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Whitcoulls Top 50 Kids’ List announced today
Kiwi Kids chose NZ writers when asked to vote for their favourite books… When Kiwi kids got the chance to vote for their favourite books they voted overwhelmingly for New Zealand…
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Seeking new Landfall editor!
Expressions of interest are sought for the position of editor of Landfall (two issues per year) and Landfall Review Online (www.landfallreview.com), which posts six new book reviews online every…
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The 150th FlaxFlower book review has been posted on the flaxroots website.
In it North Shore author Vicky Adin’s book The Girl From County Clare, is hailed by its reviewer as a delightful novel that was hard to put down, well-researched, and…
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Ben Schrader named recipient of $25,000 CLNZ Writers’ Award
Ben Schrader, a freelance historian who specialises in urban history and the history of the built environment, was presented with the CLNZ Writers’ Award in Wellington on 21 September…
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Ahead of Frankfurt: Michael Healy on World Copyright Issues Publishers Need to Watch
‘Copyright has come to be seen by many outside our industry as an inhibitor to creativity,’ writes Michael Healy ahead of a special session at the Frankfurt…
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NZ poets shortlisted for $20,000 Montreal International Poetry Award 2017
Eight Australian and two New Zealand poets have been shortlisted for the C$20,000 (A$20,440) Montreal International Poetry Award 2017. Australians shortlisted for the award are S K Kelen for ‘Soldiers’;…
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Man Booker prize 2017: shortlist makes room for debuts alongside big names
George Saunders, Fiona Mozley and Emily Fridlund are nominated for their first novels, alongside new books from Ali…
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Announcing the shortlist for the NZ Heritage Book Awards and Writing Competition – Canterbury Branch
The New Zealand Society of Authors Canterbury Branch, announced today the shortlist for the annual NZ Heritage Book Awards and Writing Competition.
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Josephine Wilson’s Extinctions wins 2017 Miles Franklin Literary Award
Australia’s most prestigious literary award has been bestowed on Josephine Wilson for Extinctions, published by UWA Publishing. In a year…
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2017 Pikihuia Awards Winners announced
The winners for the 2017 Pikihuia Awards for Maori Writers were announced last week at Te Wharewaka o Poneke in Wellington.
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Jillian Sullivan wins NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship!
Central Otago writer Jillian Sullivan is the recipient of the NZSA Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2017. Jillian will use the fellowship to work on a collection of creative non-fiction essays…
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NZ POLITICAL PARTIES – ELECTION 2017
WHAT WILL THE POLITICAL PARTIES DO FOR NEW ZEALAND’S LITERARY SECTOR? In June our National President, Siobhan Harvey, penned a letter to the leaders of all major and minor political…
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