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NPD’s Kristen McLean on the US Book Industry: Weathering the Pandemic
Having dropped up to 2.5 million units in its worst ‘acute COVID period’ week, Kristin McLean says the US publishing industry now needs to assess, predict, and harden weak spots for challenges ahead. May 27, 2020 A Memorial Day stroll, May 25, on Fifth Avenue south of East 96th Street in New York City. Image […]
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LONGLIST ANNOUNCED – 2020 National Flash Fiction Day
Winners – Congratulations to the 2020 longlist 2020 National Flash Fiction Day Announcing the 2020 Long Lists! Please go here for the 2020 Youth Long List. Congratulations, all! Please share your news but refrain from noting your title while the judges are still deliberating. (alphabetical by title) A sniper’s memoir All aboard Anzac on Albert St Astronauts […]
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CLNZ – Copyright Licensing New Zealand – latest news
As New Zealand adjusts to its new ‘normal’ and begins its long journey out of the lock down stages, we wanted to share with you a number of opportunities that are currently available to New Zealand writers and authors. Both the CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award and Research Grants were brought forward in response to the COVID-19 […]
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How to be Award Winning Before Publishing: CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award and Research Grants
Bevan Sanson at The Big Idea interviewed 2019 Writers’ Award winner, Rebecca Macfie, and one of the 2019 Research Grant recipients, Gigi Fenster, about the impact of winning these awards. Originally published on The Big Idea: Recognition, time, money. All writers know the importance any of these three commodities can have on their work. So […]
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From May 24-30, New Zealand – and further afield – will embrace and celebrate the third most spoken language in Aotearoa with Samoa Language Week.
24th May 2020 It is the second of nine Pacific Language Weeks this year, supported by the Ministry for Pacific Peoples and facilitated by Fa’alapotopotoga mo le A’oa’oina o le Gagana Samoa i Aotearoa (FAGASA), Sosaiete Aoga Amata Samoa I Aotearoa (SAASIA), and FOTU O MALAMA – the Association for Teachers of Samoan Language […]
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Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher buys company for $1
Stuff chief executive Sinead Boucher has purchased Stuff from its Australian owners Nine Entertainment for $1. The chief executive was returning the company to New Zealand ownership, with the sale expected to be completed by 31 May. “Our plan is to transition the ownership of Stuff to give staff a direct stake in the business […]
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The price of literature: writers take on Government over fair pay
By Kelly Dennett May 24 2020 Writers fear their ability to earn will be further eroded as the results of reviews affecting their revenue streams near completion. Maurice Gee recalls it wasn’t until he was mid-career that he and his wife felt financially comfortable enough for him to commit to his writing full-time. By that […]
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NZSA / Auckland Museum Research Grant + Residency – Recipient Announced
The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) and Auckland War Memorial Museum are delighted to announce the recipient of the NZSA Auckland Museum Research + Residency Grant.
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NEW FREEDOM TO WRITE INDEX – 2019 REVIEW OF IMPRISONED WRITERS
The Freedom to Write Index, PEN America’s first annual global count of writers and public intellectuals unjustly detained or imprisoned worldwide. Covering Jan – Dec 2019, the inaugural Freedom to Write Index shows that at least 238 writers and public intellectuals were imprisoned or held in detention in 2019, facing often brutal treatment and […]
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CLNZ $120,000 Contestable Fund Grants awarded – recipients announced
We are pleased to announce the successful recipients of the Special Round of Contestable Fund Grants 2020. In order to support the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic, Copyright Licensing New Zealand released a special fund of $120,000 for short-term projects that could be started straight away and completed by the end of September this […]
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READING INCREASES IN LOCKDOWN – Nielsen London – reading hours double!
Two in five UK adults say they are consuming books more since lockdown, with readers almost doubling their total reading hours per week. London, 13 May 2020 Nielsen Book today published the latest research on UK book consumer habits during the lockdown. Online interviews with a nationally-representative sample of 1,000 UK adults revealed that readers […]
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Announcing the National Flash Fiction Day 2020 online programme
NFFD NZ moves online this year! Our big day of celebrating the shortest form will still take place and include a series of readings, interviews and prize-givings. You will find new videos posted at the Flash Frontier YouTube channel — please subscribe and follow new happenings in the flash world! Here’s what you can expect: Today you will find […]
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