• Shadbolt House: A New Writer’s Residency

    Posted on 1 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 1 September 2022

    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

    Posted on 31 August 2022

    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

    Posted on 30 August 2022

    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

    Posted on 29 August 2022

    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)

    Posted on 26 August 2022

    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

    Posted on 26 August 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 

    Posted on 26 August 2022

    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

    Posted on 26 August 2022

    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

    Posted on 26 August 2022

    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

    Posted on 26 August 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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  • Brown Ink – Script Development

    Posted on 25 August 2022

    Playmarket’s Brown Ink development programme is looking for Māori and Pasifika writers with the best new and original work.   The programme offers playwrights a development workshop with a professional script advisor and actors dedicated to helping you develop your play. Plays selected for development for Brown Ink that have gone to professional productions include Still […]

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