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Kiwi Writer Makes Literary History
In a world first, Tauranga author, Lee Murray, doubled her Bram Stoker Award® achievements of last year, receiving a further two prestigious literary awards at a gala event hosted by the Horror Writers Association (HWA) at the Curtis Hotel in Denver, USA on 14 May. Named for the author of the seminal horror novel Dracula, […]
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Aotearoa loves micros! Call for submission
A new volume of micro fictions celebrating languages of Aotearoa! National Flash Fiction Day celebrates 10 years: 2012-2022. This year we will publish an anthology of microfictions with the theme ‘Languages of Aotearoa’. We are looking for work from writers with bilingual and multilingual origins/ experiences. The book will include two kinds of micros and […]
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Books Create Australia & Election results
The Australian Society of Authors (ASA) congratulates the Labor party on its election to government, and is looking forward to working with the new Arts Minister to develop a strategic approach to literature, the book industry, and reading, as part of a broader national cultural policy. ASA CEO, Olivia Lanchester, said, ‘We offer our congratulations […]
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2022 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Regional Winners
We are pleased to announce this year’s Commonwealth Short Story Prize regional winners! The 2022 overall winner will be announced in an online ceremony at 1pm, Tuesday 21 June, and at a special event as part of the Commonwealth People’s Forum in Kigali, Rwanda. Africa ‘and the earth drank deep’ Ntsika Kota (Eswatini) Asia ‘The […]
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Writer’s residence in French Polynesia
Calling writers from Oceania – two months immersion in literary creation in the fenua. Time and resources in support of a writer from the Pacific. The Publishers’ Association of Tahiti and its islands, AETI (Association des éditeurs de Tahiti et des îles), has been working for 20 years to develop reading and the book trade […]
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NZ Booklovers Awards 2023
Entries open now for the NZ Booklovers Awards 2023. ‘We are thrilled to be offering the NZ Booklovers Awards for a fifth year, to recognise the talented authors we have in New Zealand,’ says Karen McMillan. ‘We are delighted to announce a new award for 2023, The Junior Fiction Children’s Book Award, to join our […]
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Trauma beneath the surface of Mahy’s teen publishing
Margaret Mahy, New Zealand’s most celebrated children’s writer, is renowned for her warm-hearted authorial persona and playful writing style, says Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington PhD graduate Dr Yuanyuan Liang. But trauma underlies many of her works for teenagers. “Mahy’s characters suffer traumatic events ranging from death of someone close, to bullying and abuse, […]
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Call for Papers! Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation – Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium
Scarred Nations: Intrastate Conflict, Legacies and Reconciliation – Titiro Whakamuri ki anga Whakamua Symposium 16–21 April 2023, Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Aotearoa New Zealand The organising partners for Scarred Nations are delighted to invite paper submissions to this international, multidisciplinary symposium showcasing academic and creative work on intrastate conflict, its legacies, and […]
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More than 1400 children tune into special live reading event with award-winning NZ author
Classrooms and libraries right across the country tuned in to a special live book reading by award-winning Kiwi author and NZSA member Tania Roxborogh on Wednesday – the first in a series of live author events being held as part of HELL’s growing annual Reading Challenge. The live readings are a new addition to […]
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Announcing the shortlist for the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize
Announcing the shortlist for the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2022 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel. The author of the winning manuscript will receive a contract for world rights […]
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State of the Arts Survey Aotearoa, February-March 2022 Summary of findings
Summary of findings This report presents the findings from an online survey of those in the creative sector in Aotearoa, between February-March 2022. This is the second national survey in a series of surveys intended to track the state of the arts sector in Aotearoa. In total there were 707 respondents nationwide, and results are […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2022 Winners’ Announcement
‘Intense, Clever and Sexy as Hell’ Novel Wins Country’s Richest Writing Prize Wellington novelist and playwright Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa, Ngāti Whakaue, Tūhourangi, Pākehā) has won the $60,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction at the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for her book Kurangaituku – a richly imagined contemporary retelling of […]
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