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New For You is a monthly selection of new books, topical titles, and hidden gems - chosen especially for you by our book buyers!
Staff List
Recent additions to our Ngā Pounamu Māori Collections for Adults and Tamariki.
Have a taste of home-grown books! Some of our best New Zealand new arrivals for this month. Fiction, Biography, Non-Fiction, and more.
Blog Post
Fee reports back on a talk at Tūranga by Sarah A. Parker, a gifted romantasy writer with several series to her name.
Register for July's Libby Reads Live Event now. On 29 July Jacqueline Bublitz interviews Josie Shapiro. Author of "Good Things Come and Go".
Winners and finalists in the categories of biography, memoir or autobiography, drama, fiction, poetry, history and general non-fiction.
Honours and celebrates fiction written by women and published in the U.K. The 2026 winner is The Correspondent by Virginia Evans.
Donna's looking forward to a new Violet and the Velvets adventure, fab fashion books, biological war, Gothic novels, and twisty fiction.
Fiction exploring the lives and emotional landscapes unique to Millennials, with a mix of comedy, drama and heart-wrenching moments.
A round-up of the books, movies, podcasts and more that the Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre staff have enjoyed over the past month.
Paula's picks of the best of the year.
Event
Aug 8th | 11:00am - 12:30pm
Tūranga
Panel discussion with Jacinta Ruru, Angela Wanhalla, and Jeanette Wikaira on ‘Books of Mana: 180 Māori Authored Books of Significance’.
Website
The 2026 Booker Prize longlist has been announced. Read the longlisted titles, and check out our list of winners and shortlisted titles.
New Titles shows you all the latest arrivals in your library - and the new books that are coming soon.
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