Dare Truth or Promise, Twenty Years On
Today we say 'Happy Birthday!' to Paula Boock's ground-breaking novel for young adults, Dare Truth or Promise, published on this day,...
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The Reckoning: What the heck is Maaori Literature?
In the fourth of our features in celebration of Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, award-winning writer Steph Matuku battles clichés, stereotypes,...
Te Atea: ko tenei te wa: Kristin Smith
Ko tēnei Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Today we have a love letter to Te Ātea, a futuristic Young Adult story about a nuclear holocaust and...
Hooked on NZ Books: Eirlys Hunter on YA
New Zealand Young Adult fiction is as good as any in the world. So why doesn't it have a higher profile with young readers in Aotearoa,...
The Sampling: The Traitor and the Thief
An excerpt from Gareth Ward's debut steampunk adventure novel and winner of the 2016 Storylines Tessa Duder Award, The Traitor and the...
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