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The Importance of Publishing Inclusivity for Indie Authors
March 8, 2021 Orna Ross Running An Author Business Today’s authors can be creative business owners building independent publishing enterprises based on intellectual property (IP). Yet many independent authors forgo their independence, and compromise the value of their IP, by signing or assigning their books exclusively to another business without due diligence. Orna Ross explores […]
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NZSA Oral History Podcast – New Season
Season Four of the New Zealand Society of Authors Oral History Podcast is launching next week! We are delighted to have Karyn Hay returning as host. In the new season we will bring you the voices of authors from the deep south of New Zealand. We’ll be featuring interviews from last year, and some from […]
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AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL 11 – 16 MAY 2021 – Programme out now
View newsletter in your browser OUR 2021 PROGRAMME IS LIVE! For six glorious days from 11 to 16 May, we will present over 200 writers with events that include conversation, reading, debate, and performance, as well as schools’, family and free events, ranging fiction, non-fiction, poetry, music, theatre, culture, art and more. This year’s Auckland Writers […]
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Brexit – Warning of a sea-change in territorial copyright
In News, Opinion & Commentary by Richard Charkin February 10, 20213 Comments Richard Charkin: Brexit Ushers British Publishing Into New Territory An inevitable ‘sea change in trade book publishing,’ writes Richard Charkin, may accelerate as Brexit puts the UK industry’s EU exclusivity into a new light. A shot from February 6 in London’s Parliament Square. Image – iStockphoto: VV […]
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Women’s Prize for Fiction Longlist 2021
We announce this year’s Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist. This year’s sixteen longlisted books cover both new and well-established writers and a range of genres. This year’s longlist honours both new and well-established writers and a range of genres and themes – family (twins and siblings, mother-daughter relationships); motherhood; rural poverty and isolation; addiction; […]
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Nominations for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel awards – closes March 31
Nominations for the 2021 Sir Julius Vogel awards are now open. The nomination period will close at 11:59pm on 31st March 2021. The SJV awards recognise excellence in science fiction, fantasy, or horror works created by New Zealanders and New Zealand residents, and first published or released in the 2020 calendar year. Anyone can make […]
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Auckland Writers Festival Programme Launch
Join us from 6:15PM Wednesday 10 March as we launch the 2021 Festival Programme. Watch Festival Director Anne O’Brien unveil the lineup via livestream: https://tinyurl.com/AWF21launch and check out the full Programme at http://www.writersfestival.co.nz/ from 7:00PM. Tickets on sale 12 March.
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Announcing the 2021 Stella Prize longlist
4 MARCH 2021 Announcing the 2021 Stella Prize longlist The Stella judges have selected twelve outstanding books for the 2021 Stella Prize longlist. The 2021 Stella Prize is now in full swing! The longlist was announced on Thursday evening in a special event online, featuring Executive Director of Stella, Jaclyn Booton, in conversation with Chair […]
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UK Author Unions Launch Investigation Into ‘Partner Publishing’
UK Author Unions Launch Investigation Into ‘Partner Publishing’ In News by Porter Anderson March 3, 2021 Citing ‘a sharp rise in complaints’ about companies that charge writers to produce their work, author-advocacy unions open a study. Solomon: ‘They Call Themselves Publishers’ The Society of Authors and Writers’ Guild of Great Britain – the United Kingdom’s two authors’ unions–have announced […]
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Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand join the family of sponsors of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand has always been strong supporters of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards and is delighted to have cemented that support of these significant awards by signing a five-year agreement to sponsor the Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction. Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand Chief Executive Dan Slevin says, ‘We […]
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CLNZ Board seeks intern director
Appoint | Find director & advisory board positions in NZ (appointbetterboards.co.nz) The CLNZ Board is advertising for an intern to join the Board. The position is for someone between 18 and 30 years of age who is seeking governance experience through working with a highly skilled group of Directors in an established […]
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