#ReadNZ

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

5 days ago

New NZ books

What you waiting for? My April 2026 list of "Books I really want to read" includes poetry by Ariana Tikao & Helen Rickerby, biographies by Pax Assadi & Charlotte Glennie, + Fungi + Zines😍📚❤️‍🔥
Check out my 21 titles of interest: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Gavin Bishop’s Taniwha: Cryptids & Kaitiaki Kamania reports back from a combined exhibition and author talk with legendary illustrator, and author of Taniwha, Gavin Bishop.

Kamania went to Gavin Bishop's Taniwha event/exhibition last week and learned about the challenges of adapting iwi stories for a children's book.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/g... ^MT #ReadNZ

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

1 month ago

Ockham New Zealand Book Awards Previously known as the New Zealand Post Book Awards. The Awards are administered by the Auckland Writers Festival on behalf of the…

Want to read the longlist of the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards? We can help! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/new-zealand-...
There's also #TheOckhams related reading - blog posts from #WORDChch 2025 featuring longlisted authors.
Hop on in and #ReadNZ! ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky

The Gravy - Toitū te Tiriti

@thegravyaotearoa.bsky.social

2 months ago

My dear #SecretSantaAoNz, I'm so sorry for making you wait... Chaos has kept me from my gift for days. But I am in & so thrilled, thank you so very much. #ReadNZ

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

3 months ago

Aotearoa NZ Children's Book Week illustrated collage, 2026

This is cool news from Read NZ Te Pou Muramura! www.read-nz.org/news/article...
"Thanks to our friends at Mātātuhi Foundation, we'll be leading some mahi for a national Aotearoa New Zealand Children's Book Week in 2026." ^DR
#ReadNZ #Booksky #pukapuka

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

3 months ago

Author talk: Jack Hartley — Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi Join us to celebrate the launch of Beneath Our Feet, a powerful new YA novel by Christchurch author, Jack Hartley, published by Scholastic New Zealand.\nSet in the aftermath of the 2011 Christchurch e...

Celebrate the launch of Beneath Our Feet, a powerful new YA novel by Christchurch author, Jack Hartley, published by Scholastic New Zealand - next Wednesday, 3 December at Tūranga, 6pm–7pm. Free, but bookings required.
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69... #ReadNZ #pukapuka ^MT

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

3 months ago

A collage of nominated titles for the Dublin Literary Award

Dublin Literary Award nominated titles are out!
Kia ora to the writers from Aotearoa New Zealand on this list:
📗1985 by Dominic Hoey
📕Delirious by Damien Wilkins
📘Kataraina by Becky Manawatu
and - our pick - 📙The Mires by Tina Makereti.
dublinliteraryaward.ie/features/new...
#Booksky #ReadNZ ^DR

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

4 months ago

Jenny Pattrick’s Sea Change Fee reads this "brilliantly prescient story of community and the number-eight-wire determination of Kiwis to survive in extremis."

Jenny Pattrick's latest novel is a real departure from her usual Historical Fiction stories.
Fiction fan, Fee gives it a read and finds interesting characters, humour, and resilience in community.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/j... ^MT #pukapuka #readnz

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

8 months ago

And here are my fave NZ book covers for the year so far. V much love that @erikkennedy.com Sick Power Trip cover by @toddatticus.bsky.social christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp... #BookCovers #Pukapuka #NZBooks #ReadNZ ^DR

Christchurch City Libraries Ngā Kete Wānanga o Ōtautahi

@christchurchlib.bsky.social

8 months ago

Books with numbers of holds on them

#ReadNZ is going strong with 5 Aotearoa NZ books in the top 20. There's romantasy, self help, and Dog Man is there too!
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#aotearoabooks #nzbooks ^DR

Katie Furze

@katiefurze.bsky.social

10 months ago

I had a fun day yesterday at Te Uho o te Nikau Primary School reading our books 📚 and speaking with many enthusiastic tamariki about #tuatara and #ruru #readnz 🦉🦎

StevieB

@stevieb73.bsky.social

1 year ago

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: SOVA JOINS WHEELERS BOOKS! 🚨

Huge milestone for Sova! We’ve officially been picked up by Wheelers Books, meaning schools and libraries across New Zealand can now stock it!

#BreakingNews #sova #scifi #debutnovel #WheelersBooks #ReadNZ #LibraryReads #SciFiAdventure

Bex

@rebekahlyell.bsky.social

1 year ago

Have read 14 books this year - all, by chance, New Zealand authors. How long can I keep that up I wonder?! #pukapuka #readNZ

IIML

@modernletters.bsky.social

1 year ago

The Mires by Tina Makereti – 2024 How small people are and how “they only mean something in relation to each other” - when they connect like streams of a river it is a glorious flow, when they separate and become more and more isolate...

“Our bodies are made of water, and all water is connected, so we are all connected”, a tense read, dealing with vulnerable people facing multiple threats – The Mires by Tina Makereti, review by Alyson Baker tinyurl.com/5n7sdxzw #YeahNoir #CliFi #AotearoaReads #ReadNZ

Bronwyn Elsmore

@bmenz.bsky.social

2 years ago

"warm, loving and largely happy"
A must-read for all #KIWI expats.
New Zealand novel BACKWARDS INTO THE FUTURE
"an outstanding good book"
Print: NZ bookshops, or see flaxroots.com
Amazon print, e-book, FREEread KU amazon.com/dp/0992249147 #ReadNZ