Paula Green is one of New Zealand’s most (probably the most) energetic and passionate ambassadors for poetry ever. She has published (as...

The Sapling has asked two first-time middle-grade authors, Felicity Williams and Weng Wai Chan, to interview one another about their...

Another week, another category of NZCYA Award finalists to highlight! Today, it's the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction finalists,...

As the next instalment in our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the five finalists of the...

Morris Gleitzman, acclaimed author of Toad Rage and many other books, is the 2018–19 Australian Children’s Laureate – the nation’s...

Fossils, e-bikes, sci-fi movies, teenage hoons, an abandoned mine, step-grandparents, a big Lotto win in a small kiwi town and one of the...

We are pleased to present a regular series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's booksellers...

Home Child, based on child migrant Pat Brown’s early life, is such a major change of pace, a poignant, heart-wrenching story by a writer...

What connects the mysterious hairy man of the Australian bush, the Japanese author Haruki Murakami, and a struggling donkey just trying...

We are pleased to present a regular series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's booksellers...

Australia-based New Zealander Bren MacDibble has been a published writer for many years, but only recently broke into the trade...

Illustrator Stevie Mahardhika is best known for his work for Scholastic NZ, including Row, Kiwi, Row Your Boat and the new picture book...

Debbie McCauley is an award-winning author, historian, indie publisher, librarian and poet with a passion for telling the stories of her...

In 2014, New Zealand teacher Kerri Thompson participated in a Global Read Aloud. This programme was founded by US educator Pernille Ripp....

Author Swapna Haddow has recently moved to Christchurch from her home in the UK. Her Dave Pigeon books are absolutely hilarious, so we...