Amy Austin, Deputy Principal and PhD student, asks ‘Can children do philosophy?’; ‘What does it entail and who benefits?’; ‘What...

Revitalising a language and raising a family are both harrowing, amazing tasks. What happens when you do both at the same time? In...

In the 16th of our regular comics from Giselle Clarkson, she ruminates on the unusual history of one of the most-loved works of...

Kimberly Andrews is the Wellington-based author and illustrator of the new, critically acclaimed picture book, Puffin the Architect...

Ssahs Eastwood-Bennitt manages the library and teaching resources at Manchester Street School in Feilding, Manawatu. She is also part of...

'Throughout my life I have turned to the page as a soft place to fall and a wise place to rise.' For Phantom Billstickers National Poetry...

Multi-accoladed poet and founder of the creative writing programme at Victoria University of Wellington, Bill Manhire relives the magic...

Novelist and playwright Whiti Hereaka is wondering where our Māori heroes were, in the commemoration of WWI. Her upcoming YA novel...

Freshly announced at the Awards Ceremony in Wellington, the winners of the 2018 NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are ......

New Zealand's legends inspire our tamariki to believe that the sky is the limit. How much do you know about these biographies targeted at...

How does an author not only get their book published, but get their book shortlisted for the Best First Book award? We asked each of this...

Sam has a problem. He has to share a room with his older brother and things aren’t easy. When Sam sees Donald Trump on TV talking about...

Kura Rutherford ruminates on how powerfully children's books can evoke geographies both unknown and familiar, from Beatrix Potter’s Lake...

Today Emmett Roberts, a consent educator, library studies student, and intern with InsideOUT, reflects on what kinds of books young...

Senga White is the Research and Learning Coordinator at Southland Boys' High School in Invercargill. She has been a school librarian for...