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Kiwi Charity Recognised in International Awards
Wednesday, 1 July 2015, 2:52 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Last week Cannes Lions , the world's biggest annual awards show and festival for professionals in the creative communications industry, recognised and awarded this year’s most exciting creative ideas across 16 categories, covering everything from ... More >>
NZ Writers inspire young talent in Tauranga
Thursday, 4 June 2015, 11:28 am | New Zealand Book Council
On Tuesday 9th of June, the Tauranga City Libraries will be hosting the New Zealand Book Council’s national Speed Date an Author programme. It is the Tauranga debut of the acclaimed literary event and it is being held at the Baycourt Community and ... More >>
New Zealand Book Council podcast series
Thursday, 30 April 2015, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council is enhancing its support of the country’s reading and writing culture with a new monthly podcast. More >>
Owls Do Cry announced as the 2015 Great Kiwi Classic book
Wednesday, 18 March 2015, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council and the Auckland Writers Festival are pleased to announce this year’s Great Kiwi Classic is Owls Do Cry by Janet Frame. More >>
An evening with Andrea di Robilant in Wellington
Tuesday, 3 February 2015, 5:00 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Join Italian historian and author Andrea di Robilant as he talks about his fascinating book Chasing the Rose: An Adventure in the Venetian Countryside in Wellington on February 26. More >>
Nominate your Great Kiwi Classic
Thursday, 15 January 2015, 1:44 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The hunt for the Great Kiwi Classic returns in 2015 and New Zealand readers nationwide are invited to join our celebration of iconic Kiwi books by nominating their favourites. More >>
Stellar writers spin true stories at LitCrawl event in Wgtn
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Writers Nicky Hager, Mandy Hager, Phillip Mann, Lotta Dann, Danyl Mclauchlan and Paul Diamond are the stellar line-up at the New Zealand Book Council’s True Stories Told Live event on 15 November in Wellington. More >>
Graphic novelist and comic artist exchange
Friday, 19 September 2014, 12:14 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Six graphic novelists will participate in the first residential exchange between Taiwan and New Zealand courtesy of a joint initiative between the Publishers Association of New Zealand, the Taipei Book Fair Foundation and the New Zealand Book Council. More >>
Eleanor Catton to judge new literary translation prize
Thursday, 14 August 2014, 4:19 pm | New Zealand Book Council
New Zealand’s leading national reading charity, the New Zealand Book Council, is pleased to announce the inaugural Moving Words prize – a literary translation prize for New Zealand secondary schools. The prize has been developed by the New Zealand ... More >>
Explore the legacy of WWI writing with literary experts
Monday, 11 August 2014, 12:11 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council, with support from Victoria University of Wellington, will explore the legacy of WWI literature in the World War One Book Club. This is an opportunity to hear experts and enthusiasts discuss and dissect favourite writings ... More >>
Bestselling Crime Writer Talks at Wellington City
Monday, 28 July 2014, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Book Council
International bestselling crime writer Karin Slaughter and Crime Watch blogger Craig Sisterson will meet for the first time, thanks to the New Zealand Book Council, Wellington City Library and Random House NZ. Karin Slaughter is visiting Auckland and Wellington ... More >>
Books vital for toddlers, says New Zealand Book Council
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 4:32 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Books vital for toddlers, says New Zealand Book Council New Zealand’s leading national reading charity, the New Zealand Book Council, is concerned by new statistics revealing that approximately one-third of toddlers are not read to daily. “A growing body ... More >>
Join the hunt for the ‘Great Kiwi Classic’
Wednesday, 15 January 2014, 6:29 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The Auckland Writers Festival and the New Zealand Book Council invite readers throughout the country to embark on a hunt for the ‘Great Kiwi Classic’. Which book is more deserving of classic status: the twisted rural gothic of Ronald Hugh Morrieson’s ... More >>
NZ Book Council launches new online hub for Kiwi booklovers
Friday, 18 October 2013, 11:01 am | New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council today proudly launches Booknotes Unbound – www.booknotes-unbound.org.nz – a vibrant new online books hub for Kiwi readers. More >>
Two doctors fly north for winter
Friday, 10 May 2013, 4:12 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Two of New Zealand’s most exciting creative doctors will be giving the Far North a creative injection from 27 May. More >>
True Stories Told Live storytelling cabaret - tis the season
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The Book Council’s intimate and energetic cabaret-style storytelling evening True Stories Told Live is returning to Wellington on December 4. More >>
New Zealand Book Council Launches Books and Brekkie
Friday, 28 September 2012, 12:02 pm | New Zealand Book Council
The New Zealand Book Council this week launched the Books and Brekkie programme which will see schools nationwide able to easily create a multidimensional reading event. More >>
The New Zealand Book Council Launches Books and Brekkie
Friday, 21 September 2012, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Book Council
Auckland, [19 September] 2012 – New Zealand school kids will be surprised, delighted, entertained and inspired by some of the country’s top writers at a series of Books and Brekkie events. More >>
Young Auckland writers thrive with expert tuition
Monday, 28 May 2012, 11:51 am | New Zealand Book Council
Young Auckland writers thrive with expert tuition Twelve-year-old Arianna Bacic, from Northcross School, has won the hotly-contested Auckland Speed Date an Author writing competition. Speed Date an Author , part of the New Zealand Book Council’s ... More >>
Storytellers invoke Christmas spirit for fundraiser
Monday, 28 November 2011, 3:48 pm | New Zealand Book Council
A stellar line-up including a dame, a leading actor and an award-winning writer will tell their Christmas tales at the Book Council’s True Stories Told Live fundraiser event in Wellington. More >>
