THE SAMPLING: A Trio of Sophies by Eileen Merriman
Eileen Merriman has been a constant fixture in the Aotearoa YA scene since the 2017 release of her debut, Pieces of You. Each of her...
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The Reckoning: The death of YA fiction
“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...
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...
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...
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...
Book Quiz: Sunny, Rainy, Windy, Snowy Weather
Weather. We can't avoid it. And right now, after six weeks of glorious warm weather that we never complained about, no siree Bob no...
Book Quiz: The change of the seasons
We may not yet have reached the Season of the Age of Aquarius, but it certainly appears to be Spring right now, and we figure sooner or...
Quiz: first lines of classic Kiwi kids' novels
How well do you know classic New Zealand children's novels? Do you think you could recognise them from their first sentences? Have a go!...
Book Awards: the Young Adult fiction finalists
As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we've asked the publishers of the YA finalists to...
A review of Pieces of You by Eileen Merriman
Earlier this month we published a short excerpt from Pieces of You, a major new YA novel from a debut Kiwi author. We asked Denis Wright,...
A book club reviews the new Patrick Ness
Today, Release, a new YA novel by Patrick Ness, hits the shelves of New Zealand bookshops. We asked a Wellington-based book club – adults...
A review of the latest YA fantasy by Laini Taylor
Elizabeth Knox finds a lot to praise about Laini Taylor's inventive, lyrical and compelling new novel, Strange the Dreamer. Laini Taylor,...
The Sampling: an excerpt from FLIGHT PATH
An excerpt from David Hill's Flight Path, a YA novel about 18-year-old Jack who wanted to escape boring little New Zealand – but soon...
Across the Ditch: Illuminating Amie Kaufman
Bestselling YA author Amie Kaufman will appear at the Auckland Writers Festival, performing both in the schools' programme and in a free...
Three fantasy novels for teens and pre-teens
Briar Lawry reviews Maurice Gee's latest, The Severed Land, as well as The Edge of Everything by Jeff Giles and Maybe a Fox by Kathi...
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