NZ book review website to be launched

A new book review website, the Aotearoa NZ Review of Books (ANZRB) will be launched on 22 March, according to New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa.

The site will host long-form book reviews, based on the model of the Sydney Review of Books and the LA Review of Books. Edited by Paula Morris, the site will publish around eight reviews a month, on Wednesdays and Fridays, and reviews will cover all genres.

Established with seed funding from the University of Auckland, the ANZRB has already run a series of webinars for over 60 writers—aspiring reviewers as well as current reviewers seeking professional development. ANZRB‘s kaupapa (foundational idea) is ‘high-quality, informed writing for a general audience’.

The ANZRB site will also include the entire review archive of the Academy of NZ Literature, which will be transferred to the new site, tagged and categorised for easy searching.

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