Ross Calman

NZCYA 2025: And the Winners Are …

All the winners from the New Zealand Books Awards for Children and Young Adults, as they’re announced. After thoughts Some thoughts the following morning …1) That was the fastest Award ceremony I’ve ever attended or watched! Where I thought I’d…

NZCYA 2025: ELSIE LOCKE AWARD FOR NON-FICTION

The finalists for the non-fiction award at the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults cover incredibly diverse subjects and styles. We asked the authors and illustrators what inspired them to research and write their books. From sport…

The Reckoning: Decolonising pukapuka on Te Tiriti, Part 1 of 2

In the first of a two-part series with Kay Benseman (Pākehā German, Irish, Scottish, Spanish, English ancestry) and Barry McLernon (Te Āti Awa & Pākehā Scottish, Dutch ancestry) about Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Kay shares her thoughts about the lack…

Book Awards: The Non-Fiction Finalists

Simie interviewed five booksellers from around the motu about their favourite finalists in the Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction category in this year’s NZCYA Awards. Booksellers are the passionate people who are putting these books into the hands of the…

Te Tiriti | The Treaty – The New Book

Following the release of the School Journal Story Library graphic novel Te Tiriti o Waitangi into schools a year ago, Lift Education have published a larger, bilingual version of the book. This is their first trade publication and unlike anything…

Te Tiriti O Waitangi – Te Pukapuka Hou

I muri mai i te tukunga o te pakimaero whakairoiro Te Tiriti o Waitangi nō te Puna Pūrākau o ngā Hautaka Kura i tētahi tau ki mua, ka whakaputaina e Lift Education he putanga rahi ake, putanga reorua o taua…

Book Reviews: Picture Books in Te Reo Māori

This month, Kay Benseman and her niece and nephews are reviewing four recently published books, including translations of older English editions and a bilingual book, too. From Tauranga Moana, Hinengākau Cameron is 12 years old, her tungāne, Te Kaponga and…