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WELCOME TO PANZ NEWS
21 September issue
This week we open with a message from PANZ Director Catriona Ferguson as Auckland welcomes a move to Alert Level 3 and some Level 2 restrictions are relaxed in other parts of the country.
There's also a focus on copyright. We have an update on the Internet Archive situation, share the latest Creative Rights = Creative Reads stories and tell you about the CLNZ Knowledge Base.
We recap last week's webinar with Hēmi Kelly, including some useful links for those wanting to develop their learning further, and send you in the direction of some lockdown resources for kids. We take a look at all the fun from Phantom National Poetry Day's locked down celebration and share details of the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize winner.
The Booker shortlist is here if you need reading recommendations and Beijing Book Fair's hybrid experience has just wrapped up.
In Notices we tell you about a really important webinar this Friday, which will focus on business support to help you get through the current COVID outbreak and share details of Creative New Zealand grants available for trade publishers wanting to exhibit digitally at Frankfurt Book Fair. Plus, don't forget applications for the Creative New Zealand National Publishing Internships close tomorrow and you might also want to find out more about the $100,000 grant the Mātātuhi Foundation is offering.
Finally, we meet a new PANZ member, scroll right down to get to know Tony Murdoch from Cadonsbury Publications a little better.
Happy reading and stay safe!
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 FEATURE
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From PANZ Association Director, Catriona Ferguson
To some it may only be Level 4 with takeaways (and we’re not denying the pleasures of a barista made coffee) but this week’s announcement of an upcoming move for Auckland to Level 3 put a spring in our steps here at PANZ HQ.
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After a 5 week hiatus, bookshops can open for click and collect, distributors can get books to shops around the country and those all important new September and October titles can get themselves into the hands of readers. We know from our members that books can be shipped and distributed safely following all Level 3 Guidelines and we wish you all the best as things start to open up a little. We also hope that everyone in Level 2 has continued to enjoy a little more freedom and that publisher sales are reflected in those less restrictive guidelines.
While the immediate pain of a severe lockdown has almost passed, we continue to engage in discussions with government and colleagues in other parts of the sector on the matter of books as essential items. We’ll let you know as we get further information on this and in the meantime there’s an article on The Spin Off by Nicola Legat (Massey University Press and Te Papa Press) which lays out some of the issues.
As ever please check in on the PANZ website’s COVID page for up to date information on what the various alert levels mean for you and your business. And don’t hesitate to get in touch if there’s anything that we can help with.
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NATIONAL NEWS
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Update on Internet Archive and National Library
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The National Library's plan to send hundreds of thousands of books to the Internet Archive has raised serious concerns for PANZ, NZSA and CLNZ (see our media release for details on these concerns). We have now met with the National Library and their initial response has been very disappointing. As Graeme Cosslett said in a recent Stuff article: 'The National Library appears intent on putting the Internet Archive first, and New Zealand’s authors, publishers and creative sector last'.
PANZ, NZSA and CLNZ are working closely together on this issue. As Graeme says in the article above, it is no longer an operational matter for the Library, but rather one of its relationship to the wider book sector. It is clear that the Internet Archive agreement risks causing significant harm to the industry. We have now taken the step of writing a joint letter to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Jan Tinetti, and the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Paul James. We expect to see a more substantive response to this letter than we’ve yet seen from the Library itself, and will continue to keep members posted.
We are also busy alerting our international colleagues, through publisher and author associations, to the Library's plan. Authors included in the books the Library intends to send includes: Margaret Atwood, Iain Banks, Philip Pullman, Doris Lessing, Ian McEwan, William Boyd, Thomas Keneally, Nadine Gordimer, Michael Ondaatje, John Updike, Stephen King, Alice Munro, Ann Tyler and many more. We are already receiving a very strong response from our international colleagues, which will bolster our next steps towards halting this harmful plan.
For any questions please contact Tom Rennie or Graeme Cosslett.
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Creative Rights = Creative Reads
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The latest Creative Rights = Creative Reads stories are from Gecko Press publisher Julia Marshall and this year’s Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award-winner, author Tania Roxborogh.
