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WELCOME TO PANZ NEWS
16 May issue
This week we are excited to share more details about the upcoming PANZ Retreat, including announcing our international guest speaker from the USA. There are new sustainability resources available on the PANZ website and we tell you about a new bestseller list specifically for junior and YA fiction.
We announce the recipient of this year's Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship and the finalists for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel.
We mark the passing of John Dunmore and reflect on his decades long contribution to New Zealand publishing.
In International News there is an update from the IPA and an invite to apply for the Rendez-vous fellowship programme in Montreal.
While in Notices, we welcome a new member to the association, there are details of cash grants to support NZ writers, some TechWeek sessions of interest and an invite to the CLNZ AGM. Plus, don't forget the PANZ Book Design Awards and Book Industry Awards are open for entries.
Finally, best of luck to all publishers with finalists in this year's Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. We hope we'll see lots of you at our pre-ceremony drinks tomorrow.
Happy reading!
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 FEATURE
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Connect – Plan – Sustain – The 2023 PANZ Retreat
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Excitement is building as we pull together our plans for the PANZ biennial retreat Connect – Plan – Sustain taking place from 9am Friday 4 August to midday Saturday 5 August at the Castaways Glamping site just outside Auckland. More details to follow on that and the rest of the programme shortly. But don’t forget that you need to register by Friday 30 June to be eligible for the early bird discount. *Early bird rate until Friday 30 June $650 plus gst per person From 1 July until 21 July the cost is $695 plus gst.
The retreat will be a less formal affair than conference and is an opportunity for PANZ members to gather together, reconnect with colleagues and friends, and make new connections across the industry. We’re lining up a few sparky speakers to keep things interesting but this is also an opportunity for you to learn from others, strengthen ties and build relationships across the industry. We’re anticipating a couple of days of lively conversations and thought-provoking discussions, exploring ways for both PANZ and our members to plan for sustainability in these unusual and unpredictable times. Included in the programme will be a special strand for educational publishers so that we can zero in on the issues and opportunities that are particular to this vital part of our industry.
And we’re delighted to let you know that one of our speakers is Adam Lerner, CEO of Lerner Books, an independent children’s and young adult publisher founded in 1959. Under Adam’s leadership, and with a focus on strategic planning, Lerner expanded its market presence through increased title production. The company also launched numerous digital products and platforms and made key acquisitions. Lerner Publishing Group’s books have been honored with publishing awards such as the Caldecott Honor, several Coretta Scott King Book Awards, the Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Medal, and more. In addition, the company launched Lerner Publisher Services, a full-service distribution service that markets and sells children’s and young adult books from 21 renowned global publishing partners. Adam will be joining us throughout the retreat and will speak on the opportunities and challenges that he sees in the publishing industry. We’d like to thank Creative New Zealand for supporting Adam’s visit through the Te Mana Ka Tau programme.
We know that you and your teams are juggling a range of challenges at the moment including ongoing freight disruption, increases in inflation and the looming specter of generative AI and how to use it in your business (rather than have it take-over!). We also know that our members are keen to reconnect with each other and there’ll be plenty of time for that too.
*Registrations must be confirmed by 21 July and bookings are non-refundable. Participation is restricted to Heads of Houses, or at the least your most senior members of staff. Download the registration form here.
We’d like to acknowledge the CLNZ Cultural Fund which supports the PANZ Training Fund and our professional development programme.
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Adam Lerner, CEO of Lerner Books will join publishers at the PANZ Retreat in August.
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NATIONAL
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Sustainability resources available
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The initial goal of the PANZ Sustainability committee was to gain an understanding of where the publishing industry currently stands in terms of sustainability, and to identify the challenges and opportunities particular to the industry. The commissioning of the Climate Action for the New Zealand Publishing Industry report from the Sustainable Business Network was that first step.
The next stage was to draw on information from the report to offer practical solutions to help publishers on their own sustainability journeys. To this aim we have compiled a set of practical steps and resources on the PANZ website here. This includes tools to map the carbon footprint of your business and formulate a climate action plan, as well as a Publisher Printer Sustainability Checklist and other guides for producing low impact books.
Craig Gamble will chair a sustainability webinar on Thursday 6 July at 1pm to further dive into this issue. Keep an eye on PANZ News and your inboxes for more information and you can register here.
And a reminder if you would like access to the report on Climate Action for the New Zealand Publishing Industry: A snapshot and a pathway forward please contact Katherine at the PANZ office.
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New bestseller list for junior and YA fiction
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Kete Books and Storylines have launched a new monthly bestseller list to help showcase and promote the excellent junior and young adult fiction books written and published in Aotearoa New Zealand.
View the Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List, sponsored by Storylines.
Created with data collected by Nielsen BookScan, the new list focuses on New Zealand junior fiction, young adult fiction and children’s graphic novels. This first edition of the list features the ten best-selling titles in these categories for April 2023.
