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From the Shop Floor: Time Out Bookstore
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
Across the Ditch: Allison Rushby & The Mulberry Tree
Australian author Allison Rushby is a prolific children’s and YA writer with many well-known books to her name, including The Turnkey...
From the Shop Floor: Scorpio Books
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
Book Awards: the Young Adult finalists
As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the five finalists of the Copyright...
From the Shop Floor: Unity Wellington
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
Book Awards: The Junior Fiction Finalists
As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the five Wright Foundation Esther Glen...
Author interview: The Hager-Hill Histories
In this fascinating insight into the minds of two of our best children's literature writers, Mandy Hager and David Hill talk to each...
From the Shop Floor: Wardini Books
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
Tara Black and Chris Riddell: A Drawing Date
Illustrator and live-drawer Tara Black had a Skype date with Chris Riddell in advance of his appearance in New Zealand for the Auckland...
Margaret Mahy Award-winner, Janice Marriott
Janice Marriott has written fiction and non-fiction for children and adults; she is an editor, audio producer, screenwriter, poet,...
From the Shop Floor: Dorothy Butler's
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
Author interview: Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith
NZ-Pasifika writer Pauline (Vaeluaga) Smith has recently published her first book, Dawn Raid, as a part of Scholastic's 'My New Zealand...
From the Shop Floor: Children's Room Otago
We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...
Writer Interview: Maria Gill and Glyn Harper
Glyn Harper’s and Maria Gill’s latest books are both part of the final year of publishing in commemoration of the centenary of WWI. Bobby...
Across the Ditch: Kate and Jol Temple
Terri-Rose Baynton, the New Zealand-based illustrator of much-talked-about new picture book Room On Our Rock, interviews Kate and Jol...
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