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Hot off the Press - February 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
February sector news
- Vale poet Brian Turner, who passed away recently aged 80
- The longlist for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards has been announced
- The Hamilton Arts Festival | Toi Ora ki Kirikiriroa is coming up on Feb 21 - Mar 2
- Creative NZ has released a new campaign, Creativity makes us – Auahatia!
- Registrations for the Public Lending Right are still open until March 1: you must register annually to participate in the scheme
- The Māori Literature Trust's 2025 Pikihuia Awards are open for submissions until April 30
- NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize applications are open until 13 March
- Applications for the Fulbright-Creative New Zealand Pacific Writer’s Residency are open until March 7
- Samesame But Different's 10th birthday festival was held over Feb 12-15
- Poet Annie Villiers recently represented Ōtepoti City of Literature in Heidelberg’s “Poetry on the Move” project
- Saraid de Silva is the 2025 Writer in Residence at Randell Cottage
