Love Letter to Bookshops: ‘Gateways to a thousand other worlds’
WInner of 'Love Letter to Your Bookshop' competition announced, Books A Plenty and Marcus Hobson from Katikati are winners
Kobo Booksellers NZ Scholars announced
The first Kobo Booksellers NZ Scholars to attend the American Booksellers Association annual Winter Institute are Jenna Todd of Time Out Bookstore, Auckland and Jared Raines of Paper Plus Northlands i
Music book takes top prize
Blue Smoke: The Lost Dawn of New Zealand Popular Music 1918-1964 by music historian Chris Bourke has taken the top prize at the New Zealand Post Book Awards.
Seeking New Zealand’s most inspired bookshelf
Whether it’s colour-coded, alphabetised or sorted by publication date, the hunt is on for New Zea
NZ Post Book Awards
Historian Judith Binney has been awarded the New Zealand Post Book of the Year, for her
National Poetry Day 2010
From rap artists and performance poets to poetry slams and 24-hour poetry marathons, Friday 30 Ju
Call for Te Reo Maori books
There will be no Maori Language Award at the NZ Post Book Awards this year as there were no books
New writer challenges old favourites
A Wellington writer’s first novel will go head-to-head with works by two established authors
Judges prepare for a long, hot summer of reading
The judges for the 2009 New Zealand Post Book Awards have positioned their deck chairs, turned off their phones and slapped on the sunscreen as they embark on what will be a wonderful summer of…