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Interview with illustrator Phoebe Morris
Phoebe Morris is the illustrator of a series of acclaimed picture book biographies written by David Hill, which have included the stories...


Rachel Eadie interviews Jessica Townsend
October 2017 saw Sunshine Coast local Jessica Townsend hit the big time. Her children’s novel Nevermoor was the biggest-selling...


From the Shop Floor: McLeods, Rotorua
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...


Looking for Steph Matuku: Author, Photographer
From the city centre of New Plymouth, follow the main road north until you reach Beach Street. Hang a left and head down the road a few...


He Raiona i roto i nga Otaota: a new Margaret Mahy
The images and the story of Margaret Mahy’s “A Lion in the Meadow” have almost become a part of the collective consciousness of children...


He Raiona i roto i nga Otaota, na Margaret Mahy
Ko ngā pikitia me ngā kōrero o Lion in the Meadow nā Margaret Mahy, he mea tuhi ki te rae o te tamaiti i tipu ake i Aotearoa nei. I tēnei...


Donotello and Roofael in conversation
Two of New Zealand's most celebrated, funny and prolific author-illustrators let us eavesdrop on a chat they had recently. Here are Ruth...


Across the Ditch: Jacqueline Harvey
One day on Twitter, Jane Bloomfield discovered that mega bestselling Australian author Jacqueline Harvey was setting up to move in just...


From the Shop Floor: Little Unity, Auckland
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...


Interviewing the legendary Paul Jennings
Paul Jennings is a legend of Australian children's literature. He burst onto the literary scene in 1985 with his first anthology of short...

Sherryl Jordan: The Deep Quiet Pools of the Mind
In an interview with writer Sherryl Jordan as her two most recent works are published, Catherine Woulfe gets to the heart of what makes...


From the Shop Floor: VOLUME, Nelson
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...


Whale Mountains, Red Toy Carts, & Letters From Nan
As part of celebrations for Māori Language Week, Vini Olsen-Reeder chats with his relation Hinemārie Burton about co-writing their first...

From sky to land: reading promises to our tamariki
Whenua Taurangi (Promised Land) is a story celebrating the love shared between cultural backgrounds, different socioeconomic situations...


Karena Kelly: te ataahua o te rima meneti
He mātanga reo. He kaiako. He kaituhi. He māmā. Hei tautoko i Te Wiki o te reo Māori 2018 kua whakarae atu tātou ki Te Hiku o te Ika, ki...
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