How can Reo thrive in English-medium schools?
New research on teaching Māori language in English-medium schools could make a huge impact on how te reo Māori is delivered in New...
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'I was running a bit toward the wild'
'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...
Swapna Haddow: The Books of My Childhood
Author Swapna Haddow has recently moved to Christchurch from her home in the UK. Her Dave Pigeon books are absolutely hilarious, so we...
For Crying Out Loud: Crying and Kids' Books
'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,...
In Memoriam: An Elegy for Charlotte
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...
'Your taste is why your work disappoints you'
Claire Murdoch is the recently appointed Publishing Manager of Penguin Random House New Zealand. We asked her to share some formative...
A Wise Place to Rise: National Poetry Day
'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...
Bill Manhire and Blyton’s Faraway Tree
Multi-accoladed poet and founder of the creative writing programme at Victoria University of Wellington, Bill Manhire relives the magic...
From the Lake District to Mangere Island
Kura Rutherford ruminates on how powerfully children's books can evoke geographies both unknown and familiar, from Beatrix Potter’s Lake...
Kate Duignan: The Books of My Childhood
Kate Duignan recalls two influential books from her childhood, Heidi and The Diddakoi, in this stunning personal essay about the...
Emma Neale: The Books My Kids Are Reading
Emma Neale is a Dunedin-based poet, novelist, and recently appointed editor of the esteemed New Zealand literary journal, Landfall, which...
The planet has a pulse: Maurice Gee, O and me
Maurice Gee's O Trilogy is one of the most enduringly excellent works of Aotearoa literature. Megan Dunn recalls its power. In the South...
May They Always Bind Us: Family Storytelling
Books aren't the only place to find stories. Some of the most important and meaningful stories are passed down through generations,...
The Books My Kid Is Reading (& I should write)
Ahead of his appearance at the Auckland Writers Festival, novelist (for adults) Rajorshi Chakraborti tells us about the books his...
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...
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