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Growing generations of readers in Aotearoa

We deliver engagement programmes in communities & schools to help more New Zealanders read more.

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Author Q&A: Mandy Hager
11 May 2026
Author Q&A: Mandy Hager
Exclusive access to Auckland Writers Festival tickets
12 March 2026
Exclusive access to Auckland Writers Festival tickets
Bookish Sector News: Māehe March
12 March 2026
Bookish Sector News: Māehe March
Let's read! March & April giveaways
11 March 2026
Let's read! March & April giveaways
Seasonal reading with Kate De Goldi
03 March 2026
Seasonal reading with Kate De Goldi
Aotearoa NZ Children's Book Week is coming!
25 February 2026
Aotearoa NZ Children's Book Week is coming!
Your questions answered: Writers in Schools
15 January 2026
Your questions answered: Writers in Schools
Bookish Sector News: Hānuere January
13 January 2026
Bookish Sector News: Hānuere January
Let's read! January giveaways
22 December 2025
Let's read! January giveaways
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Reading makes

Reading makes life better.

life better.

We believe it’s a superpower
that can transform us.

We run campaigns to encourage New Zealanders to read, research our reading habits and barriers to reading, and advocate for the importance of reading.

  • 55K+
    School students reached
  • 13
    Regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 100
    Writers engaged
  • 44K+
    School students reached
  • 13
    Regions throughout Aotearoa New Zealand
  • 90
    Writers engaged
The Writer's files

The most comprehensive online collection of information about Aotearoa New Zealand's writers

  • Romance fiction
  • Writers In Schools
  • Translator
  • Storyteller
  • Screenwriter
  • Reviewer/Critic
  • Poet
  • Playwright
  • Performer
  • Pasifika
  • Novelist
  • Non-fiction
  • Māori
  • LGBTQIA+
  • Journalist
  • Illustrator
  • Historian
  • Graphic novels
  • Essayist
  • Educational
  • Editor
  • Disabilities
  • Children's author
  • Anthologist
  • Academic
Explore the 600 files
  • Weston, Tom
  • McKay, Sandy
  • Sweet, Mark
  • Brown, James
  • Olsen, Charles
  • Dodd, Lynley
  • de Roo, Elena
  • Beatson, Peter
  • Kidman, Fiona
  • Bishop, David
  • Park, Ruth
  • Colley, Jacqui
  • Richards, Ian
  • Feehan, Brigid
  • Duckor-Jones, Sam

Read the latest reviews

School Library
A regular round-up of the latest books for children and young adults, reviewed by our member school librarians & teachers.
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Hooked on Books
He Ao Ano
Aotearoa New Zealand book reviews by and for teen readers. Become part of a critical conversation!
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How you can help

What's in a name?

Our special name expresses the concept of moving from darkness into light, as told in the Māori creation story. This metaphor can also be used to describe what happens during the process of reading.