We’re excited to be welcoming four new members to The Coalition for Books. Find out more about these new members!

The Spinoff’s Duncan Grieve talks to WeCreate Chair Paula Browning on The Fold podcast about Aotearoa’s need for a Minister of Culture and Creativity.

The Summer Reading Guide is here! Packed with brilliant Aotearoa books, take a look.

Take a look at our Winter Hui Series report. The report highlights key themes, issues and opportunities raised in our Winter Hui series discussions.

Our book sector digital marketing training programme begins on 16 November. Online materials form this course will be available for all Coalition for Books members in 2024, once the in-person iteration of the programme concludes.

In the lead up to Diwali, Kete will feature a campaign showcasing recent books by Aotearoa’s South Asian authors. Curated by, and with special guest editorial from, Saraid de Silva and with an illustrative element by Vasanti Unka.

BookHub, the new site where New Zealand readers can browse and buy books from more than 70 bookstores around Aotearoa is being hailed as a game changer for selling books online in Aotearoa.

In September we switched the Kete home page to te reo Māori. Take a look at the reviews and news from Te Wiki o te Reo Māori.

The Coalition for Books has partnered with RNZ in a new content sharing agreement that will expand coverage of books in Aotearoa.

Our congratulations to all those who received awards at the Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards. We were also delighted to receive an award for our Māori and Pasifika Books campaign.

The latest monthly bestseller list showcasing Aotearoa junior and young adult fiction released last week on Kete. This is the third month of our collaboration with Storylines to promote Aotearoa junior fiction and YA in this way.

The Coalition for Books’ Māori & Pasifika Books 2023 catalogue is now available in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch through the Commuting Book’s Stories on the Go project. Bus users in those centres are able to view the catalogue through the QR codes provided by the Commuting Book.

Between May and July, Kete published 32 reviews, extracts and interviews. Read on to find out about regular features, upcoming content, including Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, and what was most-read in the May to July period.

In June, WeCreate launched its 2023 manifesto video, focused on why creativity counts when it comes to Aotearoa’s economic policy. Take a look.

WORD Christchurch Programme Lead and writer Kiran Dass has joined the Coalition for Books Board. We sat down with Kiran to chat about her role at WORD, the nexus between festivals and the Coalition’s activities and a few bookish things besides.

Dorothy Butler Children’s Bookshop co-owner and Booksellers Aotearoa Board member Mary Wadsworth has joined the Coalition for Books board. Find out her thoughts about this new appointment and how it aligns with her work as a bookseller … and what she’s reading right now.

Mānawatia a Matariki. This year's Coalition for Books Matariki Winter Reading catalogue is out on Kete as well as here on The Coalition for Books website. A real collaborative effort it brings together 67 new Aotearoa New Zealand books.

Rights have been sold for former Prime Minister of New Zealand and 2023 Angelopoulos Global Public Leaders Fellow, Hauser Leader, and Knight Tech Governance Leadership Fellow at Harvard, Jacinda Ardern’s untitled memoir…

CLNZ and NZSA have opened applications for their 2023 Research Grants. Find out more.

Read our update on Kete for 2023 — and don’t forget to send us your dates for the Kete Books calendar/maramataka.