How many books have you read about Muslims since the Christchurch mosque shootings? How many have you read in your lifetime? In this...

We grew up watching the world end – at least on-screen. Our children are growing up watching it happen in real time. How do we prepare...

“The death of YA – it’s a thing believe me. Google it.” It was a fleeting comment at a writer’s festival as we moved between venues and...

Love it or hate it, social media is a part of our life. But does an author really need it? Elissa Weismann swore off Facebook and Twitter...

TUIA250 is the government-funded programme to mark 250 years since Captain James Cook first visited Aotearoa. Tina Ngata asks how parents...

Joanna Grochowicz's second Antarctica-focused non-fiction book for young people has recently been released, and in this installment of...

Angela Keoghan kicked off her international children’s book career by visiting Bologna Book Fair in 2015, and she has been going there...

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

How many children's books have you read that tell stories of family violence and abuse? Today author, speaker and survivor of family...

Babies don't come with manuals, or book lists. Today journalist and broadcaster Guyon Espiner recounts how he and his daughter have...

Should children be exposed to books about slavery, racism and violence? Today Sisilia Eteuati, an Auckland writer, lawyer and mother,...

How do we raise the profile of New Zealand Children's books? Donovan Bixley has been asking around, and he has an answer ... of sorts....

When is it okay for creative people to draw on cultural traditions they're not part of? Illustrator, writer and teacher Zak Waipara has...

Non-fiction writer Maria Gill ponders the nature of a creative non-fiction story for children and how creative non-fiction stories are...

In the fourth of our features in celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, award-winning writer Steph Matuku battles clichés, stereotypes,...