Julia Marshall talks about bringing some of the world’s best books to children in Aotearoa and why creative rights like copyright are critical for the book sector. She also touches on the work Gecko Press does to create original New Zealand authored books. Julia begins: “I’m always looking for the satisfaction of a story well told...”. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/3lpVmuT
“Books that engage with our kōrero are vital,” says Tania Roxborogh. Author of more than 30 books, Tania talks about the work that goes into writing, why her creative rights are important to her, and how her characters would be celebrating her 2021 Margaret Mahy Book of the Year win! Read the full story: https://bit.ly/2VR3H26
View and download our vision for a fair copyright regime and illustrated story, Stella’s Story, here. Connect with the Creative Rights = Creative Reads campaign on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
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Copyright Licensing New Zealand knowledge base
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Copyright Licensing New Zealand now offers a knowledge base for publishers. The knowledge base offers in-depth, practical information on how copyright affects publishers, protection of published material through copyright, guidance on obtaining permission from rightsholders, and a checklist for use when obtaining permissions.
For any questions on copyright, permissions, and licencing not answered by our knowledge base, publishers are welcome to contact CLNZ directly: tom@copyright.co.nz
Access the knowledge base here.
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The PANZ series of webinars continued last Friday celebrating Te Wiki o Te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week. Led by Hēmi Kelly (Ngati Maniapoto and Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa) this webinar proved to be one of the most popular to date. More than 80 members signed up for the interactive and lively session designed to help members build confidence in te reo pronunciation from the comfort of their living rooms.
For those members who were unable to join a recording is available. Contact Katherine for the link.
A reminder of the link to the Māori Dictionary resource mentioned in the session https://maoridictionary.co.nz/ for a quick refresher of pronunciation and spelling. And of course Hēmi’s books A Māori Phrase a Day and A Māori Word a Day are available from bookshops.
A handy free resource from PANZ member Edumaxi is Te Reo Māori: Introduction to Pronunciation by Sharon Holt – 18 short video-based lessons. Sharon is an award-winning author and trusted teacher of te reo Māori pronunciation. She is a non-Māori who started her te reo Māori learning journey when she was in her 40s and has never stopped. You can access the course here. We will share other resources as we receive them.
Our thanks to Hēmi Kelly and Penguin Random House for delivering such an engaging session and to Copyright Licensing New Zealand for enabling us to hold these webinars. We’d also like to thank Allen & Unwin for helping us to deliver the previous week’s webinar with Gwendoline Smith, author of The Book of Over Thinking, The Book of Angst and The Book of Knowing.
Make sure to check Notices below for details and registration link to this week’s webinar on Business Support with Mark Fairey which will be held on Friday 24 September at 1pm.
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Covid crashes the party, but NPD celebrations continue
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Covid crashed the Phantom National Poetry Day celebrations for the second year running. But Kiwi poets are a resourceful bunch, and nothing was going to stop poetry from being the focus on Friday 27 August.
There were online showcases, Zoom events, virtual poetry books, haiku competitions and winner announcements. And in a joyous countrywide celebration of poetry, a virtual open mic hosted on the NPD and Phantom Billstickers Facebook pages generated so much traffic that it saw #nzpoetryday trending in the top 3 on social media for most of the day.
Read more about the fun here.
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2021 Michael Gifkins Prize awarded to Tom Baragwanath
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Tom Baragwanath has been awarded the 2021 Michael Gifkins Prize for his crime novel Paper Cage. Baragwanath wins a publishing contract with Text and a NZ$10,000 advance against royalties.
Baragwanath accepted the award during an online event hosted by Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa (PEN NZ) Inc. The 2020 prize-winning novel, A Good Winter by Gigi Fenster, was also launched at the event.
Paper Cage is a gripping literary thriller about abducted children, family loyalty and a community in crisis – and a woman who will have to make hard choices in her quest to save a child she loves. It will be published by Text in September 2022.
Learn more here.
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Lockdown resources for kids
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RNZ has pulled together a range of resources to help parents stuck at home with school children. The comprehensive guide lists online resources for children to learn, have fun and explore at home. It includes a number of book-related resources including RNZ's collection of free children's audio books, all written and produced in New Zealand for pre-schoolers, kids and young adults.
Learn more here.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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Booker shortlist revealed
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The final shortlist of novels has been revealed for this year's Booker Prize.
The final six includes debut novelist Patricia Lockwood with No One Is Talking About This. Damon Galgut makes the list for the third time with The Promise, and Richard Powers makes his second shortlist appearance with Bewilderment. Also on the list are Anuk Arudpragasam for A Passage North, Nadifa Mohamed with The Fortune Men and Maggie Shipstead with Great Circle.
