New Zealand Society of Authors (PEN NZ Inc) Te Puni Kaituhi O Aotearoa

The Southern Hemisphere Fiction 100

The rest of ‘the greatest literature ever published in English’

Read on The Academy of NZ Literature website HERE

In May, the...

FRIDAY 19 JUNE 2026

 

Eight standout authors set to define the next chapter of New Zealand writing have secured places on the 2026 New Voices of Aotearoa list.

Selected by an expert judging panel and administered by the Coalition for Books, New Voices of Aotearoa is an annual initiative shining a spotlight o...

From: Eboni Waitere, President, Publishers Association of New Zealand Te Rau o Tākupu

The New Zealand Publishing Market Size Report, now in its seventh year, provides valuable insight into the performance, resilience and contribution of New Zealand’s publishing sector. The 2025 results provide encouraging evidence of the sector’s strength and adaptability. Tot...

Entries are now open for the NZ Booklovers Awards 2027. Books published between 1 January and 31 December 2026 are able to enter and the awards are open to both traditionally and self-published authors.

Now in their 9th year, the NZ Booklovers have the following categories:

NZ Booklovers Award for Best Adult Novel 2027 NZ Booklovers Award for B...

Landing Press’s new project for 2026: an anthology of poems about WATER!

Water is a wide-reaching topic that wraps around the whole of life. There are so many ways to think about water – in memory, rituals and beliefs, as an environment – including the animals that live within and by it – as a necessity for life, in the arts, water sports, work, as a source of happines...