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LGBTQIA+ / Queer Voices

Discover works from LGBTQIA+ / Queer authors and worlds where all expressions of gender, sexuality and identity are celebrated, centred, and imagined anew.

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Disabled Voices

Delve into works from disabled authors, stories that centre disabled characters, and pukapuka (books) that celebrate disabled experiences in worlds both real and imagined.

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Aotearoa Voices

Aotearoa’s authors have long made the world of speculative literature great. Explore their works and find stories that celebrate the corner of the universe they call home.

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Indigenous Voices

Explore worlds, works, and wonders created by Indigenous authors and stories that centre Indigenous experiences from the earliest times to the modern day.

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Emerging Voices

Exciting authors, thought-provoking themes, intriguing ideas - find the emerging voices and buzzworthy books we can’t stop talking about right here.

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Neurodivergent Voices

Mindbending books from the brilliant brains of neurodivergent authors and stories that explore their unique experiences of the world.

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Black Voices

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