The 2024 Storylines Margaret Mahy National Awards Day was held on Sunday and included the presentation of the Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal to Elizabeth Jones and the announcement of the winners of the 2024 Storylines manuscript and illustration awards.

For the first time in 21 year history of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Literary Achievement, all three awards have been made to women writers.

The judges have been announced for the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Alba Celdran has won the 2023 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize!

Hachette Aotearoa has announced the talented illustrators shortlisted for this year’s Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize!

Tina Shaw has won for her manuscript A House Built on Sand. Find out more.

Outstanding booksellers and publishers in Aotearoa’s vibrant book industry have been named … along with the biggest selling book of the publishing year.

The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are just around the corner and Kete is excited to be giving away a finalists surprise pack!

We have some special school holiday content coming up in Kete.

National Poetry Day is set for August 25 this year. Registration for events, and seed-funding applications, are now open — it’s time to unleash the power of poetry!

Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize turns five!

17 February: NZ Booklovers Awards 2023 Shortlist announced

02 June 2022: Finalists in the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced.

11 May 2022: The winners of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2022 are announced.

The long list for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction includes two New Zealand writers, Catherine Chidgey and Meg Mason

2 March 2022: The shortlist for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards is announced. Congratulations to all the finalists. The winners will be announced on 11 May 2022.

17 February: NZ Booklovers Awards 2022 Shortlist announced

3 February 2022: Diana Noonan wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2022

27 January 2022: The longlist for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards is announced. Congratulations to all the longlistees! Next stop, the short list on 2 March.

9 December 2021: Judges and a new sponsor announced for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children & Young Adults