The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 6
Illustrator Giselle Clarkson shows us how books can be read differently each time ... and why sometimes this is advised. GISELLE CLARKSON...
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The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 5
One of the lessons of childhood is that not everything has a happy ending. Or a tidy ending. Or an ending that can be understood ......
Steve Braunias and the books his kid is reading
The editor of The Spinoff Review of Books and author of The Man Who Ate Lincoln Road, Steve Braunias reports on what his ten-year-old...
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...
Bear hunts and other adventures: a family reading
Music journalist Nick Bollinger shares a moving account of the place books had in his three daughters' childhoods and his own parenthood....
Fairytale Romance: Disneyland mag
Award-winning fiction (for grown-ups) writer Pip Adam recalls her earliest introductions to story through television and magazines, and...
My childhood, books & the gift of stray dogs
To celebrate the publication of My Meerkat Mum (her 15th picture book), Ruth Paul reflects on the childhood stories and antics that...
Victor Rodger & the dark humour of Struwwelpeter
Playwright and Victoria University Writer-in-Residence Victor Rodger describes the twisted humour and terrifying morality of his...
FUTURE WORLDS: GROWING UP IN A BOOKSHOP
Multi award-winning US slam poet Anis Mojgani writes about the things which captivate us as children, the magic and promise books hold,...
Pounamu Pounamu: Miriama Kamo's first crush
Miriama Kamo is one of New Zealand's foremost broadcasters. She looks back on her book-loving childhood, and that time she tried to get...
Dennis, Gnasher, George, Rona and me
Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library and award-winning children's book writer, Chris Szekely on how he became a writer. As a...
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