Earlier this month, we treated you to an excerpt from Gareth Ward's award-winning debut steampunk adventure novel, The Traitor and the...

Mary Wadsworth, co-owner of the Dorothy Butler Children's Bookshop in Auckland, reviews four recent non-fiction titles by international...

Rachel Moore reviews three world-class Kiwi series for readers from around the age of seven: Miniwings by Sally Sutton, Flying Furballs...

Mark Broatch reviews four recent picture books by New Zealand authors and illustrators – Inspector Brunswick: The Case of the Missing...

Mitch Marks reviews Moa, a collection of comics by James Davidson (published by Earth's End), and makes a case for the importance of...

Hilarious writer-about-parenting, Emily Writes tells us about the books her kids love, and what story time looks like at their place....

For International Women's Day, an essay by Nina Powles about Hermione Granger, feminism and searching for yourself in books. My room at...

Marmaduke Duck creator, Juliette MacIver explains how she's managed to write such a vast number of excellent rhyming picture books, so we...

Kate De Goldi confesses the pleasures of reading 'off-task and off-curriculum', and describes how necessary public libraries are to the...

First-time authors Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds have been all over the international media lately, thanks to the success of their...

David Hill reviews Torty and the Soldier, a picture book about the true story of a very old tortoise, by Jennifer Beck and illustrated by...

Johanna Knox and her friend, 10-year-old Noah, review Dinosaur Trouble by Kyle Mewburn, Helper and Helper by Joy Cowley, and Tui Street...

'Food and Friends', a chapter from Helper and Helper, the new Snake and Lizard book written by Joy Cowley and illustrated by Gavin...

Chief Librarian at the Alexander Turnbull Library and award-winning children's book writer, Chris Szekely on how he became a writer. As a...