Matariki Winter Reading

Mānawatia a Matariki. This year's Coalition for Books Matariki Winter Reading catalogue is out on Kete as well as here on The Coalition for Books website.

The catalogue brings together 67 new books from Aotearoa published in the lead up to and over the Matariki and winter period (March to July 2023 release). It features stories for tamariki in English and te reo Māori on Matariki, exciting works by Māori authors, winter warming cookbooks, memoir, history and fiction to captivate and keep readers minds from the cold.

Mānawatia a Matariki mā te pānui i tēnei hōtoke – celebrate Matariki with winter reading. Matariki marks the passage of another year; a time to remember the dead and to celebrate new life; to reflect on the previous year, and to let it go; to look to the promise of a new season and a new year. In the past, in the cold months around Matariki, people would gather to keep warm, share kai and share knowledge through pūrākau (stories) and song … here are new books from Aotearoa to share this winter.

Digital and printable versions of the catalogue and social media tiles are available here.

A printed version of the catalogue was inserted into subscriber copies of The New Zealand Listener on Saturday 1 July and is also available through select booksellers and libraries. We are working with Wheelers to distribute copies to schools and libraries and the catalogue is also available to schools, libraries and all other groups to download and print from the links above. 

Click to view the digital catalogue.