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Summer Reading Guide

23/10/2025
This year's Summer Reading Guide is available at UBS.   A lot of the titles are…
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Upcoming Book Launches

16/10/2025
Outcast: The Extraordinary Life and Death of Etienne Jean Brocher, by Brian Stoddart. This is…
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The Hugo Awards

25/07/2025
The 2025 Hugo Award for Best Novel shortlist has been announced! The Hugo Awards, first…
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Ngaio Marsh Awards

23/07/2025
The Ngaio Marsh Awards celebrate excellence in New Zealand crime, mystery, thriller, and suspense writing.…
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The Booker Prize

19/07/2025
The 2025 Booker Prize Longlist has been announced! "The ‘Booker Dozen’ features five British authors,…
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Secondary School Bulletin

12/07/2025
So many great new reads have made their way all over my desk lately –…
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Primary School Bulletin

11/07/2025
So many great new reads have made their way all over my desk lately -…
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Miles Franklin Literary Award

27/06/2025
The Miles Franklin Literary Award is one of the most recognised literary prizes in Australia,…
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Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction

21/06/2025
The Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction is a major new annual book prize that celebrates exceptional…
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Women’s Prize for Fiction

21/06/2025
The Women’s Prize for Fiction is the greatest celebration of female creativity in the world.…
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DANZ (Diversity in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand) Children’s Book Award

13/06/2025
The biennial DANZ Children's Book Award was established to recognise, award, and celebrate diverse children's…
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NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults

06/06/2025
These awards are a unique celebration of the contribution New Zealand’s children’s authors and illustrators…
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International Booker Prize

28/05/2025
Each year the International Booker Prize introduces readers to the best novels and short story…
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Ockham New Zealand Book Awards

16/05/2025
         
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Orwell Prize for Political Writing

16/05/2025
Every year, The Orwell Foundation awards prizes to the writing and reporting which best meets…
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The Pulitzer Prizes

13/05/2025
2025 Pulitzer Prize Winners 2024 Pulitzer Prize Winners  
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The Children’s Book Council of Australia Notable Books 2025

28/03/2025
These books reflect the breadth of children’s literature written by Australians. They also reflect our…
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Ernest Scott Prize – awarded annually to a book (or books) based on original research judged to be the most distinguished contribution to the history of Australia or New Zealand or to the history of colonisation.

08/06/2023
2023 Winners AITKINSON, Alan         Elizabeth and John The MacArthurs of Elizabeth Farm…
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Book Trailers

16/05/2023
Upcoming Books: Dreamslinger by Graci Kim. Due May 2025 Onyx Storm (Empyrean 3) by Rebecca…
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New Zealand Society of Authors Heritage Book Awards

31/10/2022
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Arthur C Clarke Award for science fiction

28/10/2022
2022    Winner   GILES, Harry Josephine    Deep Wheel Orcadia
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Sir Julius Vogel Awards

29/08/2022
2022 Winners  
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Books for the Classroom

11/08/2022
Occasionally we receive flyers from publishers with suggestions of books for classroom/educational use.  We would…
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Children’s University

24/05/2022
University Bookshop Canterbury supports the Children's University initiative via our UBS Book Bingo Challenge.  Children…