Highly personal memoir, probing political treatise and gut-punching poetry collections sit alongside trailblazing fiction and…
PANZFebruary 2, 2023
Pictured from left: James Norcliffe, Stephanie Johnson, Vincent O’Malley Spanning an impressive range of genres,…
PANZDecember 1, 2022
Interns 2023 - Damien Levi (Te Ātihaunui-a-Pāpārangi), Ruby Leonard and Callum Knight (Te Hika o…
PANZNovember 22, 2022
L-R: Dame Wendy Pye, Jenny Oliver, Chris Shaw, Catriona Ferguson, Kevin Chapman, Peter Dowling &…
PANZOctober 26, 2022
A book referred to as a “cabinet of wonder” has been judged the most beautiful…
PANZSeptember 22, 2022
The Publishers Association of NZ / Te Rau o Tākupu (PANZ) launched the Book Industry…
PANZAugust 8, 2022
Left-Right: Nicola Faisandier, Nevena Nikolic (Nielsen), Claire Murdoch and Becky Innes celebrate Penguin Random House…
PANZAugust 2, 2022
A new digital rights portal aims to overcome the tyranny of distance and the restrictions…
PANZMarch 22, 2022
It was cruel to ask but, as the possibility of a summer break looms tantalisingly…
PANZDecember 14, 2021
Media Releases
Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Longlist Breaks All Records
Highly personal memoir, probing political treatise and gut-punching poetry collections sit alongside trailblazing fiction and books exploring our whenua, moana, artists and entertainers in the longlists for the 2023 Ockham…
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HELL Launches New Reading Initiative to Boost NZ Reading Rates
New Zealand’s rich landscape, its people and the authors who write about it are taking centre stage in a new reading initiative being rolled out by HELL to help lift…
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Longlists for New Zealand’s Premier Literary Awards Revealed
Books exploring politics, fashion, social change, war, contested histories and family relationships sit alongside works celebrating our natural world and the enduring legacies of our activists and artists in the…
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Wellington independent wins Publisher of the Year
Last night, booksellers and publishers gathered online in anticipation of the 2021 Aotearoa Book Trade Industry Awards, hosted by PANZ Te Rau o Tākupu and Booksellers Aotearoa New Zealand. One…
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Call for judges of the 2022 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults
The organisers of the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are inviting expressions of interest from members and followers of the children’s literature community who would like…
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