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NewsFrom October 10–16 2026, ‘Little Yarns Festival of Reading’, a new mini children’s reading festival from the creators of Yarns in Barns, will bring five of NZ’s best junior fiction...
25 September 2026
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NewsWilliams will use the award to write an untitled work on the life of artist Robyn Kahukiwa.
25 September 2026
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NewsNearly half of the books on the 2026 Whitcoulls Kids’ Top 50 spring from New Zealand authors.
25 September 2026
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NewsA book created to encourage a love of ornithology in children has been judged the best designed in Aotearoa at the 2026 PANZ Book Design Awards.
25 September 2026
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NewsThe 2026 National hui for children's writers and illustrators run by Storylines is set to be the biggest yet.
24 September 2026
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NewsRead on for more about the 12 experts that will be this year's judges.
21 September 2026
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NewsTāwhia Copyright Aotearoa (TCA) and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (NZSA) are proud to announce five young writers who have received the inaugural TC...
21 September 2026
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NewsApplications are now open for the 2027 Ireland Wilson Sargeson Fellowships.
21 September 2026
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NewsAuckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki is delighted to welcome acclaimed poet and former New Zealand Poet Laureate Chris Tse as an Observer to its Board of Trustees.
21 September 2026
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NewsThe Dunedin Fringe Arts Trust invites you all to the 2026 NZ Young Writers Festival.
21 September 2026
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NewsAward-winning writer Tina Makereti (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāti Rangatahi-Matakore) has been named the 2026 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellow, giving her the opportunity to...
11 September 2026
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NewsAll about books in Aotearoa – all in te reo Māori. Katoa mō ngā pukapuka i Aotearoa – katoa i te reo Māori.
10 September 2026
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NewsApplications for the sought-after Randall Cottage Residency are open!
4 September 2026
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NewsBebe Ngaruko, Monique Fiso, Wendy Parkins, and Duncan Sarkies have been awarded the $5000 TCA/NZSA 2026 Research Grants.
4 September 2026
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NewsThe 'surprising, delightful and completely refreshing' winner of the 2026 Margaret Mahy Illustration prize is announced.
1 September 2026
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NewsXavier Tapsell, a Year 13 student from Tauranga Boys’ College, is the winner of the 2026 National Schools Poetry Award.
28 August 2026
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NewsCheck out some of the sessions at WORD that are sure to catch your attention!
28 August 2026
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NewsNational Poetry Day is here, with readings, performances, workshops and competitions taking poetry into libraries, schools, bookshops and community spaces from Te Tai Tokerau to Mu...
27 August 2026
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NewsTwelve incisive and tense stories make up a compelling list.
24 August 2026
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NewsThe Te Pae Tawhiti Award winners were announced tonight at an Awards Gala as part of Hamilton Book Month.
24 August 2026
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NewsSacha Cotter and Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata)'s A GUIDE TO ROCKS wins the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award.
19 August 2026