• Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2023 Winners’ Announcement

    Posted on 18 May 2023

       Novel that New Zealanders have ‘clasped to their hearts’ wins country’s richest writing prize. Celebrated New Zealand writer Catherine Chidgey has won the $64,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for The Axeman’s Carnival – a page-turning novel of depth, pathos and humanity that skilfully infuses […]

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  • Danny Keenan receives the 2023 Michael King Writer’s Fellowship

    Posted on 17 May 2023

    03 APR 2023 It was announced on Friday that Dr Danny Keenan (Ngāti Te Whiti ki Te Ātiawa) is the 2023 recipient of Michael King Writer’s Fellowship. Congratulations Danny! Danny will use the fellowship to support the writing of his new work is called In Sickness and In Health: A Cultural History of Three Māori Pandemics 1895-2021. It’s an […]

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  • Books without barriers: a practical guide to inclusive publishing

    Posted on 12 May 2023

    27 April 2023 | resources-for-editors Books without barriers is written and designed by members of IPEd’s Accessibility Initiative Working Party. It outlines the barriers to reading that people with print disability may experience if their needs are not supported, and describes how to avoid creating these barriers at each stage of the publishing process.   The guide is […]

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  • Guest Curator, New Zealand Young Writers Festival 2023

    Posted on 11 May 2023

    The New Zealand Young Writers Festival (NZYWF) comprises four days of free, fun literary-focused events held annually in Ōtepoti/Dunedin. We are looking for a passionate, energetic writer to be this year’s festival Guest Curator! Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust More about Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust The New Zealand Young Writers Festival (NZYWF) comprises four days of free, […]

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  • NZSA stands with the Writers Guild of America

    Posted on 11 May 2023

      The Writers Guild of America has called a strike with effect from 2 May, after talks broke down with a group representing major studios and streaming services.   The strike action began after the expiration of a Minimum Basic Agreement (MBA) with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP). According to the Writers […]

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  • CLNZ NZSA Research Grants 2023 OPEN

    Posted on 11 May 2023

    Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers Applications are now open for the CLNZ | NZSA Research Grants to help you research for your fiction or non-fiction writing project. Kua tuwhera ināianei ngā tono mō ngā Karāti Rangahau o te CLNZ | NZSA hei āwhina atu māu e rangahau tō hinonga, tō kōrero paki, […]

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  • 2022 Australian Shadows Awards finalists announced!

    Posted on 9 May 2023

    The judges have read everything with great criticism, arguments were had, fights broke out and bodies were buried in shallow graves… *touches earpiece* Errr, okay. I’m being told none of that happened. In fact, all the judges did an amazing job and our huge thanks go out to them. And now, the AHWA is very […]

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  • 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize Shortlist Announced

    Posted on 5 May 2023

    Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. Five excellent manuscripts by New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for this year’s prize: How to Stop a River by G. M. […]

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  • Kete and Storylines spotlight New Zealand junior and young adult fiction with new bestseller list

    Posted on 4 May 2023

    Kete Books and Storylines have launched a new monthly bestseller list to help showcase and promote the excellent junior and young adult fiction books written and published in Aotearoa New Zealand. View the Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List, sponsored by Storylines. Created with data collected by Nielsen BookScan, the new list focuses on […]

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  • The Michael King Writers Centre announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia

    Posted on 3 May 2023

    3 May 2023 New Zealand writer Emma Hislop and Australian writer Fiona Kelly McGregor have been announced as the recipients of the 2023 New Zealand-Australia residency exchange, an international residency programme held by Varuna, the Australian National Writers House in collaboration with the Michael King Writers Centre in Auckland. The four-week residency exchange will take […]

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  • On World Press Freedom Day, PEN International mobilizes in support of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai

    Posted on 3 May 2023

    PEN INTERNATIONAL PRESS RELEASE 03 May 2023 (London, UK) –To mark the 30th anniversary of World Press Freedom Day (3 May 2023), PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, mobilizes its Centres in support of imprisoned journalist, media publisher, activist and writer, Jimmy Lai, who is currently facing a potential life sentence for his […]

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  • Mātātuhi Foundation increase in grants

    Posted on 2 May 2023

      Mātātuhi Foundation’s 10th funding round will be accompanied by a substantial increase in grant amounts. In the upcoming rounds in May and October, applicants can now apply for between $5,000 and $20,000 in funding for a literary project. In previous years, the maximum was $5,000. Since its launch in 2018, the Foundation has funded close […]

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