We are now calling for applications for the Creative New Zealand National Publishing Internships Initiative…
PANZSeptember 5, 2019
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day went next level in 2019, with a very impressive total…
PANZSeptember 3, 2019
TV3's Newshub took a look at New Zealand's booming children's book industry in a story…
PANZJanuary 22, 2019
2019 Yale scholarship recipient Tom Rennie Despite tough competition the recipient of the W.E. and…
PANZDecember 17, 2018
Heading into Christmas, sales of New Zealand-published children’s books are on a roll —helping the…
PANZDecember 12, 2018
To celebrate a bumper year of publishing we asked our members to pick a favourite…
PANZDecember 11, 2018
PANZ is delighted to announce the successful recipients of the 2018 Creative New Zealand National Publishing…
PANZDecember 4, 2018
PANZ is delighted to announce the successful recipients of the 2018 Creative New Zealand National Publishing…
PANZDecember 4, 2018
L-R: Peter Dowling, Catriona Ferguson, Indonesian Literary Agent Alda Trisda and IPA President Elect Hugo…
PANZOctober 18, 2018
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NZSA New Zealand Heritage Literary Awards 2020
This is the 7th year that NZSA Canterbury has run the NZSA New Zealand Heritage Fiction awards. The event is now firmly established on the New Zealand Literary calendar, and…
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Westport writer Becky Manawatu has won this year’s $55,000 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize for Fiction for her first novel, Auē. Manawatu’s win was announced during…
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Special Round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand Contestable Fund Grants
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Go Virtual For 2020 Winners’ Announcements
The winners of the country’s premier literary honours – the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards – will be delivered to the nation online, on the original date set down for…
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Virtual Storytimes Aotearoa: A new programme announcement from The Coalition for Books
New Zealand schools, libraries and early childhood education centres are keen to ensure that children are still able to enjoy all that a good book has to offer during these…
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