Every year, Kiwi kids get the chance to vote for their favourite books and Whitcoulls…
PANZOctober 1, 2021
In 2020 books were a powerful comfort in stressful and uncertain times. Whether it was…
PANZJuly 1, 2021
‘Knockout’ short story collection wins country’s richest writing prize Whanganui writer…
PANZMay 13, 2021
Julia Marshall has been selected as the 2021 Storylines Margaret Mahy Medal winner, for lifetime…
PANZFebruary 3, 2021
2020 has been a year of uncertainty but one thing remains certain, the quality and…
PANZDecember 17, 2020
COVID-19 disruption has forced many aspects of life online, but when it comes to books…
PANZSeptember 1, 2020
Mark Sayes citation for Life Membership by Tracy Strudley outlines his contribution to New Zealand…
PANZJuly 7, 2020
A new report from the Publishers Association of New Zealand (PANZ) has revealed Kiwis still…
PANZJune 24, 2020
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
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…
Read More
