Christmas Reads from The Sapling
We interrupt this hiatus to bring you a list of Top Recommendations for the 2021 Holiday Season, created for you, our dear readers, as...
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Book Review: New Novels for Aotearoa Teens
It must be new young adult fiction season, because we're back with more reckons on recent releases. Today, Tihema Baker talks two titles:...
Book Awards: The Wright Family Foundation Te Kura Pounamu Award for Te Reo Maaori
Every year, we pick one of the NZCYA Awards finalist categories to get a publisher perspective. This year, we came down ki te taha o...
A Day In The Life: Isobel Joy Te Aho-White
If you paid attention to our NZCYA Awards coverage, you would have seen one book appear more than any other!
Book Awards: The Reo Maaori Finalists
Our coverage of the category finalists continues with reviews from a couple of talented tamariki. Elliah and Hineraukura have provided...
Looking for Steph Matuku: Author, Photographer
From the city centre of New Plymouth, follow the main road north until you reach Beach Street. Hang a left and head down the road a few...
Book Review: Legacy, by Whiti Hereaka
Whiti Hereaka has combined science fiction and World War I in her new YA title, Legacy. You read the excerpt last week, now 15-year-old...
THE SAMPLING: Legacy by Whiti Hereaka
We're pleased to present an excerpt from Legacy (Huia), a new YA novel by Whiti Hereaka (Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Te Arawa), the author of the...
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