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31 March 2025

Hot off the Press - April sector news

Here are the latest updates from Aotearoa's literary sector. To feature your item in next month's news, please email us at: communications@read-nz.org

April sector news

  • The shortlist for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards has been announced
  • Auckland Writers Festival programme is live for 2025
  • As is the Featherston Booktown programme
  • The NZ Booklovers Awards winners for this year have been announced
  • Please consider supporting the Randell Cottage Residency's Boosted Campaign
  • Kete has released an amazing catalogue of Pasifika Books for 2025...
  • ...and you can also read content on Pasifika writing on their website
  • The Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize is open for entries
  • Students can submit entries for the National Schools Poetry Award until July 7
  • The Māori Literature Trust's 2025 Pikihuia Awards are open for submissions until April 30
  • Registrations and seed funding applications for this year's National Poetry Day are open
  • Congratulations to Lil O'Brien on winning this year's Rush Cottage Residency
  • Applications for the Creative New Zealand Michael King Writers Fellowship close on 27 March
  • Entries for the National Flash Fiction Day competition are open until April 30
  • The Mike Riddell Writers Residency is open for applications until 11 April

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