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WELCOME TO PANZ NEWS
4 May issue
This week we start with exciting news - entries for the 2021 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open. We're looking forward to this year's crop of beautiful books heading into our office for judging.
There's no creativity without creators and that forms the theme for this week's Creative Rights = Creative Reads update. We also look at the new programme NZSA has launched to aid authors in these challenging times and reveal the new Landfall editor.
Our International News segment is jam-packed with publishing news from around the globe. There is an update from the IPA, statistics from the Taiwanese book market, challenges in Canada and some record book sales in the UK.
Don't forget the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards take place next week and we hope you'll join us for drinks prior, details are in Notices. We reveal the topics for the upcoming webinar series and there's a reminder to register for the Wellington Metadata and Why it Matters workshop. There's also a chance to advertise in the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults booklet, but you'll need to move swiftly. You can attend Beijing International Book Fair virtually and nominations are sought for the Bologna Prize for the Best Children's Publishers of the Year.
If you're a marketing whizz, you'll want to check out Jobs and, finally, in Meet the Members, we introduce you to another of this year's Whitireia interns.
Happy reading!
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 FEATURE
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2021 PANZ Book Design Awards entries are open
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We are delighted to announce that entries for the 2021 PANZ Book Design Awards are now open.
You can enter the awards here.
There are some slight changes to the eligibility criteria this year so please do make sure to check out the details on our website.
And don’t forget to support your emerging designers. There is a $1000 prize up for grabs to the winner of the 2021 Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Emerging Designer Award. So please help us to spread the word by forwarding the details on to your in-house and freelance designers who may be eligible.
The new online entry option for the Emerging Designer award can be found here.
It is our great pleasure to welcome Booksellers NZ as the new sponsor of the Booksellers Aotearoa NZ People’s Choice Award. This is a highlight of awards night and gives those at the ceremony the opportunity to pick their own favourites. Booksellers is joining the illustrious list of our long-time supporters, sponsors Nielsen Book, 1010 Printing, Allen & Unwin New Zealand, Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand, Penguin Random House New Zealand, HarperCollins New Zealand, Upstart Press, Edify Ltd and Scholastic New Zealand. We are very grateful for the continued support of our sponsors, without which the awards would not be the success they are today.
We look forward to seeing all your wonderful entries soon.
Dates for your diaries:
The awards will close on Friday 11 June 2021. You can enter using the digital form here.
The shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 13 July 2021 and the winners revealed at a spring ceremony in Auckland on Thursday 23 September 2021.
Remember to keep an eye on the PANZ Book Design Awards website www.bookdesignawards.co.nz for more news and details of the awards ceremony. All entry forms and criteria are also available on the website.
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NATIONAL NEWS
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‘No Creativity without Creators’ article for World IP Day
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The last fortnight has been jam-packed with world awareness days celebrating creativity, books and intellectual property rights. 21 April was World Creativity and Innovation Day, 23 April was World Book and Copyright Day, and 26 April was World Intellectual Property Day.
On World IP Day an opinion from Copyright Licensing CE and WeCreate Chair Paula Browning ran on the Big Idea, connecting these three days with the government’s review of the Copyright Act, referencing the sector stories gathered by Creative Rights = Creative Reads, and urging the government to centre creators in its review. Read the full article.
Our vision for a fair copyright regime and Stella’s Story booklet
We’ve combined the ten principles set out in our vision for a fair copyright regime with Stella’s Story in booklet format. You can access the pdf of this booklet on the campaign website, here.
Follow the campaign, @CreativeReadsNZ, on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
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NZSA launches programme to address seismic shift in industry
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The New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ) has launched a raft of new programmes and services to help writers in the current challenging times.
The 2021 #NZSA Connects Learning Hub has just launched with 3 major strands:
- Fortnightly web-workshops and masterclasses – live and interactive;
- Regional Roadshows – 8 days of professional conference being held in the regions to support the NZSA branch network;
- A static online course: Writer’s Toolbox – lessons that can be done with branches, writing groups, and hubs, or individually at home, is about to launch.
These services are in addition to the existing mentorship and assessment programmes, communications, and the awards and prizes NZSA administers and are are available to all writers, with discounts for NZSA members.
The NZSA is also continuing its advocacy work and is engaged in the Review of the Copyright Act and the Review of the Public Lending Right.
Read more about the new programme here.
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New Landfall editor announced
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Otago University Press has announced that Lynley Edmeades will be the new editor of Landfall: Aotearoa New Zealand arts and letters.
Lynley takes over the role from Emma Neale – Landfall editor for four years – who is stepping back to focus on other projects.
Otago University Press publisher Sue Wootton describes it as a bittersweet moment in Landfall’s history.
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‘We’re sad to be farewelling Emma Neale, and thank her for her immense contribution to New Zealand letters during her tenure as Landfall editor. At the same time we’re delighted that this important baton is being passed to Lynley Edmeades.’
