We caught up with member David Riley to chat about Reading Warrior and some of the projects he’s been working on.

From Saturday, and throughout Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Kete is excited to welcome author, teacher, translator and EveryDay Māori creator Hēmi Kelly (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tahu-Ngāti Whaoa) as guest editor.

News release: Kete Books, the website dedicated to helping readers discover New Zealand books and authors, has been rebuilt and is now live, connecting New Zealanders to their local books in all formats at an enhanced level.

The new Kete Book site is live! Find out what’s in our new Kete, help us spread the word with shareable digital assets, and more!

The final session in our six month long training for twenty book sector marketing professionals takes place this Tuesday 18 June. Online materials will be made available to members in the coming weeks.

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)!