Books Published in July-September 2023

All of these books were written or illustrated by Pacific Islander creators.

Children's Books

• I’m a Little Voice by Linda Tuhiwai Smith and illustrated by Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

• I Am Lupe by Sela Ahosivi-Atiola and illustrated by Yani Augstina

• Ka Huakaʻi a Liholiho & Kamāmalu by Allyson Franco and Hilinaʻi Sai-Dudoit and illustrated by Kamaehukauikahano Marrote

• My First Words About Tikanga Māori by Stacey Morrison and illustrated by Kurawaka Productions

• Ngaahi Fananga 'a Fatulisi by Leilehua Helu Faʻonevai

• Ngā Roimata Tioata by students of Manurewa West School

• ‘Ofa Shares by Dahlia Malaeulu and illustrated by Darcy Solia

• Paea Spies by Dahlia Malaeulu and illustrated by Darcy Solia

• Pipi and Pou seres by Tim Tipene and Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

• Ringakōreko by Sacha Cotter and illustrated by Josh Morgan

• Stranded by Linda Jane Keegan and illustrated by Isobel Joy Te-Aho White

• Te Moan Ni: The First Coconut Tree by the Kiribati Federation Aotearoa and illustrated by Azra Pancho

• Te Rā: The Māori Sail by Ariana Tikao and illustrated by Mat Tait

• Tevita’s Room by Dahlia Malaeulu and illustrated by Darcy Solia

• The Book that Wouldn’t Ready by Tim Tipene and illustrated by Nicoletta Benella

• The Māui Stories by Gabrielle Ahuliʻi and illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong

• The Pele Stories by Gabrielle Ahuliʻi and illustrated by Jing Jing Tsong

• Why the Moon Follows You written and illustrated by Jorell Manoa

Adult Memoir

A Canoe Before the Wind by Vitale Lafaele

One of Them by Shaneel Lal

School Friends FWPS Kolovai 1955 by Sione Tapani Mangisi

Adult Non-Fiction

A Grammar of Nese by Lana Grelyn Takau

Nga Kupu Wero edited by Witi Ihimaera

Rewi by Jade Kake and Jeremy Hansen

Teaching Methodologies in Pacific School Systems

Te Reo Kapekape: Māori Wit and Humour by Hona Black

The Ulumate Project: Sacredness of Human Hair

Sis: Pacific Art 1980-2023

Adult Fiction

The Bone Tree by Airana Ngarewa

Adult Poetry

Āria by Jessica Hinerangi

Adult Short Stories

Every Drop is a Man’s Nightmare by Megan Kamalei Kakimoto

Hiwa Contemporary Māori Short Stories edited by Paula Morris

New CHamoru Literature edited by Craig Santos Perez

Te Awa o Kupu edited by Vaughan Rapatahana and Kiri Piahana-Wong