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NewsMichael King Writers Centre welcomes 17 writers to the centre to undertake residencies for 2025.
10 September 2024
NewsThe Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence for 2025 is open for applications until 25 October.
29 August 2024
NewsHerb MacDonald's illustrations for the Margaret Mahy classic, The Great White Man Eating Shark, have won the 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.
28 August 2024
NewsWhowunnit? A trio of Kiwi writers were honoured at WORD Christchurch Festival as they scooped the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
28 August 2024
NewsFriday 23 August is Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day. With it comes all manner of opportunities to unleash your inner poet, experience the power of poetry and take poetry i...
22 August 2024
NewsThe 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc (NZSA) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in...
20 August 2024
News‘As I reflect and admire the work that has been done, I want to focus on Māori literature…’ In his editorial for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Hēmi Kelly discusses the legacy of Māori li...
19 August 2024
NewsThe Sunday-Star Times Short Story Awards has opened for 2024 with its largest total prize pool.
19 August 2024
NewsCelebrate Janet Frame's 100th birthday, take your Dad to brunch with Matt Heath for Father's Day, embark on a bookish olfactory experience, enjoy a few bad diary entries, and much,...
19 August 2024
NewsThe finalist titles for Best Novel, Best First Novel and Best Children's or Young Adult Book, in this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced.
14 August 2024
NewsCrisp air and lit conversation! From Ōtautahi to Auckland, from Bay of Islands to the Waikato, the festival forecast for the next few months is looking sublime.
14 August 2024
NewsBestselling author Stacy Gregg has won the prestigious Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at this year's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
13 August 2024
NewsSubmissions for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are now open.
12 August 2024
NewsBooks that stood out to booksellers, the year’s bestselling New Zealand book, audiobook of the year, and the bookshops and publisher of the year were named at the Aotearoa New Zeal...
4 August 2024
NewsA film which holds the camera up to the life and writing work of Aotearoa literary luminary Dame Fiona Kidman screens at the New Zealand International Film Festival this month.
1 August 2024
NewsMātātuhi Foundation has announced that applicants for the Foundation's grants can now apply for up to $20,000 in funding in their October funding round.
31 July 2024
NewsPhantom Billstickers National Poetry Day 2024 is scheduled for Friday 23 August and close to 100 official events are set to showcase the nation's love of poetry.
31 July 2024
NewsFrom 8-15 September Upsurge Festival is set to infuse the Bay of Islands with a vibrant array of performances and activities.
28 July 2024
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NewsThe most beautifully designed books in Aotearoa have been revealed with the announcement of the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards finalists.
23 July 2024
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NewsHomegrown talent is more prevalent than ever in this year’s Whitcoulls Top 100 Books list, with fourteen local authors voted onto the list by Kiwi readers.
21 July 2024
NewsJeffrey Buchanan has been named the winner of the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for his manuscript The Birds Began to Sing
14 July 2024