Lynley is the author of two poetry collections, As the Verb Tenses (2016) and Listening In (2019). She has an MA in creative writing from the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry at Queen’s University of Belfast and holds a PhD in avant-garde poetics from the University of Otago. In 2018, she was the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at the University of Canterbury, and she currently teaches poetry and creative writing on the English program at the University of Otago.
Read more here.
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CNZ Louis Johnson New Writers Bursary recipient
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Emma Hislop has been named the recipient of of Creative New Zealand’s 2021 Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary,
Hislop is a Taranaki-based writer whose work has been published in a number of literary journals. She will use her bursary, which is valued at NZ$11,000, to work on on a short story collection.
The annual Louis Johnson New Writer’s Bursary provides a stipend that enables a published writer or playwright at an early stage of their career to create a new work.
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INTERNATIONAL NEWS
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The IPA April newsletter begins with an introduction from the association's president Bodour Al Qasimi, who notes that in 2021 the IPA celebrates its 125th anniversary as the voice of publishing in the world. She says "As members dust themselves off after the ravages of 2020, this important IPA milestone and World Book and Copyright Day are moments to reflect on the essential contribution of our industry today."
There are some key stories among this month's update, including:
IPA Statement
On World Book and Copyright Day 2021, the International Publishers Association (IPA) pays tribute to publishers' unstinting, positive contribution to the world during a year in which our societies have faced unprecedented pressure. Read it here.
IPA leadership in Tbilisi for UNESCO World Book Capital 2021 handover
IPA President Bodour Al Qasimi and Secretary General José Borghino were in Georgia on World Book and Copyright Day (23 April) to witness Kuala Lumpur hand the UNESCO World Book Capital title to Tbilisi. Read more here. There is also a very in-depth article on Publishing Perspectives about Tbilisi's World Book Capital programme.
Open Educational Resources and UNESCO
IPA Secretary General, José Borghino, spoke about Open Educational Resources (OERs) during a webinar organised to celebrate World Book and Copyright Day by the UNESCO OER Dynamic Coalition. Find out more here.
Click here to read the newsletter in full.
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Arnold Zable receives Lifetime Achievement in Literature award
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Arnold Zable is the 2021 recipient of the Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature. This award recognises a writer who has made an outstanding and sustained contribution to Australian literature.
Arnold Zable is an Australian writer, novelist and human rights advocate. Arnold's books include the memoir Jewels and Ashes, three novels: Café Scheherazade, Scraps of Heaven, and Sea of Many Returns, two collections of stories: The Fig Tree and Violin Lessons, and The Fighter. With his books, essays, articles, plays and others stories, Arnold shares his unique understanding of memory, history, displacement and community.
You can hear Arnold talk about his life as a writer in this video discussion with his long-time publisher, Michael Heyward from Text Publishing
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PRH UK goes carbon neutral
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The Bookseller reports:
Penguin Random House UK has released a new sustainability policy and announced it is climate neutral across its direct operations.
PRH says it achieved carbon neutrality partly by making its offices and warehouses more energy efficient and shifting to 100% renewable energy, which has reduced its direct carbon emissions by 65% since 2018.
The publisher has also halved its use of single-use plastic since 2017 and in 2020, all of its paper came from FSC certified sources. It has also invested in offsetting in areas where it was unable to avoid or reduce emissions.
Read more here.
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Pandemic support sought for Canadian publishers
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Publishing Perspectives reports:
“As of February 2021 only 33 percent of English-language publishers have full confidence that they will be able to maintain their publishing programs at pre-pandemic levels. Although consumer book sales have rebounded, longstanding structural challenges have meant that pandemic recovery has been uneven across our industry. Barriers to market that small- and medium-sized independent presses faced prior to 2020 are becoming more entrenched.”
This is how the Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) describes the current situation in Canada so it is seeking targeted support for book publishers as the Canadian government's 2021 budget is implemented. The government spending plan sees C$101.4 billion in new spending over three years allocated to fuel recovery from the impact of the COVID-10 pandemic and to kickstart the transition to a green economy.
Read more about the funding challenges facing Canadian publishers here.
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TIBE reveal stats on the state of the Taiwan Book Market
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The 2020 Taiwan Book Market is in the spotlight after the Taipei International Book Exhibition published stats on the state of the local market. In 2020 there were:
- 35,041 new titles
- 4,694 publishing houses
- 9,549 new translated titles
- 2061 bookstores
For information on the genres of bestselling books, the country of origin for translated titles and more, click here.
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2020 was a huge year for UK book sales
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The Guardian reports:
It's been an outstanding year for book sales in the UK with locked-down readers looking for the escape that books offer.
Figures from the UK Publishers Association show that fiction sales increased by more than £100m for UK publishers, a 16% increase on the year prior. Audiobook sales climbed by more than a third.
