Read more about New Zealand writing and writers in the latest issue of our quarterly members' magazine Booknotes, available to read now online.
Open Book
Reading group guides
Fire up the debate at your book group meetings, with one of our reading group discussion guides. From John Banville's The Sea or Michael Ondaatje's Divisadero, to Lloyd Jones's Mister Pip or Donna Tartt's The Secret History, there's something for every taste. Click here to see the full range.
Book group noticeboard
Click through to see book groups in your area here. You can add your own group, or put a message up to become part of a group, using the form to your right.
The book group compass
Download our Book Group Compass, a comprehensive guide to starting a book group and keeping it interesting.
Booknotes
Our new issue features Paula Morris on Rangatira; Denis Welch on the future of bookselling; Greg McGee, aka Alix Bosco, in praise of anonymity, and Writers in Schools as drawn by cartoonist Dylan Horrocks
Book Discussion Scheme
The Book Discussion Scheme lends books and discussion notes to participating groups anywhere in New Zealand. It has an extensive catalogue of fiction and non-fiction titles to choose from. Monthly, bi-monthly and student programmes are available.
