• NZ BOOKLOVERS AWARDS 2025 open for entries

    NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 ​ NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Fiction Book 2025, sponsored by Lighthouse PR We are looking for the best in storytelling, a novel we couldn’t put down. NZ Booklovers Award for Best Lifestyle Book 2025, sponsored by Benefitz Cooking, wine, architecture, lifestyle, home and garden, design, fashion – all the non-fiction books […]

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  • 2024 Storylines Notable Book Awards announced

    The annual Storylines Notable Books list, representing the very best books for children and young adult published in the last twelve months, has been released by the Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa.    “Congratulations to all the creators and publishers of this year’s award winners”, says Storylines Trust chair, Christine Young. […]

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  • Anna Smaill named as 2025 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence

    Acclaimed novelist Anna Smaill has been appointed as Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writer in Residence for 2025. Anna began her publishing career with a volume of poetry, The Violinist in Spring, which was released in 2005 by Te Herenga Waka University Press. Her […]

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  • AMPLIFY – Draft Plan for Arts Strategy out now

    The Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith has released a draft of a national creative and cultural strategy, Amplify: A Creative and Cultural Strategy for New Zealand (Draft) 2024 – 2030. Amplify is a national strategy that shows how government will work with the creative and cultural sectors to deliver support for the sectors’ development. The vision […]

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  • New Bookshop Guide for NZ Indie authors

    A New Guide for Self-published/Indie Authors from Booksellers NZ and NZSA has been launched. This guide forms a set of protocols on how to get your book stocked in bookshops and achieve trade sales. This covers how to approach bookshops, what you need to show and present, what the terms of trade are, promotion and […]

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  • Nga Po e Rewa Pū – Motueka Hui Oct 25-27 Report from Donna MacLeod – Te Kaituhi Māori

    To Sir with love. How does one encapsulate Space. The  Space of Creativity The Creative Space within Te Aō Māori. The Space where a Master stands before you gifting 3 hours but continues for 6 hours. We witnessed one standing in Mana We were gifted a legacy. “A life-changing experience.” Harold Helmbright “I found inspiration […]

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  • NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2025 – open for applications

    Award for fresh writing with a ‘unique and original vision’ The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize celebrates the life and work of the writer Laura Solomon. As set by Laura, the main criteria for the exciting prize is for new writing with a ‘unique and original vision’. Published and unpublished writers are invited to […]

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  • Secondary School Teacher Wins NZ’s Biggest Short Story Competition

    Secondary School Teacher Wins NZ’s Biggest Short Story Competition Monday, 4 November 2024, 9:47 am Press Release: Stuff Christchurch secondary school teacher Rebecca Ball, screenwriter Wayne Hotu and year 11 student Eassin Wang are the winners of the prestigious Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards, sharing in a total prize pool of $20,000. Ball takes home $15,000 […]

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  • The Richell Prize Shortlist Announced 2024

    Hachette Australia, along with the Richell family, and in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival (EWF) and Simpsons Solicitors, is delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Richell Prize for Emerging Writers, now in its tenth year. This year there were over 1000 entries and every entry was read by two readers before the […]

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  • Announcing the winner of the Central Districts Short Story competition

    Announcing the winner of the Central Districts Short Story competition Central Districts Branch are happy to announce the winner of our branch’s winter short story competition. Rangi Hapi is a Tararua writer and his story, ‘The Promise’, skilfully spans a relationship over several years, including into a frightening near-future.  It fits well into the theme […]

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  • Meet Your 2024 Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates

    Te Tumu Toi LaureatesLast night, Aotearoa New Zealand’s creative community came together in full force to celebrate the arts, and the artists shaping our nation’s future. This year, we are delighted to honour eight Arts Foundation Te Tumu Toi Laureates – artists that have been outstanding in their field, and are having a significant impact.They […]

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  • Sargeson Prize for short stories won by writer of topical, political tale 

    The writer of a political, quintessentially New Zealand story has taken the top spot in one of New Zealand’s richest short story competitions, securing a $10,000 prize.   Benn Jeffries of Wellington was named winner of the 2024 Sargeson Prize with his short story ‘Greywacke’ on Saturday evening at the 21st annual Frank Sargeson Memorial […]

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