The key titles cited for the rise include Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, Douglas Stuart’s Booker-winner Shuggie Bain, Richard Osman’s The Thursday Murder Club, Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other, and Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing. The bestselling title was Charlie Mackesy’s philosophical picture book The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.
While print sales fell 6% during 2020, a period when bookshops in the UK closed their doors for months, total digital sales increased 12%. The £0.4bn gap – with print accounting for 53% of sales, and digital for 47% - is the smallest it has ever been.
Read more about the figures here or head to the Publishers Association site to download the 2020 report.
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IPEd announces 2021 Janet Mackenzie Medal winner
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The Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) is proud to announce the winner of the 2021 Janet Mackenzie Medal is Edwin (Ted) Briggs AE.
The Janet Mackenzie Medal is IPEd's highest award. It honours the memory of revered editor, author and IPEd member Janet Mackenzie DE (1947–2018).
Read the media release here.
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NOTICES
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Publishers in town for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards on Wednesday 12 May are invited to join PANZ for pre-awards ceremony drinks and conversation from 5.15pm.
The venue will be the Glass Goose Bar and Eatery just a short hop to the Aotea Centre where the Ockham Book Awards begin at 7pm.
Where: Glass Goose Bar & Eatery, 78 Federal Street, Auckland
When: Wednesday 12 May from 5.15-6.30pm
There will be a cash bar, a convivial setting and tasty nibbles!
More details soon but register here for catering purposes.
Why not make a night of it with your staff and bring a group to the awards? Tickets for the 90-minute ceremony are $16 each. You can book your ticket here.
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We’re delighted to announce that our occasional webinar series will resume on Friday 21 May at 1pm. Join us for a conversation between Penguin Random House Head of Publishing, Claire Murdoch and a stellar panel of sharp and insightful booksellers who will give us a snapshot of what’s happening on the bookshop floor.
The next panel will be held on Thursday 3 June (please note this session is on a Thursday to avoid clashing with any Queen’s Birthday weekend plans) and will give an update on all things copyright. The webinar after that will be held on Friday 18 June where we’ll be looking at the international rights market. Both these events will run at 1pm.
Please register for the webinars here.
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Metadata and Why it Matters - Wellington
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Please join us on Tuesday 22 June at Lift Education in Wellington for a workshop on metadata and why it matters. This is a similar workshop to the successful event recently held in Auckland.
Nevena Nikolic (Territory Manager) from the Nielsen Book data team will give an insider’s view on the Nielsen Book data systems, including how data is aggregated and shared with booksellers, the best way to present your information to maximise sales (especially for online) and what are some common errors they see.
Ideal for anyone that is responsible for their book data and/or wants some insider tips.
There’ll be plenty of time to ask all those burning data questions that you have and we’ll round off the morning with lunch and the chance to chat informally to Nevena.
Registrations open from 9.30am with tea and coffee available on arrival and the workshop will start promptly at 10am.
Lift’s offices are at Level 7, 234 Wakefield Street, Wellington.
To register click here.
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Speak directly to 45,000 kids’ booklovers
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The finalist booklet for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults is an annual showcase of the very best of Kiwi books for young readers. And when the 2021 shortlist is announced on 10 June, around 45,000 copies of this engaging mini-magazine will wing their way out to bookshops and libraries nationwide, and into 35,000 subscriber and selected retail copies of the NZ Listener.
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PANZ children’s publisher members have the chance to use this powerful vehicle to promote their own kids’ titles or reading initiatives. The NZ Book Awards Trust is making just a few pages within the A5 16-page booklet available for advertising at very competitive rates.
Space is limited and deadlines are tight, so if you are interested in knowing more, email manager@nzbookawards.org.nz today to discuss rates, sizes and material deadlines. Bookings will be taken on a first-come-first-served basis, but the Trust reserves the right to review material for suitability before confirming inclusion.
You can see a copy of the 2020 finalist booklet on the NZCYA website.
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BCBF 2021 Online edition - Exhibitor Events Programme announced
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BCBF has announce that during the Bologna Children’s Book Fair - Online Edition (14 to 17 June) it will be activating and promoting an Exhibitor Events Programme - a new online section dedicated to initiatives, conventions, presentations, interviews, workshops, and proposals curated by BCBF exhibitors.
The service is offered free of charge and is strictly reserved for exhibitors who are registered for BCBF 2019, 2020 and 2021.
If you were registered in 2019 you will receive a BCBF communication by 15 May giving a personalised link allowing you to create your credentials in order to access the dedicated area of the BCBF website where you will find information on how to participate and the applicable rules.
The Exhibitor Events Programme will be published on the BCBF website on 4 June 2021; all the initiatives of the Exhibitor Events Calendar will, however, remain available online until 31 August 2021.
