The Reckoning: Are we really one?
How many books have you read about Muslims since the Christchurch mosque shootings? How many have you read in your lifetime? In this...
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The Reckoning: Is it fair to pass on our despair?
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 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...
The case for quitting social media
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...
The Reckoning: Cook & Ethical Remembering
TUIA250 is the government-funded programme to mark 250 years since Captain James Cook first visited Aotearoa. Tina Ngata asks how parents...
The Reckoning: Redefining hero-worship
Joanna Grochowicz's second Antarctica-focused non-fiction book for young people has recently been released, and in this installment of...
The Reckoning: Why Bologna Matters
Angela Keoghan kicked off her international children’s book career by visiting Bologna Book Fair in 2015, and she has been going there...
The Reckoning: The national book awards
Fantasy and science fiction writer Karen Healey reckons that the national book awards, the NZ Book Awards, are erroneously named. Why not...
The Reckoning: We Know Where the Wild Things Are
How many children's books have you read that tell stories of family violence and abuse? Today author, speaker and survivor of family...
Guyon Espiner: The Books I Read with my Child
Babies don't come with manuals, or book lists. Today journalist and broadcaster Guyon Espiner recounts how he and his daughter have...
The Reckoning: Disturbing Reading
Should children be exposed to books about slavery, racism and violence? Today Sisilia Eteuati, an Auckland writer, lawyer and mother,...
The Reckoning: Superstar needed, apply within
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....
The Reckoning: Appropriation vs Authenticity
When is it okay for creative people to draw on cultural traditions they're not part of? Illustrator, writer and teacher Zak Waipara has...
The Reckoning: Shelving Creative Non-fiction
Non-fiction writer Maria Gill ponders the nature of a creative non-fiction story for children and how creative non-fiction stories are...
The Reckoning: What the heck is Maaori Literature?
In the fourth of our features in celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, award-winning writer Steph Matuku battles clichés, stereotypes,...
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