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What's going on in the world of Aotearoa's books? Browse the latest book news and scroll the Kete calendar for book event listings.
E aha ana i te ao pukapuka o Aotearoa? Tirohia ngā kawepūrongo pukapuka hou, ā, tirohia te maramataka o Kete mō ngā taiopenga pukapuka.
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NewsMila’s Books has been announced as Oceania’s Top Children’s Publishers for 2025 at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. The award honours publishers around the world who make...
3 April 2025
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NewsHachette Aotearoa New Zealand, local children’s imprint Little Moa and the Margaret Mahy Estate are proud to announce the return of the Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize for its sev...
27 March 2025
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NewsOn Friday 22 August, words will take flight as poetry pulses through streets, libraries, parks, bookshops, and unexpected corners of Aotearoa. Now in its 28th year, Phantom Billsti...
19 March 2025
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NewsLauren Keenan, Christall Lowe, Steph Matuku, Rachael King, Claire Mabey and Kristin Kelly are winners in the 2025 NZ Booklovers Awards announced today.
19 March 2025
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NewsFor 26 years Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki has showcased some of the world’s most celebrated storytellers and thinkers. Between 13 – 18 May, tens of thousands of peopl...
18 March 2025
NewsFa'afetai tele lava to Mila’s Books for permission to use the artwork from Tui Pea Luva in the Pasifika Books 2025 catalogue.
6 March 2025
NewsBrowse the collection of exciting new and recent books by Aotearoa's Pasifika authors in the Pasifika Books 2025 catalogue.
5 March 2025
NewsKete is excited to be showcasing Pasifika books at Auckland's Pasifika Festival this weekend.
5 March 2025
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NewsAMMA by Saraid de Silva has been longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2025. AMMA is one of 16 titles on the longlist.
5 March 2025
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NewsDazzling books that ‘address our moment’s most urgent concerns’.
4 March 2025
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NewsAuckland Writers Festival Waituhi O Tāmaki is thrilled to reveal the first five names for the 2025 Festival, ahead of the full programme announcement on Wednesday 12 March.
26 February 2025
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NewsMila’s Books has been shortlisted for the Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year (BOP) 2025, highlighting its impact in championing Pasifika storytelling on t...
24 February 2025
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NewsNZSA Kupu Kaitiaki & Kaituhi Mentor Programmes for Kaituhi Māori are now open for application. These two programmes aim to support the amplification of Māori voices, Māori stories,...
23 February 2025
NewsIn March, Kete is excited to welcome award-winning playwright and writer Victor Rodger as guest editor for a two-week celebration of Aotearoa’s Pasifika books and authors.
20 February 2025
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NewsThe NZ Booklovers Awards 2025 shortlist, announced today, features a mixture of debut authors and well-known writers. Books by Tina Shaw, Riley Chance, Rebekah Ballagh, Mandy Hage...
19 February 2025
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NewsTeachers and students, get ready for an incredible line-up of seventeen writers from Aotearoa and around the world, joining us at the Aotea Centre from Tuesday 13 to Thursday 15 Ma...
11 February 2025
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NewsFour secondary school students will have the opportunity to be mentored by one of New Zealand’s best professional authors in order to develop their craft and hone their writing ski...
9 February 2025
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NewsEsteemed poet, writer, essayist and conservationist Brian Turner died on Thursday 5th February at the age of 80.
6 February 2025
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NewsPopular books that pack a punch and have hit the mark with readers across the motu in the past year have also found favour with the judges of the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Award...
29 January 2025
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NewsThe New Zealand Indie Publishing Directory provides a unique resource for New Zealand authors seeking to self-publish their books.
17 January 2025
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NewsAward-winning speculative fiction writer and poet Lee Murray has been made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2025's New Year's Honours List.
31 December 2024