The international profile and sales
of New Zealand literature and the development of the national publishing sector
will be boosted over the next three financial years by a new contract awarded
by Creative New Zealand.
The Publishers’ Association of New
Zealand (PANZ) has been contracted to deliver a range of initiatives to
increase the international sales and profile of New Zealand literature and
authors and to develop networks which will help to achieve these results.
It will administer translation and
international travel funds, support New Zealand’s presence at major
international book fairs, and host international publishers in New Zealand as
part of Creative New Zealand’s international visitors’ programme, Te Manu Ka
Tau.
“The development of international
markets for New Zealand literature is crucial. We need to maximize and leverage
the interest in our authors off-shore and PANZ is best placed to do this,” said
Senior Manager for International Programmes Cath Cardiff.
“Our aim is to have one organisation
developing and delivering an integrated programme so there is an overarching
view and strategy for raising the profile and readership of our literature
overseas.
“This was one of the recommendations
of our review of Creative New Zealand’s support for literature which was
approved by the Arts Council in February this year,” she said.
PANZ has also been contracted to
deliver a national publishing internship initiative to support and develop
emerging practitioners who are aiming for a career in publishing. The
initiative will support three internships, at a minimum of eight weeks,
annually from the beginning of 2016.
Creative New Zealand will invest
$540,000 in the international initiatives and $90,000 in the publishing
internships over the next three years up to 2017/18.
Creative New Zealand’s Review
of Literature was published in March 2015.
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