Kete Books will continue to release its weekly Nielsen BookScan bestseller list which features the top ten-selling New Zealand children’s titles for the week prior. This list is often dominated by Aotearoa’s well-known and world class picture books. The new, monthly list is an initiative aimed at highlighting the range and depth of the excellent books written and published for older children in New Zealand.
In celebration, Kete has also collected a selection of new children’s book review and editorial content, including a review of Tessa Duder’s new historical young adult novel The Sparrow, and a Cover Story feature, delving into the creation of the cover art featured on Philippa Werry’s novel Iris and Me. Kete Editor Dionne Christian’s column this week also highlights the new ways in which young people are engaging with books and fiction.
Anne de Lautour, Storylines Executive Officer explains the motivation behind the Aotearoa Children’s Junior Fiction and Young Adult Bestseller List:
“There is a raft of dazzling, fun, engaging and thought-provoking writing for children going on in Aotearoa – that’s true across all categories and genres. But one thing we have noticed is that junior and young adult fiction doesn’t often make the existing New Zealand books bestseller lists – which are regularly dominated by picture books and non-fiction.
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Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship winner announced
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Trinity Thompson-Browne has been awarded the 2023 Māori and Pacific Publishing Scholarship thanks to a collaboration with Whitireia Community Polytechnic Limited and Penguin Random House New Zealand (PRH).
The scholarship offers funding for a Māori or Pacific student to study the Graduate Diploma in Publishing at Whitireia. It also includes hands-on experience twice a year at Penguin Random House.
The PRH NZ Māori and Pacific scholarship was created in 2020 to reduce barriers to equity, and encourage diversity and inclusivity in publishing in Aotearoa.
Thompson-Browne (Ngāti Kahungunu, Muaūpoko), is a well-known poet and photographer working with Māori organisations, whānau Māori, toi Māori and tāmoko practitioners.
Last year, Thompson-Browne, alongside fellow writer and poet Rangimarie Sophie Jolley, co-curated events on behalf of Te Hā o Ngā Kaituhi Māori in Verb Readers & Writers Festival 2022. Before this, they worked at Ariki Creative, where they edited the English version of the creative studio’s book, The Story of Waihiko, which aims to give tamariki Māori a way to understand technology from a te ao Māori perspective.
Thompson-Browne says this scholarship will help them to support other Māori writers and their aspirations for story sovereignty, as well as continuing to explore different ways to self-publish at and above industry standard, where all the hands Māori stories pass through are also Māori, from inception to print.
“To be in a position where I can actively stress-test my self-publishing knowledge base, week in, week out, against industry practice is incredibly invigorating. I am so thankful to be in this course and to be chosen for this scholarship. Serving my communities with the knowledge and skills learnt from this course is something I am really looking forward to. I cannot recommend this course, and this scholarship, enough. It is nothing short of life changing.”
Read more here.
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Trinity Thompson Browne (photo credit Elisha Taueki)
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Michael Gifkins Prize shortlist announced
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Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) have announced the shortlist for the 2023 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel.
Five manuscripts by New Zealand writers have been shortlisted for this year’s prize:
• How to Stop a River by G. M. Allen, an inventive and atmospheric novel connecting past, present and future stories, linked by a winding river.
• A Foundling’s Sin by Jane Bitomsky, a lively historical novel full of humour, drama and romance, following an orphan named Repentance as she searches for love and navigates domestic service in Jacobean England.
• Dolores by Danielle Heyhoe, an absorbing portrayal of a precocious young woman searching for clarity and significance in the wake of intense loss, set across Auckland and modern-day France.
• My Rose by Tina Shaw, a quietly gripping story of a mother–daughter relationship, as the mother battles her unreliable memory to unravel a mystery from her past.
• I Am the River… by Helen Waaka, the story of a family, examining the intergenerational trauma of family violence, but also hope, belonging and whānau reconnection.
The winner will be announced in July. The author of the winning manuscript will receive a contract for world rights from Text, along with an advance of NZ$10,000.
This year’s exceptional shortlist was chosen by Text Publishing from a longlist of fifteen high-quality manuscripts selected by writer and editor Michelle Elvy and the inaugural Michael Gifkins Prize winner, Ruby Porter.
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The Michael King Writers Centre announces recipients of International Exchange with Australia
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New Zealand writer Emma Hislop and Australian writer Fiona Kelly McGregor have been announced as the recipients of the 2023 New Zealand-Australia residency exchange, an international residency programme held by Varuna, the Australian National Writers House in collaboration with the Michael King Writers Centre in Auckland.
The four-week residency exchange will take place during September and October 2023. Fiona will work on her third novel at the Michael King Writers Centre before flying to Wellington to participate in the Verb Wellington Writers Festival. Emma will work on her latest book, a novel, at Varuna and will appear at the Blue Mountains Writers Festival.
