Multi-accoladed poet and founder of the creative writing programme at Victoria University of Wellington, Bill Manhire relives the magic of Enid Blyton’s Faraway Tree, in this essay adapted from a talk given at the 2017 Dunedin Writers and Readers Festival….
At The Sapling we believe that books grow humans. What kinds of books grew Ockham-shortlisted writer Brannavan Gnanalingam? An intriguing mix, as we find out today. I don’t remember when I learned English, but it wasn’t my first language. That…
Poet, author and anthologist Jenny Bornholdt tells us about the books she read – and heard – as a child. My earliest memory of being read to: Kate Harcourt’s voice on the radio programme Listen with Mother as I sit…