by Beaulah Pragg What do we do, as New Zealand Authors, when faced with the prospect of interacting with...
Reconnaissance Update
It’s Full Steam Ahead for Reconnaissance the 36th New Zealand National Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention to be held...
Submission Opportunities: “Accessing the Future” and “Hidden Children”
Two anthologies that may be of interest to SpecFicNZ members: Accessing the Future from The Future Fire is...
Lecture series: Paleofantasy: What evolution tells us about modern life, 31 October – 12 November
Need to brush up on your stone-age psychology, and feel like Clan of the Cave Bear might be a wee...
The Empyrean Key; Ardentia Book 1
The Empyrean Key by J.L Tomlinson The Empyrean Key is YA High Fantasy set in the land of...
Judges needed for NZ Children’s & YA Book Awards
Booksellers NZ is now accepting expressions of interest to judge the 2015 New Zealand Book Awards for Children...
Upcoming science lectures around the country
Has your worldbuilding run out of steam? Are you looking for some new ideas, or ways of looking...
Self-publishing illustrated print books in NZ
Next up in our series on self-publishing in New Zealand Aotearoa: James Russell of Dragon Brothers Books decided...
The Don’t Girls
The Don’t Girls by Octavia Cade Bluebeard’s wife is told by her husband to never go into his...
Announcing the SHORTCUTS Novella Competition Winners
By Marie Hodgkinson, Paper Road Press First things first: huge thanks to SpecFicNZ for hosting this competition, and...
Self-publishing tips: ebooks
by Darusha Wehm Based on an article originally posted on my website Here are some technical tips on creating your own...
Online literary festival reaches international crowds
Sarah Shaffi at The Bookseller reports: “Gollancz’s one-day physical and digital festival reached nearly three million people on...
Creative New Zealand Review
Want your say on how literature is supported and developed in New Zealand? Take some time to submit...
Twisty Christmas Tales needs your support
At least a dozen of our members have stories appearing in this Christmas anthology for children to be released on...
All hail Kiwi Young Adult fiction
Great piece from Sarah Forster on the Booksellers NZ blog about Kiwi YA fiction: “The wonderful thing about...