The Sapling co-editor Nida Fiazi reviews the first picture book retelling of her favourite childhood folktale Buz-e-Chini. She recalls...

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

We were fascinated to discover recently that the Australian Association of Family Therapy announces its own Family Book Awards. Thalia...

Children's book designer Vida Kelly has worked with Freya Blackwood at various times throughout Freya's career as an illustrator. This...

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.’...

The Sapling editor Sarah Forster writes about her childhood spent between New Zealand and Australia, the books she read as a result, and...

Our editor Jane Arthur comes out from behind the curtain to interview the multi-accoladed Australian children’s writer Ursula Dubosarsky,...

Bestselling YA author Amie Kaufman will appear at the Auckland Writers Festival, performing both in the schools' programme and in a free...