Sam Elworthy, Director, Auckland University Press reports: I wore two hats at the Frankfurt Book…
PANZOctober 18, 2018
New Zealand publishers are gearing up for the most important book event of the year,…
PANZOctober 9, 2018
Applications are now open for the Creative New Zealand National Publishing Internships Initiative 2019 which…
PANZSeptember 10, 2018
Rachel Lawson, Associate Publisher, Gecko Press was the recipient of the 2018 W.E and M.L…
PANZAugust 22, 2018
Winning designer Aaron Beehre Aaron Beehre definitely got his exercise at the PANZ Book Design…
PANZAugust 7, 2018
New China Eyewitness: Roger Duff, Rewi Alley and the art of museum diplomacy edited by…
PANZJuly 26, 2018
Publishing Matters: Fresh Perspectives, New Directions was the title of the PANZ International Conference and…
PANZJuly 9, 2018
Headlining the PANZ International Conference in June will be Hugo Setzer, Vice President of the…
PANZMay 17, 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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Debut novelist wins country’s richest literary prize
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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Book publishers struggling to keep Kiwi stories alive through Covid-19
Kiwi book publishers are struggling to regroup after seeing sales obliterated in April. The Publishers Association of New Zealand/Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) says members are reporting zero or minimal…
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Special Round of Copyright Licensing New Zealand Contestable Fund Grants
If you're working on a writing or publishing project that has arisen or been developed to respond to the changed environment in the New Zealand writing and publishing sector due…
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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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Excellence Drives Fierce Competition in Ockham New Zealand Book Awards’ Shortlist
Debut writers and literary luminaries vie for the country’s premier book honours in today’s finalist announcement of 16 compelling works that explore and re-imagine the natural, cultural and creative landscapes…
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