The judges will reveal the winning book during a prize ceremony in London on 3 November.
Read more about the six books on the shortlist here.
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Beijing Book Fair's hybrid event takes place
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Publishing Perspectives reports:
After a three week delay on the order of health authorities, the Beijing International Book Fair was able to open last week.
The hybrid fair featured a mix of physical and digital components and featured 600 in-person exhibitors. The fair’s structure made the physical show available to Chinese and other in-country companies, while offering on-site stand management to exhibitors who wanted to mount a presence from offshore. It's estimated as many as 300,000 books were displayed at the fair.
Eight new countries were represented in this year’s edition of the fair: Algeria, Laos, Palestine, Angola, Jamaica, Nigeria, Denmark, and Finland.
Read more about the event here.
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NOTICES
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PANZ webinar: Business support with Mark Fairey
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We are pleased to announce the next webinar topic, to be held this Friday (24 September) at 1pm, will focus on support available for businesses through the most recent COVID outbreak, and will be hosted by Mark Fairey.
Mark Fairey is a business consultant who has operated at senior executive operating at CEO and CFO level across a diverse range of industries including technology, energy, investment and primary sectors. Mark will lead a webinar covering a range of areas to support your business as you navigate the choppy waters of the current lockdown, including updates on the Wage Subsidy, Resurgence Support Payment, Small Business Cashflow Loan Scheme, and advice on managing tax payments. Mark will also be happy to take your questions following his presentation. On top of his business experience, Mark is a member of the Read NZ board so brings with him an additional understanding of the book sector.
Register for the 24 September Business Support webinar here.
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Frankfurt Book Fair: 20 – 24 October 2021 Digital Exhibitors Funding Opportunity
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As we’re all acutely aware, COVID has had an enormous impact on the New Zealand publishing industry, including making it impossible for any of our members to physically attend an international book fair over the past eighteen months. Negotiating international rights sales digitally certainly isn’t the same as attending a fair in person, but as time goes on the book fair platforms have become more user-friendly and we’re all learning to do things differently.
We’re therefore extremely grateful that Creative New Zealand continues to fund our international programme and this year, with their support we’re able to offer grants of up to $2000 for those trade publishers interested in becoming a digital exhibitor at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
The grants are to support the cost of registering as a digital exhibitor (Euro 399) and any additional costs that you might incur in terms of creating new marketing materials, preparing your company profile, engaging in the matchmaking programme etc. There’s a relatively quick turnaround time on the applications (the deadline is 5pm, Wednesday 29 September) and so we’ve kept the application process as simple as possible, but please do get in touch if you have any questions. We hope to be able to let you know the outcome of your application early in the week of 4 October.
We have funding to support up to 10 publishers to participate digitally in the Frankfurt Book Fair this year. Assessors will be looking for the following:
- Applications which demonstrate a commitment to developing long-term relationships with international partners
- Applications which clearly identify how participating as a digital exhibitor will deliver to overall international marketing objectives
- Publishers with a strong list of titles to present at Frankfurt
- Details of how applicants will maximise the potential of participating digitally at Frankfurt
As a digital exhibitor you are able to access the book fair’s portal for the rights community, which enables you to add your details to the international rights catalogue and access information on new books and products that will be promoted in the lead up to the fair. You can also access the fair’s matchmaking tool which will enable you to receive customised contact recommendations and provides a simple filter to identify businesses that are likely to be of interest to you. You can find out more about digital book fair opportunities here.
These grants are available to trade publishers who publish titles by New Zealand authors of fiction, literary non-fiction (defined as biography, essays, histories, literary criticism or other expository or analytical prose), poetry and children’s literature.
The following categories are not eligible for funding: educational books; books which are primarily works of interviews; local and oral histories; military studies; instruction manuals and how-to books, including cookery books; university theses; bibliographies; dictionaries, encyclopaedias and professional reference titles; guide books, catalogues, personal growth, lifestyle and hobby books; scientific, theological, legal and medical works.
There is more information on Creative New Zealand’s definition of literature here.
Download the funding application form here.
