News

• Ockham Awards 2018 Longlist Announced

  29-11-2017

  So many fantastic books! Congratulations to the following longlisted ANZL members: Fiction -The New Animals by Pip Adam (Victoria University Press), The Beat of the Pendulum by Catherine Chidgey (Victoria University Press) and Five Strings by Apirana Taylor (Anahera Press); for Poetry – The Internet of Things by Kate Camp (Victoria University Press), The Ones Who Keep Quiet by David Howard (Otago University Press), Tightrope by Selina Tusitala Marsh (Auckland University Press) and Night Horse by Elizabeth Smither (Auckland University Press). For the entire longlist see here.

• New Landfall Editor Announced

  25-10-2017

  Congratulations to ANZL member Emma Neale, the new editor for New Zealand’s biannual and longest-running arts and literary journal Landfall. Emma will replace David Eggleton who was editor for a record eight years.

• Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship Applications Open

  08-09-2017

  This national literary award offers published New Zealand writers, both here and overseas, the opportunity to focus on their craft full-time by providing an annual stipend of $20,000 at the Sargeson Centre in Auckland. Applications close 6 October. Tenure due starts 1 April 2018. More information here or download the application form.

• Katherine Mansfield Menton 2018 Fellowship Now Open

  07-09-2017

  This prestigious residency, open to established New Zealand creative writers across all genres, provides a substantial $35,000 travel/living allowance and a work space for three months in Menton, France. Applications close 25th September 2017. For application form and details see here.

• Randall Cottage Residency Open

  07-09-2017

  Applications are now open for the 2018 Creative New Zealand Randell Cottage Writers Fellowship. The succesful applicant works on an approved project from July to December, with a stipend of $22,000, and six months’ rent free accommodation in Wellington. Deadline Friday, 3 November 2017. Application forms can be found here. For further information see here.

• MKWC Residency 2018 – Applications Open

  07-09-2017

  The Michael King Writers’ Centre, Auckland, is offering new 2018 residencies for up to 13 writers. Established, experienced, mid-career or emerging authors can apply to stay for as little as a fortnight. A Pasifika residency has been added to support Pasifika writing. For deadlines and application forms see here.

• Congratulations Selina Tusitala Marsh!

  26-08-2017

  Selina Tusitala Marsh is New Zealand’s newly appointed Poet Laureate! This well-deserved award was announced during Selina’s launch of her latest collection Tightrope (AUP), on 25 August, National Poetry Day. Brilliant Selina!

• Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement Announced!

  03-08-2017

  Huge congratulations to Witi Ihimaera, Paula Green and Peter Simpson, recipients of this year’s Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement! Full press release here.

• MKWC Annual Writers Weekend 4/5 Nov

  03-08-2017

  Tickets are selling fast for this weekend of practical sessions, advice and inspiration in Parnell, Auckland. Stellar line-up of award-winning writers includes Paul Cleave, Gina Cole, Joanne Drayton, Adam Dudding, David Geller, Renee Liang, Courtney Sina Meredith, Paula Morris, Ben Sanders, C. K. Stead, Julie Thomas and Ashleigh Young. Delegates have the opportunity to dine with publishers from eight of New Zealand’s top publishing houses. Tickets include: two day workshop, catering, Paula Morris book launch, and Publishers Lunch. Read the program and buy tickets here 

• Catherine Chidgey wins Janet Frame Literary Award 2017

  20-07-2017

  Congratulations to Catherine Chidgey, recipient of a Janet Frame Literary Trust Award worth $5,000. Catherine’s latest book The Wish Child won the Acorn Foundation Fiction Prize at the 2017 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.

• Witi Ihimaera receives the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

  14-07-2017

  France has awarded ANZL Fellow Witi Ihimaera the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as part of its Bastille Day celebrations. Witi received this top arts honour as an acknowledgement of his “career as a trailblazer in Maori literature and screenwriting” at a Bastille Day ceremony in Auckland, led by French Ambassador Florence Jeanblanc-Risler. Congratulations!

• David Eggleton granted Fulbright-CNZ Award

  03-07-2017

  ANZL member David Eggleton has been granted the prestigious $30,000 Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writers’ Residency Award. This is another fantastic achievement, in addition to his collection The Conch Trumpet (Otago UP) winning the 2016 Ockham New Zealand Poetry Award last year. Congratulations David!

• Book Launch – Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti

  26-06-2017

  All welcome to the launch of Black Marks on the White Page (Penguin Random House), an exciting new anthology of Maori and Pasifika fiction co-edited by Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti. The first celebration will take place in Auckland, 3 July, 5.30 – 7.30 pm at Artspace/Tautai Galleries, Level One, 300 Karangahape Road (above the Post Office). The second launch is Thursday 6 July, 6.30 pm at City Gallery, Civic Square, Wellington. There will be an additional Matariki Conversation with Witi Ihimaera and guests, featuring Someone’s Mana images and poetry, and Black Marks on the White Page readings at the Depot Artspace,  Clarence Street Devonport, Auckland, 3pm Sunday July 2nd 2017. Please RSVP Samantha: SKidby@penguinrandomhouse.co.nz

• Ben Sanders Longlisted for Ngaio Marsh Award

  22-06-2017

  ANZL member Ben Sander’s novel Marshall’s Law (Allen & Unwin) has been longlisted for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh award for Best Crime Fiction. In a story judges describe as ‘helter skeleter’ and ‘bone dry prose’ ex-NYPD undercover cop Marshall Grade is forced by circumstances to come out of hiding and return to New York. Congratulations Ben! Full longlist here.

• Debra Daley Longlisted for Ngaio Marsh Award

  22-06-2017

  ANZL member Debra Daley’s latest novel The Revelations of Carey Ravine (Quercus) has been long listed for the 2017 Ngaio Marsh award for Best Crime Fiction. This story is an evocative, colourful historical thriller, with a tenacious heroine who faces down corruption and is rewarded with her own reawakening. Congratulations Debra! Full longlist here.