Quiz: All Things NZCYA
In honour of the shortlist announcement for this year’s NZCYA Awards, this quiz is about all things NZCYA related! How much do you know about the Awards of past and present? Check out our coverage of the award finalists here….
Features
From the Shop Floor: Mr Feather’s Den
Susan Ryan from a second-hand store of books and oddities in Featherston tells about their collection, challenges, and the value of a special find. Mr Feather’s Den started trading in December 2012, on State Highway 2 in Featherston. From the…
The Reckoning: Flagging Rainbow Storytime
Last month drag performers Coco and Erika Flash took Brian Tamaki to court over his protests and public comments against rainbow storytimes which caused them to cancel their storytime tours. Education researcher Kate Morgan writes about the importance of children…
NZCYA 2024 Wright Family Foundation Esther Glen Award For Junior Fiction Finalists
When reading our Junior Fiction finalists, Sarah Forster was blown away as always by the brilliance of Aotearoa’s authors that write for this audience. She asked each of the five authors to answer five probing questions, including a well-disguised version…
2024 PANZ Book Design Award Finalists: Children’s Books
It’s time to celebrate an oft overlooked aspect of book creation—the design. The Publishers Association of New Zealand has just announced the shortlist for Aotearoa’s best-designed books in nine categories. Here we are showcasing the three which focus on books…
The Mahy Questionnaire: Mandy Hager
You know it, you love it—it’s the Mahy Questionnaire! This month we are featuring former educator turned multi award-winning author Mandy Hager! She tells us all about recurring newborn nightmares, sweet-talking cars and desiccated skinks, among other things. Her latest…
2024 NZCYA Best First Book Finalists
We’ve prepared something special this year to honour the Best First Book Finalists. Michael Park School librarian Kura Rutherford corralled her student librarians into considering the shortlist and awarding their own medals for merits they deemed worthy. See the list…
2024 NZCYA Te Kura Pounamu Award Finalists
For the Te Kura Pounamu finalists we asked the publishers why it was important to them to publish these particular books in te reo Māori, and our te reo editor Faith Tupou makes some comments as well. Read our comments…
2024 NZCYA Elsie Locke Award for Non-Fiction Finalists
The Non-Fiction shortlist is absolutely top class. We asked the finalists to pose a couple of questions to each other about their books. Read our comments about the books in all the categories here. Selina Tusitala Marsh asks Gavin Bishop……
From the Shop Floor: Page & Blackmore
Page & Blackmore bookstore is a beloved Nelson icon and has been going strong for over 25 years. In this month’s From the Shop Floor, shop owner Jo tells us about Page & Blackmore’s history, their highlights and challenges, and…