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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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...
Book Reviews: New Fiction from Aotearoa Authors
Steampunk, historical fiction and mythology? Whatever makes you tick, there's a serving of fresh new Aotearoa fiction to get you excited....
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 List: Fiction for Gamers
Why do we love games? The high-octane fun? The easy access to discovery, adventure, challenge, and endless other draws? Sure. Yes to all...
Book Reviews: Aotearoa Autumn Young Adult Releases
There's never a bad time to be a young adult reader, because the world is full of wonderful treats, whether new or old. But it's an...
THE SAMPLING: DEADHEAD
Glenn Wood's new young adult read brings to life some classic horror fiction with brains, a guts full of humour, gory detail...
Book Reviews: Two New Young Adult Titles
This spring season has brought forth some fantastic new titles, and these two YA novels are no exception!
Book Awards: The Young Adult Fiction Finalists
As part of our coverage of this year's NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults, we've asked the authors of the young adult fiction...
Book Reviews: New YA from Mountains to Coasts
There are all manner of different YA titles hitting Aotearoa's shelves this autumn, with a focus on real life storytelling and issues...
Book Reviews: Alex: The Quartet, by Tessa Duder
Alex still stands out in editor Sarah's mind as one of the best flawed, real female characters ever written in New Zealand YA. Alex: The...
Book Reviews: New Chapter Books And Novels
Chapter books and novels are order of the day in our reviewing neighbourhood, with three new books targeted at the junior/middle fiction...
Cult Appeal: Reading I Am Not Esther and Beyond
Gem Wilder shares her journey into the world of the Children of the Faith in Fleur Beale's beloved trilogy: the stories of Kirby,...
Book Reviews: YA fantasy that burns bright
Fantasy's a funny word for the genre of imaginative worlds, considering how many of the places created are the last place anyone would...
Book Reviews: Two New Young Adult Novels
Writer Steph Matuku reviews two new books for teenagers. Tina Shaw's manuscript for Ursa won the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for YA...
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