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Allen & Unwin NZ announces winner of 2023 Fiction Prize: Strawhan’s The Call
Allen & Unwin New Zealand is delighted to announce that the winner of our 2023 Fiction Prize is Auckland TV writer, show runner and executive producer, Gavin Strawhan. His entry, The Call, is a taut, superbly plotted crime novel – set in rural coastal New Zealand and featuring a complex protagonist – with a shocking ending. […]
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We Create – New sector data from Manatū Taonga/MCH and Infometrics!
The MCH/Infometrics profile as at March 2022 has now been updated to include new industry and occupation codes (please see below). These additions have increased the total number of jobs, businesses and GDP contribution of the sector according to government data to almost $15bn! That’s bigger than agriculture! These changes are due to a redefinition of […]
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RNZ Nine to Noon Short Story Competition is back!
Nine to Noon Short Story Competition is back! From Nine To Noon, 12:00 pm on 29 August 2023 Nine to Noon’s 2023 Short Story competition is now open! We’re looking for stories of 2000 words, submitted by Friday 29 September. The top five winners, chosen by Judges Harry Ricketts and Tina Makareti, will be adapted for radio […]
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Storylines announces new sponsor for young adult novel award
Storylines is delighted to announce Allen & Unwin New Zealand as the new sponsor of the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for an original young adult novel manuscript. Christine Young, Storylines Trust Chair, says Storylines is thrilled that a publisher with the strength and success of Allen & Unwin NZ, particularly with its growing list of […]
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Pacific Islanders in Publishing
Pacific Islander writers Kealani Netane, Keala Kendall, and Dr. Manuia Heinrich are launching Pacific Islanders in Publishing, a volunteer-run website database that promotes Pacific Islanders’ books. The website includes resources for creatives looking to break into publishing, recent Pacific Islander book releases, book influencers, independent presses, and bookstores. The cofounders’ mission is to amplify, connect and […]
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NZSA Announces Hamilton Roadshow October 15
Hamilton Regional Roadshow 9AM – 4PM, SUNDAY 15 OCTOBER, TRUST WAIKATO, 4 LITTLE LONDON LANE, HAMILTON What’s on: Welcome and Opening Kōrero with Vanda Symon Workshops: Make ’em laugh – write funny with Kathryn Burnett; Write like it’s 2023: making your poetry new with Anne Kennedy; Out damned plot: the plot, the sub-plot, the twist? with Vanda Symon; How to write captivating nonfiction for […]
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The 2023 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition is now open
· Exclusive to NZSA members. The 2023 Graeme Lay Short Story Competition is now open. · $500 first prize, $250 second prize, $100 third prize. · Closes 5pm, Monday 23 October 2023. · Only $10 to enter. Enter online! Conditions of entry: The competition is open exclusively to all NZSA members. All […]
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Call for Applications – CLNZ Contestable Fund Grants now open
Each year a portion of the revenue allocated to the CLNZ Cultural Fund is made available in a contestable fund. In 2023, up to $75,000 is available to support strategic projects that demonstrate New Zealand publishing sector growth. The amount applicants apply for is up to them, with the number of successful recipients varying each […]
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Sargeson Fellowship 2024
Calling all writers! Applications for the 2024 Sargeson Fellowship are now open. The Fellowship offers published New Zealand writers the opportunity to write full-time, free from financial pressures. It provides an annual stipend of $20,000, and where available, the Sargeson Centre adjacent to the University of Auckland. The fellowship falls between February and October and […]
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Storylines Saturday Sessions
Children’s and Young Adult Writing Workshops Join us for the Storylines Saturday Sessions featuring workshops and talks with award-winning and bestselling authors/ illustrators. Heather McQuillan, Belinda O’Keefe, Gavin Bishop and James Norcliffe will each present a workshop to inspire both established and new writers. Te Awhi Rito New Zealand Reading Ambassador Alan Dingley will join […]
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Over $25,000 of Booksellers Tokens will be distributed this week to school libraries affected by cyclone Gabrielle, thanks to the fundraising project Books Back Better.
4:00 PM, 7 September 2023 Hawkes Bay author and NZSA member Mary-anne Scott initiated the recovery project along with a group of Hawkes Bay authors, school librarians and booksellers. They teamed up with SLANZA (School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa) and Booksellers Aotearoa NZ to create the Books Back Better project in March 2023. Mary-anne […]
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ASA makes submission to NSW Government’s Arts and Culture Policy
The ASA has called for a coordinated funding framework and more direct investment in writers and illustrators in a submission to the NSW Arts, Culture and Creative Industries Policy consultation. The consultation for the new Arts policy opened in July this year, and seeks to use the Federal Government’s National Cultural Policy, Revive, as a starting […]
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