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NewsToday’s Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day festivities are further elevated by the announcement of Robert Sullivan (Ngāpuhi, Kāi Tahu) as New Zealand Poet Laureate for 2025–...
21 August 2025
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NewsKeiko Bruce, a year 13 student from One Tree Hill College in Auckland, is the winner of the 2025 National Schools Poetry Award.
21 August 2025
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NewsAotearoa’s love of poetry comes alive today as Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day bursts into action, with more than 100 events igniting imaginations across the motu.
21 August 2025
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NewsApplications are open for the 2026 Kaipukahu Writer in Residence. The award fosters New Zealand writing by providing a full-time opportunity for a writer to work in an academic env...
18 August 2025
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NewsEboni Waitere (Ngāti Kahungunu, Rangitāne) has made history as the first Māori President of the Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ), following her appoi...
7 August 2025
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NewsSubmissions for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards opened on the 5th August. Governed by the New Zealand Book Awards Trust Te Ohu Tiaki i Te Rau Hiringa, these prestigious awa...
7 August 2025
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NewsThe Michael King Writers Centre is pleased to announce that next year’s programme of residencies at the historic Signalman’s House on Takarunga Mt Victoria in Devonport, Auckland, ...
6 August 2025
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NewsNZ book sector unites to drive growth, protect copyright and increase local and global visibility as a priority.
5 August 2025
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NewsThe full Calendar of Events for Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2025 is officially live today — unveiling a vibrant and wide-reaching celebration set to sweep Aotearoa on ...
30 July 2025
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NewsThe New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) congratulates Susanna Elliffe on winning the 2025 NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize with her manuscript...
27 July 2025
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NewsKUPU Ngā Ringa Tuhituhi Māori Writers Festival — one of Aotearoa’s first and only Māori writers festivals — returns to Rotorua this year with a bold new line-up and a continued com...
25 July 2025
NewsAotearoa's most beautiful books are in the spotlight with the announcement of the finalists for the 2025 PANZ Book Design Awards.
22 July 2025
NewsNow in their eighth year, the NZ Booklovers Awards have opened for 2026 entries.
22 July 2025
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NewsThe most joyful children’s literature event of the year is surely the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults ceremony. Readers are invited to join the celebration at...
16 July 2025
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NewsA groundbreaking new award dedicated to speculative fiction by Aotearoa and Pasifika creatives, the Te Pae Tawhiti Awards, is set to open for submissions this July-August.
16 July 2025
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NewsThe fifteenth Ngaio Marsh Award for Best Novel longlist is announced, with founder Craig Sisterson calling it 'facinatingly varied.'
15 July 2025
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NewsCalling for applications from writers of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and drama with a literary track record, who are currently working on a new project.
13 July 2025
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NewsBookmark Kāpiti is a festival of stories, people and places connected to the Kāpiti Coast.
9 July 2025
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NewsWriters, thinkers and performers bring the joy of words to Ōtautahi Christchurch this August.
8 July 2025
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NewsNew Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults have released their popular finalist activity booklet just in time for the school holidays.
2 July 2025
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NewsNew Zealand poet and Auckland University Professor of English Selina Tusitala Marsh is the first Commonwealth Poet Laureate.
2 July 2025