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Neuseeland: While you were sleeping!
Gastland der Frankfurter Buchmesse 2012
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Kiwi writers' time to shine
The Kiwi publishing industry is gearing up for its equivalent of the Rugby World Cup, backed by a host of other professions keen to make the most of an unprecedented opportunity to showcase New Zealand writers.
New Zealand is the guest country of honour at this year's Frankfurt Book Fair, the world's largest gathering of what are now known as "content professionals".
The enormous expo, designed to facilitate the trading of foreign language and editorial rights between publishing, film, television, gaming and digital content companies around the globe, selects a guest country each year. The previous guest was Iceland.
Transit of Venus sparks international transit of poets
Six poets from opposite sides of the globe are meeting for a special once-in-a-lifetime experience next month.
Maurice Gee: Honoured New Zealand writer
Maurice Gee was named on Sunday May 13 as the inaugural Honoured New Zealand Writer at this years Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.
Pictured is a still from the feature film In my Fathers Den 2004, directed by Brad McGann, adapted from Gee's novel of the same name, published by Faber, London, 1972. The film has picked up numerous awards.
Record breaking number of New Zealand book rights sold into Germany
New Zealand’s role as Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Book Fair has generated record breaking rights sales for New Zealand writers and publishers.
66 book titles are being translated and published in Germany in 2012, an unprecedented high for New Zealand’s publishing industry.
“New Zealand books have never seen such international exposure,” said Kevin Chapman, president of the Publishing Association of New Zealand and managing director of publishing house Hachette New Zealand.
The New Zealand pavilion
Andrew Patterson talks to Rhein Main TV about the design of the Guest of Honour New Zealand pavilion for the upcoming Frankfurt Book Fair in October 2012 (in German).
Black Grace – more than dance perfection
Black Grace performances of LAGI in Germany have received critical aclaim. The last performance on their tour of Germany was in Wolfsburg, and the reviews are glowing.