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RATA BOOKS: Connecting authors and illustrators with teachers and librarians

From the Shop Floor: The Kiwi Kids’ Bookstore

School Librarians of Aotearoa: Alan Dingley

The Giselle Clarkson Comic: Number 41

Quiz: Booklovers Awards 2024

The Reckoning: Lost in Translation?

From the Shop Floor: Diversity Books

End of Year Shopping List 2023

The Reckoning: On Reviewing

BookHub: The Next Chapter in Book Buying for NZ Booklovers

Interview: Giselle Clarkson, Arts Laureate

The Reckoning: The Perils of Self-Publishing

Ruth Paul: On Being a Jolly Good Fellow

Tertiary Grants: School Library qualifications a new priority

National Poetry Day: ‘Night Rain’ Wins New Poetry for Children Competition

Interviews

Interview: Gavin Bishop on Patu

Not An Interview with Linda Jane Keegan

Burning Bright: An Interview with SF Said

Interview: Giselle Clarkson, Arts Laureate

Interview: Catherine Robertson

Q&A: Linda Tuhiwai Smith on the Whatumanawa Collection

Young Authors Interview: Arush Gupta and Arlo Kelly

Kiwi Author Pen Pals: What is it all about?

The Reckoning: Deaf Culture and our Stories

The Sparrow: Q&A with Tessa Duder

Q&A with Isobel Joy Te Aho-White

From the Shop Floor: Chicken and Frog

School Librarians of Aotearoa: Vanessa Hatley-Owen

Interview: Leela Chakraborti & Rajorshi Chakraborti

From the Shop Floor: The Underground Bookstore

Reviews

Reviews: Two New Junior-Middle Grade Novels

Reviews: Five Fun Picture Books

Reviews: Two Captivating STEM Books

Reviews: Four New Picture Book Releases

Reviews: Two Aotearoa History Books

Reviews: Four New Rhyming Christmas Books

Review: Toitoi 33

Review: A YA Novel Based in 1950s NZ

Reviews: Five New Picture Books

Reviews: Two Junior Fiction Stories

Reviews: Two New Junior Fiction Titles

Reviews: Three Picture Books

Reviews: Three New Junior Fiction Releases

Reviews: Six Non-Fiction Nature Books

Reviews: Two Junior Fiction Books


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