In order to support the work of all our members who are interested in promoting their books digitally we are updating the International Rights Directory on the PANZ website. We will promote the content of this site in the lead up to Frankfurt and help to amplify any of your own marketing. As with last year, for PANZ members the cost will be $20 to include one title and $50 for up to four titles or a series. This offer is open to both trade and educational publishers.
If you are keen to have your books featured in the directory fill in the form for trade publishers here or the form for education publishers here as soon as possible and send to Katherine here at the PANZ office.
Details on support for educational publishers to follow.
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Pikihuia Awards - ticket available now
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The Māori Literature Trust welcomes you to the 2021 Pikihuia Awards, which recognise emerging talent in creative writing.
The finalists will be celebrated by host Stacey Morrison and this year's judges, Carol Hirschfeld, Emma Espiner, Maiki Sherman and Vini Olsen-Reeder. There will also be a discussion on the future of Māori storytelling with a panel of celebrated writers.
At the end of the awards, Huia Publishers will officially launch Huia Short Stories 14, an enduring keepsake of stories from this year’s awards.
Date: Saturday, 30 October 2021
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Te Wharewaka o Pōneke, Wellington
Click here to book tickets
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Reminder: Internship applications close tomorrow
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Applications for the Creative New Zealand National Publishing Internships Initiative for 2022, which offers a Whitireia graduate the opportunity to work in a publishing company for six months, close tomorrow (22 September).
The programme has produced some impressive results in past years with many publishers choosing to offer the interns full-time positions at the end of the programme and a number of interns now hold senior positions in publishing companies. Last year’s successful applicants were Huia Publishers, Gecko Press and Auckland University Press (read more here).
In 2020 there were a few changes to the programme made to bring it in line with other Creative NZ supported intern programmes. A reminder these were:
- The intern fee has been increased to offset the short-term and temporary nature of the contract. We suggest that publishers are clear with interns at the start of the internship about the standard junior member of staff salary at that company. We hope that this will help to manage ongoing expectations if the role becomes permanent. As ever though, there is no requirement for a host publisher to employ the intern at the end of the contract.
- Creative NZ is funding 75% of the intern’s fee which is a 25% increase on their previous years’ contribution. Publishers are now asked to provide 25% of the intern’s fee. The contribution per intern from CNZ is $19,500 and the contribution per publisher is $6,500.
- Applications are open to trade publishers and also to educational publishers who produce a broad range of titles including picture books, early readers and junior fiction and/or books in te reo as well as Pasifika and Asian languages.
Applications close Wednesday 22nd September and publishers will be advised whether or not they have been successful by the 8th October to help with staff planning for the year ahead. The application form is available here.
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Mātātuhi Foundation announces significant literary sector funding
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The Mātātuhi Foundation is announcing two special grants to be offered before the end of the year: $8600 for a Māori-specific literary project and up to $100,000 for a one-off major project with the potential to change and grow our literary landscape.
These two new grants supplement the Foundation’s upcoming biannual grant round of up to $5000 for three to five innovative literary projects. Funded through a bequest of $3600 from the estate of esteemed Māori writer Rowley Habib and topped up with up to $5000 of Foundation funds, the one-off Habib grant will be given to a proposal focussed on advancing the promotion of Māori arts and literature.
Submissions should be lodged here on or before the closing date of 31 October 2021 using the standard project proposal form.
In a separate and significant move, the Foundation has allocated $100,000 to fund a transformational literary sector project. The submission deadline for this major new grant is 30 November 2021.
“We’re seeking imaginative projects with sufficient scale and ambition to impact the growth and development of New Zealand literature,” said Foundation Chair Anne Blackburn.
As part of the submission process, all applicants will be required to attend an October briefing webinar with Mātātuhi Trustees Paula Morris and Anne O’Brien to introduce the kaupapa of the Foundation and set out the criteria, process and exclusions for all EOIs.
Further information on all three grants proposals is available on the Foundation website at matatuhifoundation.co.nz/apply
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Applications open for the 2022 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship
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Winning a writing fellowship transforms a writer’s life – opening doors and providing writers with the opportunity to focus on their craft. Published authors from across New Zealand are encouraged to apply for the 2022 Grimshaw Sargeson Fellowship as entries are now open.
Throughout its 35-year history, the prestigious national literary award has offered writers the chance to focus on their craft full-time, while working in the historic Sargeson Centre and receiving a $20,000 stipend provided to the Fellow/Fellows.
