Publishers Association NZ Te Rau o Tākupu

Kia Ora! PANZ represents book and digital publishers across Aotearoa New Zealand. Check out our feed to add some incredible reads to your TBR!

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✈️ We're thrilled to be gearing up for the 2025 Frankfurt Book Fair, which takes place this week. The collective New Zealand stand can be found at Hall 6.0, Stand D83. We hope you swing by, meet with our publishers and pick up a brochure about our Translation Grants. #FBM25

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📸 Bolonga Children's Book Fair: Last day! We survived the Fair and what an amazing time we had. Connections were made, deals were done and we made the most of the opportunity to showcase Aotearoa New Zealand's brilliant books to the world.

@BoChildrensBook #BCBF25

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📸@BoChildrensBook Day 3. We had a visit from the lovely Aotearoa illustrator Hilary Jean Tapper and A LOT of meetings to keep everyone very busy! #BCBF25

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📸 Bologna Children's Book Fair: Day 2. Enjoy some pics from around the Fair today, including some of the Illustrators Exhibition from the Country of Honour Estonia and Eboni Waitere from @huiapublishers participating in the Reading of The Convention on the Rights of the Child.

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Bologna Children’s Book Fair 2025 - Diary
Mon 31 March: full report on Instagram:
https://t.co/SQzL44nsoK
@BoChildrensBook @BolognaFiere @BplusPNews @Publishers_NZ #oratiabooks @NZTEnews @BplusPNews @PublishersWkly @PublishersAssoc @IntPublishers #BCBF25

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News Flash! Mila’s Books has won the BOP – Bologna Prize for the Best Children’s Publishers of the Year in the Oceania category. This prize acknowledges the top children’s publishers from around the world. Huge congratulations to Mila's Books 🥳
@BoChildrensBook #BCBF25

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📷 Our stand is set up and we're ready for Day 1 of Bologna Children's Book Fair. Stay tuned for more updates and plenty of Fair fun in the coming days...

📚 Don't forget our virtual stand is open 24/7: https://t.co/x2Jvy7yU0V

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✈️Excited preparations are underway at PANZ HQ as we ready for our return to Bologna Children's Book Fair.

📚Our virtual stand is open 24/7 via the link below
📚Or find us next week at Hall 25, Booth A72

https://t.co/x2Jvy7ymbn

#BCBF25 @BoChildrensBook

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🥰A huge thank you to our German friends and helpers, Christiane, her daughter Ann-Sophie and Joy for their amazing work this week. These wonderful women have volunteered at our Frankfurt stand for many years because they love New Zealand and they love books! #fbm24 @Book_Fair

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🍷 Our Frankfurt stand party was a huge success this year. Thanks to the New Zealand Embassy team for their generosity and support @GermEmbWell.

📷Craig Hawke (NZ Ambassador) Hugo Setzer (Mexican Publishers Association) Sam Elworthy (@AUPBooks) Sheena Cameron (@thewritingbook)

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🍰🎉 There was much excitement on the stand today as Hanife Icten from the Frankfurt Book Fair management team presented us with this beautiful cake and framed certificate to celebrate 25 years of PANZ at the Frankfurt.

😊 Thanks @book_fair! #fbm24🎉📚

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📚📸 Here are some more photos to enjoy from our Frankfurter Buchmesse stand. These stunning books from Aotearoa New Zealand are looking pretty fine, if we do say so ourselves💖

#fbm24🎉📚 @HuiaPublishers @upstartpressnz @CulturalHubb

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Frankfurt Book Fair opening day. Very full aisles and busy escalators make for bumping into a lot of friends and starting up new conversations.

@Book_Fair @Publishers_NZ @IntPublishers @pwbspeaks
#fbm24 #oratiabooks @PublishersWkly @BplusPNews

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📚 Frankfurt Book Fair has kicked off and it's all go for the team on our collective stand.📷Sam Elworthy from @aupbooks, Peter Dowling from @oratiabooks and Sheena Cameron from The Literacy Place have all enjoyed a very busy first day sharing their books. #fbm24

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📚 It's still yesterday in Frankfurt and our exhibiting publishers have been busy getting set up on the collective stand and exploring the venue ahead of the Fair's kick off on 16 October.
📸 Sam Elworthy from @aucklanduniversitypress and Louise Russell from @batemanbooks #bfm24

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📚 It's time to get to know Upstart Press, the lucky last exhibitor on our virtual stand.

👉 Learn about their offering on our virtual stand or view their books during Frankfurter Buchmesse at Hall 6.0, Stand D83. #fbm24 @upstartpressnz

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📚 Let's get to know another publisher on our virtual Frankfurt stand - Cultural Hubb Publishing House.

👉 Learn about their offering here https://t.co/PpwVfMvQSX or view their books during Frankfurter Buchmesse at Hall 6.0, Stand D83. #fbm24

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📚💻 Let's meet the publishers on our virtual Frankfurt Book Fair stand, starting with Auckram Publishing Ltd, publishing under the brand Tangleby Gardens. Learn about their offering here: https://t.co/RTYoDQMzvT. You can also view their books at Hall 6.0, Stand D83. #fbm24

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📚 Today we're introducing The Literacy Place, the last of the publishers that will be exhibiting in person on our Frankfurt stand.

👉 Learn about their offering here https://t.co/SO5BqWvkaw or visit during Frankfurter Buchmesse at Hall 6.0, Stand D83. #fbm24 @thewritingbook

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📚 The next exhibitor on our Frankfurt stand is @OratiaBooks.

👉 Learn about their offering here https://t.co/Ui9cX3G5rk or visit during Frankfurter Buchmesse at Hall 6.0, Stand D83. #fbm24