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

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...

Storylines Children’s Literature Foundation has given awards for local children’s literature since 2000, named for some of our most...

School principal Fraser Smith writes about how his debut children's novel Awatea's Treasure went from idea to manuscript to published...

Jack Gabriel gorges on six international picture books from Walker Books and Gecko Press, from France, the UK and the US, finding...

In which our illustrator attempts to preserve her childhood innocence by living in denial for a decade. GISELLE CLARKSON Giselle Clarkson...

Nina Powles revisits her childhood obsession with The Saddle Club series and finds their appeal, though flawed, remains. There was one...

The Storylines Gavin Bishop Award has been offered to a promising Kiwi illustrator since 2009. Set up by Gavin Bishop and Jenny Hellen,...

One of the first things we did when considering The Sapling was sit down and think: now, what can we offer that nobody else can? There...

Child psychologist Amy Wilson-Hughes gives some practical advice for using books and stories to help kids who are struggling with...

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

Bestselling YA author Amie Kaufman will appear at the Auckland Writers Festival, performing both in the schools' programme and in a free...

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

Hooray, it's a quiz! Test your children's book knowledge every month – first up is a quiz to celebrate Margaret Mahy's birthday. Answers...

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...