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DEAR JOHN: TRAINS, TOUGH GIRLS & KILLING JOY
John McIntyre from The Children’s Bookshop in Wellington is a top children’s bookseller. He's here once a month to answer your...


Crafts with Fifi: Tiny Walnut Tortoises
Never be stuck for something to do! Keep your hands and brain busy with glue, tape and scissors - and have crafty fun with Fifi! An adult...
The first School Librarians of Aotearoa Post is coming out on 28 March.
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FUTURE WORLDS: GROWING UP IN A BOOKSHOP
Multi award-winning US slam poet Anis Mojgani writes about the things which captivate us as children, the magic and promise books hold,...


Emily Writes and the books her kids are reading
Hilarious writer-about-parenting, Emily Writes tells us about the books her kids love, and what story time looks like at their place....


Ka pai! Cool stuff from around the internet
Every two weeks we compile, for your browsing pleasure, cool children's book happenings (and peripherally related news) from around...

The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 1
In the first of our monthly comics by Giselle Clarkson, we learn the great, early influence Raymond Briggs had on our illustrator....


TEENAGE WITCH: growing up with Hermione
For International Women's Day, an essay by Nina Powles about Hermione Granger, feminism and searching for yourself in books. My room at...


Searching for the Snark with David Elliot
Legendary author and illustrator Gavin Bishop interviews legendary author and illustrator David Elliot about his masterwork, Snark....


The Reckoning: Better Laureate than Never
Kyle Mewburn tells us why our children’s writers are so special, and opens a discussion about why New Zealand should appoint a Children’s...


A day in the life of a picture-book writer
Marmaduke Duck creator, Juliette MacIver explains how she's managed to write such a vast number of excellent rhyming picture books, so we...


Comedian Dai Henwood as a young bookworm
Household name, TV personality and very funny guy, Dai Henwood answers four quick questions about the roles books have held throughout...


Pounamu Pounamu: Miriama Kamo's first crush
Miriama Kamo is one of New Zealand's foremost broadcasters. She looks back on her book-loving childhood, and that time she tried to get...


In the Stacks: a love letter to public libraries
Kate De Goldi confesses the pleasures of reading 'off-task and off-curriculum', and describes how necessary public libraries are to the...


Promised Land: a fairy tale for everyone
First-time authors Chaz Harris and Adam Reynolds have been all over the international media lately, thanks to the success of their...
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