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Jeffrey Buchanan is named the winner of the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for his manuscript The Birds Began to Sing...
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It’s July, and winter is well and truly here. Perfect weather for a hot fire, a warm drink and a good book…
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Caroline Stills has won the $10,000 Text Prize for her debut middle-grade novel A Gift from the Birds.
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Five manuscripts have been shortlisted for the 2024 $10,000 Text Prize. The winner will be announced in mid-June.
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Text Publishing and the New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) are thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Michael Gifkins Prize for an Unpublished Novel
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May is upon us and winter is well and truly on the way. Good thing we’ve got a host of new books to snuggle up with…
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Kate Grenville’s Restless Dolly Maunder is shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction