Why do we love games? The high-octane fun? The easy access to discovery, adventure, challenge, and endless other draws? Sure. Yes to all...

There's never a bad time to be a young adult reader, because the world is full of wonderful treats, whether new or old. But it's an...

Glenn Wood's new young adult read brings to life some classic horror fiction with brains, a guts full of humour, gory detail...

This spring season has brought forth some fantastic new titles, and these two YA novels are no exception!

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...

There are all manner of different YA titles hitting Aotearoa's shelves this autumn, with a focus on real life storytelling and issues...

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...

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

Gem Wilder shares her journey into the world of the Children of the Faith in Fleur Beale's beloved trilogy: the stories of Kirby,...

Fantasy's a funny word for the genre of imaginative worlds, considering how many of the places created are the last place anyone would...

Writer Steph Matuku reviews two new books for teenagers. Tina Shaw's manuscript for Ursa won the Storylines Tessa Duder Award for YA...

'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...

Eileen Merriman has just published her third YA book, but it is the impending publication of her first adult novel that has her...

In an interview with writer Sherryl Jordan as her two most recent works are published, Catherine Woulfe gets to the heart of what makes...

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...