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2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM – FRIENDS OF THE TURNBULL
2023 FOUNDER LECTURE Witi Ihimaera, DCNZM, DCM Acclaimed author, anthologist and librettist Indigenous Envoy: The Māori writer as New Zealand practitioner and indigenous artisan Taiwhanga Kawhau Auditorium, lower ground floor, National Library of New Zealand Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, Molesworth St, Thorndon Witi will speak at 6.00pm. Following the Lecture, we will celebrate the 50th […]
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2023 King’s Birthday and Coronation Honours list – Book community gongs
Congratulations to those in the literary community who have been honoured this weekend: CNZM – To be Companions of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Colin Charles James – For services to journalism and public policy – NZSA member ONZM – To be Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit: Mr Nicolas Alfred […]
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Winners for the 2023 Sir Julius Vogel Awards, for the 2022 calendar year
Professional Categories Best Novel A Rake of HIs Own A.J. Lancaster Camberion Press Best Youth Novel The Rarkyn’s Familiar Nikky Lee Parliament House Press Best Novelette How to Marry a Winged King A.J. Lancaster FaRoFeb Best Novella How to Get a Girlfriend (When You’re a Terrifying Monster) Marie Cardno Paper Road Press Best Short […]
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AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
02 June 2023 Auckland Writers Festival |Waituhi O Tāmaki is thrilled to announce one of the UK’s leading literary industry talents as its new Artistic Director – ushering in a bold and exciting new era for New Zealand’s largest and most anticipated annual festival of books and ideas. Lyndsey Fineran, Deputy Head of Programming, international programme and […]
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$25,000 CLNZ NZSA Writers’ Award 2023 OPENS – call for applications!
The CLNZ | NZSA Writers’ Award of $25,000 is one of the highest non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature, and is now open for applications. He $25,000 te nui o te Karāti Kaituhi o te CLNZ me te NZSA, te karāti mātua mo ngā pakimaero-pono o ngā momo-tuhinga o Aotearoa. Ka taea e ngā Kaituhi te […]
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TEENAGER JOINS ESTABLISHED NAMES ON SHORTLIST FOR NATIONAL CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS
A 16-year-old Kāpiti Coast student is among the writers and illustrators announced today as finalists in the 2023 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, the preeminent celebration of books for Aotearoa’s young readers. Arlo Kelly, one of the Awards’ youngest ever finalists, is vying for the NZSA Best First Book Award with […]
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS- ‘FLYING SOLO’ – ANTHOLOGY OF NZ WRITING
Are you interested in submitting your work to be considered for inclusion in a themed anthology on the experience of single parenting? * We want to read your take on ‘solo parenting’ ─ whether humorous, enlightening, or challenging ─ in the genre of your choice: poetry, prose (creative non-fiction), or short fiction. You may be […]
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Storylines Notable Book Awards judges announced
Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa has announced the judges chosen to select the Storylines Notable Books for 2023 (for books published from 16 November 2022 to 15 November 2023). The panels of six for each of five categories (non-fiction, junior and YA fiction, picture books and books written […]
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Creative New Zealand and NZ On Air creative professionals research released
Media release 23 May 2023 Creative professionals are still earning considerably less than other New Zealand wage earners. Research just released shows that New Zealand’s creative professionals’ median income is $37,000, compared to the median of $61,800 for salary and wage earners. Forty four percent of creative professionals supplement their creative income with […]
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Vale to the Great Kevin Ireland
Haera ra to acclaimed New Zealand poet, NZSA Past-President, NZSA Past-President of Honour, long-standing NZSA member and friend to many writers. His health had been deteriorating and he was taken into hospice care on May 18th and died overnight, aged 89. we’ll stock up books and wine and pie then stop the clocks and […]
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Announcing the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023 winner!
Lee Murray is winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2023! The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Lee Murray on winning the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript Fox Spirit on a Distant Cloud. The prize was created by the NZSA and […]
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Four talented secondary school students awarded NZSA Youth Mentorships in 2023
Four talented secondary school students awarded mentorships with professional writers as part of NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Youth Mentorship Programme These young writers will hone their writing skills and develop their craft through the year as part of this programme and we congratulate them on their success. […]
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