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  The Divine Muses  invites entries for NEW VOICES – Emerging poets competition 2019    CLOSING DATE: 2 AUGUST 2019    Results to be announced at Divine Muses Poetry Reading ...

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  Two honorary doctorates to be awarded in May   Two Otago Alumni will be conferred with honorary doctorates at May graduation ceremonies next month.   HON JUSTICE FORREST MILLER ...

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  A Menagerie of Books: 9 Reads for Animal Lovers April 22, 2019 By Sarah Jane Abbott         I’m always drawn to a book with an animal in the title. . . . Is the book a...

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Briefs: Prince Memoir Coming In October, and More STEPHEN BRAYDA will join the Harper One Group on April 24 as art director for Harper Via, Amistad and Harper Espanol, reporting to Judith Cu...

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Horowhenua author, Carole Brungar, has won a gold medal for her third novel, THE NAM SHADOW, in the internationally acclaimed Independent Publisher Book Awards. Brungar’s novel won first pla...

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LATEST NEWS W H SMITH TO CULL BACKLIST IN NEW BOOKS STRATEGY W H Smith plans to cull its backlist and build areas of growth such as children's and lighter readers with a "forensic store...

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Once described as “our county's leading writer in this field”*, Christchurch sci-fi writer Ged Maybury effectively disappeared after 15 years and 12 successful children's books – two of wh...

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INTERNATIONAL WRITERS' WORKSHOP NZ INC PO Box 36652, Northcote, Auckland, 0748 iww.co.nz Press Release 5 April 2019 Renowned Professor to judge $1000 poetry prize International Wri...

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​Kuwi's Rowdy Crowd by Kat Merewether
   The storyline is easy for youngsters to follow. And throughout this delightful book you will find the most glorious artwork! Vivid and unclutte...

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Kia ora organisers, poets, librarians, teachers, book clubs, creatives and lovers of poetry. It is with heavy hearts we contact you in the wake of such terrible events. We can only hope you a...

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                                                            18 MARCH 2019 NZ BOOKLOVERS AWARDS 2019 WINNERS ANNOUNCED  ...

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    Q. WHAT CONSTITUTES SPECIAL COLLECTIONS? A. The entire book and manuscript collection within Special Collections, University of Otago Library, numbers some 28,000 items. The topics a...

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   Professor of War Studies, Glyn Harper, is compiling a major book that brings together images of New Zealanders in the Second World War. It will be a sequel to his highly regarded Images of...

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      March 12, 2019 By Bonnie Kistler         My new novel HOUSE ON FIRE is about a perfectly blended family—Leigh and Pete and their five combined children, aged t...

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Thames & Hudson's publishing director SOPHY THOMPSON will be promoted to ceo and publisher as of April 12, when Rolf Grisebach departs. ANNE SPEYER has been promoted to senior editor at Ballan...

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It's the annual Young Enterprise Donation Appeal and on behalf of our Chairman Norm Thompson, CEO Terry Shubkin and myself, I would like to ask for your support.    DONATE NOW  You might n...

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Otago University Press is proud to have Hudson and Halls: The food of love  by Joanne Drayton as a finalist for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, say OUP co-publishers Rachel Scott a...

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Victoria University Press (VUP) titles dominate the list of finalists for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards, announced today.  Titles by VUP authors make up half of the total shortlist, with ...

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View this newsletter online GUERRILLA GIRLS: REINVENTING THE ‘F’ WORD – FEMINISM! Opens International Women’s Day | Fri 8 Mar Punchy, satirical and incisive, the Guerrilla...

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JENNY BORNHOLDT TO JUDGE 2019 KATHLEEN GRATTAN POETRY AWARD Otago University Press advisory Tuesday 5 March 2019   This prestigious biennial poetry award from Landfall and the Kathleen Gratt...

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JOANNE HARRIS CALLS ON PUBLISHERS TO TAKE ONLINE PIRATES TO COURT Joanne Harris has called on publishers to haul online pirates through the courts and set a legal precedent after authors r...

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  Spring 2019     Our spring issue asks the question of how we fight, as individuals, communities, and nations: for survival, for radical change, for a sense of belonging, for a be...

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    2019 OCKHAM FINALISTS EXPLORE THE TRUTH AND ISSUES OF OUR TIMES     Four of our best-known novelists – whose novels, appropriately for our times, explore what it mean...

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A Conversation On Lisa See, Female Friendships, and Dumplings March 05, 2019 By Off the Shelf Staff   We (that is, Leora and Erin) have been friends for a few years now—ever sinc...

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    Dear friends and book lovers, it is a pleasure to invite you to the BOLOGNA CHILDREN´S BOOK FAIR, which is going to be held from 1st until 4th April. ALBATROS MEDIA stand D30-...

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