New Academy of NZ Literature to ‘promote homegrown writing’
The University of Auckland has launched the Academy of New Zealand Literature, a new body to promote NZ writing locally and overseas. Author and Master of Creative Writing program convenor...
Wevers wins Royal Society of New Zealand Pou Aronui Award
Lydia Wevers has been awarded the 2014 Pou Aronui Award by the Royal Society of New Zealand for being ‘a tireless and effective champion of New Zealand’s literature, history, arts...
Marshall and Ihimaera to share NZ writers’ residency
New Zealand authors Owen Marshall and Witi Ihimaera have been chosen as the 2015 Randell Cottage Writers in Residence. The selection panel chair Vincent O’Sullivan described the move as an...
‘Inside Retail’ launches New Zealand newsletter
Retail industry news source Inside Retail has launched a sister site Inside Retail New Zealand. In a statement, Inside Retail said the site is ‘a news source for New Zealand...
Farr wins ‘Sunday Star-Times’ short story award
Australia-born, Wellington-based author Tracy Farr has won the open division of the Sunday Star-Times Short Story Awards for her story ‘Once Had Me’, reports Stuff.co. The award, now in its 30th...
Penguin Random House NZ announces leadership restructure, Thompson appointed MD, Ferns to depart
Penguin Random House has announced the appointment of Margaret Thompson to the newly created position of managing director of Penguin Random House New Zealand. The appointment of Thompson, who has...
Dunedin submits UNESCO City of Literature bid
Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand has applied to become a UNESCO City of Literature.Dunedin mayor Dave Cull submitted the city’s application to UNESCO on 19 March. Cull...
NZ creative writing program launches publishing imprint
The Whitireia Creative Writing Programme in New Zealand has launched a publishing imprint. Escalator Press will publish work by new and established writers associated with the program, which is run...
NZ’s Frankfurt Pavilion wins design award
New Zealand’s Guest of Honour Pavilion at the 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair has won the Supreme Award and the Installation category at the 2013 Interior Awards in New Zealand. The pavilion’s co-designers, Pattersons Associates and...
NZ Copyright Tribunal to investigate licensing dispute over university course materials
Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) has referred its dispute over licensing fees for university course materials to the Copyright Tribunal. CLNZ said in a statement that ‘a refusal by the...
Dromer replaces Poiree at Nielsen BookData NZ
David Dromer has replaced Martine Poiree as sales and marketing manager at Nielsen BookData New Zealand. The Publishers Association of New Zealand reports that Dromer was facilities manager when the...
Wootten wins NZ mid-career writers grant
The New Zealand Society of Authors has announced that Dunedin poet and novelist Sue Wootten is the winner of its new award for a mid-career writer. Also shortlisted were Anna...
Duffy to join University Book Shop Otago
The Board of the University Book Shop Otago, in New Zealand, has announced the appointment of Phillippa Duffy to the role of general manager. Duffy has previously worked as sales...
Leading Edge Books NZ to close in December
Leading Edge Books has announced that it will close its New Zealand Books Group at the end of the year. Leading Edge Books general manager Simon Milne said in a...
Frankfurt 2012 opens, spotlight on New Zealand
Wilkins Farago publisher Andrew Wilkins writes: The 2012 Frankfurt Book Fair opens today, with New Zealand this year’s Guest of Honour. Forty-eight exhibitors from Australia are participating, with the Australian...
New children’s publisher to launch in New Zealand
A new children’s publisher will launch in New Zealand in November. Book Island, founded by owner and publisher Greet Pauwelijn, originally from Belgium, will launch with three picture books,...
Booksellers NZ discontinues Premier Bestsellers program
Booksellers NZ has announced it has discontinued a program established to label books that achieved a certain level in sales. The Premier Bestsellers program has been discontinued following discussions within...
New Zealand Frankfurt Guest of Honour program announced
The Frankfurt Book Fair Guest of Honour program has been announced. As the 2012 Guest of Honour, New Zealand will send more than 60 authors and 100 performers to Germany...
Dymocks Ponsonby closes
Dymocks has confirmed to Bookseller+Publisher that the Dymocks store in Ponsonby, Auckland, has closed. A spokesperson for Dymocks told Bookseller+Publisher that the store finished trading towards the end of 2011...
Bolinda opens New Zealand office
Australia-based audiobook publisher Bolinda Publishing has established an office in Auckland, New Zealand. Bolinda co-CEO Rebecca Hermann told the Weekly Book Newsletter that two full-time local staff, sales executives Ed...