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The 2018 Storylines Children’s Literature Notable Book List
The 2018 Storylines Children’s Literature Notable Book List, for the highest quality books in four genres published during 2017, is compiled from more than 100 entries from publishers by expert panels of authors, teachers, librarians, academics and parents. The annual list was begun by Storylines in 1999 and selection is eagerly sought by authors, illustrators […]
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2018 NZSA Writer Mentorships announced
Recipients have been selected for the New Zealand Society of Authors Mentorship Programme 2018 with thirteen chosen from a pool of ninety applicants. With a high level of commitment shown by the applicants and a wide variety of fascinating projects the judges had quite a task making their selection. Our 2018 mentees are emerging writers with […]
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Globally Recognised Writers and Thinkers Feature at 2018 Auckland Writers Festival
The country’s largest literary showcase, the Auckland Writers Festival, brings a world of stories and ideas to the city from the 15th to the 20th May, offering laughter, knowledge, ideas and inspiration for audiences of all ages with more than 160 of the planet’s best writers alive today. Appearing exclusively at the Festival is Norwegian […]
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GLOBAL: RSF shines light on ‘forbidden coverage’ of women’s rights
On International Women’s Day lets observe violations against women journalists, and men who cover gender issues… PARIS (Asia Pacific Report/Reporters Without Borders/Pacific Media Watch): To mark International Women’s Day tomorrow, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is publishing a report entitled “Women’s rights: Forbidden subject” which sheds light on the difficulties that journalists – both men and women – […]
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Philip Pullman calls for authors to get fairer share of publisher profits
His Dark Materials author condemns way book industry ‘allows corporate profits to be so high at a time when author earnings are markedly falling’ ‘I don’t like what publishers, corporately, are doing to the ecology of the book world’ … Philip Pullman. Philip Pullman has called on publishers to stop damaging “the ecology of the book […]
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Applications are now open for 2018 Shanghai International Writers’ programme
Michael King Writers’ Centre New Zealand China Friendship Society New Zealand’s literary exchange with China continues with the call for applications from New Zealand writers to attend the international writers’ programme run by the Shanghai Writers’ Association for eight weeks in September and October 2018. The successful writer will receive free accommodation in an […]
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Ockham Book Awards Celebrate 50th Anniversary with Stellar Finalist Line-up
Tuesday 6 March 2018 New Zealand’s premier literary awards celebrate their 50th anniversary with a rich collection of 16 finalist books by both lauded established writers and emerging stars. Announced today, the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists join a literary hall of fame that dates back to 1968 and features New Zealand’s most […]
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InternetNZ’s Copyright Proposals: Neither Balanced nor Fair
Internet NZ’s Copyright Proposal: ” Neither Balanced nor Fair ” by Hugh Stephens Hugh Stephens Blog source: shutterstock.com Copyright law is constantly under review–and that is a good thing–although the constant attack on the fundamental basis of copyright is, frankly, getting tiresome and dangerous. Last year Australia’s Productivity Commission undertook a major study of IP Down […]
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HIGH SPOT – new literary agency launches in NZ
high spot n. A highly regarded first or important edition of a book. The Agency Co-founded by literary agents Vicki Marsdon and Nadine Rubin Nathan, High Spot Literary is a full-service agency providing traditional literary agent services but with a broader marketing and social media eye. We are dedicated to guiding our authors to the greatest […]
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CompleteMS – open for applications
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that is ready to take to that next level? Apply now for the NZSA CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme – a programme that provides writers with essential critical feedback on an advanced work, moving it closer to publication. The NZSA CompleteMS manuscript assessment programme is now open […]
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#Read Women: International Women’s Day – The PEN International Women’s Manifesto going to the UN
The PEN International Women’s Manifesto The first and founding principle of the PEN Charter asserts that ‘literature knows no frontiers’. These frontiers were traditionally thought of as borders between countries and peoples. For many women in the world – and for almost all women until relatively recently – the first, and the last and perhaps […]
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Two NZ publishers shortlisted for BOLOGNA PRIZE – Best Children’s Publisher’s of the Year
Two NZ publishers have been nominated for the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year, which acknowledges the most significant publishers in each of the six areas of the world: Africa, Central and South America, North America, Asia, Europe and Oceania. The prize, now in it’s 6th year, is organized by […]
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