• Dan Davin Literary Foundation – Short Story Conference September 2017

    Posted on 30 June 2017

    Dan Davin Literary Foundation – Short Story Conference September 2017 The Dan Davin Conference on the New Zealand Short Story – its traditions and departures – will be held 1-3 September 2017. The conference is an opportunity to celebrate Southland-born author Dan Davin as one of the fathers of the modern New Zealand short story, […]

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  • NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

    Posted on 29 June 2017

    The winners of the 2017 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults will be announced on the evening of Monday, 14 August in Wellington.   Finalist Author Events Young readers will have a chance to meet the finalist authors in early August, at three big events. The first is in Christchurch (Monday, 7 […]

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  • LIANZA Conference Christchurch September 24 – 27

    Posted on 29 June 2017

    Lianza are delighted to announce their conference programme for 2017.   They have a record 107 abstracts. The Conference committee has been hard at work building library tours and other social events to showcase Christchurch. You can browse the programme in digital form on the membership database and read in detail about the library tours and other social events.  A […]

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  • Frankfurt Book Fair October 11-15

    Posted on 29 June 2017

    The Frankfurter Buchmesse is the most important international trade fair for content, the centre of the international media world and a major cultural event. Nowhere else in the world does the publishing and media industry show itself from a more diverse, innovative and international side than during these five days in October.

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  • VUP Book Launches at UNITY BOOKS Wellington

    Posted on 28 June 2017

      Tuesday 18 July, 6pm at Unity Books Victoria University Press warmly invites you to celebrate the release of two new books The New Animals   by Pip Adam  and  Our Future is in the Air  by Tim Corballis on Tuesday 18 July, 6pm–7.30pm at Unity Books, 57 Willis St, Wellington. All welcome. The New Animals p/b, $30 Our Future […]

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  • Creative New Zealand Wild Creations – deadline

    Posted on 28 June 2017

    Up to three artists to experience one of several Department of Conservation environments as inspiration for an art work or works, between November 2017 and June 2018. Amount: Fund total $36,000 Closing dates: 1 Sep 2017 Find out who got funded recently   More

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  • Creative New Zealand Moana Community Grants – deadline

    Posted on 28 June 2017

    Moana Community Grants The Moana Community Grants support and develop Pacific heritage arts (artistic expressions and forms reflecting a particular Pasifika cultural tradition) in regional towns and communities outside of Auckland and Wellington. Amount: Up to $10,000 Closing dates: 3 Nov 2017 Find out who got funded recently More  

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  • Toi tipu Toi rea – emerging M?ori artist grant

    Posted on 28 June 2017

    Toi tipu Toi rea – emerging M?ori artist grant The Toi Tipu Toi Rea is a grant to support M?ori artists or practitioners, at an early stage of their career, to undertake an arts project. Amount: Up to $7,500 Closing dates: 3 Nov 2017 Find out who got funded recently  More

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  • Marlborough Book Festival

    Posted on 28 June 2017

    The Marlborough Book Festival is an annual weekend of wonderful writers, curious audiences and beautiful Marlborough locations.  More  

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  • National Bookshop Day 2017 October 28

    Posted on 27 June 2017

    SAVE THE DAY! https://www.facebook.com/nzbookshopday/  

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  • 96th Annual Booksellers Conference

    Posted on 27 June 2017

    On August 19th and 20th the 96th Annual Booksellers Conference will be held at The Rydes Hotel, Auckland. This year’s theme is Building the Future. The annual industry awards dinner will be held on the evening of August 19th. http://www.booksellers.co.nz/members/booksellers-conference/2017-booksellers-nz-conference-be-held-19-20-august

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  • National Poetry Day August 25

    Posted on 27 June 2017

    National Poetry Day was established in 1997. A one-day national poetry-event extravaganza, it is held on the last Friday of August each year. From seasoned poets to total newbies to the simply-a-bit-curious, participants in the Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2017 — on Friday, 25 August — have the opportunity to be touched by the […]

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