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NewsHot on the heels of last month’s culmination of a hugely successful Ockham New Zealand Book Awards campaign, the awards’ organisers are on the search for judges for the 2026 awards...
17 June 2025
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NewsWe bid farewell to Maurice Gee, one of New Zealand literature's finest authors.
15 June 2025
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NewsThe country’s ten best upcoming authors to read and follow have been selected in the inaugural New Voices of Aotearoa List.
10 June 2025
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NewsThe New Zealand Poet Laureate role is for an accomplished poet with a body of work who will support and promote the poetry of Aotearoa over their term. Have your say and nominate a...
5 June 2025
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NewsWell-known media personalities, bestselling-authors and previous awards winners are among the extremely strong shortlist of 32 titles for the 2025 New Zealand Book Awards for Child...
4 June 2025
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NewsThe New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa (PEN NZ Inc) announce the 2025 opening of this award, which supports the completion and/or publication of new fiction ...
21 May 2025
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NewsA “rock concert for reading” was how one attendee described Auckland Writers Festival Waituhi o Tāmaki (AWF), which ran 13 – 18 May at Auckland’s Aotea Centre. Photo source: Auckl...
18 May 2025
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NewsTe Herenga Waka Victoria University Professor Damien Wilkins has walked away with the biggest prize in Aotearoa New Zealand literature for his novel DELIRIOUS, a novel about grief ...
14 May 2025
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NewsThe NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa - Ngā Kaituhi Māori has announced the recipients of its The NZSA Ngā Kaituhi Māori Mentorship and Kupu Kaitiaki Programmes for ...
12 May 2025
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NewsThis May, HarperCollins will tour one of New Zealand's most acclaimed crime writers, Michael Bennett, to Christchurch, Dunedin and the Hawkes Bay, alongside Irish/Australian crime ...
17 April 2025
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NewsAllen & Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand is looking forward to finding the next big Young Adult novel, after publishing not one, but two excellent YA books from their first time sponsori...
14 April 2025
NewsAn initiative to promote emerging writers and their books.
10 April 2025
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NewsReading for pleasure seems like such a simple pursuit: but it’s also a game charger for our intellects, well-being, and even economically! Read on to learn more.
10 April 2025
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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