vote on an amendment to the constitution NZSA has an application before the Charities Commission. Becoming a charity has […]
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Michael Gifkins Prize Text Prize launch of 2022 winners book: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam – Auckland event
Come along to the launches of the 2022 Michael Gifkins Text Prize winner: Backwaters by Emma Ling Sidnam. Auckland: October 3, 5.30-7pm. Webb’s. 33a Normanby Road Mount Eden, Auckland 1024 Emma Ling Sidnam won the 2022 Gifkins Prizes for her debut novel BACKWATERS. Emma will be in conversation with writer Albert Cho to celebrate the launch […]
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NZSA Northland Branch Fund-raising Auction November 2023
During the month of November, thanks to the generous donations of members and supporters, Northland Branch will hold an online auction, culminating online and in person at our final meeting of the year. (Details of time and venue to follow.) Throughout the month, rolling offerings and bids will be updated and displayed. Details of how to participate […]
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Author Talk | Anke Richter on Cult Trip
TUESDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2023, 12.30pm-1.30pm Unity Books Wellington invites you to join us for a lunchtime event with Anke Richter chatting about her book, Cult Trip: Inside the World of Coercion & Control, published by Harper Collins. Anke will be in conversation with radio presenter and journalist, Susie Ferguson.
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Book Talk with author Sandra Russell – Auckland
Book Talk with author Sandra Russell in conversation with fellow psychotherapist Amanda Cox at the Little Book Shop, Remuera,, Sunday 10 Sept 3 pm.
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Book launch – Dear Tui, a Climate Crisis Novel
Join Porirua author M. C Ronen at the Wellington region launch of her latest novel, DEAR TUI, a Warning – hard-hitting climate fiction fit for our times. An opportunity to celebrate a local, multi-award-winning author, get to know her writing style and preferences, what motivates her, listen to her read excerpts from DEAR TUI, a […]
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2023 CLNZ Research Grants: Four cash grants awarded to support local writers
Media Release August 30, 2023 Four cash grants awarded to support local writers The 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in Aotearoa. The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for […]
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