We interrupt this hiatus to bring you a list of Top Recommendations for the 2021 Holiday Season, created for you, our dear readers, as...

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...

Saradha Koirala and Gareth Ward recently wrote sequels to YA books. While it was Gareth's second time writing a sequel, it was Saradha's...

Steampunk, historical fiction and mythology? Whatever makes you tick, there's a serving of fresh new Aotearoa fiction to get you excited....

Where do we usually get our recommendations for books to read? The bookshop, of course. We've asked people from five bookshelves to sell...

Winter has finally come to Aotearoa, and it's brought with it a fresh batch of junior fiction titles! Here's librarian Dave Tucker's...

From the whimsy and sparkle to grim reality, you don't have to be a pony obsessive to still love a good pony book! Librarian Chelsea Heap...

Discussion of self isolation and social distancing and mask wearing may all feel very 2020s – but for those not in the know, two titles...

Holy moly! We've got a Mahy Questionnaire from none other than the creator of Buttons McGinty, Rhys Darby! Of course, you may recognise...

James Norcliffe and Bernard Beckett are both—among other things—heavy hitters in the chapter book space...

Reviewer and author Melinda Szymanik has reviewed a group of Aotearoa junior and middle fiction...

As part of our coverage for the NZ Book Awards, we asked the publishers of the junior fiction finalists what it was about these...

Chapter books and novels are order of the day in our reviewing neighbourhood, with three new books targeted at the junior/middle fiction...

One summer, so many new books. Briar Lawry reviews three fiction books which serve as a reflection of the state of the broader New...

Did you see our books of the year?! To help you with your Christmas and end-of-year book shopping, we published our picks of the best YA...