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PRESENTING THE CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNERS – 2022
Congratulations to all CBCA Winning and Honours Authors, Illustrators and Publishers for 2022 Download the Winners – 2022 in PDF Watch the special 2022 Book of the Year announcement on YouTube THE BOOK OF THE YEAR: OLDER READERS Entries in this category may be fiction, drama or poetry and should be appropriate in style and content for readers in […]
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Shadbolt House: A New Writer’s Residency
The house once owned by the writer Maurice Shadbolt has taken a giant step towards becoming a writer’s residency, under the management of Going West, the longest-running literary festival in Aotearoa. Auckland Council voted unanimously on August 25 to transfer the Titirangi house once owned by writer Maurice Shadbolt to the Going West Trust. Auckland […]
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Cash for Screenwriters
Here’s a two great development funding opportunities for screenwriters! NZ Writers Guild is proud to say that we now administer development funding for screenwriters-only in both feature film and series development, they are: Seed and Seed Advanced for screenwriters looking to write a first draft of a feature film screenplay Seed = $7,500 + $2500 […]
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Ngaio Marsh 2022 Finalists announced
Congratulations to these NZ writers shortlisted for the Ngaio Marsh Awards, announced this week.
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Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara | The Māori Language Festival of Wellington
Te Hui Ahurei Reo Māori o Te Whanganui-a-Tara, the Māori Language Festival of Wellington, is happening across Pōneke this September to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Māori language petition delivered to Parliament in September, 1972. With te reo Māori focused arts and events, many of the whānau-friendly experiences are either free, or you […]
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Chris Tse’s “Life-Changing Opportunity” As NZ’s Latest Poet Laureate
26 Aug 2022 from THE BIG IDEA A big announcement on National Poetry Day – find out the reaction to the “glam-rock poetry superstar’s” appointment and the difference he plans to make. Chris Tse collects accolades at a phenomenal rate – it would be alarming if it wasn’t so impressive. His latest is one that […]
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Philip Matthews wins 2022 Reviewer of the Year award at Voyager Media Awards (again)
WINNER: Philip Matthews | newsroom.co.nz JUDGES: Anthony Byrt & Gilbert Wong “In one of the reviews in his submission, Philip Matthews writes: “We’re living through a painful and fast-moving time.” His calm and astute assessments of Charlotte Grimshaw and C.K Stead’s books position each at a respective front in the culture wars. That is not novel but […]
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Hachette Aotearoa NZ announces the winner of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize for 2022
Hachette Aotearoa NZ and the Margaret Mahy Estate are thrilled to announce Jessica Twohill as the winner of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize 2022. The judging panel said Twohill’s illustrations of Margaret Mahy’s iconic children’s book The Witch in the Cherry Tree were “thoughtful, full of humour and packed with detail.” The judging panel also loved the world building […]
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Four cash grants awarded to support local writers
The 2022 Copyright Licensing New Zealand and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in Aotearoa. The $5,000 grants support local writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. The selection panel, Deborah Challinor, David Eggleton and […]
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2023 Writers in Residence Programme
The Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, is now open for applications. Writers awarded a residency can look forward to peaceful accommodation, the use of a writing studio, a supporting stipend and the opportunity to […]
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Chris Tse is New Zealand’s next poet laureate
When queer Asian-Kiwi writer Chris Tse started reading and writing poetry at the age of 16, he felt he’d finally found something he could pursue. “Poetry has always been this constant. It’s the thing I reach for, for comfort and connection, it’s helped me make wonderful friendships and relationships with people. It’s been a significant part of […]
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Tsunami poem wins National Schools Poetry Award 2022
26 August 2022 Joshua Toumu’a, a Year 12 student from Wellington High School, has won the 2022 International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) National Schools Poetry Award with a poem that creates a vivid snapshot of the aftermath of the Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha’apai eruption and the ensuing tsunami. Joshua, who is of Tongan, Papua New Guinean, […]
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