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The Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) International Conference 2012 will be held at the Mercure Hotel, 8 Customs Street, Auckland on March 1st and 2nd and they are now taking registrations at conference@publishers.org.nz using the form attached below.

A talented group of writers will take up residencies at the Michael King Writers’ Centre in Devonport next year.

The centre received applications from nearly 70 writers for its residency programme in 2012. Three eight-week residencies were offered, together with one six-month residency run in partnership with The University of Auckland.

Winners have been announced in the second CLL Educational Publishing Awards, which is sponsored by Copyright Licensing Ltd.

The CLL Educational Publishing Awards acknowledge excellence in presentation, content and appropriateness for New Zealand schools and tertiary institutions.

The winners are:

History, Maths and Maori language winners of CLL Educational Publishing Awards 2011

The judges selected for the inaugural New Zealand Post Book Awards bring with them a wealth of literary expertise as they set about choosing the country’s best books published in 2009.

This year sees an increase from three to five judges as part of a new, streamlined structure of the country’s premier book awards.

Each year a panel of three judges is appointed for the Montana New Zealand Book Awards. The judges are supported by eight specialist category advisors and a Te Reo Māori advisor. The judges and advisors are chosen by the Montana New Zealand Book Awards Management Committee from a broad range of nominations put forward by literary and book trade organisations. Wherever possible one of the judges will be a practising writer.