Latest updates
Hot off the Press - July sector news
Here are the latest updates from Aotearoa's literary sector for the month of July. To feature your item in next month's news, please email us at: communications@read-nz.org
- Randell Cottage is hosting a special Live Letters fundraising event on July 15
- Mātātuhi Foundation has announced their new grant criteria and funding pool
- The annual Booksellers Aotearoa trade day and conference is coming up on August 3-4
- The Given Words poetry competition is back for its ninth year
- Entries for the Landfall Essay Competition are open until the 31 July
- This year's Marlborough Book Festival runs from 25-28 July
- WORD Christchurch is calling for micro-writing submissions on Ōtautahi to be featured at The Crossing
- The Māori Literature Trust has released a handy Pukapuka o te Tau catalogue for 2023-24
- National Poetry Day is Friday 23 August! Along with many other National Poetry Day events, VERB Wellington is hosting this one at the National Library
- Nominations for the Prime Minister's Awards for Literary Achievement are open
- Applications for residencies with the Michael King Writers Centre in 2025 are open
- This year's Whānau Mārama NZ International Film Festival features a documentary on Dame Fiona Kidman, The House Within
- Kete's new website has launched and they have also released their winter reading catalogue
- Check out Pasifika Book Hub, an online space dedicated to supporting Pasifika storytelling and publishing
