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NewsMessy Press, the exciting new children’s publisher based in Auckland has been awarded the 2026 Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publisher of the Year for Oceania at the Bologn...
1 May 2026
NewsStandout stories from Aotearoa populate this fabulous longlist, with the winner announced on the 25th July.
30 April 2026
NewsHelp make the new sculpture happen!
29 April 2026
NewsTania Roxborogh has been shortlisted for the prestigious Étoiles Bleues Literary Prize - the first New Zealand and first Māori author ever to be shortlisted.
29 April 2026
NewsDoes your organisation have the skills to run a creative programme with children and youth in care and protection?
22 April 2026
NewsNew Zealander Holly Ann Miller on the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize Shortlist.
13 April 2026
NewsNew Zealand’s national writer-residency organisation announces its 2026 International Residency with Australia.
13 April 2026
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NewsReaders are invited to celebrate with Enamoured Books on their first birthday.
24 March 2026
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NewsDo you have a completed draft of your manuscript that's ready to take to the next level? Check out the NZSA Complete Manuscript Programme, open now.
23 March 2026
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NewsNZSA announces the 13 emerging writers who will take up mentorships with some of NZ's best writers in 2026.
21 March 2026
NewsChris Blake, Athol McCredie, Kiri Lightfoot, Sonya Wilson and Gavin Bishop are winners in the 2026 NZ Booklovers Awards!
19 March 2026
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NewsVinaka vakalevu to Oratia Books for permission to use the artwork from Rere Atu ki Poronihia / Flight to Polynesia in the Pasifika Books 2026 catalogue.
13 March 2026
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NewsKete is excited to welcome award-winning author Gina Cole as guest editor for a celebration of Aotearoa’s Pasifika books and authors.
12 March 2026
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NewsA star-studded line-up bursting with well-known literary powerhouses, global thinkers and fresh new voices will take to the stage for the 27th Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o T...
12 March 2026
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NewsNew Voices of Aotearoa is back! Entries are open until the 15th March.
6 March 2026
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NewsStorylines are thrilled to announce their shortlisted writers for the 2026 Manuscript Awards, celebrating talent, imagination and storytelling excellence.
6 March 2026
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NewsKupu Kaitiaki & Kaituhi Mentor Programmes for Kaituhi Māori open For Applications February 20th - April 10th.
4 March 2026
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NewsNew Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern’s first book, A Different Kind of Power, has made the shortlist of the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
4 March 2026
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NewsWriting to his own beat: David Coventry has been appointed the University of Waikato's Kaipukahu Writer in Residence.
27 February 2026
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NewsHead to Akaroa for the exciting Readers and Writers Festival 2026.
23 February 2026
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NewsVerb Wellington announces new co-directors Gabrielle Vincent and Kate McDonald and the return of Verb Readers & Writers Festival in September 2026.
20 February 2026