NZ Festival Interview: R. A. SprattR. A. Spratt is an award winning author and television writer, best known for her two series' Nanny Piggins and Friday Barnes, Girl...
Happy Birthday to Little Island PressHappy 10th Birthday to Little Island Press! In celebration of this anniversary, Auckland teacher, writer and mother Emmaline Matagi sat...
From the Shop Floor: Children's BookshopWe are pleased to present the first in a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest...
The Books That Formed My ChildhoodThe follow-up to the award-winning Annual is out this month, ready to be part of the formative childhood reading of a new generation of...
How to Dad: Jordan Watson Talks BooksJordan Watson is better known - to millions of YouTube viewers - as How to Dad, giving hilarious advice on the practicalities of dad-hood...
The great Wardini, debut steampunk novelistEarlier this month, we treated you to an excerpt from Gareth Ward's award-winning debut steampunk adventure novel, The Traitor and the...
Book Awards: the non-fiction finalistsAs part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we asked the Elsie Locke Award for Non-fiction...
The anatomy of an illustrator: Cat ChapmanCat Chapman is an Auckland freelance illustrator, having discovered her skills whilst doing a course in picture-book illustration with...