5 October 2021: Shortlists announced for NZSA Heritage Literary Awards.

4 October 2021: Wellington’s Sarah Forster has been announced as the recipient of the 2021 Storylines Betty Gilderdale Award for outstanding service to children’s and young adults’ literature and reading.

Publishing icon A.W. Reed’s renowned collection of Māori myths and legends has stood the test of time since it was first published in 1963 as A Treasury of Maori Folklore.

Going West presents Fabricated Reality live online! In three sessions over three evenings (9, 10 & 11 October) leading authors explore how stories reflect and fabricate reality. Accessed from the festival website. Join us at 7.30pm at www.goingwestfest.co.nz

1 October 2021: The Whitcoulls Kids’ Top 50 Books are announced, with 4 NZ titles in the Top 10

Congratulations to all of the 2021 Book Industry Award winners

28 September 2021: Carolyn King publishes an important study on predators in NZ

28 September 2021: Laura Jean McKay wins Arthur C. Clarke Award

24 September 2021: Whiti Hereaka awarded fellowship

20 September 2021: Mātātuhi announces two new special grants

16 September 2021: Tom Baragwanath has been awarded the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for his crime novel Paper Cage. Baragwanath wins a publishing contract with Text and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties.

Amy McDaid awarded Todd New Writer’s Bursary in 2021.

Going West Goes Online and Free in September

1 September 2021. Jade Kake wins $25,000 Writers’ Award for her project on the legacy of Professor Rewi Thompson (1953-2017; Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa)

1 September 2021. CLNZ Cultural Fund Contestable Grants applications open 8 September

30 August 2021. Online Storytimes Aotearoa are back

27 August 2021. Michael King Writers Centre 2022 Residencies - applications open

10 August 2021: New book announcement Ten Acceptable Acts of Arson by Jack Remiel Cottrell - contact Josie Shapiro re interviews, reviews, photos, etc.

4 August 2021. The New Zealand Book Awards Trust is now inviting submissions for the 2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

13 July 2021. Mātātuhi Foundation supports four “big idea” literary initiatives