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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.
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NewsDr Jacqueline Leckie has been awarded the New Zealand Society of Authors Peter and Dianne Beatson Fellowship 2024 to work on her novel with the working title Meg Campbell (1937–200...
26 September 2024
NewsHead to your local bookstore on Saturday 12 October. Bookshop Day is a celebration of the cultural importance of books and bookshops, and booksellers: the people who bring the two...
26 September 2024
NewsSteph Matuku has been named the first recipient of the New Zealand Society of Authors Shaw Writer's Award.
26 September 2024
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NewsThe 4th Floor Journal is back! After a four-year hiatus, the 4th Floor Journal, the journal edited and produced by students of the Whitireia publishing programme is being re-launch...
24 September 2024
NewsMāori and Pasifika designers have taken out the top honours at the 2024 PANZ Book Design Awards, held in Auckland on Thursday evening.
19 September 2024
News‘I a au e huritao nei, e whakamīharo nei ki ngā mahi kua riwha, kia whāiti noa iho te titiro ki te mātākōrero Māori (Māori literature)…’ Ka takoto i a Hēmi Kelly, i tana hau ētita ...
13 September 2024
NewsFrom Saturday, and throughout Te Wiki o te Reo Māori next week, we're excited to welcome author, translator and EveryDay Māori creator Hēmi Kelly (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti...
11 September 2024
NewsAward-winning writers, journalists, reviewers, respected academics, curators and booksellers are among the 12 experts selected to judge the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards.
11 September 2024
NewsMichael King Writers Centre welcomes 17 writers to the centre to undertake residencies for 2025.
10 September 2024
NewsThe Kaipukahu University of Waikato Writer in Residence for 2025 is open for applications until 25 October.
29 August 2024
NewsHerb MacDonald's illustrations for the Margaret Mahy classic, The Great White Man Eating Shark, have won the 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize.
28 August 2024
NewsWhowunnit? A trio of Kiwi writers were honoured at WORD Christchurch Festival as they scooped the 2024 Ngaio Marsh Awards.
28 August 2024
NewsFriday 23 August is Phantom Billstickers National Poetry Day. With it comes all manner of opportunities to unleash your inner poet, experience the power of poetry and take poetry i...
22 August 2024
NewsThe 2024 Copyright Licensing New Zealand (CLNZ) and New Zealand Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa PEN NZ Inc (NZSA) Research Grants have been awarded to four writers in...
20 August 2024
News‘As I reflect and admire the work that has been done, I want to focus on Māori literature…’ In his editorial for Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Hēmi Kelly discusses the legacy of Māori li...
19 August 2024
NewsThe Sunday-Star Times Short Story Awards has opened for 2024 with its largest total prize pool.
19 August 2024
NewsCelebrate Janet Frame's 100th birthday, take your Dad to brunch with Matt Heath for Father's Day, embark on a bookish olfactory experience, enjoy a few bad diary entries, and much,...
19 August 2024
NewsThe finalist titles for Best Novel, Best First Novel and Best Children's or Young Adult Book, in this year’s Ngaio Marsh Awards have been announced.
14 August 2024
NewsCrisp air and lit conversation! From Ōtautahi to Auckland, from Bay of Islands to the Waikato, the festival forecast for the next few months is looking sublime.
14 August 2024
NewsBestselling author Stacy Gregg has won the prestigious Margaret Mahy Book of the Year Award at this year's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
13 August 2024
NewsSubmissions for the 2025 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards are now open.
12 August 2024