Across the Ditch: From the ear to the page
The Sapling co-editor Nida Fiazi reviews the first picture book retelling of her favourite childhood folktale Buz-e-Chini. She recalls...
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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...
Book List: Resilient Families and Young People
We were fascinated to discover recently that the Australian Association of Family Therapy announces its own Family Book Awards. Thalia...
Across the Ditch: Freya Blackwood Chases Rabbits
Children's book designer Vida Kelly has worked with Freya Blackwood at various times throughout Freya's career as an illustrator. This...
Across the Ditch: Author Zana Fraillon
Australian author Zana Fraillon is an observer of the unseen: ‘As an author, I am drawn to the absences and the silences in our world.’...
Across the Ditch: My Australian childhood
The Sapling editor Sarah Forster writes about her childhood spent between New Zealand and Australia, the books she read as a result, and...
Across the Ditch: Ursula Dubosarsky
Our editor Jane Arthur comes out from behind the curtain to interview the multi-accoladed Australian children’s writer Ursula Dubosarsky,...
Across the Ditch: Illuminating Amie Kaufman
Bestselling YA author Amie Kaufman will appear at the Auckland Writers Festival, performing both in the schools' programme and in a free...
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