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    Author interview: Golriz Ghahraman

    Author interview: Golriz Ghahraman

    Green MP Golriz Ghahraman made history as the first refugee to be sworn into the New Zealand parliament. She has just published her first...
    The Reckoning: The colour of culture

    The Reckoning: The colour of culture

    Children's book author and designer Vasanti Unka reckons that we could do better with our use of the colours from our multicultural surro...
    Book Reviews: Two reality-based YA titles

    Book Reviews: Two reality-based YA titles

    Mandy Hager and Helen Vivienne Fletcher are both Wellington-based writers of YA and other things. Sarah Forster was excited to read Fletc...
    Dystopian YA Fiction - About the Children

    Dystopian YA Fiction - About the Children

    YA dystopian fiction had a massive run a few years back and then everyone got dystopian-ed out. Not me. I love teens saving dismal worlds...
    Book Reviews: Three Junior Fiction Gems

    Book Reviews: Three Junior Fiction Gems

    Each of these three action-packed books has a great cast of characters, some daredevil heroes and is written for kids aged 7+. Sarah Fors...
    Book Reviews: Beautiful Mess & Broken Silence

    Book Reviews: Beautiful Mess & Broken Silence

    If there is a trend right now in YA publishing, it has to be toward gritty teen drama, usually including the death of somebody close and ...
    Dare Truth or Promise, Twenty Years On

    Dare Truth or Promise, Twenty Years On

    Today we say 'Happy Birthday!' to Paula Boock's ground-breaking novel for young adults, Dare Truth or Promise, published on this day, twe...
    Te Atea: ko tenei te wa: Kristin Smith

    Te Atea: ko tenei te wa: Kristin Smith

    Ko tēnei Te Wiki o te Reo Māori! Today we have a love letter to Te Ātea, a futuristic Young Adult story about a nuclear holocaust and spa...
    Hooked on NZ Books: Eirlys Hunter on YA

    Hooked on NZ Books: Eirlys Hunter on YA

    New Zealand Young Adult fiction is as good as any in the world. So why doesn't it have a higher profile with young readers in Aotearoa, a...
    The Sampling: The Traitor and the Thief

    The Sampling: The Traitor and the Thief

    An excerpt from Gareth Ward's debut steampunk adventure novel and winner of the 2016 Storylines Tessa Duder Award, The Traitor and the Th...
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