• Entries are open for the 2023 Sunday Star-Times short story awards

    Posted on 10 October 2023

    Media release  Sunday 8 October 2023   Unleash your literary genius at NZ’s biggest short story competition Entries are open for the 2023 Sunday Star-Times short story awards The prestigious 2023 Sunday Star-Times short story competition launches today. The open category winner will receive $8,500, a share of a total prize pool of $13,000, making […]

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  • Introducing BookHub: The game-changing online sales tool for NZ

    Posted on 7 October 2023

    On National Bookshop Day, 7 October 2023, BookHub – a bookselling website created by Booksellers Aotearoa NZ and CircleSoft in collaboration with New Zealand’s independent bookstores – will go live.   With BookHub, consumers can buy the book they want online directly from participating NZ independent bookstores in just a few clicks. Launched with a […]

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  • Laurence Fearnley, Winner of the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023!

    Posted on 6 October 2023

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Laurence Fearnley on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2023 to work on her novel with the working title ‘The Palette Club (A tender violence)’. This annual award is made possible with thanks to the generosity of the […]

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  • $25,000 Writers’ Award has been awarded to Writer Tom Doig

    Posted on 6 October 2023

    Tom Doig has been awarded the 2023 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and The New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) inc, $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project, with the working title We Are All Preppers Now: Kiwis Making Plans for the End of the World. Tom Doig says […]

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  • New Zealand Bookshops Launch Online Collaboration Set to Transform Local Bookselling

    Posted on 6 October 2023

    New Zealand is set to be the first country in the English-speaking world to launch an online collaboration between its independent bookstores; called BookHub, it will be a game changer for local booklovers. Launched tomorrow (7 October) on National Bookshop Day, BookHub is a site where readers can browse and buy books from more than […]

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  • Season 5 of the NZSA Oral History Podcast is Here!

    Posted on 5 October 2023

    The New Zealand Society of Authors Oral History Podcast is back with our fifth season! Hosted by writer and broadcaster Karyn Hay,  this season includes authors who have spent decades in the pursuit of creativity and the art of writing; encountering resistance and criticism, personal tragedies, praise, and success along the way. We start with […]

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  • Creative Waikato video – why arts, culture and creativity are vital to our future

    Posted on 5 October 2023

    Discover how creativity can address systemic issues and reshape our perceptions of value and impact, creating waves of meaningful change on our collective welleing. How does arts, culture, and creativity serve as a conduit for change in the face of current challenges – here and now? Creative Waikato, led by Dr Jeremy Mayall, have released […]

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  • We Create election manifesto 2023

    Posted on 5 October 2023

      We Create’s creative sector 2023 election manifesto can be viewed HERE:     WeCreate INITIAL B.I.G V5  

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  • Emerging writers to read at the 2023 Janet Frame Memorial Lecture by Witi Ihimaera President of Honour

    Posted on 5 October 2023

    Following the NZSA President of Honour Janet Frame Memorial Lecture by Matua Witi on November 9th at VERB, five young writers will read briefly from their work to showcase the great future for Aotearoa New Zealand writing.       ESSA MAY RANAPIRI   essa may ranapiri (Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Raukawa, Te Arawa, Ngaati Puukeko, Clan […]

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  • Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading – VOTE 23! Collated responses!

    Posted on 4 October 2023

    NZSA, PANZ, CLNZ & The Coalition for Books sent the Book Sector Manifesto: Election 23: Vote for Books & Reading out to all parties: both to the leaders and those candidates with ministerial assignment. We collate the responses to our specific book sector asks for you below:   DO YOU AGREE WITH THESE POLICIES TO SUPPORT […]

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  • Construction impacts on National Library Wellington’s service hours – DISRUPTION FROM NOV 1

    Posted on 4 October 2023

    NOTE TO WRITERS AND RESEARCHERS FROM THE NATIONAL LIBRARY   With heavy construction work scheduled for the National Library building in Wellington, from 1 November 2023 there will be a reduction of service hours until the end of the year. National Library’s reduced service hours will be 10am to 2pm, Monday to Friday, while Saturday […]

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  • Have your books been used on Books3 Dataset to Train AI Systems?

    Posted on 3 October 2023

    Reproduced from The Authors Guild website… NZ Writers: Please send us details of your books so we can keep a database of NZ works used.  If you’re an author, you may have recently discovered in The Atlantic that your published book was included in a dataset of books used to train artificial intelligence systems without your permission. (Search the dataset […]

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