Briar Lawry | the-sapling

LONG LIVE AOTEAROA'S CHILDREN'S BOOKS

The Sapling is dead, long live The Sapling. Just kidding. The Sapling is most certainly not dead—but we have run out of puff, and we are...

An Ode (In Prose) To Skinny Dip

Despite the number of world-class poets here in Aotearoa, it's rare that a collection of contemporary poetry is published by a New...

Book Reviews: New in Aotearoa Picture books

Time for another batch of picture book reviews to keep you abreast of the latest developments in the world of Aotearoa illustrative...

Book List: Global Feel-good fantasy

Sometimes, we need a little escapism with a side of pep in our reading. A little pick-me-up. And fantasy can be just the thing. After...

Revitalising The Boy with Two Shadows – Sarah Greig

It's no secret that we're big Margaret Mahy fans around these parts. Between our Mahy questionnaire, and being, well, living and...

Book Reviews: Brilliant Picture Books

To kick the month off right, we've got four wonderful books from New Zealand publishers, with everything from a parable on bravery, to...

Book List: Matariki Picture Books

The rising of Matariki is just around the corner and councils, schools and organisations around the country are celebrating the occasion...

The Personalised Adventures of [YOUR NAME HERE]

Remember getting one of those books from a kindly relative that features you – your name and everything! – dropped into a story? Sapling...

Book Reviews: Fresh Aotearoa Non-fiction

It has been a tremendous year for children's non-fiction literature from little old Aotearoa. Here's our last batch of reviews for 2019,...

Book Reviews: The Latest in NZ Non-Fiction

It isn't news to anyone that Aotearoa is currently marking a significant anniversary, as we pass the 250 years since James Cook...

Useful Bookish Phrases In Te Reo Maori

Kia ora e hoa mā! You probably know that Te Wiki O Te Reo Māori/Māori Language Week is next week – but some of you may not realise that...

Book Reviews: A range of Young Adult Publishing

One summer, so many new books. Briar Lawry reviews three fiction books which serve as a reflection of the state of the broader New...

Three fantasy novels for teens and pre-teens

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...