Posts tagged with New Zealand books

Our partnerships with the literary community.

New books in the Māori Reference Collection

A write up of the ‘Tapu 2022: Mareikura | Goddess’ event.

There are creatures galore and something for all ages in the NZCYA 2022 picture book and illustration categories.

First book and non-fiction finalists reach across wide-ranging topics in 2022's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).

Celebrating the release of ‘Te Kupenga, 101 stories of Aotearoa from the Turnbull’

Collection spotlight on Ngaio Marsh and the New Zealand murder mystery literary award that shares her name.

This year's NZCYA te reo Māori finalists offer a range of inspiring and evocative pūrakau for taitamariki and rangatahi.

There are rich themes in the non-fiction and first book finalists in 2021's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults.

Secrets are at the heart of the junior and young adult fiction finalists in 2021's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).

A glorious array of picture books are finalists in the 2021 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults (NZCYA).

A look at the primary sources and research that informed the production design of the television miniseries.

It’s a bit late in the day to be drawing your attention to this in case you haven’t seen it already, but today, 8 September, is the 50 anniversary of International Literacy Day with the theme “Reading the past, Writing the future”.

The first-ever Book Night on Tuesday 24 May aims to motivate hundreds of readers throughout New Zealand to spend part of their evening reading.

In these times of rapidly changing technology, with increasing amounts of information (which can vary drastically in quality), and trying to keep up with new trends in school librarianship, it is sometimes handy to be reminded about the core business.

This is an excellent book and one in a series of titles recently published by Huia.

A rich Kiwi tradition of folk legends and tall tales.

Next time you are wondering what to read, how about some picture books?

Younger readers will enjoy this book about our Yellow Eyed Penguin.

A beautifully illustrated book to enjoy when introducing Māori myths to young children.