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Kiwis love to read to their children – READ NZ survey
82% of parents of young children read with them at least once a week and usually at bedtime, according to the Read NZ National Reading Survey released today. Around a third reported their children under 10 years of age had a particular book they liked to be read repeatedly, while 55% said they wished they […]
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Three Auckland photographers and one from Hamilton have taken top honours in the new Aotearoa Photobook Awards
The photographers are Aucklanders Solomon Mortimer and Zahra Killen- Chance, for their photobook A Room in Whanganui, which explores the studio room of the Tylee Cottage in Whanganui, and Sheryl Campbell whose photobook Droplet uses humour and theatricality to shine a light on sexism, objectification and assault in corporate New Zealand. Hamilton photographer Mark Purdom’s […]
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The Coalition for Books welcomes Kim Meredith as new Manager
As reported late last year, the wonderful Jill Rawnsley is signing off from her Coalition manager’s role and the Coalition set about recruitment for the role. The Coalition for Books is delighted to advise that a strong appointment has been made with Kim Meredith taking over the reigns from Monday, March 14th. Melanie Laville-Moore, […]
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NZ Representation at Bologna and Shanghai Children’s Book Fairs 2022/ Huia & Beatnik up for Bologna Award
PANZ is delighted to welcome Maria Leonardi as manager of the PANZ stand at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, which runs from 22 to 25 March. Maria is organising the NZ stand and also coordinating meetings to present books from the exhibiting publishers. Well-known in the international publishing world, Maria was until recently the editorial […]
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CNZ Remuneration Policy for Artists and Arts Practitioners
Remuneration Policy for Artists and Arts Practitioners: Summary of Consultation Report Ko te Mahere Utu mā Ngā Kaitoi, Kaiwaihanga Toi: tuhinga whakarāpopoto o ngā kōrero i kohia Released March 3, 2022 READ HERE
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NZSA Central Districts Branch Summer Essay competition results
Where writers from all over central district told us about where they lived, the people and spaces that made their “there” special. FIRST PLACE went to Palmerston North writer Anna Sophia with her essay @42 HIGHLY COMMENDED were Shelley Burne Field from Takapau with The Shape of Me, and Miriam Sharland from Palmerston North with Westerly. […]
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A message from PEN UKRAINE to all PEN INTERNATIONAL members
Dear friends, thank you so much for your help and support! We are still fighting with Russia and the biggest part of the country sleeps in bomb shelters. Some of our authors were forced to leave their homes because Russian missiles have ruined their cities and villages. Around 40 PEN Ukraine members are still in […]
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Pen International condemns invasion of Ukraine
PEN International, the literary and free expression organisation, has released a letter signed by over 1000 writers worldwide, expressing solidarity with writers, journalists, artists, and the people of Ukraine, condemning the Russian invasion and calling for an immediate end to the bloodshed. Read in Ukrainian, Russian, Arabic, French and Spanish. To our friends and colleagues in Ukraine, We, writers around the […]
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Judges Announce ‘Surprisingly Diverse’ Shortlist
Dazzling and diverse writing that reveals and reflects our changing world is the hallmark of the sixteen finalist books in the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, announced today. The shortlist – selected from a longlist of 40 books by four panels of specialist judges (for fiction, poetry, illustrated non-fiction and general non-fiction) – includes […]
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All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou 2022
The great All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou pivot continues! To everyone feeling the turbulence right now; we’re with you. Hā ki roto – breathe in. Hā ki waho – breathe out. And onwards. Introducing: All in for Arts: He waka toi e eke noa nei tātou – the […]
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NZSA CompleteMS Programme opens
Do you have a completed draft of your manuscript that’s ready to take to the next level? Poetry, fiction, short fiction, non-fiction… Apply now for the NZSA Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa CompleteMS Manuscript Assessment Programme. The NZSA CompleteMS assessment programme is now open for applications. Thirteen successful applicants will receive essential critical feedback on an advanced work, moving it closer to […]
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Antipodes journal features Patricia Grace – call out
We invite essay submissions for a special feature section in Antipodes, journal of the American Association for Australasian Studies (AAALS) examining the work of Māori author Patricia Grace, of Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Raukawa and Te Āti Awa descent, and affiliated to Ngāti Porou by marriage. In 1978, with Mutuwhenua, Patricia Grace was the first Māori […]
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