The Coalition for Books is delighted to announce that writer, reviewer and WORD Festival Programme Director Kiran Dass is set to join Kete as Editor in Chief in September. We’re also excited to announce that writer and reviewer Erica Stretton, fresh from running National Poetry Day, has taken on Kete’s interim editorship.

Our 2024 Winter Reading catalogue and promotional campaign begins soon! Submissions for the catalogue open today and publishers will be contacted with information shortly.

We caught up with Tandem Collective to get a few insights into working with Bookstagrammers and BookTokers and to find out about the readalong and listenalong formats they’re using.

We’re excited to have brought together an incredible showcase of Māori and Pasifika books. Take a look and share our downloadable social media assets to help spread the word.

Find out what Dunedin UNESCO City of Literature Project Coordinator Anne Shelah is working on, what the team is up to in 2024 and the one thing they would like you to know about their work (and of course what Anne’s reading)!

We’re excited to welcome Public Libraries of New Zealand and Kate Gordon-Smith author at Relish Books and owner of The Kiwi Kids’ Bookstore to The Coalition for Books. Find out more about these new members!