French honour for Aotearoa writer News

French honour for Aotearoa writer

Tania Roxborogh has won a 2026 Étoiles Bleues – Ados award in France for the…

Katherine ShanksOctober 8, 2026

Picture Book duo claim top prize at Children’s Book Awards for second time News

Picture Book duo claim top prize at Children’s Book Awards for second time

Popular picture book author and illustrator team Sacha Cotter and Josh Morgan (Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki, Rongowhakaata)…

Katherine ShanksAugust 20, 2026

Global Recognition for Māori Storytelling: Six Huia Titles Join the Inaugural IBBY-UNESCO Collection News

Global Recognition for Māori Storytelling: Six Huia Titles Join the Inaugural IBBY-UNESCO Collection

Global Recognition for Māori Storytelling: Six Huia Titles Join the Inaugural IBBY-UNESCO Collection Six Māori-language…

Katherine ShanksAugust 7, 2026

Major international recognition announced for Māori children’s authors and illustrators News

Major international recognition announced for Māori children’s authors and illustrators

Major international recognition announced for Māori children’s authors and illustrators Two picture books written in…

Katherine ShanksAugust 7, 2026

EMERGING VOICES RECOGNISED ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED WRITERS IN 2026 CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST News

EMERGING VOICES RECOGNISED ALONGSIDE ESTABLISHED WRITERS IN 2026 CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARDS SHORTLIST

The shortlist for the 2026 New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, announced…

Katherine ShanksJune 10, 2026

‘Outrageously good’ debut takes top fiction honours at 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards News

‘Outrageously good’ debut takes top fiction honours at 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

Poet, memoirist and scholar Ingrid Horrocks has won the $65,000 Jann Medlicott Acorn Prize at…

Katherine ShanksMay 21, 2026

Messy Press wins at Bologna News

Messy Press wins at Bologna

Messy Press, the exciting new children’s publisher based in Auckland has been awarded the 2026…

Katherine ShanksMay 12, 2026

Jacinda Ardern’s memoir a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026 News

Jacinda Ardern’s memoir a finalist in the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2026

Oxford fellow and former New Zealand Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern’s first book, A Different…

Katherine ShanksMarch 24, 2026

2025 Storylines Notable Book Awards announced News

2025 Storylines Notable Book Awards announced

Storylines Children’s Literature Trust Te Whare Waituhi Tamariki o Aotearoa is delighted to announce the…

Katherine ShanksNovember 24, 2025

Two NZ books receive prestigious international White Raven Award News

Two NZ books receive prestigious international White Raven Award

Exciting news! Two NZ books have received a prestigious international White Raven Award. Congratulations to…

Katherine ShanksOctober 14, 2025