Both writers’ centres said ‘the standard of applications for this exchange program was very competitive’.
This residency programme is supported by Copyright Licensing New Zealand and the Australia Council for the Arts.
For more information click here.
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Pictured L-R: Emma Hslop (photo credit Ebony Lamb) and Fiona Kelly McGregor
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OBITUARY
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John Dunmore, Professor Emeritus, Massey University; Companion of the NZ Order of Merit; Officier de la Légion d'honneur; Officier des Palmes Académiques passed away recently at the age of almost 100.
John was appointed as Foundation Lecturer in French at Massey University in 1961 where he remained until his retirement. During his time with Massey, he was Head of the Department of Modern Languages and held the position of Dean of Humanities from 1968 to 1981.
From 1969, he began a distinguished publishing career working from the journals of French explorers in the Pacific, completing his final work in 2006.
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Among these studies were biographies of Bougainville, La Pérouse, De Surville and Baret. He published more than 30 books in his lifetime, including several in the last few years with Upstart Press as well as Heritage Press.
For this work, he gained an international reputation and was honoured in both New Zealand and France.
Professor Dunmore established the Dunmore Press in 1974 with his daughter, Pat, which for many years provided a significant outlet for a wide range of academic studies, and still does so today. They also created Heritage Press for short runs of books of historical or cultural significance, which was later sold and then brought back into the family in 2021 by Pat, who now operates it out of Feilding, while semi-retired from Upstart Press in Auckland.
In his 99 years, Professor Dunmore retained a vital interest in university life and in scholarship. He was a strong advocate for the importance of language learning in schools and at tertiary level and is remembered as a witty and erudite professor who charmed students and colleagues. He is survived by his son, Professor Paul Dunmore, and Patricia Dunmore (formerly Chapman), as well as numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
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INTERNATIONAL
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In this month's International Publishers Association (IPA) update, there is a comprehensive round-up of London Book Fair activities, including the prestigious Charles Clark Memorial Lecture, which celebrates the memory of the brilliant Charles Clark (1933- 2006) who spent much of his career focusing on the intersection of copyright and technology.
The 2023 London Book Fair made sustainability a big focus with main stage programming and a dedicated sustainability hub as well as visibility for SDG Publishers Compact signatories. Read more here.
While a new book casts critical eye on South African copyright reform. Copyright Reform or Reframe?, a monograph published by South African publisher Juta, provides a comprehensive legal analysis of most of the new provisions of the South African Copyright and Performers’ Protection Amendment Bills. Read more here.
Finally, Publishers Weekly profiled new IPA President, Karine Pansa, setting out her mission on freedom to publish, copyright, and data. Read it here.
For all the IPA's news for April, click here.
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Call for applications: Rendez-vous in Montreal
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Québec Édition has launched the call for applications of the tenth edition of the Rendez-vous fellowship programme that will take place in Montreal (Quebec, Canada) from November 21 to 26, 2023.
Around ten publishers will have the unique opportunity to discover the Quebec and French Canadian book markets while developing business relations with book professionals from Quebec and around the world.
The Rendez-vous programme will include a visit of Montreal's literary scene, meetings with publishers at the Montreal Book Fair, some networking events and more. The transportation and accommodation expenses are covered by Québec Édition and affiliate partners.
Québec Édition welcomes publishers from all nationalities and all editorial fields (children's books, YA literature, fiction, essays, scientific textbooks, university press, etc.).
The deadline for submissions is June 1, 2023.
Learn more here.
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NOTICES
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PANZ is delighted to welcome new member Koa Press to the association. Koa Press, based in Christchurch and led by Tonia Shuttleworth, is an independent publisher of gorgeous floral and cookery books. We look forward to connecting with Tonia at PANZ events.
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Applications open for cash grants to support NZ writers
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The CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants support New Zealand writers by providing assistance to writers who wish to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project.
Four Research Grants valued at $5,000 each are available to New Zealand writers wishing to undertake research for a fiction or non-fiction writing project. These are supported by Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and the New Zealand Society of Authors (NZSA) as part of the CLNZ Cultural Fund.
In 2023, one of the four Research Grants is targeted at diverse writers and diverse and new topics, and writers who propose to write on issues or subjects that are topical in present day Aotearoa.
A broad range of fiction and non-fiction writing projects are eligible for these grants, however some works and projects are excluded so writers are encouraged to check the guidelines carefully.
Applications close at 4pm Thursday 8 June. Learn more here.
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TechWeek sessions of interest
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TechWeek23 is running until 20 May and will see over 400 in person and online events hosted across Aotearoa. Amongst the packed schedule of sessions are a few highlights that might be of interest to educational publishers.
