A Strong Belief in Wicker

Last month I went to Queenstown for a few days. It's a long way from most everywhere My trip was for a conference,  not a holiday...

Recently I spent a lovely few days in Queenstown, New Zealand. Even though I've been to NZ quite a few times I'd never been to Queen...

Charlie and the War against the Grannies is funny from the start.  I didn't want Mrs Cyclopolos to explode. I just wanted a pa...

Todays list is a Kiwi response to the list published last week 50 Books Every Kid Should Read Before They're 12 . The folks at Booknotes...

I always mean to read more Kiwi books than I do- actually I could leave Kiwi out of that sentence and it would still be true. Each Febru...

I do love coming across a new list, and this one is particularly fun as it's generated by kids themselves. Nearly 1600 children (10 t...

We all know that sometimes we do judge a book by it's cover, and I certainly did with Maia and What Matters. Definitely a book I...

I was quite blown away by meeting Esther recently. A New Zealand classic previously unknown to me, I am not Esther should be more wid...

I do love visiting foreign supermarkets. It's always fascinating, whether in France or in Holland . Even on a visit to New Zealand you ...