Our Winter Reading catalogue brings together new books from Aotearoa to share this winter.



Fiction to captivate and keep you from the cold, books for tamariki and rangatahi, wide-ranging nonfiction to inform and inspire, and a selection of brilliant new books for Matariki.

View the digital catalogue with links to these books on BookHub:
Winter Reading 2024

Download a printable version of the catalogue:
Printable Winter Reading 2024

About the Matariki Books selection in this year’s Winter Reading catalogue:

Kete and the Coalition for Books thank Maatakiwi Wakefield (Kāi Tahu whānui, Te Ati Awa, Ngāti Toa, Ngāti Mutunga, Ngāti Raukawa, Ngāti Maniapoto) and Ngapiu Tainui Maclure (Kāi Tahu whānui, Te Rarawa), Māori Library Services at Christchurch City Libraries, for help with this Matariki reading selection.

Read interviews with Maatakiwi and Ngapiu about this selection:
Starry cluster of new pukapuka give a bigger picture on Matariki
Storytelling at Matariki and Puaka


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With thanks to Jo Pearson and Allen & Unwin New Zealand for illustrations from Five Wee Pūteketeke.

With thanks to Isobel Joy Te Aho-White (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Kahungunu ki te Wairoa) and Scholastic New Zealand for illustrations from My Matariki Colouring and Activity Book.