Applications close on 15 October 2021, with the tenure due to start on 1 February 2022 and last until 30 September 2021.
Further information on the Fellowship is available here.
Any queries can be directed to Elizabeth Bennie at elizabeth.bennie@grimshaw.co.nz or on +64 9 375 2393
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Innovation Fund – Te Urungi COVID-proofs its format
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Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage is creating an online format to ensure is Innovation Fund can continue to reach across the rohe to support the arts and culture sector even during COVID-19 alert level escalations.
Moving from an immersive kanohi ki te kanohi face-to-face weekend to online delivery provides new challenges and opportunities. The team is working with the sector and mana whenua in each region to create the best experience possible for participants.
Scheduled Te Urungi events are as follows:
- Te Moana a Toi-te-Huatahi Bay of Plenty will take place 2-3 October (online event)
- Te Tai Tokerau is rescheduled to 15-17 October (face to face at present, COVID-19 alert level restrictions allowing – level one only)
The team hopes to confirm a Manawatū-Whanganui event soon, as well as event(s) for Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Information on Innovation Fund recipients is available on the Manatū Taonga website.
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Meet the Members
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Welcome to our Meet the Members section, where every issue we introduce you to someone from the industry. This week we met a new PANZ member - Tony Murdoch from Cadsonbury Publications (pictured left with co-owner Alan Direen).
Name: Tony Murdoch from Cadsonbury Publications (a wholly owned subsidiary of Smith's Bookshop)
Publications: Cadsonbury is a minor player in the publishing world. It specialises in publishing out-of-print NZ books and currently has 127 titles available.
Role: Co-owner with Alan Direen
Company: Chapter & Verse NZ Ltd.
Background: Alan and I took over Smiths in October 2019 so we are very much newcomers to book selling and book publishing. Smith's is long standing Christchurch business specialising in new and used NZ books.
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Cadsonbury Publications was founded by Robin Mitchell who sadly died. Barry Hancox, the previous owner of Smith's took it over in the early 2000s. Many years ago we both taught in high schools, Alan in Central Otago and myself at Aranui High in Christchurch. A chance conversation at the pub led us to buying Smith's at a time in our lives when retirement beckoned. Most days we pinch ourselves to make sure it's not a dream.
Publishing background: While teaching I was co -author of seven history and social studies. The majority were standard 5th form topic books for the national syllabus. Later I wrote three jubilee histories of sports clubs. In addition I was fortunate to work with Brian Thomas of the defunct Christchurch Star and wrote over 30 articles for the Newspapers in Education section. Both experiences taught me a lot about layout and design. Later I worked in marketing roles and for a time at Rainbow Print, where I was able find how little I knew about printing.
I'm currently reading: John Pascoe's wonderful Explorer Mr Douglas and dipping into Warren Feeney's Canterbury Society of Arts 1880 -1996 which is a fascinating insight into Christchurch's arty past.
My biggest career highlight in publishing has been: Early in the piece we decided to put some resource into promoting Cadsonbury Publications. While its still early days our sales have lifted and we have already added three more titles to our catalogue. One, The Cheviot Estate, was found in one of the 320 boxes of uncatalogued books we inherited. It was the Department of Lands official booklet published in 1893 to facilitate the selling of the Cheviot Estate and had a wonderful map showing the sub-divided estate. We checked in the published books on Cheviot and could not find any reference to it and so thought this would be worthy of reprinting. We then ran an advert in the North Canterbury News and our first, albeit modest, print run sold out!
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PANZ Publishing Calendar 2021
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Make sure these key dates are in your diary and let us know if there's anything we should add.
SEPTEMBER 2021
23 September: PANZ Book Design Awards ceremony
24 September: PANZ Webinar - Business Support with Mark Fairey
29 September: Book Industry Awards (online)
OCTOBER 2021
9 October: Bookshop Day
20 – 24 October: Frankfurt Book Fair
22 October: PANZ Book Design Awards ceremony (tbc)
23 October: PANZ Book Design Workshop (tbc)
NOVEMBER 2021
10 - 13 November: WORD Christchurch
16 November: PANZ International Conference
17 November: PANZ Council meeting
19–21 November: China Shanghai International Children’s Book Fair (CCBF)
DECEMBER 2021
21 December: Entries close for NZ Booklovers Awards
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If you have an announcement, a job or any news please let us know so we can share it.
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