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
December 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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
It’s Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week! It’s a great time to grab a book and read it with a child, or curl up on your own and enjoy. Here’s a bunch I picked at random from my groaning shelves. #nzchildrensbookweek #readnz #pukapuka
August 16, 2026 at 7:41 AM
It’s Aotearoa NZ Children’s Book Week! It’s a great time to grab a book and read it with a child, or curl up on your own and enjoy. Here’s a bunch I picked at random from my groaning shelves. #nzchildrensbookweek #readnz #pukapuka
Sir Ken was also a stalwart of the New Zealand Book Council (now ReadNZ)
Very sad to hear of Sir Ken's passing. Such a massive contribution to all aspects of law here in Aotearoa New Zealand -- and one of our whānau here at the law school. 🥺
On behalf of the New Zealand judiciary, the Chief Justice has today paid tribute to the Rt Hon Sir Kenneth (Ken) James Keith ONZ KBE PC KC: sen.nz/0w068b
May 13, 2026 at 5:41 AM
Sir Ken was also a stalwart of the New Zealand Book Council (now ReadNZ)
What you waiting for? My May 2026 list of "Books I really want to read" includes hot memoirs by Brandy, Noelle McCarthy and
Lindy West, Gina Gershon, and LIZA!
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
Lindy West, Gina Gershon, and LIZA!
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
April 8, 2026 at 4:03 AM
What you waiting for? My May 2026 list of "Books I really want to read" includes hot memoirs by Brandy, Noelle McCarthy and
Lindy West, Gina Gershon, and LIZA!
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
Lindy West, Gina Gershon, and LIZA!
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
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
July 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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
There is also a motherlode of new and upcoming fiction I want to get my greedy read-y mitts on including Song of the Saltings by @rachaelking70.bsky.social
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
April 8, 2026 at 4:05 AM
There is also a motherlode of new and upcoming fiction I want to get my greedy read-y mitts on including Song of the Saltings by @rachaelking70.bsky.social
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
😍📚❤️🔥
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
#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
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#aotearoabooks #nzbooks ^DR
July 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
#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
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#aotearoabooks #nzbooks ^DR
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
Check out my 21 titles of interest: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
March 9, 2026 at 9:56 PM
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
Check out my 21 titles of interest: christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ
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
"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
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
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
"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
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
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
November 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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
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
What you waiting for? My June 2026 list of "Books I really want to read" includes bad mothers, Trotsky, Alt Rock, ugly fashion, and fab new fiction from @rachaelking70.bsky.social and Kat Dunn 😍📚❤️🔥^DR
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ #WhatYouWaitingFor
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ #WhatYouWaitingFor
May 18, 2026 at 3:28 AM
What you waiting for? My June 2026 list of "Books I really want to read" includes bad mothers, Trotsky, Alt Rock, ugly fashion, and fab new fiction from @rachaelking70.bsky.social and Kat Dunn 😍📚❤️🔥^DR
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ #WhatYouWaitingFor
christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#booksky #pukapuka #ReadNZ #WhatYouWaitingFor
Kia ora to the winners at last night's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
Borrow the winning books from your library! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nz-post-book... ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky #ReadNZ #ReadAotearoa
Borrow the winning books from your library! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nz-post-book... ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky #ReadNZ #ReadAotearoa
August 19, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Kia ora to the winners at last night's New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults @nzcyabookawards.bsky.social
Borrow the winning books from your library! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nz-post-book... ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky #ReadNZ #ReadAotearoa
Borrow the winning books from your library! my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/nz-post-book... ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky #ReadNZ #ReadAotearoa
"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
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
February 10, 2024 at 4:08 AM
"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
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
Delighted to receive this lovely review from Angela Thompson, Teacher & Librarian, on the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website. 🦭😀 You can read the full review here: www.read-nz.org/school-libra... Thank you, Angela and READNZ! 😍 @steamteambooks.bsky.social
August 7, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Delighted to receive this lovely review from Angela Thompson, Teacher & Librarian, on the Read NZ Te Pou Muramura website. 🦭😀 You can read the full review here: www.read-nz.org/school-libra... Thank you, Angela and READNZ! 😍 @steamteambooks.bsky.social
Cannot tell you how validating this is 🥲 I just today got a Writer's File on the ReadNZ Te Pou Muramura website and I feel like a real, grown up writer.
www.read-nz.org/writers-file...
www.read-nz.org/writers-file...
Jane Arthur - Writer's Files • Read NZ Te Pou Muramura
Because Reading Changes Lives
www.read-nz.org
April 24, 2024 at 12:07 AM
Cannot tell you how validating this is 🥲 I just today got a Writer's File on the ReadNZ Te Pou Muramura website and I feel like a real, grown up writer.
www.read-nz.org/writers-file...
www.read-nz.org/writers-file...
Dame Jacinda gave her Ockham prize money to ReadNZ.
May 14, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Dame Jacinda gave her Ockham prize money to ReadNZ.
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
There's also #TheOckhams related reading - blog posts from #WORDChch 2025 featuring longlisted authors.
Hop on in and #ReadNZ! ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky
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…
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
January 28, 2026 at 9:33 PM
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
There's also #TheOckhams related reading - blog posts from #WORDChch 2025 featuring longlisted authors.
Hop on in and #ReadNZ! ^DR
#pukapuka #booksky
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
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/g... ^MT #ReadNZ
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.
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
February 22, 2026 at 11:21 PM
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
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/g... ^MT #ReadNZ
“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
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...
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July 9, 2024 at 7:56 AM
“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
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
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
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."
my.christchurchcitylibraries.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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
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
My Rāmere Shorts entry for Instagram today www.instagram.com/stories/read...
- for the Instagram competition, you use three words to write a poem that fits in the ask box's three lines.
- for the Instagram competition, you use three words to write a poem that fits in the ask box's three lines.
April 5, 2024 at 12:44 AM
My Rāmere Shorts entry for Instagram today www.instagram.com/stories/read...
- for the Instagram competition, you use three words to write a poem that fits in the ask box's three lines.
- for the Instagram competition, you use three words to write a poem that fits in the ask box's three lines.
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.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69... #ReadNZ #pukapuka ^MT
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...
christchurch.bibliocommons.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 PM
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.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/69... #ReadNZ #pukapuka ^MT