Book News

2 Feb 2012
Surviving REDgroup crisis and not doing badly, thanks. “To say 2011 in the book industry was tumultuous would be a gross understatement.” – Australian Booksellers President...
1 Feb 2012
A dynamic and diverse group of the finest international and national writers will converge on Wellington in March for the New Zealand International Arts Festival’s Writers and Readers Week.
30 Jan 2012
Writing about the Māori World – a key concern of the writer and historian Michael King – will be the focus of a writing workshop to be held next February. Tā te Ao Māori: Writing...
30 Jan 2012
Gecko Press is pleased to launch a new edition of The House that Jack Built by Gavin Bishop, and the first Te Reo Maori edition - Koinei te Whare na Haki i Hanga - as part of Porirua's popular...
26 Jan 2012
This is the first of several planned updates... NZ Book Month is now only a few short weeks away and we are proud to announce the return of our fabulous award winning campaign ‘Books...
26 Jan 2012
The tender process is now open for booksellers interested in running the bookshop at this year's Auckland Writers & Readers Festival.
26 Jan 2012
Booksellers NZ this week welcomed Hera Bird to our small team - she's our new administrator. Hera even arrived with her own home-baked welcome cake (delicious); a sure sign of good times...
25 Jan 2012
UPDATED: Wednesday 25 January - Andrew Miller has won the Costa Book of the Year for his sixth novel, Pure. Read the story in The Guardian newspaper online. The Costa Book Awards recognise...
25 Jan 2012
Lonely Planet has today released the new “Christchurch & Canterbury” chapter from its forthcoming New Zealand Travel Guide as a free download on the Lonely Planet website. The...
25 Jan 2012
John Seymour (pictured below), a former publisher and most recently a book rep, spent his whole life in the book industry, and was notable for bold publishing moves and even bolder publicity...