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2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards winners named
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2023 winners announced!
2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards finalists announced
Bestselling books by both debut writers and established literary luminaries feature among the 16 finalists in the 2023 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards announced today.
$25,000 Writers' Award goes to Jade Kake
1 September: $25,000 Writers' Award has been awarded to Writer, Architectural Designer, and Housing Advocate, Jade Kake
Going West Goes Online and Free in September
Going West Festival’s 26th season moves online for September, offering three freshly curated live conversations with Aotearoa’s finest writers of prose, poetry and culture.
Gift for Auckland Poet on Janet Frame’s Birthday (28 August)
28 August: The Janet Frame Literary Trust is delighted to announce the recipient of the 2021 Janet Frame Literary Trust Award for Poetry
Inspirational Kiwis Roadshow takes new book from the Far North to Stewart Island
Dreydon Sobanja tours schools, libraries and bookshops nationwide with inspirational new book on New Zealand runners (foreword by Allison Roe)
Signals Young Writers Awards — are you a writer aged 16-21?
Are you a writer aged 16-21? 2021 Signals Young Writers Awards open now — close 15 October — enter now!
Michael King Writers Centre announces new international residency exchange opportunity with Varuna
Michael King Writers Centre announces international residency exchange with Varuna (The Australian National Writers House in Katoomba, NSW)
New Zealand writers shortlisted for 2021 Ned Kelly Awards
28 July: New Zealand writers shortlisted for 2021 Ned Kelly Awards