KiwiScribe — NZ Books

A home for New Zealand books.

Discover thousands of Kiwi titles, follow the awards, explore Māori and Pasifika voices — and buy from local NZ bookshops. Free on the App Store.

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Made in Aotearoa

Made in Aotearoa, for readers of Aotearoa.

KiwiScribe brings New Zealand's books together in one beautiful place — from the literary canon to this year's Ockham winners — and helps you buy them from independent Kiwi booksellers rather than overseas giants.

What's inside

Everything a Kiwi reader needs.

Discover by collection

Curated shelves: Award Winners, Māori Voices, Pasifika Writing, NZ Poetry, Classics, Crime, and more.

Search everything

Find any title by name, author, or ISBN.

Buy local

Jump straight to a New Zealand bookshop to purchase — supporting independent booksellers.

Explore the scene

Browse NZ bookshops, publishers, literary journals, and festivals.

Your reading shelf

Build a reading list and keep track of what you love.

Private by design

No account, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your device.

Curated shelves

Curated for Aotearoa.

🏆Award Winners 🌿Māori Voices 🌊Pasifika Writing 📚NZ Classics ✍️New Zealand Poetry 🔍Aotearoa Crime 📜Historical Fiction 📖Short Stories 🌀Speculative Aotearoa 🌟Young Adult 🧸Picture & Children's Books

A closer look

See it in your hand.

Browsing curated collections in KiwiScribe

New Zealand bookshops listed in KiwiScribe

⭐ For New Zealand Authors & the Literary Community

KiwiScribe is built to celebrate New Zealand writers — and we'd love your help making it better.

We warmly invite New Zealand authors, publishers, festival organisers and readers to contribute. Everything below goes to one inbox:

📮 annamareemorris@gmail.com

Authors

Add or approve your photo

Are you a New Zealand author? We'd love to feature your portrait alongside your work. Send us a photo you own the rights to, along with your written permission to display it in the app.

Send my photo & permission

Catalogue

Submit a book or correction

Missing a New Zealand title? Spotted a wrong detail or cover? Let us know — we're always improving the catalogue.

Submit a book / correction

Events

Submit a festival or event

Running a New Zealand book festival or literary event? Send us the details and we'll add it.

Submit a festival

Listings

Bookshops, publishers & journals

Are you an independent NZ bookshop, publisher, or literary journal that should be listed? Get in touch.

Get listed

We only use photos and materials you give us permission to use, and we'll happily remove anything on request.

Read New Zealand

Read New Zealand. Support local.

Download KiwiScribe free and discover your next great Kiwi read.

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