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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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interview with Mandy Hager
Kate McIntyre interviewed Mandy Hager about her new title Protest! Shaping Aotearoa, delving into how she chose her themes, what protests...
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Book Awards: The Elsie Locke Non-Fiction Finalists
We at The Sapling always love a good behind-the-scenes look into our favourite books, and we know you do too! So, as part of our coverage...
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Book Reviews: New Non-Fiction from Aotearoa
Author Linda Jane Keegan reviews two new non-fiction titles from Aotearoa; the first looks at our changing climate, and the second at the...
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Book reviews: New non fiction
Author Linda Jane Keegan reviews some new non-fiction from Aotearoa that puts the spotlight on stories of war and disasters, and two...
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New non-fiction reviews
From a tale of mythical women in northernmost Tuvalu to a story of a modern mophead woman of Tuvaluan, Samoan, French, Scottish and...
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Book Reviews: The latest in Aotearoa Non-Fiction
Nida Fiazi reviews four wonderful new wildlife titles and a must-have activity book for the upcoming summer holidays. My Little Book of...
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Co-interview: Janet Hunt and Gillian Candler
Gillian Candler and Janet Hunt are writers of factual books for children and adults about New Zealand nature. They have never met, but...
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Book Reviews: Five Great Non-Fiction Books
Palmerston North librarian Alan Dingley and his two daughters review five of the freshest New Zealand-published non-fiction titles...
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