Catton to set up reading grant for NZ writers
Eleanor Catton will use her prize money from this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards to set up a new reading grant for New Zealand writers, reports stuff.co.nz.Catton made the...
New NZ publisher to focus on local graphic novels and comics
A new publisher specialising in locally created comics and graphic novels has launched in New Zealand. Adrian Kinnaird, editorial director and co-publisher of Earth’s End Publishing, told Books+Publishing that the business was ‘the...
Inaugural Bookbinding and Book Arts Conference to be held in Auckland
The inaugural Bookbinding and Book Arts Conference will be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 to 26 October, featuring experts from the UK and US, Booksellers NZ has announced.The event...
New Zealand Post Book Awards 2014 finalists announced
The finalists of this year’s New Zealand Post Book Awards have been announced. The shortlisted titles in each category are:Fiction The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton, Victoria University Press) The Last Days...
Ngaio Marsh Award 2014 longlist announced
The longlist for this year’s Ngaio Marsh Award for New Zealand crime fiction has been announced.The longlisted titles are: The Luminaries (Eleanor Catton, Granta) Joe Victim (Paul Cleave, Atria) The...
New report finds ebooks represent 2.7% of NZ publishing industry sales
A new PwC report, Economic contribution of the New Zealand publishing industry, has found the industry ‘generated or supported a total of [NZ]$382 million [A$358 million] in GDP’.The report analysed...
Page & Blackmore’s in Nelson no longer for sale
New Zealand independent bookstore Page & Blackmore’s in Nelson has been withdrawn from the market, reports Booksellers NZ.Booksellers Peter and Ann Rigg, who own half of the bookstore, have decided...
Rebranded Christchurch Writers’ Festival releases 2014 program
The Christchurch Writers’ Festival has rebranded as the WORD Christchurch Writers and Readers Festival and released its 2014 program.Among the international guests at this year’s festival, which runs from 27...
Forty-four percent of New Zealanders enjoy print and ebooks ‘equally’, report finds
A new survey has found that 35% of New Zealanders prefer reading print books, 22% prefer ebooks and 44% prefer ‘both equally’, reports Stuff.co.nz. The survey of a ‘nationally representative’...
Wrights Bookshop reopens as Paper Plus franchise
Wrights Bookshop in Cambridge, New Zealand, has rebranded as a Paper Plus franchise. Owner Hamish Wright told Books+Publishing that there were a number of reasons for joining the Paper Plus...
Hellen appointed publisher at A&U NZ
Jenny Hellen has been appointed to the newly created position of publisher at Allen & Unwin New Zealand.Hallen joins the company from Random House New Zealand, where she has worked...
Smith to leave Paper Plus
Rob Smith, CEO of Paper Plus in New Zealand, has announced that he will leave the company on 8 August.‘It has been an honour to lead the Paper Plus Group...
NZ Post Children’s Book Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of the 2014 New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards have been announced.The winners in each category are:New Zealand Post Margaret Mahy book of the year: The Boring Book...
Nielsen New Zealand Book Industry Awards 2014 winners announced
The winners of the Nielsen New Zealand Book Industry Awards were announced in Auckland on Sunday 22 June. The winners are:Promotional and Sales SupportRandom House NZNew Zealand PublishingCraig Potton PublishingSales...
NZ bookstore Atlantis Books expands
New Zealand bookstore Atlantis Books, based in the North Island town of Rotorua, is expanding its business to the neighbouring town of Tokoroa, reports Booksellers NZ.Atlantis Books co-owners Greg Price and...
Barrowman receives NZ Order of Merit
Fergus Barrowman, publisher at Victoria University Press in Wellington, has been named a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to the publishing industry. Barrowman received...
Auckland mayor announces new writers’ grant worth NZ$10,000
Auckland mayor Len Brown has announced a new writers’ grant worth NZ$10,000 (A$9266) per year, reports Scoop. Speaking at the Auckland Writers Festival on 15 May, Brown announced that he will ‘convene...
NZ author wins Jim Baen contest
New Zealand author Sean Monaghan has won the 2014 Jim Baen Memorial Writing Contest for his short story ‘Low Arc’. The award, which is presented in the US by the National...
Auckland mayor announces new writers’ grant worth NZ$10,000
Auckland mayor Len Brown has announced a new writers’ grant worth NZ$10,000 (A$9266) per year, reports Scoop. Speaking at the Auckland Writers Festival on 15 May, Brown announced that he will...
Alison Wong selected for writers’ exchange in China
Author and poet Alison Wong will take part in an inaugural writers’ exchange in China this year, reports Booksellers NZ. Wong, a New Zealand writer living in Australia, will join seven...