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Review: The Book of Guilt, by Catherine Chidgey

'All the children at the Sycamore Homes are orphans and they ‘sometimes felt poorly’, suffering from a mystery illness, which...

$65,000 Book Award prize goes to Delirious

Te Herenga Waka Victoria University Professor Damien Wilkins has walked away with the biggest prize in Aotearoa New Zealand literature for his novel DELIRIOUS, a novel about grief and loss, (Te Herenga Waka University Press), after arriving in the very nick of time at the glittering Ockham New Zealand Book Awards ceremony last night.

Ngā Kaituhi Māori NZSA programme recipients 2025 announced

The NZ Society of Authors Te Puni Kaituhi o Aotearoa - Ngā Kaituhi Māori has announced the recipients of its The NZSA Ngā Kai...

Review: Before the Winter Ends, by Khadro Mohamed

'Mohamed transports readers through time, evoking the untamed beauty of the Pyramids of Giza—a place where Asha’s ghosts ling...

New Books

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Check out the latest books from our amazing NZ authors...

Before the Winter Ends

by Khadro Mohamed

Tackling the hens

by Mary McCallum

This Compulsion In Us

by Tina Makereti

Anatomy of Sand

by Mikaela Nyman

AUP New Poets 11

by Xiaole Zhan, Margo Montes de Oca and J. A. Vili

The Incredible Insects of Aotearoa

by Phil Sirvid

The Book of Guilt

by Catherine Chidgey

The Origins of an Experimental Society: New Zealan...

by Erik Olssen

Fire and Ice: Secrets, histories, treasures and my...

by Hazel Phillips

1985: A Novel

by Dominic Hoey

Alaga'upu Fa'asamoa ma Uiga mo Tamaiti: Samoan Pro...

by Tauanu'u Perenise Tapu Sitagata

Kiss My Glass (Flora Valley #3)

by Catherine Robertson

This week's Aotearoa NZ Bestsellers

Ngā Pukapuka Pai Rawa Atu i Aotearoa i tēnei wiki

View this week's bestselling Aotearoa NZ adult fiction, adult non-fiction and children's books...

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Kete's Calendar of Events

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An essential calendar of events for all things bookish in Aotearoa New Zealand...

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Reviews Ngā Arotakenga

Read our independent reviews of the latest books from Aotearoa.

Review: 1985, by Dominic Hoey

'Everything readers have come to expect from Hoey is here. 1985 is acerbic, questioning, political, sometimes sentimental, b...

Review: Descending Fire, by Sherryl Jordan

'DESCENDING FIRE brims with details every author will recognise: the wonder and apprehension when characters set off in unexp...

Capsule Review and Poem: over under fed, by Amy Marguerite

Anuja Mitra is impressed by the spiky and fascinating debut collection OVER UNDER FED by Amy Marguerite, in this capsule revi...

Review: No Words for This, by Ali Mau

'Mau push[es] back against the systematic abuses and sexism women face in newsrooms and the institutions of power that are su...

Review: The Good Life, by Gillian Swinton

Claire Williamson investigates homesteading and what it takes to be a little self-sufficient, reviewing Gillian Swinton's THE...

Review: Bookshop Detectives: Tea and Cake and Death

The Bookshop Detectives return with another bookshop-based mystery, featuring legendary storyteller Dame Fiona Kidman amongst...

Interviews and ExtractsNgā Uiui me ngā Tīpakohanga

Author Q&As and extracts from up coming NZ books.

Extract: Dreamslinger, by Graci Kim

Extract: Wonderland, by Tracy Farr

Extract: The Good Mistress, by Anne Tiernan

ListenWhakarongo Mai

Listen to author interviews, reviews, and book news. Plus, read reviews about audiobooks by authors from Aotearoa.

WONDERLAND, winner of the NZSA Laura Solomon Prize

Louise O'Brien reviews Wonderland by Tracy Farr published by The Cuba Press....

Three heartwarming reads

Catherine Robertson recommends three new feel-good reads from New Zealand authors. ...

Naomi Arnold on walking south to north

Naomi Arnold talks to Jim Mora about her experience of the Te Araroa trail. ...

Children and Young AdultsNgā Pukapuka Tamariki

The latest picks for children's picture books, junior fiction and young adults.