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    THE SAMPLING: DEADHEAD

    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

    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

    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 f...
    Book Reviews: New YA from Mountains to Coasts

    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 rel...
    Book Reviews: Alex: The Quartet, by Tessa Duder

    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

    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

    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, Rebecca...
    Book Reviews: YA fantasy that burns bright

    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 'f...
    Book Reviews: Two New Young Adult Novels

    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 Manu...
    Book Review: The Telesa Series, by Lani Wendt Young

    Book Review: The Telesa Series, by Lani Wendt Young

    'What’s very clear is that the author is writing what she knows, that this place is in her bones.' Catherine Woulfe devours, reviews and ...
    The Reckoning: Taking Children's Books Seriously

    The Reckoning: Taking Children's Books Seriously

    Eileen Merriman has just published her third YA book, but it is the impending publication of her first adult novel that has her acquainta...
    Sherryl Jordan: The Deep Quiet Pools of the Mind

    Sherryl Jordan: The Deep Quiet Pools of the Mind

    In an interview with writer Sherryl Jordan as her two most recent works are published, Catherine Woulfe gets to the heart of what makes h...
    Book Review: Legacy, by Whiti Hereaka

    Book Review: Legacy, by Whiti Hereaka

    Whiti Hereaka has combined science fiction and World War I in her new YA title, Legacy. You read the excerpt last week, now 15-year-old K...
    Ant Sang, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas

    Ant Sang, Helen and the Go-Go Ninjas

    Adrian Kinnaird talks to Ant Sang about his career so far, and his magnificent new collaboration with Michael Bennett, Helen and the Go-G...
    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...
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