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School Library Week going strong
Aotearoa’s inaugural School Library Week is happening this week. School Library Association of New Zealand Aotearoa – Te Puna Whare Mātauranga a Kura, SLANZA, instigated Aotearoa NZ School Library Week to celebrate the valuable role school libraries have in education and to acknowledge the work of school librarians. The message of support from Hon Jan […]
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(Hawke’s) Bay authors part of day of writing workshops – NZ Herald
Most people have heard the line “everyone has a book in them”. If you think this applies to you, the Ahuriri Roadshow is your chance to do something about it. Run by the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc), Ahuriri Roadshow is a series of professional development […]
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Congratulations to the winners of 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults!
The 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have just wrapped up and congratulations to all the winners! Atua: Māori Gods and Legends, by Gavin Bishop (Puffin, Penguin Random House) cleaned up, winning the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award and $7,500; the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction and $7,500; and […]
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Lōemis Festival 2021: Epilogue
Five Aotearoa writers read new works exploring themes of transition, inevitability, rest, activity, optimism and infinity, accompanied by newly composed music by Andrew Laking, in collaboration with Nigel Collins. See here! (scroll down to 9:30pm, Sound Lounge) This was recorded at the 2021 Loemis Festival in Wellington, featuring: Chris Tse, Rebecca Hawkes, Harry Ricketts, Ruby […]
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Storylines National Story Tour visits Southland
It’s all happening next week! 15 -19 August 2022. The Storylines Story Tour visits schools and libraries in these centres: • Monday 15 August-Invercargill • Tuesday 16 August-Invercargill and Woodlands • Wednesday 17 August-Mataura, Gore, Pukerau, Otama, Riversdale • Thursday 18 August -Balfour, Lumsden, Winton, Heddon Bush, Nightcaps,Clifton • Friday 19 August-Riverton, Appleby, Bluff Presenting […]
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Māori Twitter, and other issues – Newsroom
An honest kōrero with Hawke’s Bay writer Shelley Burne-Field and author Colleen Maria Lenihan. Shelley: Kia ora e hoa, We both did Te Papa Tupu, the mentoring programme run by the Māori Literature Trust. Now I’m doing the New Zealand Society of Authors mentoring programme. I’ve talked to a couple of dozen people over the […]
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Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador Ben Brown features in Changing South: The importance of stories.
Watch it here. “For Ben Brown, stories are everything. ‘They give you the first idea of yourself. You know, the stories that people tell about you, that’s who you are,’ he says…” Newsroom link HERE
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PANZ market size report 2021
The data in this report is taken from a Market Size Survey conducted by Nielsen BookData with PANZ members in Feb/March 2022 and is ©Nielsen BookData 2022. This report was compiled for the use of the Publishers Association of New Zealand, the New Zealand Society of Authors, and Copyright Licensing New Zealand and is […]
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Adam NZ Play Award 2023
Submissions are now open for the 2023 Adam NZ Play Award. Awards may be given in the following categories: – Best Play – Best Play by a Māori Playwright – Best Play by a Pasifika Playwright – Best Play by a Woman Playwright – McNaughton South Island Play Award – Dean Parker Adaptation or Non-Fiction Award The […]
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Verb Residency open for applications
Verb Wellington and Katherine Mansfield House & Garden invite writers from anywhere in Aotearoa to apply opportunity to spend time in one of the world’s most vibrant literary cities to focus on your writing. For three weeks between 23 October – 13 November 2022 you will have a dedicated writing space at Katherine Mansfield’s birthplace […]
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Commonwealth’s adda calls for submissions
The Commonwealth Foundation is delighted to launch the 2022-2023 adda call for submissions. Writers are invited to submit creative non-fiction, short fiction, short graphic fiction and poetry on the theme of healthy communities. What does health mean to us as individuals and as societies? How does the climate crisis impact our health? What is the […]
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Māori language publishing is growing – PANZ report
The Publishers Association of NZ / Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) launched the Book Industry Market Size Report 2021 at their conference this week. The report highlights key findings from survey results and looks at the shape of Aotearoa New Zealand Publishing. The good news is that the book market remains buoyant — Trade publishing […]
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