The Reckoning: The death of YA fiction
“The death of YA – it’s a thing believe me. Google it.” It was a fleeting comment at a writer’s festival as we moved between venues and...
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#nzreadaloud: One Book to Connect Kiwi Kids
In 2014, New Zealand teacher Kerri Thompson participated in a Global Read Aloud. This programme was founded by US educator Pernille Ripp....
2018 End-of-Year Shopping List: YA Fiction
Do you want to be sure you're getting top-shelf books for your favourite people this Christmas – or on any gift-giving occasion? We are...
The Only Children's Writing Fellowship in NZ
It’s the writing fellowship with the really long name – the University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children’s...
THE SAMPLING: Rain Fall, by Ella West (Allen & Unwin)
I'm not running late like I usually am. Maybe that's why I look in the river, maybe that's why I stop when I see it. A dark-coloured...
Taking our Children's Books to Bologna
UNESCO City of Literature Dunedin were offered an opportunity they couldn't ignore: to bid to have a stand at the Bologna Children's...
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