• Tusiata Avia has been named as 2026 International Institute of Modern Letters Writer in Residence which is tremendously exciting
• Booksellers NZ Summer Reading Guide and Kids’ Reading Guide are out now, have a peruse
• The Kiwi Christmas Books campaign aims to get books in homes and runs from 1 November – 10 December 2025. It’s easy to donate via participating sites or through their website
• Congrats to our friends at the New Zealand Society of Authors who packed out the National Library Auditorium to hear President of Honour Charlotte Grimshaw deliver the Janet Frame Memorial Lecture 
• The 2025 Pikihuia Award winners have been announced! A massive congratulations to all winners, participants and judges too—that’s hard mahi.
• Gavin Bishop (you all know who Gavin is, but did you know he is a former Read NZ board member?) is a nominated candidate for a 2026 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, which is pretty cool. Kia pai to mahi, Gavin.
• Entries to the 2026 Calibre Essay Prize for an original non-fiction essay are now open
• The Tasmanian Writers' Prize 2026 is now open for short stories up to 3,000 words with an island theme

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