Winter Reading 2024 brings together 77 new books from Aotearoa published in the lead up to and over the winter months.

Bernie Hawke, Executive Director Public Libraries New Zealand (PLNZ) discusses PLNZ’s role, key activities, and hearing Mandy Hager speak on the emotional power of the written word and the transformative role of librarians at the PLNZ National Forum in May.

The CLNZ | NZSA Writers' Award of $25,000 is one of the highest value non-fiction prizes in New Zealand literature, and is open for applications to 1 July.

We’re excited: our new Kete Books site launches at the end of June. Read on for all the details.

We're excited by the success of the Kete relaunch. Take a look at the campaign stats.

Interested in putting your hat in the ring to be an Ockham New Zealand Book Awards judge for 2025? Find out more.

The Romance Writers of New Zealand conference is set for Fri 9 Aug to Sun 11 Aug 2024 at Chateau on the Park, Ōtautahi, Christchurch. Find out more.

Hachette Aotearoa NZ is looking for a book-loving Account Manager to join its New Zealand team, applications close 21 June.

Entries are open for the 2024 Storylines Notable Book Awards.

The latest new from our members.

NZSA has announced Tracy Farr is winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Cuba Press Prize 2024. It is also calling for applications for the NZS Peter & Dianne Beatson Fellowship.

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.

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 Mary Egan Publishing to The Coalition for Books.

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!

Visit our stand at Pasifika Festival this weekend. The Coalition will be at Auckland’s Pasifika Festival at Western Springs Park (9 &10 March) and so will our Māori Books | Ngā Pukapuka Māori 2024 and Pasifika Books 2024 catalogues.

Ka rawe and congratulations to the writers and publishers of the sixteen books shortlisted for this year’s Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Kete has been promoting and celebrating these books with a guide to the shortlist.

In February, to celebrate Auckland Pride, we launched a campaign promoting and showcasing books by writers from LGBTQIA+ communities in Aotearoa.