John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington was here once a month to answer your child-related reading questions. He was a...

Never be stuck for something to do! Keep your hands and brain busy with glue, tape and scissors – and have crafty fun with Fifi! Flying...

Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around...

Award-winning fiction (for grown-ups) writer Pip Adam recalls her earliest introductions to story through television and magazines, and...

Holly Walker is a parent, activist, reviewer and former Green MP, whose first book, The Whole Intimate Mess: Motherhood, Politics and...

Writing children’s books may seem romantic at remove, but — as with many things — it’s less glossy up close. As Kiwi writers Juliet Jacka...

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

Like the rest of the New Zealand children's book community, The Sapling has been rocked by the news that our hero John McIntyre passed...

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,...

Alex Collins from Lift Publishing reflects on the value that Educational Publishing has to New Zealand's curriculum, and explains why...

The NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults are a unique celebration of the contribution New Zealand’s children’s authors and...

Our illustrator Giselle Clarkson continues her attempts to cling to childhood innocence. This time, she delves into the deep, dark depths...

What makes a book last? What makes it win? I try to figure this out, as a judge of the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults this...

Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around...

An excerpt from Eileen Merriman's Pieces of You, a Young Adult novel centred on Rebecca, a teen who is the victim of a sexual assault...