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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.
NewsMark your calendars! This year’s nationwide celebration of poetry is scheduled for Friday 23 August. Registrations and seed funding applications are now open, and event organisers ...
27 March 2024
NewsNot-for-profit organisation Copyright Licensing New Zealand is launching MyCreativeRights, a new platform to help Aotearoa New Zealand's creatives better manage their intellectual ...
27 March 2024
NewsBooks Alive – the programme of large-scale events that bring hundreds of kids at a time in touch with finalist authors in the annual New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young ...
27 March 2024
NewsThe 2024 Margaret Mahy Illustration Prize is open and this year local illustrators are invited to bring The Great Man-Eating Shark to life with colour, adventure and humour.
27 March 2024
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NewsThe NZ Booklovers Award winners were announced today. Books by Nick Davies, Eileen Merriman, David Hill, Sacha Cotter, Carlos Lehnebach, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa...
27 March 2024
NewsTake a look at the brilliant books in this year’s Māori Books | Ngā Pukapuka Māori and Pasifika Books catalogues. These two catalogues bring together an exciting range of recent an...
13 March 2024
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NewsWhile we can’t do justice to the incredible programme of writers at this year’s Auckland Writers Festival in one short article, we’ve rolled up our sleeves and had a go. Here’s a s...
13 March 2024
NewsThe 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards shortlist is out!
5 March 2024
NewsFalling leaves and lit conversation! From Hawkes Bay to Taranaki, from Auckland to Featherston to Wānaka, the festival forecast for the next few months is looking glorious.
28 February 2024
NewsA tono for kaituhi Māori across the motu: apply to be mentored by an established and acclaimed Māori writer!
25 February 2024
NewsDunedin City of Literature is helping raise the profile of local writers by connecting with other UNESCO Cities of Literature and their projects including Jakarta and Leeuwarden .
25 February 2024
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NewsThe NZ Booklovers Awards 2024 shortlist was announced today!
14 February 2024
NewsFor Auckland Pride Month and in her last year as samesame but different festival Chair, Simie Simpson celebrates the excellence of Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA writers with a must-read book...
12 February 2024
NewsBestselling and critically acclaimed works of fiction, illuminating poetry collections, absorbing memoirs, and books that explore our whenua, flora and fauna feature alongside thos...
31 January 2024
NewsTwo books by Catherine Chidgey have been nominated for the 2024 Dublin Literary Award – the world’s most valuable annual prize for a work of fiction published in English.
17 January 2024
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NewsReaders and the Aotearoa book sector are sharing memories of award-winning children’s author Sherryl Jordan who has died aged 74.
20 December 2023
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NewsFor 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.
20 December 2023
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NewsThe judges have been announced for the 2024 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.
11 December 2023
NewsWriter and Kiwi Christmas Books founder Sonya Wilson on how donating new books at Christmas makes a real difference.
22 November 2023
News‘…compiling and adding to this list has expanded the possibilities of my own reading, and I hope it can do the same for you.’ Saraid de Silva curates a selection of recent books by...
4 November 2023
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NewsTake a look at the 2023 Storylines Notable Books (announced today)! 43 incredible books for tamariki across non-fiction; picture books; books in te reo Māori; junior fiction and YA...
1 November 2023