New research on teaching Māori language in English-medium schools could make a huge impact on how te reo Māori is delivered in New...

'From where I sleep I can see the book on my bookshelf. I have read it so many times it has fallen apart, and now exists as an inelegant...

Author Swapna Haddow has recently moved to Christchurch from her home in the UK. Her Dave Pigeon books are absolutely hilarious, so we...

'I’m a kindred spirit to Anne of Green Gables’ Anne Shirley. When I feel like crying, you see it in my cheeks, in the flicker in my eyes,...

What fictional death have you never got over? That's the question asked of our editor Jane Arthur by poet Chris Tse, guest curator of the...

Claire Murdoch is the recently appointed Publishing Manager of Penguin Random House New Zealand. We asked her to share some formative...

'Throughout my life I have turned to the page as a soft place to fall and a wise place to rise.' For Phantom Billstickers National Poetry...

Multi-accoladed poet and founder of the creative writing programme at Victoria University of Wellington, Bill Manhire relives the magic...

Kura Rutherford ruminates on how powerfully children's books can evoke geographies both unknown and familiar, from Beatrix Potter’s Lake...

Kate Duignan recalls two influential books from her childhood, Heidi and The Diddakoi, in this stunning personal essay about the...

Emma Neale is a Dunedin-based poet, novelist, and recently appointed editor of the esteemed New Zealand literary journal, Landfall, which...

Maurice Gee's O Trilogy is one of the most enduringly excellent works of Aotearoa literature. Megan Dunn recalls its power. In the South...

Books aren't the only place to find stories. Some of the most important and meaningful stories are passed down through generations,...

Ahead of his appearance at the Auckland Writers Festival, novelist (for adults) Rajorshi Chakraborti tells us about the books his...

It’s the writing fellowship with the really long name – the University of Otago College of Education Creative New Zealand Children’s...