Books Published in October - December 2024
Updated: Mar 31, 2025
We are excited to share all the books we could find that were written or illustrated by Pacific Islander creators published in October, November, or December 2024. Direct links to buy the books are below. Please also request these books at your local libraries and bookstores. If we are missing any books, please reach out to us so we can add them. If you are a Pacific Islander creator with a book coming out soon, please let us know!
Children's Fiction
Picture Books / Board Books
Already All The Love by Diana Farid, illustrated by Shar Tuiasoa (Tongan)
Te Whare/Ko Kiwi Mā by Ngaere Roberts (Māori) & Christine Dale
There's a Crab in My Castle: He Papaka kei taku Pa by Dawn McMillan, illustrated by Nikki Slade Robinson, translated by Stephanie Huriana Fong (Te Rarawa)
A Little Golden Book Moana 2 by Paula Fuga (Hawaiian, Samoan)
What’s in a name? He aha tō te ingoa? by Renisa Viraj Maki, Isobel Joy Te-Aho White (Ngati Kahungunu, Ngai Tahu), Hona Black (Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa)
Going to the Market by Lilly Simon (Solomon Islander), illustrated by Jonathan Bia (Solomon Islander)
Keep Believing: the Samoan Legend of the Turtle and the Shark by Melissa and Eliana Su’a (Samoan), illustrated by Lidia Farias
O La’u Tusi Lanu Uliuli Ma Pa’epa’e Muamua by Pepe Faitau Book Co. and illustrated by Kerilyn Clarke (Māori, Samoan)
Moe, Moe Pua arranged by Lila Tuilagi-Toia (Samoan) and Lefagaoalii A. Amoa (Samoan) and illustrated by Puataunofo Tofaeono (Samoan)
Kumi Mai ‘A E Ngaahi Lanu ‘O E ‘Umata! by Savili Leiula (Tongan, Samoan), illustrated by Kreated by Kerilyn (Māori, Samoan), and translated by Elaine Itamua
Su’e Lanu O Le Nuanua! by Savili Leiula (Tongan, Samoan), illustrated by Kreated by Kerilyn (Māori, Samoan), and translated by Fa’amoe Itamua
Middle Grade & Young Adult
Superstar (Tennis Camp Diaries #2) written by Ash Barty, Jasmin McGaughey (Torres Strait Islander) and illustrated by Jade Goodwin
Charlie Tangaroa and the God of War by T K Roxborogh (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri)
Dear Uso, a YA novel by Mani Malaeulu (Samoan)
Children's Non-Fiction
Dear Moko by Hinemoa Elder (Ngāti Kurī, Te Rarawa, Te Aupōuri, Ngāpuhi)
Fiji/Viti by Tarisi Vunidilo (Fijian)
The Art of Moana 2 by Kalikolehua Hurley (Kanaka Maoli)
Whose Your Name? an anthology by Tamaiti o le Pasifika Class, Wainuiomata Intermediate School, Mila’s Books
General Fiction
Hammajang Luck by Makana Yamamoto (Kanaka Māoli)
Poorhara by Michelle Rahurahu (Ngāti Rahurahu, Ngāti Tahu, Ngāti Whaoa)
Kataraina by Becky Manawatu (Ngāi Tahu)
Kāwai: Tree of Nourishment by Monty Soutar (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Awa, Ngai Tai ki Tamaki, Ngāti Kahungunu)
Le silence de nos habitudes by Akel Waya (Kanak)
The Eldest Girl by Olivia Aroha Giles (Kahungunu, Raukawa, Te Ati Awa, Te Whanau a Apanui)
Ani’s Portrait: My String Bag Back Home by Julie Mota Kondi (Papua New Guinean)
Remembering, Father and Me by Marlene Dee Gray Potoura (Papua New Guinean)
Poetry
Sentimental Value by Nicola Andrews (Ngāti Paoa)
Tui Peva Luva by Mele Tonga-Grant (Tongan)
Anthologies
Papatūānuku: A collection of writings by Indigenous wāhine, an anthology of writing by Māori and Pacific women
Death in the Mouth (vol. 2), a horror anthology edited by Cassi Hart (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māhaki ki Makaawhio) and Sloane Leong (Hawaiian)
Non-Fiction
Words to Sing the World Alive, an anthology of essays, memoirs, and poems edited by Jasmin McGaughey (Torres Strait Islander)
A Borrowed Land by Peter Onedera (CHamoru)
Toi Te Mana: An Indigenous History of Māori Art, edited by Deidre Brown (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Kahu), Ngarino Ellis (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Porou), with Jonathan Mane-Wheoki (1943–2014; Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī)
Te Huarahi: A Maori Medium Initial Teacher Education Programme, by Peter J. Keegan (Waikato-Maniapoto, Ngāti Porou), Tania Cliffe-Tautari (Te Arawa, Ngāti Tahu), Ruth Lemon (Māori) and Tauwehe Tamati (Māori)
Tiahuia: A Karanga for my Mother by Merenia Gray (Ngāi Tahu, Rangitāne, Tainui)
Toitū Ngā Marae: Pandemic Experiences of Marae in Tāmaki Makarau by Kimiora Raerino (Ngāti Awa, Te Arawa)
Maranga! Maranga! Maranga! The Call to Maori History: Essays from Te Pouhere Korero, 1999-2023 by Aroha Harris (Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi) and Melissa Matutina Williams (Te Rarawa, Ngāti Maru)
Intuitive Ritual: A Mana Wahine Sourcebook by Ngahuia Murphy (Ngāti Manawa, Ngāti Ruapani ki Waikaremoana, Ngāi Tuhoe, Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu)
In Poutini: The Māori History of the West Coast, by Paul Madgwick (Ngāti Māhaki, Ngāi Tahu)
Note: The ethnicities stated on this blog post were from internet sources where the creators self-identified. Only Pacific Islander ethnicities were included.
