Recommendation: 1000 forms of fear by Sia

The newest album by Sia, “1000 Forms of Fear” has been on constant repeat in my car since I collected it from my local library - which ha... Read more »

Flight of the Concords (and stuff like that)

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you should have seen/know about the cure kids Red Nose Day show for CureKids on TV3 last week. A h... Read more »

Recommendation: 'Being friends with boys' by Terra Elan McVoy

Being Friends with boys by Terra Elan Mcvoy I haven’t read an awesome teen book in ages (really only a couple of weeks, but it feels like... Read more »

3 NZ Music Month reads

NZ Music Month is back! To celebrate, I attempted to find some great music-themed NZ teen fiction. Here are a few music-related reads with s... Read more »

Summer is coming... we wish!

For poetry day - an offering of a hopeful song from the 13th century (they think) 'Sumer is Icumen In...' Sumer is icumen in – Lhu... Read more »

Heading up to poetry day

July 30 is National Poetry Day, so to celebrate, I thought I'd post some examples of English poetry over the ages... the plan is one a d... Read more »

Ivy Lies on songwriting

Talking about writing can be tough and many people struggle to put the process into words. Writing can be a truly personal process, and this... Read more »

NZ Music Month at the library

May is New Zealand Music Month and we are kicking it off by staging various events and giving out free stuff YES! FREE STUFF! Various lib... Read more »

Bieber fever

Who is Justin Bieber? Where did he come from? Is Justin Bieber the new Prince of Pop? Just like most wannabe stars, J.B posted videos of ... Read more »

Rockquest

On Saturday May 1 the Smokefree Rockquest kicks off in New Zealand's rock capital, West Auckland. The competition hits Auckland Centra... Read more »