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NewsAcclaimed illustrator Donovan Bixley and the Te Awhi Rito Reading Ambassador Kate De Goldi are to be the keynote speakers at the Storylines Children’s Writers and Illustrators’ Nat...
15 December 2025
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NewsNiamh Vaughan is this year’s winner of the prestigious Adam Foundation Prize in Creative Writing at Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. The winner of the Biggs Famil...
10 December 2025
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NewsTeachers, librarians, authors, reviewers, former booksellers and passionate advocates for reading and te reo Māori make up the two experienced panels announced today by the New Zea...
10 December 2025
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NewsThe Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce the 18 New Zealand writers awarded residencies for its 2026 residency programme.
8 December 2025
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NewsSome of Aotearoa’s best short stories, read by well-known actors, are now available on podcast. Writers Write : Actors Read was recorded live at Ockham Collective’s The Nix in Auck...
7 December 2025
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NewsAfter its successful debut last year, ‘literary festival within a festival’ HamLit (Hamilton Literature) expands to include 11 events across the Festival’s opening weekend, hosted ...
2 December 2025
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NewsNew Zealand writers Laurence Fearnley and Bridget van der Zijpp have been awarded the prestigious 2026 Ireland Wilson Sargeson Fellowships.
1 December 2025
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NewsFor Writers! Apply now to be mentored by an experienced writer / industry expert and grow your writing practice.
30 November 2025
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NewsThe Teachers Reading Challenge, hosted by Read NZ Te Pou Muramura, returns for summer 2025-2026.
26 November 2025
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NewsFiction writer and artist Dr Terri Te Tau (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne ki Wairarapa) has been appointed as the Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Instit...
26 November 2025
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NewsThe organisers of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA) – which celebrate the best books for young readers published each year in Aotearoa – are now inv...
26 November 2025
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NewsThe New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa is delighted to announce that Fleur Beale is the NZSA 2026 President of Honour, who will deliver the prestigious NZSA ...
17 November 2025
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NewsThree superhero writers from Aotearoa are awarded the 2025 Prime Minister's Award for Literary Achievement at a ceremony in Te Whanganui-a Tara Wellington. They are Barbara Else MN...
12 November 2025
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NewsStorylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to announce the 2025 Storylines Notable Books list, representing the very best books for ch...
5 November 2025
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NewsAcclaimed poet Tusiata Avia MNZM has been appointed Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML) and Creative New Zealand Writ...
29 October 2025
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NewsThis Christmas, Kiwi Christmas Books is calling on New Zealanders to give a gift that lasts far beyond the holidays: a brand-new book, written and illustrated here at home.
28 October 2025
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NewsTwo NZ books will be awarded a 2025 White Raven Award at a ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair, with their books accessioned to the International Youth Library.
19 October 2025
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NewsThe New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Breton Dukes on winning the NZSA Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2025 to work on a coll...
16 October 2025
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NewsPoet Lynn Jenner has won the 2025 Kathleen Grattan Poetry Award for her manuscript ‘The Gum Trees of Kerikeri’, a collection set in Te Tai Tokerau Northland that reflects on place,...
15 October 2025
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NewsVincent O'Malley has been awarded the 2025 CLNZ | NZSA $25,000 Writers’ Award for his project Whenua: Māori Land Loss Since 1840.
13 October 2025
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NewsAward-winning author Becky Manawatu has taken out the prestigious Sargeson Prize with a quirky, unforgettable tale of a vase mysteriously resurrected after being smashed during a c...
11 October 2025