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Nominations open for Bologna Children’s Publishers of the Year
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The Italian Publishers Association, in partnership with the International Publishers Association are looking for entries for the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year.
The aim is to highlight the editorial projects, professional skills and intellectual qualities of work produced by publishing houses all over the world. At the same time, the prize is designed to foster a mutual exchange of knowledge and ideas among different countries, diverse areas and cultural identities across the globe. Six prizes shall be awarded, one for each geographical area: Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, Central-South America and Oceania.
The award-winning publishing houses will be announced at the 2021 Bologna Children’s Book Fair Online Special Edition (14-17 June).
Nominations must be made by 15 May 2021 by filling in the prize application form provided by Bologna Children’s Book Fair, AIE and IPA. Get started here.
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BIBF announce options for 2021 fair
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The Beijing International Book Fair has announced its physical fair will be held from the 25-29 August 2021. There are also options for those unable to attend in person.
Smart!Assistant! is being offered for those not able to travel but wanting to have a presence at the fair. Publishers can send their book samples to Peking by 30 June and BIBF will provide an assistant onsite during the book fair to present their titles to interested Chinese publishers and forward their contacts after the fair.
Once again the SMART!BIBF online platform, will enable publishers to present their latest catalogue and rights titles, highlighted during BIBF and for 365 days afterwards. The site registered 5 million online visitors and 1 billion streams at 2020 virtual BIBF! All Information will be available in June.
More information can be found here.
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Jobs
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Marketing role with Gecko Press
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Gecko Press is seeking a marketing manager to support our international business, based in our central Wellington office. We are looking for someone with initiative, confidence and a deep interest in children’s books; a quick worker who thrives on getting things done.
This is a chance to join a small team of four in an innovative international company that translates and publishes books by some of the best writers and illustrators in the world.
Gecko Press books are sold throughout the English-speaking world, and marketed directly into North America, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand, in print and digital editions, working with specialist marketing and distribution partners in each region.
The central Wellington office operates as a hub office focusing on digital and local marketing and managing our relationship with distributors and sales and marketing agencies.
The primary responsibilities of this role are to support our marketing, publicity, and sales activity, including managing the Gecko Press website and social media channels, increasing engagement across all platforms, managing local events and providing sales and marketing materials for distributors.
Please note this role does not involve people management.
To apply please send your CV and cover letter to Julia Marshall julia@geckopress.com
Deadline 15 May 2021.
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Meet the Members
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We've brought back our Meet the Members section and are kicking things off by highlighting some fresh faces in the industry, starting with this year's crop of Whitireia interns.
Name: Emma McIlroy
Company: Gecko Press
What has been a highlight so far? A (few) highlights for me have been meeting authors and chatting with them, getting to look at books from around the world and consider them for acquisition, and working in a small team where I get to pitch in on most things. Also, sometimes cute babies come into the office and we get to give them books.
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What has been a challenge? A challenge has been that because it's a small team where I get to pitch in on most things, there's been a lot to learn, from bigger processes like setting up a book and its metadata to smaller processes like sending websales and that can be pretty exhausting, although satisfying once I've got the hang of it.
How have you found "real world" publishing different from the expectations you had while on your course? I would have to say that actually the course and especially the work placements gave me a pretty good idea of ‘real world’ publishing, and what happens in a publishing house on a day-to-day level.
What are you reading at the moment? I’m one of those people that reads more than one book at a time, although not in the same genre, so here are the books I am currently reading, all of which I am thoroughly enjoying: Imagining Decolonisation for a bit of non-fiction, My Salinger Year by Joanna Rakoff for a bit of fiction (reading this on the Libby app, I am obsessed with how easy and good it is and getting books from the library that way!) and I am in Bed with You by Emma Barnes for a bit of poetry.
You can read through previous Meet the Member interviews here. If there's someone you think we should feature, please email admin@publishers.org.nz.
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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.
MAY 2021
4 May: PANZ Book Design Awards entries open
6 - 9 May: Featherston Booktown Karukatea Festival
6 - 9 May: Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival
11 - 16 May: Auckland Writers Festival
12 May: PANZ Pre-Ockham drinks
12 May: Ockham NZ Book Awards ceremony at Auckland Writers Festival
JUNE 2021
10 June: Shortlist announced for 2021 NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults
14 - 17 June: Bologna Children's Book Fair online edition
22 June: Metadata and Why it Matters Workshop (Wellington)
AUGUST 2021
11 August: NZ Book Awards for Children & Young Adults ceremony in Wellington
21-22 August: Booksellers NZ Conference
21 August: Industry Awards Dinner
27 August: Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day
25 – 29 August: WORD Christchurch Festival
25 – 29 August: Beijing International Book Fair
OCTOBER 2021
9 October: Bookshop Day
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If you have an announcement, a job or any news please let us know so we can share it.
Email admin@publishers.org.nz
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