Long-time readers of The Sapling will remember that in our first year, we had a regular crafting feature from the super talented Fifi...

Many of our wonderful picture book writers are both musicians and writers. Diana Neild, writer of Daddy Monster A-B-C and the...

Read for animals this summer with the SPCA Reading Challenge, run by Read NZ. It all started when we asked a group of self-described...

It's a middle readers kind of a day! And so, we bring you five reviews of recent fiction releases for the 8-to-12-year-old bookworms in...

Good Books is one of the youngest bookshops in the country, only springing to life this past spring. But they have already developed a...

The time has once again come for another Sapling quiz! Today we're testing your knowledge of ētahi kupu pukapuka i te reo Māori – some...

It has been a phenomenal year for picture books from Aotearoa! Here's our last batch of reviews for 2020, courtesy of co-founder and...

New Zealand author Swapna Haddow interviews award winning Australian author Maxine Beneba Clark about her latest book: When We Say Black...

The Sapling is dedicated to bringing you the best books from Aotearoa for gifting this holidays. It's our final batch of recommendations...

Picture this. You're a bookseller, being asked for recommendations for a ten-year-old kid who loves reading but needs something new. You...

The Sapling is dedicated to bringing you the best books from Aotearoa for gifting this holidays. This week we've got some rad...

From a tale of mythical women in northernmost Tuvalu to a story of a modern mophead woman of Tuvaluan, Samoan, French, Scottish and...

The Sapling is dedicated to bringing you the best books from Aotearoa for gifting this holidays. This week we bring you the coolest books...

Even if you don't know Flox... you know Flox. Her iconic artwork has appeared on everything from murals to umbrellas to trains – to...

Dame Fiona Kidman is a legend of letters in Aotearoa. Among her many achievements and accolades, she's been the recipient of the Prime...