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’When it was suggested I write some reviews of New Zealand picture books coming out over May/June I wasn’t expecting to receive over twenty books in the post, writes Melinda Szyman...
10 June 2024
Take a look at the brilliant words and pictures in this selection of new picture books by authors and illustrators from Aotearoa.
3 June 2024
Take a look at this selection of some of the best new books by authors from Aotearoa for tamariki and rangatahi this winter.
3 June 2024
History, nature and the environment, sports, economics, entomology, and more!
3 June 2024
Take a look at the very latest fiction by authors from Aotearoa. Dive into everything from contemporary fiction to thrilling crime, fantasy to historical fiction, to poetry.
3 June 2024
If crime novels and thrillers are your favourite flavour of fiction, why not add some of these whodunnits by New Zealand authors to your reading list? Greg Fleming shares some of h...
2 June 2024
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Kiran Dass has a shelf of excellent books for the long (or any) weekend! Read on for book-inspiratation.
30 May 2024
Eight fiction titles by Māori writers from the 2024 Ngā Pukapuka Māori | Māori Books catalogue.
30 March 2024
Simie Simpson crafts a reading list of recent books by Aotearoa’s LGBTQIA writers to mark Auckland Pride and her final year as Chair of samesame but different the LGBTQIA+ literary...
11 February 2024
Audiobooks are great for road trips! Listening to a story is an excellent way to break up your journey one chapter at a time, ideal for drivers, and passengers who get motion sickn...
5 February 2024
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In 2023 a cohort of excellent, world-class authors from Aotearoa penned novels for young adults. Here is Kete’s pick of the year based on our reviewers’ insights.
17 December 2023
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Leafy green inspiration must have been floating, spore-like in the air, in 2023. From art books to more whimsical first-person narrative natural history to the illustrative work of...
15 December 2023