This Blog Fest is a collaborative web initiative in anticipation of the Frankfurt Bookfair in October, where New Zealand is the Guest of Honour.
In these pages we’re highlighting Kiwi and German writers in 2012 and creating a space for interested readers and bloggers to connect and share related posts. If you are a Kiwi or German living anywhere in the world, or if you are from somewhere else but have settled in New Zealand or Germany, we want to hear from you.
This blog fest is a celebration across geographic and temporal boundaries and an ongoing conversation. From Kiel to Kaitaia: please join us! Here you’ll find:
In a weekly countdown to the Bookfair, we feature an eclectic mix of writing and experience in different formats: from poetry to video to short story.
Browse the weekly highlights
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A collaborative cyber journal that features entries from artists and writers from places as diverse as Berlin and Hokianga. The first edition is now online:
Blog Carnival #1: CROSSINGS
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A feature author and interview series with published writers and writers just getting started. The first feature is leading from the past to the now:
Once upon a time in Aotearoa – Translating Maori Myths
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Frankfurt Bookfair 2012: An Aotearoa Affair 
As A suggestion to the F/F AND NZ organisers of this years book fair, there are a lot of New Zealanders working all round the world in the publishing industry, particularly in the UK. As a Kiwi, I am regularly meeting others who are working for all sorts of publishers and are no longer living in New Zealand.
I exhibit every year with my company Motilal Books of India, and have been attending Frankfurt for at least 14 consecutive. Can expats like myself get to meet other Kiwi’s at some social event or two this year?
Ray McLennan
Motilal (UK) Books of India (Hall 8)
Ray — it’s a wonderful idea. Please send your email address and contact info to us at nzgermany2012[at]gmail[dot]com and we’ll send it out (along with your suggestion here in the comment) to our mailing list. Thank you for your interest.