New resources & tools every month
New Zealand Book Month
September
NZ Book Month is a non-profit initiative that has the whole book industry behind it, from writers and publishers to bookshops and libraries. Quite simply, the idea is to get more of us reading New Zealand books - to celebrate and showcase the brilliant writing talent we have, to support new and upcoming writers in our country, to tap into the pride we feel in our literary landscape and show you that whatever your taste, there’s a fantastic New Zealand book for you.
There is also a competition you can enter: What's your favourite NZ book? Tell us what your top New Zealand reads are and you will go in the draw to win book vouchers, or a copy of 1001 Books you must read before you die.
New Zealand Authors
Childrens’ Authors
Our childrens’ librarians have compiled extensive interviews with a who’s who of children’s writers in this country and short stories from well known writers are published on our website at New Zealand Children's Authors Interviews & Stories.
Book Awards
The libraries’ website lists the winners of some key New Zealand book awards & childrens’ book awards.
Booklists
- Modern New Zealand historical fiction
- Modern New Zealand novelists
- New Zealand mystery and adventure writers
- Modern New Zealand romantic fiction writers
- New Zealand short stories
- Māori writers
Using our Catalogue
Explore our catalogue using the Browse Catalogue function and enter "New Zealand Fiction" or "New Zealand History" to get some idea of the scope of our resources. A selection of subject searches.
- Detective and Mystery Stories New Zealand
- Young Adult Fiction New Zealand
- New Zealand native plant gardening
- New Zealand Politicians
New Zealand book news & reviews
- Christchurch City Libraries Blog
- "Our mission is to keep you in touch withour world, sharing views, opinions and ideas on reading, listening and watching. Our world is the world of information, so our team spend their working (and private) lives exploring books, movies, magazines, music, the web and more."
- New Zealand Book Council
- The Council is a not-for-profit organisation that presents a wide range of programmes promoting a love of books and reading
- Booksellers New Zealand
- Organisation representing the New Zealand book trade. Their site has bestseller lists for New Zealand fiction and non fiction.
- Book review websites
- Our internet gateway listing of sites.
