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Indie Booksellers Incensed as Amazon Breaks ‘Testaments’ Embargo
By Claire Kirch | Sep 04, 20 Margaret Atwood’s hotly anticipated new novel The Testaments may be under embargo, but that hasn’t stopped one online retailer…
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New Zealand Book Council becomes Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
New Zealand Book Council is changing its name and identity to become Read NZ Te Pou Muramura. The move will better reflect its work…
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Applications Invited For Randell Cottage Writers Residency
Applications are now open for the 2020 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The fellowship comprises a stipend, currently set at $22,000, and six months’ rent-free accommodation in one…
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AUCKLANDER CRISSI BLAIR WINS 2019 STORYLINES BETTY GILDERDALE AWARD
Auckland children’s book authority, reviewer, judge and graphic artist Crissi Blair is the 2019 winner of the Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for an outstanding contribution to New…
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Former Winners Atwood and Rushdie on 2019 Booker Prize Shortlist
A set of six novels the Booker’s Gaby Wood calls ‘political, orchestral, fearless, felt’ is announced in London, the…
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Words Change Lives – Coveted Literary Fellowship Opens Applications – 2020 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship
Winning a writing fellowship changes the course of a writer’s life, opening doors and allowing writers to think and apply their craft. Applications for the 2020 Grimshaw…
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2019 Janet Frame Prize for Christchurch Novelist
Wednesday 28 August 2019Novelist and historian Stevan Eldred-Grigg receives 2019 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award Janet Frame’s estate has announced their biennial award…
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Lani Wendt Young delivers a challenge to publishers the world over for diverse representation
The New Zealand Book Council Lecture: 2019
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Judges Announced for 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Award-winning writers and poets, former publishers, academics, long-standing booksellers and a well-known journalist are among the 12 people selected to judge the 2020 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
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2020 University of Auckland residencies
Writers in residence The University Of Auckland Residencies enable up to four writers each year to work on creative projects and interact with…
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Announcing the Surrey Hotel writer’s residency in association with Newsroom
AUGUST 22, 2019 Steve Braunias Steve Braunias edits Newsroom’s books section, ReadingRoom,…
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University of Waikato & Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence 2020
Each year the University of Waikato invites applications for the position of Writer in Residence, tenable for twelve months from January. The salary…
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