Independent Kiwi publisher garners international award at the world’s largest children’s book fair

$25,000 Writers’ Award - Applications are open now for the Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) Writers' Award

Nominate a New Zealand author for the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement - deadline 12 July 2021

Want your chance to be the judge? The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are calling for judges for 2022.

Lee Murray wins two prestigious Bram Stoker Awards® at an event hosted by the Horror Writers Association

The NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize celebrates the life and work of the writer Laura Solomon

‘Knockout’ short story collection wins country’s richest writing prize

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Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Alison Jones, author of This Pākehā Life

The Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival 2021 will take place from Thursday 6 - Sunday 9 May.

Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Marti Friedlander, author of Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists

Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Catherine Chidgey, author of Remote Sympathy

Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Brannavan Gnanalingam, author of Sprigs

Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Jane Ussher, author of Nature - Stilled

The Storylines Children’s Literature Trust is pleased to announce the winners of its major awards for 2021, announced 28 March 2021.

Thirteen emerging writers have been selected for the The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) Mentorship Programme 2021

NZ Booklovers Awards 2021 Winners: Addressed to Greta by Fiona Sussman, Aroha by Dr Hinemoa Elder and I am the Universe by Vasanti Unka

Historian Dr Monty Soutar, ONZM (Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, Ngati Kahungunu) has been awarded the prestigious Creative New Zealand Michael King Writer’s Fellowship.

‘A lot of my creative impulses come from wandering around experiencing things in the real world’ - Fleur Adcock, author of The Mermaid’s Purse

Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Airini Beautrais, author of Bug Week

Shortlist Spotlight on Ockham New Zealand Book Awards nominee Tusiata Avia, author of The Savage Coloniser Book