We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...

Three books are finalists for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults Te Kura Pounamu category, celebrating the best...

Thalia reviews four new picture books from Aotearoa: a whimsical gumshoe story, two books introducing our wildlife taonga to children,...

We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...

Split consciousness features in very different ways in these two wonderful junior fiction titles for opposite ends of the audience age...

Author and former bookshop owner Annemarie Florian tells us about three quite different recent releases, from New Zealand and further...

For World Refugee Day, former refugee Nida Fiazi writes about her life and how books have intersected with it, and includes her...

We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...

Reviewing three new picture books in te reo Māori today is former teacher, gallery educator, librarian and student, Kay Benseman, along...

Bonnie Etherington, author of the multi-award-nominated novel The Earth Cries Out, reminisces about the stories and books from her...

A notorious witch, some butterflies, and a fantail that can't stay still. Reviewer Holly Walker enjoys a trip down memory lane with...

Each of these vibrant, colourful books comes from an independent publisher. Helen Vivienne Fletcher finds a lot to love about them. A...

Fantasy and science fiction writer Karen Healey reckons that the national book awards, the NZ Book Awards, are erroneously named. Why not...

We are pleased to present a regular monthly series highlighting the work, expertise and enthusiasm of some of the greatest children's...

From first readers to well-developed adventure stories, Tim Gruar finds a lot to admire in these three new Kiwi junior fiction books -...