Mitch Marks reviews Moa, a collection of comics by James Davidson (published by Earth's End), and makes a case for the importance of...

Test your children's book knowledge every month! Here's a quiz to get you in the Mothers Day spirit ahead of 14 May. Answers are at the...

Anzac Day brings with it a fever pitch of publishing of war books for both children and adults. This has been especially true during the...

New Zealand's school librarians are passionate, engaged professionals who know how to get students of all ages and reading levels into...

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

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

Playwright and Victoria University Writer-in-Residence Victor Rodger describes the twisted humour and terrifying morality of his...

Elizabeth Knox finds a lot to praise about Laini Taylor's inventive, lyrical and compelling new novel, Strange the Dreamer. Laini Taylor,...

John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington is a top children’s bookseller. He's here once a month to answer your...

Storylines Children's Literature Charitable Trust continues to play a significant part in boosting the children's literature culture here...

There's a book for every reader, and a time for every book. Mandy Hager explains why sometimes Great Literature isn't what we need. In...

UNESCO City of Literature Dunedin were offered an opportunity they couldn't ignore: to bid to have a stand at the Bologna Children's...

Our editor Jane Arthur comes out from behind the curtain to interview the multi-accoladed Australian children’s writer Ursula Dubosarsky,...

Author Melinda Szymanik considers war books for children, how they create deeper empathy, and tells us what writers balance as they write...

Poet, historian and Green Party candidate Leilani Tamu shares the importance she places on words and ideas in her family – and the one...