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English Pen event: Celebrating Nelson Mandela: His Letters, His Legacy
PENmandelaletters To mark the centenary of Nelson Mandela’s birth on 18 July and the publication of The Prison Letters of Nelson Mandela (Liveright) on 10 July, English PEN is holding an evening of readings with very special guests on 17 July. Taking place at the Union Chapel in London, the event features letters by Nelson Mandela from […]
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Turning the Page: NZSA AGM and Development Weekend
May 25 – 26 2018 Auckland A chance to meet other members, take part in shaping the direction of NZSA for the year ahead and participate in stimulating and informative workshops, presentations and panel discussions. Hosted this year in Auckland there are a range of events for all. REGISTER HERE Friday May 25, 6-8.30pm Registration […]
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Turning the Page: AGM Workshop Opportunities
Saturday 26 May 2018: 1pm – 5pm Ellen Melville Centre, Auckland City Enjoy an afternoon of stimulating and informative workshops, presentations and panel discussions. With the choice of nine events over three time slots there is much to inspire, encourage and challenge. This event, hosted by the Auckland Branch of the New Zealand Society of […]
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The Unity Books 50th Anniversary Literary Awards
Unity Books has marked its 50th Birthday by honouring two New Zealand authors with awards worth $20,000 each for their extensive body of work and for their long-span social justice activism. The recipients of the Unity Books 50th Birthday Literary Awards are Patricia Grace and Peter Wells. ‘As Unity turned 50 years old we asked afresh: who matters […]
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NZ Icon Artist Award for son of Samoa
PASEFIKA PLANET Maualaivao Albert Wendt at the Icon Awards ceremony. 10 May, 2018. – Samoa’s most revered author and the ‘Father of Pacific Literature’ has been named a New Zealand Icon Artist, joining a prestigious group of recipients. Maualaivao Albert Wendt was presented with his Icon medallion at a ceremony held at Government House in Wellington, […]
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NZSA National Writers Forum 2018
Writing to Live, Living to Write WHAT IS THE NWF? The NZSA National Writers’ Forum is a conference for people who write: fiction, non-fiction, blogs, textbooks, children’s writers, graphic novels, poetry, plays and digital media. It is a two day intensive where writers talk, learn and share information about the craft of writing, the business of writing […]
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Sarah Broom Poetry Prize – Finalists 2018
We are delighted to announce four finalists for the Sarah Broom Poetry Prize in 2018. Stuart Airey is a poet with a day job as an optometrist, which involves using the logical, scientific part of his mind. He describes poetry as “letting me explore all the other bits”. Stuart began writing poetry a few years ago; […]
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Winner of 2018 Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition announced
Landfall, New Zealand’s leading journal of arts and literature, is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2018 Charles Brasch Young Writers’ Essay Competition is Aimee-Jane Anderson-O’Connor, whose essay is titled ‘Disappearing Disease’. Landfall editor and competition judge Emma Neale says this essay ‘combines the concrete, grounding specifics of time, place and context with […]
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GLOBAL: Free media week killings underscore crimes of impunity against journalists
http://www.pmc.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/global-free-media-week-killings-underscore-crimes-impunity-against-journalists-1 A press freedom protest in the Philippines capital of Manila over the latest killing of a radio journalist. Thursday, May 3, 2018 By David Robie AUCKLAND (Asia Pacific Report/Pacific Media Watch): Monday – just three days before today’s World Press Freedom Day – was the deadliest day for news media in Afghanistan in […]
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WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY – MAY 3
On World Press Freedom Day PEN calls for justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and the protection of journalists and rights activists fighting for justice in her case 3 May 2018 – Daphne Caruana Galizia, a prominent investigative journalist and blogger, was assassinated on 16 October 2017 near her house in Bidnija, Malta, in a targeted […]
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Phantom Billstickers pay tribute to the nation’s poets as they announce National Poetry Day 2018
New Zealand is a nation of poets and poetry lovers. Last year Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day broke all records, with 120 events taking place in cities and towns all over the country. This year, Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day (#NZPoetryDay) will be held on Friday 24 August 2018 and is set to be […]
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Three talented Kiwis shortlisted for Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel
Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the inaugural Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Out of almost 200 entries, three outstanding manuscripts have been chosen for the 2018 shortlist: When Curlews Call by H. E. Crampton (Cairns and Nelson) Caught Between by Jeannie McLean (Auckland) Slaughter […]
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