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The Booker Prize 2022 longlist is announced…
The longlist for the Booker Prize 2022 has been announced! It includes the youngest and oldest authors ever to be nominated, as well as the shortest book, three debuts and two new publishers receiving their first ever nominations. Chair of the judges Neil MacGregor said ‘The list offers story, fable and parable, fantasy, mystery, meditation […]
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samesame but different, Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA+ Readers and Writers Festival 2023 events
samesame but different has rescheduled several live events for August and September. These include everything from poetry to a play-reading to an interactive zine-making workshop in Tāmaki Makaurau, and a satellite poets’ panel in Te Whanganui-a-Tara: Poetry Speakeasy | 16 August, 6-8pm Studio One Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland 1011 Our […]
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Witi Ihimaera on National Radio
Witi Ihimaera on National Radio This weekend the New Zealand Society of Authors will mark the 50th birthday of Witi Ihimaera’s groundbreaking collections of short stories, first published in 1972. Bryan Crump spoke to Witi July 26 ahead of the celebration. LISTEN HERE Link to Auckland roadshow information HERE
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2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel: Open for Entries
Text Publishing and the NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce entries for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel are now open. The Prize seeks fiction manuscripts by published and unpublished authors who are citizens or permanent residents of New Zealand. It celebrates […]
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TikTok has major impact on Whitcoulls’ most popular books
MEDIA RELEASE Monday July 25, 2022 TikTok’s influential #BookTok site has delivered major New Zealand book retailer Whitcoulls a whopping 49 percent more votes from enthusiastic readers, as they announce their 2022 Top 100 Books List today, Monday July 25, 2022. The impact of #BookTok on the List can be seen by the arrival […]
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Pen America at 100: A Reading List
This year is PEN America’s 100th anniversary, and to celebrate, we have a new reading list highlighting members of the organization who have produced some of the most influential works of the past century. What began in the aftermath of World War I as an American literary club with the intent of providing intellectual […]
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‘It was just part of her story’: Tessa Duder on writing periods into the Alex novels
All week we are examining our relationship with menstruation in Aotearoa. Read more Bleed Week content here. The night before her big race, Alex is struck by a familiar feeling within. “I was beginning to have a very unwelcome suspicion. It was another ten minutes before I could bring myself to get out of bed […]
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2022 Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Festival Oct 22-30- programme out now
HBRW 2022 PROGRAMME LAUNCHES! EARLY BIRD TICKETS NOW ON SALE The programme for the upcoming Hawke’s Bay Readers & Writers Festival has now launched, so Early Bird tickets are now ON SALE! Tickets will be at Early Bird prices until late August, so click through and check out what we have on! Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers […]
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NZSA Roadshows – On The Road Again
The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) is heading out, taking regional roadshows to Auckland Tāmaki Makau-rau, Napier Ahuriri and Taranaki New Plymouth. Writing is a solitary art – and NZSA has always provided a way for writers to get together, share experiences and learn to fine-tune their craft. Following two COVID years of […]
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Creative New Zealand releases 2022-2026 Statement of Intent
The Statement of Intent sets out Creative New Zealand’s 4-year plan, to achieve a vision of ‘dynamic and resilient New Zealand arts, valued in Aotearoa and internationally’. It describes how we create value for New Zealanders through our support for the arts, and what we need to do to increase that value and ensure […]
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WORD Christchurch programme is out!
Here it is – WORD Christchurch is on from 31 August to 4 September 2022. The programme is fresh out and is live now at https://wordchristchurch.co.nz/programme/
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Pen International – Gender, Diversity and Literature: recording and handbook
PEN International held a Civil Society Programme training webinar on Gender, Diversity, and Literature in English. This webinar unpacks the concepts of gender, intersectionality, and diversity and presents the nature and impact of discrimination on girls and women writers through case studies. You can find the recording of the webinar in English HERE They […]
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