Tuesday 16 May at 4pm. Breaking barriers: a teacher panel on digital technology in education
Panellists:
- Susana Tomaz: co-ordinator of the STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Maths) programme at Westlake Girls School and MOE Across School Lead for the local Community of Learning
- Malcolm Clarke: Digital Technologies Teacher at Kōwhai Intermediate School and DTTA President
- Russel Dunn : Deputy Principal at Tamaki College and oversees the Manaiakalani Education Programme at the school
- Chair: Kathryn MacCallum Associate Professor of Digital Edu Futures University of Canterbury & President of the International Association of Mobile Learning (IAmLearn)
Wednesday 17 May 4pm EdTech Exporters
The 'know how and know who' of NZ Inc agency support - Techweek with a panel of reps from MFAT, NZTE and ENZ
Check out the full programme here.
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Invitation to attend the CLNZ AGM
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PANZ Members are invited to attend the CLNZ AGM taking place on Friday 26th May 2023, starting at 9:30am at our CLNZ offices:
Kotahitanga, Level 6
19-21 Como Street
Takapuna, Auckland
If you would like to attend, please RSVP by 19 May here.
If you can’t attend in person, we invite you to join us online (via Zoom). To register your online attendance, please click here
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Reminder: PANZ pre-awards drinks tomorrow
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PANZ would like to invite publishers in town for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards on Wednesday 17th May to gather for pre-awards ceremony drinks and conversation from 5.00pm.
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 17 May from 5.00-6.30pm
There will be a cash bar, but a convivial setting and tasty nibbles will be provided!
Register here for catering purposes.
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Reminder: PANZ Book Design Awards entries open
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Make sure you get your entries in for the 2023 PANZ Book Design Awards.
The PANZ Book Design Awards were established to promote excellence in, and provide recognition for, the best book design in Aotearoa New Zealand.
You can enter the awards here.
Please don’t forget to support your emerging designers. The Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand Emerging Designer Award is free to enter and comes with a $1000 prize for the winner. So help us to spread the word by forwarding the details on to your in-house and freelance designers who may be eligible.
The online entry option for the Emerging Designer award can be found here or you can download a hardcopy here.
We look forward to seeing all your wonderful entries soon.
Dates for your diaries:
Entries close on Friday 2 June 2023.
The shortlist will be announced on Tuesday 25 July 2023
The winners will be revealed at a ceremony in Auckland on Thursday 21 September 2023.
Remember to keep an eye on the PANZ Book Design Awards website for more news and details of the awards ceremony. All entry forms and criteria are also available on the website.
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Entries open for Book Industry Awards
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A reminder that entries are open for this year’s Book Industry Awards. Links to the criteria and entry forms are below:
Emerging NZ Publisher of the Year (Enter Now)
Emerging NZ Bookseller of the Year (Enter Now)
Marketing and Publicity Strategy of the Year (Enter Now)
Sales Professional of the Year (Enter Now)
Mana Māori Award (Enter Now)
Innovation Award (Enter Now)
Nielsen BookData NZ Publisher of the Year (Enter Now)
Nielsen BookData NZ Bookshop of the Year (Enter Now)
In addition to these awards the following presentations will be made:
Nielsen BookData NZ Bestseller Award (best-selling NZ published title between April 2022 and March 2023)
Nielsen BookData International Bestseller Award (best-selling international title in NZ between April 2022 and March 2023)
Aotearoa Booksellers’ Choice Award
Lifetime Achievement Award
Timeline
- Entries open – Tuesday 2nd May
- Entries close – Monday 5th June, 9am
- Judging completed by Wednesday 28 June
The 2023 Book Industry Awards dinner and ceremony will be held on Saturday 22 July at Rotorua’s Novotel Lakeside Hotel.
Details are also available on the PANZ website https://publishers.org.nz/nz-book-industry-awards-2023/
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PANZ Publishing Calendar 2023
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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 2023
16-21 May: Auckland Writers Festival
17 May: Ockham New Zealand Book Awards winners announced.
17 May: PANZ Council Meeting
JUNE 2023
1 June: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists revealed
1 June: CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award opens
5 June: Entries close for the Book Industry Awards
8 June: CLNZ/NZSA Research Grants close
29 June: CLNZ/NZSA Writers’ Award closes
JULY 2023
22 July: Book Industry Awards ceremony and dinner
22-23 July: Booksellers Conference
AUGUST 2023
4-5 August: PANZ Retreat
10 August: New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults winners announced
10 August: PANZ Council Meeting
25 August 2023: Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day
SEPTEMBER 2023
21 September: PANZ Book Design Awards ceremony 2023
22 September: PANZ Book Design Workshop
OCTOBER 2023
7 October: NZ Bookshop Day
18-22 October: Frankfurt Book Fair
NOVEMBER 2023
17 November: PANZ Council Meeting
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