Talanoa with Moses Viliamu and Michel Mulipola
Sāmoan illustrator Michel Mulipola recently sat down with Tokelauan/Sāmoan artist Moses Viliamu at the Whitireia Polytechnic Porirua...
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Pondering Poetry: An Interview with Paula Green
Paula Green is one of New Zealand’s most (probably the most) energetic and passionate ambassadors for poetry ever. She has published (as...
Book Awards: the Junior Fiction finalists
As the next instalment in our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the five finalists of the...
Across the Ditch: *THE* Morris Gleitzman
Morris Gleitzman, acclaimed author of Toad Rage and many other books, is the 2018–19 Australian Children’s Laureate – the nation’s...
Interview with Des Hunt: To Trap a Thief
Fossils, e-bikes, sci-fi movies, teenage hoons, an abandoned mine, step-grandparents, a big Lotto win in a small kiwi town and one of the...
From the Shop Floor: Books for Kids, Hamilton
We are pleased to present a regular series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's booksellers...
Interview with Dawn McMillan: Home Child
Home Child, based on child migrant Pat Brown’s early life, is such a major change of pace, a poignant, heart-wrenching story by a writer...
Tohby Riddle: The Moon, Donkeys & Hairy Men
What connects the mysterious hairy man of the Australian bush, the Japanese author Haruki Murakami, and a struggling donkey just trying...
From the Shop Floor: Marsden Books
We are pleased to present a regular series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's booksellers...
Bren and Gerri: Grass Wants to be Grazed
Australia-based New Zealander Bren MacDibble has been a published writer for many years, but only recently broke into the trade...
Tales of Tauranga: Debbie McCauley
Debbie McCauley is an award-winning author, historian, indie publisher, librarian and poet with a passion for telling the stories of her...
#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....
From the Shop Floor: McLeods, Rotorua
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
From the Shop Floor: Little Unity, Auckland
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
From the Shop Floor: VOLUME, Nelson
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
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