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September reads for bookworms
Looking for a new book? These recent releases span crime to cookbooks (and some NZ bees).
Jonah Lomu’s Thursday Murder Club cameo - author Richard Osman explains
TV funnyman has a new crime novel (and an All Black-related admission about his last one).
The Oedipus complex has been debunked — but mummy’s boys shouldn’t celebrate just yet
Why it’s time to take Freud’s disturbing theory about childhood seriously.
Booklovers share their favourite books
Looking for something new to read? Experts share what's caught their eye recently.
Alwyn Poole: Three key lessons to restore our education system
OPINION: Schools, teachers and unions make all manner of excuses for lack of achievement.
Author confirms big Hunger Games news
Sunrise on the Reaping is set to hit shelves next year, with a movie on the cards in 2026.
Ockham Book Awards: Who won - and what did they say to the PM?
Prose, poetry and political challenges at local literature's biggest night.
'Female rage' for the win at Ockham New Zealand Book Awards
From female rage to rugby league - all the 2024 award-winning books.
Rural school to Ivy League: Humble Kiwi teen off to Princeton
Jared Sewell’s ‘full ride’ scholarship is worth more than half a million dollars.
“I just want kids to read': 50 years with the National Library
'So many worlds open up for you if you‘re a reader.'
'Help books compete with toys': Little Libraries to spread a love of reading
A Raglan-based trust is fighting falling literacy rates among tamariki.
Can you judge a book by its cover? How to design a bestseller
Floppy ladies, the emoji effect and other book cover trends we can't resist.
Lucy Slight's tips on making the most of reading this year
OPINION: A non-intimidating guide for wannabe bookworms.
The Ockham Book Awards longlist has landed
The 44 books still in the running, with thoughts and predictions.
2023 in books: Protests, bans and the rise of AI helped shape the story of publishing
Unpacking the significant changes to the industry and beyond in 2023.
Pisa results: Why New Zealand’s education system is failing
The downward track of NZ's three core subjects in the OECD programme is troubling.
Kerikeri pupil becomes the country's best speller for his age - again
The 10-year-old also previously won a prestigious spelling bee comp at age seven.
Who, or what, is a snollygoster? English words you can use to flummox the best linguists
OPINION: This word seems to reappear every election season, but why?
Five difficult books worth reading — and five not to bother with
Telegraph: The classics that repay effort — and a few that really don’t.
Tutor risks job by 'sneakily' teaching phonics to students struggling with reading
“I feel sure that they’re just much more set up for life with this way of doing things."
Reading Recovery: 30 per cent fewer students getting one-to-one literacy support
Between 2021 and 2022, 6 per cent fewer students received intensive literacy support.
Reading wars: Less than 40 per cent of schools offer Reading Recovery
The uptake of Reading Recovery has hit a record low.
Find a new passion at Hawke’s Bay Readers and Writers Festival
There are 10 sessions, with topics ranging from weird critters to wonderful bookshops.
‘It’s never too late’: Kiwi who learned to read and write in his late 50s becomes an author
A desire to read to his grandchildren inspired him to admit he was illiterate.
Can National improve reading and writing in schools with new policy?
OPINION: National Party has vowed to shake up how children are taught to read and write.
Picture books bring pūrākau to new generations in uni and marae pilot in Te Waka a Māui
Marae pilots new picture books to a new generation.
Sweden returns to books and handwriting practice in tech-heavy schools
Sweden wonders if their digital focus led to an academic decline over the last few years.