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News Release: NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022 - Winners announced
NZSA Heritage Book Awards 2022 - Winners announced
News Release: Crystal Arts prize winner starts whole new chapter
The winner of the largest university award for creative writing in Aotearoa is a first-time novelist who hopes this will be the start of an exciting new phase of her creative life.
Kiwi kids are serial readers, reveals popular Top 50 Books List
The Whitcoulls Kids’ Top 50 Books List is out - have more books from Aotearoa New Zealand made the cut?
A book about bees takes out Aotearoa’s top publishing design award
2022 PANZ Book Design Award winners announced: A book about bees take out Aotearoa’s top publishing design award
New Poet Laureate announced on National Poetry Day
A poet who is described as “leading a generational and cultural shift in the reach and appreciation of poetry in Aotearoa” is our newest poet laureate.
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day reveals phenomenal line-up of events for its 25ᵗʰ year
Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day reveals phenomenal line-up of events for its 25ᵗʰ year
News Release: Gavin Bishop’s taonga of a title crowned Book of the Year at New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Template
Gavin Bishop’s taonga of a title crowned Book of the Year at New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
News Release: Book design awards shortlist highlights Aotearoa’s creative talent
Book design awards shortlist highlights Aotearoa’s creative talent
2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists announced
02 June 2022: Finalists in the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults announced.
2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults finalists announced
11 May 2022: The winners of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2022 are announced.
Kiwis love reading to their children - 2021 National Reading Survey
Read New Zealand Te Pou Muramura publish 2021 Reading Survey
2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Shortlist Announced
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.
NZ Booklovers Awards 2022 Shortlist Announced
17 February: NZ Booklovers Awards 2022 Shortlist announced
Diana Noonan wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2022
3 February 2022: Diana Noonan wins Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal 2022
2022 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist Announced
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.
Simon & Schuster UK signs debut thriller by award-winning Māori screenwriter and director
Award-winning writer and director Michael Bennett has a two book deal with Simon & Schuster UK
Storylines’ tours reach 30,000+ young people
“The beneficial impact of authors and illustrators visiting schools to encourage a love of reading cannot be under-estimated” says the chair of Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki, Christine Young.