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  • Publishers are pissed about Amazon’s upcoming Audible Captions feature

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 23 July 2019

    Author’s Guild in the US says this feature breaches rights. Some authors and publishers are asking for their books to be withheld from the…


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  • Space to breathe

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 22 July 2019

    22 Jul 2019 The latest offering of grants and awards in one of our key creative industries is rightly seen as something…


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  • Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel 2020 – open for applications

    Posted by Claire Hill on 22 July 2019

    Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) are pleased to announce that submissions for the 2020 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished…


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  • WW2 books, true stories and classics among New Zealanders’ favourite reads

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 22 July 2019

    Reading is in good health, with thousands of New Zealanders voting for their favourite books in the Whitcoulls Top 100 Books List.  Announced today, the List reveals…


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  • Ray Grover values pragmatism on the latest NZSA Oral History Podcast episode

    Posted by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod on 18 July 2019

    “It’s rough justice we are after.” -Ray Grover In the late 1950’s Ray Grover was part of a small circle of Wellington writers…


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  • A wealth of literary talent at Writers on Mondays

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 16 July 2019

    16 July 2019 Popular readings series Writers on Mondays returns to Wellington from 22 July, featuring a stunning array of local, national, and international writers.


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  • Government Making Plans –

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 11 July 2019

    Encouraging signs for transformation of the sector By Keri Malthus


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  • Compelling stories by emerging writers awarded 2019 NZSA assessments

    Posted by Claire Hill on 5 July 2019

    The NZ Society of Authors announce who will receive manuscript guidance in this year’s CompleteMS programme. Thirteen writers with manuscripts ranging through black comedy, Kiwi noir, ethnographic fiction/literary non-fiction,…


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  • Ruth Dallas on the NZSA Oral History Podcast Series

    Posted by Elizabeth Kirkby-McLeod on 4 July 2019

    “Some people say look in your heart and write, my method is quite different, I look out and write!” -Ruth Dallas Ruth Dallas was…


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  • Creative Industries feature in government vision and policy planning announcement

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 3 July 2019

    The Government has launched a new approach to industry policy, aimed at growing more innovative industries in…


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  • I want to write more than anything else in the world

    Posted by Jenny Nagle on 2 July 2019

    26 Jun 2019 Paula…


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  • Finalist announcement – Ashton Wylie Trust Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards

    Posted by Claire Hill on 27 June 2019

    Joy Cowley a Finalist in 2019 Mind Body Spirit Literary Awards One of New Zealand’s best-loved writers, Dame Joy Cowley is a finalist in this year’s…


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