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    Bookshop List: Good Books from Good books

    Bookshop List: Good Books from Good books

    Good Books is one of the youngest bookshops in the country, only springing to life this past spring. But they have already developed a pa...
    Book List: Detectives, Spies, & other Sneaky Sorts

    Book List: Detectives, Spies, & other Sneaky Sorts

    Picture this. You're a bookseller, being asked for recommendations for a ten-year-old kid who loves reading but needs something new. You ...
    The Festival of lights: celebrating Diwali through books

    The Festival of lights: celebrating Diwali through books

    Today is Diwali, the Indian festival of lights! And given that 3.9% of Aotearoa's population has an Indian background, it seems fitting t...
    Book List: Queer kids need books too…

    Book List: Queer kids need books too…

    Way back in 2017, Cathy-Ellen Paul did a great list of Queer Books for School Libraries, and we thought it was about time to add to that ...
    Book List: Matariki Picture Books

    Book List: Matariki Picture Books

    The rising of Matariki is just around the corner and councils, schools and organisations around the country are celebrating the occasion ...
    Book List: Comic Books for Kids and Teens

    Book List: Comic Books for Kids and Teens

    Children’s comics embrace all the possibilities inherent in good fiction. They are original, compelling and relevant, but also of increas...
    Book List: Queer & Trans Books for Schools

    Book List: Queer & Trans Books for Schools

    Young adults who are part of gender or sexual minorities may be in need of extra support in school environments. We asked School Library ...
    Book List: Local YA as good as the internationals

    Book List: Local YA as good as the internationals

    I’ve long maintained that our Young Adult authors are world class. But I’ve frequently heard that teens have a touch of what our adults a...
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