The New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a core part of the Aotearoa literary calendar, for young people and adults...

In April, Ruth Paul and Juliette MacIver took their Kiwi author-illustrator talents over to the United Arab Emirates – more specifically,...

Morris Gleitzman, acclaimed author of Toad Rage and many other books, is the 2018–19 Australian Children’s Laureate – the nation’s...

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

For the second instalment of our shiny new Mahy Questionnaire, we thought we had better select an author who we knew would construct some...

Current picture book publishing in New Zealand is a real mixed bag. There are stories that are just familiar songs in disguise matched...

Helping children deal with obstacles and setbacks is a core part of parenting and teaching. Today education lecturer and writer Frank...

Don McGlashan's love of words and ideas is evident in all his music. Today he tells us about throwing a picture book at the wall, wagging...

Fossils, e-bikes, sci-fi movies, teenage hoons, an abandoned mine, step-grandparents, a big Lotto win in a small kiwi town and one of the...

Quiz yourself on eight New Zealand picture books that illustrate Aotearoa’s multiculturalism and diversity. Can you get them all right?...

From the author of the highly acclaimed Into the White, Amundsen's Way: The Race to the South Pole (Allen & Unwin) is the gripping tale...

Writer Steph Matuku reviews two new books for teenagers. Tina Shaw's manuscript for Ursa won the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for YA...

ECE teacher Sara Croft reviews three books for younger readers, two that use humour to engage young readers, and a third which is a...

Kristy Wilson has been the School Librarian for Decile 1 Porirua College, three days a week for the past four years. More recently, she...

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